Tint Journal
Literary Magazine
The first online literary journal with an explicit focus on writers who produce creative texts in English as their second or non-native language.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2-3 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 6% *Editor reported data
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Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
If you have a previously published piece that fits our mission, please contact us via info@tintjournal.com.
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction (short stories)
Max words: 1000
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Action-Adventure, Experimental, Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Speculative
Fiction - 800 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 800
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Action-Adventure, Experimental, Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Speculative
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: , ,
Nonfiction - 800 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 800
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: , ,
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
Review (In Conversation)
Max words: 700
Max words: 1500
Max pieces: 1
Interview (In Conversation)
Max words: 700
Max words: 1500
Max pieces: 1
Art
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
We do not read extensive cover letters or biographies since we want to focus all our attention on the work itself. A brief 'hello' in the body of your email is perfectly fine.
Eligibility
ESL writers (= all writers who have learned or acquired the English language after being fluent in another language)Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
Tint asks for the exclusive worldwide first publication rights, in any medium, for a period of 60 days. During and following expiration of the 60-day period, we also ask for the following rights: (I) exclusive rights for Internet publication on the Tint Journal website, tintjournal.com (the submission piece can be published on other platforms upon consent with Tint Journal); (II) non-exclusive worldwide English rights for print publication; (III) right for re-use of the Submission Piece in any future publications, including collections, anthologies or other works, in any medium released by Tint; and (IV) the right to use and re-use the contributor’s name, image, Q&A, and biographical data in advertising and promotion of the submission piece, Tint, and Tint's publications.
Additional info
We're active on social media and promoting every text that we publish For writers who use English as the second language We've published our first print anthology in November 2023, you can check it out here: https://tintjournal.com/tinted-trails
Tracker statistics
13
Total submissions tracked
51 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
37 days
Fastest response time
131 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1200 days
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