Submissions are now open through Oct 15!

We view the theme // Translation // Transference // as a space for opening portals, to lift the underbelly of deep meaning which swims below the surface and haunts the layers of each word. To translate is to: transition: expose: excavate: interpret: converse: mediate through an artistic rendering: to build a fresh, new dewy consciousness. Let your language levitate. Let linguistics lavish the tongue through time and space.

This is a conversation among all of us– 

What is the act of transfer? What is the act of translation?

What is being transferred, between or among what entities? 

Does translation exist beyond a linguistic veil? 

What is gained or lost within this act? What is the transformation?

How is meaning shaped, deconstructed, reconstructed, hidden, or obliterated through acts of translation? 

We think of ways in which translation opens meaning that would be otherwise unavailable – yet what nuances can be lost – or what meaning can be lost or repressed? What truths can it reveal or bury? What deception can run wild? How do we claim or reclaim this space?

We welcome your translation of translation – what does this mean to you? Does the translation arrive word by word? Word to action? Entity to image? As always, we welcome a broad, experimental interpretation of this theme.

We want your hybrid concoctions, works opposed to normative, your open interpretation, diving into an echo creation which uproots expectation, cracks wide open the transmuting space that is communication. Expand upon our vast consciousness that which is expression, comprehension, and understanding, then fold it upon itself and send it down stream.

What We Look For:

Here at Tiny Spoon, we are especially interested in experimental work, although not exclusively. If you’ve had trouble finding a home for your work because it doesn’t fit into generally recognized categories, chances are your home is right here with us.

We seek work that pushes the boundaries of conventional genres; work that is daring, experimental, innovative, quirky, thoughtful, vulnerable, electric, eccentric. In other words, your inner workings expanded and exposed, raw and immediate; your fragile soul parted at the seams into our bound paper glossary of tiny wonder. Your voice is beautiful, edgy, infinite, and unique, and we want to raise it.

Please take a moment to review our guidelines before submitting.

We look forward to reading your work!

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Guidelines:

• Format text: sent as .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf
• Art: .jpeg or .tif
• Please label the file “Last Name_Title of Work”
• Length per piece: 1,000 words max
• Font: 12 pt Garamond or a similar font
• Up to three pieces per submission. Any additional work after the first three will not be reviewed. Please refrain from inserting text submissions directly into the body of the email.
• Please limit to one submission per issue.
• Simultaneous submissions allowed. Please let us know if it is published elsewhere.

• Submissions are free!
• Please provide a one sentence bio about yourself.
• Cover letters are not required, but you may send one if you’d like. We won’t show preference based on this.
• You will maintain the rights to your work; if it is published elsewhere or in a collection, we simply ask that you give us credit for first publication.
• Submitted work will be considered for our print and/or online blog, which allows us to accept more submissions since print space is limited.

• Please note, that due to ensure the consistency and respect the time of our small and dedicated team, we ask that all submissions submitted to this call are in their final form upon submission. We’re aware small edits may arise in the proofing of the issue if your piece is accepted. 
• If the submission call is still open, you may however, please submit the revised piece using the official form and note that it is a revision.
• We are a small staff of three. Tiny Spoon has lots of love that goes into production. That said, it can take around 6 months for an issue to come to fruition. Please do not email us to inquire about the status of the piece (unless you are letting us know it has been accepted elsewhere). We we email you with results of the issue. Please do keep in contact over social media and newsletters to see where we might be in the process or what else we having going on! We appreciate your patience and understanding!

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Upon submitting to Tiny Spoon, we will add you to our monthly newsletter to be sure you are updated on all the latest information regarding submission calls and reading processes so you are always aware of the status of your work. Generally, it takes us 3-6 months to read through our submissions. Please use the newsletter and social media to gauge where we might be in the process in lieu of individual emails–we will always let you know as soon as we have made our final decisions!

Contributor Compensation

For our contributors in the United States, we send a complimentary copy of the issue in which they appear.

If outside of the US, due to budgeting costs, instead of a physical copy, we provide a digital/printable version of the magazine.

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Help Sustain Tiny Spoon!

As our subscriptions fund our magazine and help us to publish and expand, if you are financially able, we recommend a donation to our tip jar of $2-5 for submissions.