send us up to three of your best fiction and/or nonfiction works 750 words or less. we allow a word cushion, but any works exceeding 1000 words will automatically be rejected. Excerpts are welcome as long as they can stand alone from the whole piece.
send us up to three of your best short poems. please place each poem on a separate page. we are looking for poems that are around twenty lines.
simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please let us know as soon as possible if your work has been accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published works.
if you would like feedback on your work, please select your preferred add-on when you submit.
we aim to get back to you within three months, but alas we are a small staff and sometimes it takes us longer. if you have not heard from us within five months, feel free to query us at editorinchief@thetinyjournal.org
we are seeking submissions that engage with the theme "submarine" in any capacity. take us to watery depths. let us swim among pistol shrimp and manta rays. let us see the tentacle of a squid against a submarine port window. or, show us someone drowning while she stands in the kitchen. describe the ways we can feel underwater while still on land. tell us about the underside of a world, this one or elsewhere
send us your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and/or hybrid works that pull us under. all submissions should adhere to our general guidelines.
winner receives $25 and publication in a special issue. we will recognize two runners-up who will also receive publication in a special issue.