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.
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.
Other daily poetry sites
Journals We Like
- Roadrunner (outstanding traditional and experimental haiku)
- Frogpond (the Haiku Society of America’s quarterly)
- The Heron’s Nest (online haiku quarterly)
- Modern Haiku (longstanding, excellent haiku journal)
- Simply Haiku (beautifully curated haiku journal)
- Failbetter (progressive literary magazine)
- Jacket (longstanding, high-quality online literary magazine)
- Brevity (very brief nonfiction essays)
- Open Micro (group micropoetry blog)
fine publishers whose books you should purchase
- Bottle Rockets Press
- Cross+Roads Press (Norbert Blei)
- Red Moon Press
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.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Good luck with your new focus, D.F! We'll be reading!
Joy
joybennett.com
November 12th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Hurrah! Yaaaaaaaaa Jumping up and down for joy! Hurrah! Can you tell I'm happy…
November 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
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.
November 15th, 2009 at 10:06 am
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
December 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
A breath of fresh air…Thank you.
December 8th, 2009 at 8:14 am
It's great to have tinywords back!
Alan
With Words
December 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Big ideas
and deep emotions –
Tinywords
December 19th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
White sails
and red roof gables
long for summer skies.
December 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
White sails
and red roof gables
long for summer skies.
January 7th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
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
January 8th, 2010 at 9:30 am
I’m really enjoying the haiku in my inbox. Thank you for bringing it back!
January 12th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
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
January 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am
Black widow
Black gemin her ring
Tiding is the black sea
January 21st, 2010 at 11:59 am
What a daily thrill to see tinywords active again. LOVE the new format!
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
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!
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:15 pm
How to submit poetry to tinywords: Read our submission guidelines here. http://tinywords.com/about/
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:30 am
The revamped site is exquisite (photo, font, hues) and it is delightful to find a poem a day to enjoy. Thank you.
May 17th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
glad to see you back. when will you accept submissions?
May 17th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Are you including tanka in tw now? Maggie
May 17th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
the guidelines are there but not the email address for sending submissions.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:44 am
From the text of the page above: The next window to submit will be in late Spring 2010.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:45 am
As it says above: tinywords is not currently accepting submissions. The next window to submit will be in late Spring 2010.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:46 am
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/
June 30th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
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
July 31st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Great site – but not a clue on how to submit a haiku.
onewe@aeitv.net
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
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.
August 9th, 2010 at 11:37 am
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.
August 9th, 2010 at 11:37 am
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."
August 15th, 2010 at 8:42 am
some place called Haiku Corner shone a spotlight on you today : http://alturl.com/y2i89
( hope this brings a smile )
August 15th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
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!
August 30th, 2010 at 7:07 am
How can I submit a short poem here? Thank you.
August 30th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
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.
September 21st, 2010 at 11:51 am
I tried to submit the five haiku mentioned in the email, but the site told me i had to erase 34 letters
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
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.
October 3rd, 2010 at 8:05 pm
[...] 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 [...]
October 15th, 2010 at 2:34 am
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
December 10th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Simply Haiku never ceased to exist: http://simplyhaiku.webs.com/
Best wishes,
Sasa Vazic
Simply Haiku
December 10th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
OK, but correct the links. Thank you
March 12th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
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without need for permission
exploit the system
March 31st, 2011 at 12:18 pm
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March 31st, 2011 at 7:55 pm
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.
April 7th, 2011 at 5:57 am
Love tinywords!
Its site address
is shared often
by connections on LinkedIn.
…Enjoy tinywords immensely!
~Gloria Wimberley
~My humble poetry blog –Dahlias.&.aChocolate.Typewriter– can be enjoyed at the
following: http://www.dahlia-fl.livejournal.com
July 23rd, 2011 at 10:26 pm
well i have a read one edition of tiny world magazine i thnk its quit good!
August 8th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Darn fine site!! I expect to see fast growth for you in the future.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm
I'm attempting to a poem if that's ok
In the pacific
Rises the sun in summer
Sand embraces me
Alvin Young 8/22/11
September 11th, 2011 at 9:00 am
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September 27th, 2011 at 4:16 am
speak soon
October 20th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
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?
November 2nd, 2011 at 5:55 am
Leuk stuk, een vriend van mij is hier ook mee bezig en heb hem direct de link gemaild. Zal de website in de gaten houden
November 2nd, 2011 at 6:28 am
Interessant stuk, heb het dan ook meteen doorgestuurd naar een collega. Zal de website in de gaten houden
November 20th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Silkkaa asiaa! I love haiku!
December 8th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
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All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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January 14th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
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February 5th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
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March 1st, 2012 at 4:17 am
just what I was searching for, haiku and other small poems. So sweet !
March 1st, 2012 at 4:19 am
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March 30th, 2012 at 12:47 am
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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April 8th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Dylan! So pleased to find you (through Scot Hacker's site, because he hosts you). Greetings from Vancouver, BC. It's been a long time since our days at ZDI, eh?
April 13th, 2012 at 5:43 am
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A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.
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May 6th, 2012 at 3:09 am
When I initially left a comment I clicked the Notify me when new comments are added checkbox and currently each time a remark is added I receive four emails with the same comment.