Creek Fire Storytelling Project

Calling All Storytellers

We want YOUR stories.

The Resiliency Fund is committed to honoring the historical legacy of the Central Sierra region by collecting community stories of the Creek Fire–and the unique histories that precede it– and preserving those stories through the Central Sierra Historical Society.

View Submitted Stories

We are still collecting stories of places (homes/cabins/businesses etc) before and after the Creek Fire, and/or of your experience during the Fire itself. We are preserving written stories and photos as well as recordings of stories and interviews. If you would prefer to be interviewed, or would like help recording your story, please contact us.

Contact [email protected] with questions

Submit Your Story

If you choose to record your story with Zoom or record with Otter Ai, you can email us a recording, we will transcribe it and send it back to you for approval. The free versions of Zoom and Otter Ai will work for this.

Need help getting started? Try one of these prompts:

Tells us about your home/cabin/property/ranch/business’s past—What is your family’s story, how did your relationship with this place come to be? You can share snapshots in time, one story or a few this is flexible—you know what is special about your home and experience and what it is that you want to share.
What was your experience during the Creek Fire itself? Were you evacuated, searching Facebook from afar, etc.?
Tell us about your home today, post-Creek Fire: What is its status? What do you see from your land? What are the feelings in your heart. What stories do you want to share now?
Image based stories—if you have a great photo or photos, write about the before and after of that photo? How did this come to be? Or, what is this place like now?

We want to see your story, please do not feel confined by these guidelines. We do ask that stories about places include information about both the place in the past and in the present.

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How would you like to be credited if we publish your story:*

Same as above

Anonymous, location

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Email*

Phone*

Date Written*

Are you are a parent or legal guardian submitting on behalf of a minor under the age of 18?*

Yes

Name of the author (if recognition is desired) or indicate anonymous with age of child:

Consent*

I understand that by checking the box, both I (as the parent or guardian) and the minor are bound by all of the Terms

Story*

Photos

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Max. file size: 20 MB.

If your story and/or photos exceed these amounts, please contact our Storytelling Task Force at [email protected]. You can attach your document to the email in Word form.

Is this story about a place or artifact?

Yes

Year that the home/cabin/ranch/property/business entered the family:

Neighborhood or general location of the home (exact address not needed):

Terms*

I agree to the terms

I hereby release these photos, videos, art works, stories, and/or other creative works (“Works”) to Central Sierra Historical Society and Central Resiliency Fund (“Resiliency Fund”) for their free use. I understand that the Works may be used in various ways, including but not limited to online, on social media, in the Museum, in publications, and/or on interpretive kiosks. I irrevocably grant unlimited permission to Resiliency Fund and its licensees and successors to copy, display, broadcast, distribute, modify, exploit, sell, rent, and otherwise use the Works any medium, on any platform, by any means, and for any purpose (the “License”), and to use my name, image, likeness, biographical information, and other personal characteristics in doing so. I own or control all rights in the Works, including copyrights, or I have obtained all copyright owners’ permission to grant the License. I have obtained permission from all persons and entities who are (or whose property is) identified or depicted in the Works, as necessary for Resiliency Fund to exercise the License. I irrevocably waive all legal and equitable rights, under any legal theory, relating to the Works or the exercise of the License. I waive any all moral rights in the Works. I am at least 18 years of age.

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