About

tinywords is an international, daily magazine of haiku and micropoetry.

Our goal is to publish excellent poetry whose ambitions and effects far outstrip its small size.

Founded in 2000, we now produce approximately four issues per year, each of which are published in serial form, one poem per day, on the web as well as via e-mail and SMS text message.

You can subscribe or unsubscribe using our subscriptions form. It’s free!

Although tinywords is published daily, we group the poems into three or four issues per year. Some of these issues are also available for purchase as printed books, and as free e-books: see tinywords in print for more details.

The current issue is 11.3.

All the poems pubished on tinywords are available to read for free in the tinywords archives.

Fun fact: If you text the word haiku to 41411 you’ll get a random haiku from 2000-2008.

 

Submissions


tinywords accepts submissions only during specified windows. We announce each call for submissions on this page, on the tinywords mailing list and on our Twitter account.


We are not currently accepting submissions.
The next opportunity to submit will be in early 2012.

We give preference to work that has not been previously published in any literary journal, though we’ll occasionally republish poems that have appeared elsewhere. Appearance on Twitter, personal blogs or online poetry discussion forums is no impediment to acceptance.

We will respond quickly to all submissions, so please no simultaneous submissions.

Copyright: Poets published on tinywords retain copyrights to their work. We ask for nonexclusive permission to publish your work on this website, to distribute it via electronic media including email and SMS, and to republish it in print or online collections. Please do not submit work unless you have the rights to it.

We cannot pay for work published in tinywords.

See the listing for tinywords in Duotrope’s Digest.

History of tinywords

From October 2000 until June 2008, tinywords published one original haiku nearly every weekday, totalling over 1,500 haiku by more than 300 contributors, including rank beginners as well as some of the leading lights of the haiku world. We’ve also been publishing haiku on Twitter since early 2007.

After a break, tinywords returned to publication on November 30, 2009, with a broader focus on micropoetry and miniature poetry of all kinds, including but not limited to haiku. We will continue to publish one poem per day, most weekdays.

tinywords is listed in the Haiku Society of America’s 2008 Guide to Haiku Publications, which called it the “largest-circulation journal of haiku in English.”

Want to know more? Read this longish discussion about tinywords between d. f. tweney and norbert blei, or listen to this 30-minute podcast about tinywords from Dave Bonta.

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trivia

tinywords is published by d. f. tweney. Direct comments or questions to dft at tinywords (dot) com.

All contents are, except as noted, copyright (c) by the creators named alongside each work.

This site is powered by WordPress, whose motto is “Code is poetry.” The design is based on a theme by Rob Beschizza. All of the design infelicities and PHP bugs are by d. f. tweney. These pages are coming to you from servers maintained by Birdhouse Hosting.

As of 11/26/2011, there are 3,452 subscribers to the tinywords email list.

66 Responses

  1. Joy Bennett Says:

    Good luck with your new focus, D.F! We'll be reading!
    Joy
    joybennett.com

  2. dorispearson Says:

    Hurrah! Yaaaaaaaaa Jumping up and down for joy! Hurrah! Can you tell I'm happy…

  3. KarenRV Says:

    I'm not sure how you found my email address, I hadn't heard of tiny words but thank you, I love haiku, and small poems I'll look forward to reading new ones and I'll tell my friends about you.

  4. Founding Editor Says:

    How wonderful! I am ready to read and eager to submit! I will tell my twitter crew about your re-opening.

    Sincerely,

    Raquel, Founding Editor
    Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

  5. John Stone Says:

    A breath of fresh air…Thank you.

  6. Alan Summers Says:

    It's great to have tinywords back! ;-)

    Alan
    With Words

  7. James Says:

    Big ideas
    and deep emotions –
    Tinywords

  8. Chris Moran Says:

    White sails
    and red roof gables
    long for summer skies.

  9. Chris Moran Says:

    White sails
    and red roof gables
    long for summer skies.

  10. Haiku Society Says:

    I am so happy to see more and more attention being paid to haiku on the Internet (or anywhere for that matter). We need more communities such as this to help spread the word about the simple beauty of haiku.

    haikusociety.com

  11. Stacy Post Says:

    I’m really enjoying the haiku in my inbox. Thank you for bringing it back!

  12. Dick Whyte Says:

    Hi-

    Love your site and love getting daily emails from you. A lovely way to brighten my day. I thought you might be interested to know we are running a daily haiku journal called Haiku News (http://www.wayfarergallery.net/haikunews) and I thought it might be something you would include in your daily poetry sites links. Of course, I totally understand if it isn’t – but I thought you might be interested to know about it.

    Again – thanks for the great daily poetry.

    All the best-
    Dick Whyte

  13. Tatjana Debeljacki Says:

    Black widow
    Black gemin her ring
    Tiding is the black sea

  14. Bill Zimmer (2EmptyChairs) Says:

    What a daily thrill to see tinywords active again. LOVE the new format!

