We welcome your haiku! tinywords publishes quality original haiku, one per day. Since 2000, we have published more than 1,000 haiku from hundreds of authors around the world. Our contributors range from first-time haiku writers to internationally respected poets. Your haiku make tinywords what it is.
Please read about our philosophy of haiku before submitting your work to us.
We do accept previously published haiku, but please include the original publication information when submitting your work.
Copyrights: We acquire non-exclusive publication and republication rights to any work published on tinywords.
What this means: You can reprint the work however you see fit without contacting us, including allowing others to reprint it. At the same time, we can reprint the work however we see fit, including allowing others to reprint it, online and in print.
When you reprint haiku that first appeared here, please mention that the first publication occurred in tinywords.
By submitting works to tinywords, you are agreeing to these terms.
There are now TWO WAYS to submit haiku.
- The easiest is to use our web form to enter your haiku directly into our database. Once entered, your haiku will be reviewed by our editors for possible publication.
- We also accept haiku submissions (with or without accompanying art) by postal mail. Please put your haiku and art on the front of a postcard and mail it to the address below. Put your name and email address on the back so we can reach you. If we publish your haiku, we'll scan the postcard art and post it, too. Please, original art only! Send your postcards to:
d. f. tweney / tinywords
245 North Claremont Street
San Mateo, CA 94401 USA
We will let you know whether your haiku is accepted as soon as we can, although it may take up to six weeks for us to reply. We regret that we cannot generally offer specific advice or reasons for our decision. Some common reasons for rejection:
- Misspellings
- Tontoism
- Wordiness
- Lack of originality
- Misuse or abuse of typographic symbols, especially the tilde
- Lack of concrete imagery and/or specific detail
- Your submission is a general statement or bon mot masquerading as haiku
- Personal taste of the editors
