20 years of tinywords!
November 2020 marks the 20th year of publication for tinywords. The brainchild of founding editor Dylan Tweney, what began as a simple personal e-mail and SMS mailing list has grown over the years to an international journal of haiku and micropoetry with well over 6,000 subscribers on email and Twitter, and countless readers and commenters on the tinywords website. It has also become a community of readers and writers around the world.
For the first eight years Dylan worked mostly on his own, publishing one haiku nearly every weekday. In November of 2009, tinywords began to publish with a wider view, including but not limited to haiku. The journal also moved to a structure based on the serial release of multiple issues per year, some of which were offered in printed form. Associate editors joined to become part of the submission reading and selection process. Since 2012 Peter Newton and Kathe L. Palka have been the leading co-editors of tinywords. Dylan still provides technical support for the site, and also helps read poems during every submission period.
To learn more about the history of the journal please visit our About page where you will find a more detailed history, some interesting tinywords trivia as well as a link to an entertaining podcast of a conversation between Dave Bonta and Dylan Tweney. You can also write to Dylan to request a copy of a printed broadside published by the late Norbert Blei, containing Dylan’s views on haiku and on tinywords.
And please enjoy our comprehensive online Archive where you can read though all our years of publication, including the older archive of haiku published 2000-2008.
Be safe, stay well,
The Editors
November 14th, 2020 at 9:19 am
Congratulations, I have enjoyed tiny words since the beginning. Every best wish for the future!!
November 14th, 2020 at 9:22 am
Congrats to tinywords for its longevity. The daily poem invariably gives perspective to my day. I marvel at the deftness of form and insight. Keep it going!
November 14th, 2020 at 9:31 am
Wow! And delighted to have had a small part as a selection editor many many moons ago!
Alan Summers
November 14th, 2020 at 9:45 am
Congratulations ? tinywords is a spark of joy for me each day. Thanks so much to the dedication and expertise of everyone involved. It’s such a thrill to have a haiku included and to hear a response, as the reader is integral to the moment and enriches and creates a new moment.
November 14th, 2020 at 9:53 am
Congratulations!
November 14th, 2020 at 10:06 am
Thank you for bringing tinywords into existence and growing it all these years. It is a real pleasure day by day.
November 14th, 2020 at 10:14 am
Hurray for Tinywords! Enjoyed getting that tiny poem in my inbox every day for the last twenty years. What a treat! Thank you Dylan Tweeny Founding editor, Peter Newton, and Kathe L. Palka leading co-editors.
November 14th, 2020 at 10:29 am
Happy birthday Tinywords. Like Alan above I’m so happy to have played a small part in your history as part of the team. Here’s to the next twenty years!
November 14th, 2020 at 12:37 pm
Yay! And my wonderful past editor who supported me so much with writing haibun, and those mammoth book reviews! :-)
November 14th, 2020 at 10:55 am
Congratulations. Great feat!
November 14th, 2020 at 11:01 am
Congrats all! I'm way off my haiku game. Need to start making it a habit again.
November 14th, 2020 at 12:02 pm
Congratulations on your milestone anniversary! Keep up the good work!
November 14th, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Congratulations to all of you who have made this such a bountiful site. We are enriched by your dedication and passion to haiku. It is a source of pleasure to me every single day.
Thank you. Thank you.
November 14th, 2020 at 1:09 pm
A big thank you to all involved with Tinywords. I love waking up to Tinywords every day and since discovering haiku 10 years ago having access to the international haiku community through such sites has helped improve my haiku and the quality of haiku in general.
November 14th, 2020 at 1:12 pm
Congratulations! We are lucky to have you. THANK YOU!!! And may 20 more years be in your future!
November 14th, 2020 at 1:32 pm
Many congratulations…..long may Tinywords continue!
November 14th, 2020 at 1:43 pm
Congratulations on your 20th anniversary! I appreciate all the work that goes into making this site such a success. Wonderful to have some positive news in 2020. Thank you so much!
November 14th, 2020 at 2:39 pm
Hooray! I love tinywords.
November 14th, 2020 at 4:29 pm
Congratulations and thank you for this daily delight. Continued success to you all.
November 14th, 2020 at 5:29 pm
Congratulations and all good wishes for at least 20 more years. And thanks for all the work you?ve done for haiku!
November 14th, 2020 at 5:31 pm
Congratulations and all good wishes for at least 20 more years. And thanks for all you?ve done for haiku!
November 14th, 2020 at 8:39 pm
Congratulations to the current editorial team and all who have contributed to tinywords over two decades. I appreciate the commitment, and the opportunities for poets around the world to share haiku through tinywords.
November 14th, 2020 at 8:40 pm
Amazing journal! I look forward to reading it everyday.
November 15th, 2020 at 12:20 am
Congratulations. Continued success. I'm glad I've become a member of this community. Wonderful company.
November 15th, 2020 at 1:30 am
Congratulations to all at tinywords on your twentieth anniversary. So look forward to a fresh poem each day.
November 15th, 2020 at 4:39 am
Congratulations and thank you! Love reading tinywords.
November 15th, 2020 at 7:20 am
So thankful for tiny words and all the joy you bring into our lives!
November 15th, 2020 at 7:58 am
Congrats !!
November 15th, 2020 at 1:25 pm
Congratulations! So few literary magazines ever make it to 20. Best wishes for the next 20.
November 15th, 2020 at 8:02 pm
Kudos to tinywords and all the editors—past and present.
November 16th, 2020 at 6:17 am
What an accomplishment! And may Tinywords enjoy at least another 20 good years! A delightful and meaningful contribution to the haiku community–bravo!
November 16th, 2020 at 12:16 pm
I LOVE tinywords! Thanks to all involved.
November 16th, 2020 at 1:55 pm
Congratulations and a heartfelt thank you for this sustained accomplishment. The arrival, each day, of a new haiku, especially during this pandamnic (my spelling), provides some much needed medicine. Thank you as well to all the participating poets. I look forward to continued enjoyment!