  15. Dan Baker Says:

    HI there,

    I have just subscribed to Tinywords, and am wondering how to submit poetry? I’m very much looking forward to being a member of this site!

  16. d. f. tweney Says:

    How to submit poetry to tinywords: Read our submission guidelines here. http://tinywords.com/about/

  17. Wende DuFlon Says:

    The revamped site is exquisite (photo, font, hues) and it is delightful to find a poem a day to enjoy. Thank you.

  18. Carole Katsantoness Says:

    glad to see you back. when will you accept submissions?

  19. Maggie Says:

    Are you including tanka in tw now? Maggie

  20. Armando H. Corbelle Says:

    the guidelines are there but not the email address for sending submissions. :)

  21. d. f. tweney Says:

    From the text of the page above: The next window to submit will be in late Spring 2010.

  22. d. f. tweney Says:

    As it says above: tinywords is not currently accepting submissions. The next window to submit will be in late Spring 2010.

  23. d. f. tweney Says:

    yes, we have published tanka. Take a look at our archives — here's a link to all the tanka published to date:http://tinywords.com/tag/tanka/

  24. Annabella Says:

    I'm not sure how you found my email address, I hadn't heard of tiny words but thank you, I love haiku, and small poems I'll look forward to reading new ones and I'll tell my friends about you.
    +1

  25. Martin Mikelberg Says:

    Great site – but not a clue on how to submit a haiku.

    onewe@aeitv.net

  26. carrie lewis Says:

    Martin, I can’t agree more. I don’t have a clue either. Maybe they’ll improve how to submit a poem soon. I have several I’d like to share.

  27. d. f. tweney Says:

    Martin, if you read the copy above, you'll see that we only accept submissions during certain windows. When we do, we'll announce it on the site here, on the mailing list, and on our Twitter account.

  28. d. f. tweney Says:

    As this very page says: "tinywords accepts submissions only during specified windows. tinywords is not currently accepting submissions. Our next window to submit will open in late summer, 2010."

  29. Gary Gach Says:

    some place called Haiku Corner shone a spotlight on you today : http://alturl.com/y2i89

    ( hope this brings a smile )

  30. d. f. tweney Says:

    Thanks for letting us know about that, Gary! Unfortunately I can't view it since it requires a login, and the site has some kind of technical problem that prevents me from creating a new account. Still, it's good to know people are talking about tinywords.

    Good to hear from you, btw!

  31. Mariana Says:

    How can I submit a short poem here? Thank you.

  32. d. f. tweney Says:

    Mariana, please read what I've written above. We're not currently accepting submissions, as this page says. When we are (soon!), there will be instructions here.

  33. redbeardedguy Says:

    I tried to submit the five haiku mentioned in the email, but the site told me i had to erase 34 letters

  34. d. f. tweney Says:

    You can always submit 4 haiku and then do the fifth in a second submission, if they don't all fit in the form at once.

  35. How to Read Poetry Progressively at Progressive Wednesday Says:

    [...] put (which is exactly how founder and editor D.F. Tweney would want it), tiny words offers up a haiku each day, which readers can find and quickly digest using the web, cell phones, or [...]

  36. Sasa Vazic Says:

    Simply Haiku
    Autumn 2010, Vol. 8. No. 2

    Simply Haiku has a new home: http://simplyhaiku.webs.com/

    We have an all new look, and it's our best issue to date!

    W E L C O M E!

    Robert D. Wilson
    Saša Važić
    Co-Owners, Co-Publishers, Co-Editors

  37. Sasa Vazic Says:

    Simply Haiku never ceased to exist: http://simplyhaiku.webs.com/

    Best wishes,
    Sasa Vazic
    Simply Haiku

  38. Sasa Vazic Says:

    OK, but correct the links. Thank you

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    free, mass exposure
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    exploit the system

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  41. Christina Vippi Says:

    I love your website and the resources here are very nice as well. Haiku is becoming more and more popular in my opinion – it's such a nice and simple form of art.

  42. Gloria Wimberley Says:

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    …Enjoy tinywords immensely!

    ~Gloria Wimberley :-)

    ~My humble poetry blog –Dahlias.&.aChocolate.Typewriter– can be enjoyed at the
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  43. halvat matkat Says:

    well i have a read one edition of tiny world magazine i thnk its quit good!

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    In the pacific
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    Sand embraces me

    Alvin Young 8/22/11

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    speak soon

  48. Mutulu Kafele Says:

    The banner says "haiku and other small poems" and in the archives i see 9/13 syllable pieces being referred to as haiku. is there something i am not understanding?

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  58. Matti Vipit Says:

    just what I was searching for, haiku and other small poems. So sweet !

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  60. Pika-laina-kari Says:

    I am interested in Haiku – but dont know much about it. I am not a fan of the sites design though , sorry. Its too minimalistic for my taste , especially if its meant to get more people interested in haiku's.
    What I do love is the history of tiny words bit, incorporated at the bottom for easy consumption. Thanks!

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