Submissions for tinywords 20.1 — and a writing prompt

Photograph by James Offer of Starling murmurations over the burnt-out West Pier in Brighton.

Spring is just a few weeks away here in the northern hemisphere and TINYWORDS 19.2 has ended with Marrietta McGregor’s haiku “spring breeze” waving a goodbye to winter. It’s time to begin anew. The submission window for TINYWORDS 20.1 opened on February 1st.

The entire month of February is the time to send us your small poems, haiga, or brief haibun for the new issue of TINYWORDS 20.1. We have already received quite a few submissions. Thank you.

Sending work to TINYWORDS is a simple two-step process. Just check out our?Guidelines?and click on the?Submissions Page?from Feb. 1 through Feb. 29, 2020. One month window, as usual.

To keep things interesting while we work on the new issue, we present a new writing prompt. This image of a starling murmuration near the ruined West Pier in Brighton, England, taken by James Offer, is the current challenge. Why not pen a tiny original poem or two in response to this glimpse of the fading past or is it the coming future? ?Leave your best efforts in the comment box below and the TINYWORDS editorial team will share the best of the best in TINYWORDS 20.1, due out in late March 2020.

Thanks again for dropping by. We look forward to reading what you?have?to say.

98 thoughts on “Submissions for tinywords 20.1 — and a writing prompt”

    1. I've been to Brighton U.K. several times, home of many famous activities and the book and film(s) of Brighton Rock.
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      Note: Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film in 1947 and 2010. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton.
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      It's a great place, but I do remember one day…

      1. Hope it wasn't you who was covering his tracks, Alan. That's one heck of a burn up :)
        Now that would be something to remember.

        1. No, all very legal, and to do with educational conferences usually. The conference and the people I used to meet were a relief compared to the stress of dealing with family and business. So arrive there burnt out, and leave feeling much better.

          I even got trained by an American who trains US military in security measures. As this particular time we still had the risk of another IRA attack on Brighton.

          So nothing exciting, but the excitement of the conference and meeting up with old friends, and the bracing sea air revived me. :-)

          Alan

          1. Just as the Japanese people imply but don't voice their personal pronouns in conversation or in writing, even though the black text says:

            burnt-out in Brighton the starlings murmur on the wing

            The white text if revealed from the white space makes this:

            [I'm] burnt-out in Brighton the starlings murmur on the wing

            Or as a duostich:

            [I'm] burnt-out in Brighton
            the starlings murmur on the wing

            So it's all down to Japanese practice, as well as good old white space! :-)

            Alan

    1. I just realized this is very close to a poem by Cody Huddleston.
      Totally a coincidence. Sorry about that. Should have read through these first.

  1. so much laughter lost to the sea breeze

    slack tide
    bones of a broken ship
    its cargo of gold

  2. Congratulations to the winners.
    Well done everyone else.
    A very enjoyable challenge and read.
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    Thanks to the editors and judges for the platform.

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