We’re an online literary journal for writers who write in English as their 2nd or non-native language. Issue Fall ‘23 out now! ✒️

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Hello everyone and welcome to Tinted Tales Fall ‘24. This is Andrea from Tint Journal, and I’ll be your online host in the YouTube chat for the evening. The event will begin shortly. youtube.com/watch?v=AHOIGJtt…
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ART SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE SPRING '25 ARE OPEN! We are now accepting submissions to feature your artwork in our Spring '25 issue. Submissions close November 30, 2024 at midnight (CEST). Head on over to tintjournal.com/submit for more information and to learn how to submit.
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✨ Today, we celebrate the release of our 12th issue, Fall '24, on the theme of "border/lands". Find 25 new stories and poems by non-native English writers now online at tintjournal.com, as always accompanied with artworks by international artists.
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The countdown has begun! There are only ten days left until the release of our 12th issue on tintjournal.com. Stay tuned for 25 new pieces of prose and poetry by ESL writers from around the world! We hope you're looking forward to it as much as we do.
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The best companion on vacation is a book, no matter where the trip is going. We're giving away a copy of our anthology "Tinted Trails" and a tote bag. Learn how to enter in our next newsletter tintjournal.com/about/newsle… - but be quick, we send it out on August 2nd! Good luck! 🐚📖
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Submissions for our Fall '24 issue are closed! Thank you to everyone who submitted. The editorial board will read through all your submissions and will be choosing 25 pieces to be published. As we have received many entries, allow us up to two months to read and make our choice.
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TINT POETRY // Martina Natale (@maarteana) is a writer from southern Italy. She writes poetry, short fiction and screenplays. Read her full poem "Still Life" at tintjournal.com/poetry/still… (Art: "Sprouting from inside" by Daniela Pichler)
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For Tint Journal's first themed issue, we're looking for the different approaches towards "border/lands." Submit your short stories, poems and personal essays in English as your non-native language as well as your art to our 12th issue until May 31, 2024. tintjournal.com/submit/call-…
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Call for Submissions: @tintjournal is seeking #poetry, #art, and #prose submissions from authors and artists for whom English is not their first language. The theme for their next issue is #borderlands. #Immigrants, #FirstGeneration. CC: @aaww @PENamerica
Tint Journal is open for submissions. To understand what exactly we are looking for for our first themed issue, carefully read our theme description at tintjournal.com/submit/call-… Submit your short stories, poems and personal essays until May 31, 2024.
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Tint Journal is open for submissions. To understand what exactly we are looking for for our first themed issue, carefully read our theme description at tintjournal.com/submit/call-… Submit your short stories, poems and personal essays until May 31, 2024.
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Tint Journal is open for submissions - and we ask you to carefully read through our submission guidelines before submitting, or else your work won't be considered for publication. Submissions close May 31, 2024 (midnight CEST). For more information, visit tintjournal.com/submit/submi…
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OPEN CALL FOR TINT FALL '24: border/lands Submit to our themed issue your short stories, poems and personal essays in English as your non-native language as well as your art to our 12th issue until May 31, 2024. Here's all you need to know: tintjournal.com/submit/call-…
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"We should get informed, learn, keep an independent mind and raise awareness, without forgetting to express solidarity to those who are suffering." - Serena Piccoli Read Serena's interview at tintjournal.com/interview/th…
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Ready, set... submit! It's that time of the year again: Tint Journal will be open for submissions soon. Don't forget to follow us and keep an eye on our social media to see when our call opens.
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At Tint, we want to show the talent of ESL writers. With the release of issue 11, we can now call 73 countries officially tinted! We send a warm welcome to the writers of Iraq and Malta. Is your country on the list already? Head over to tintjournal.com/ to find out!
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"Ekphrasis is the use of vivid language to describe or respond to a work of visual art." Join art editor Vanesa Erjavec on Wed, March 27, 2024, 6-8 PM (CET) in Graz and online (via Zoom) for our next writing meet-up on the topic of exphrasis. Infos at: tintjournal.com/about/news/t…
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Did you know that on Tint Journal, you can directly tell our authors how you feel about their work through a comment box? Go to buff.ly/2TYfANC and leave your favorite authors some love in the comments!
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OUT NOW: Issue Spring ‘24! 🌷🖋️ The 11th issue of Tint Journal, the magazine for ESL writers, hit the world wide web today at tintjournal.com! Discover 25 new texts by writers identifying with 23 different nationalities and speaking 14 different first languages.
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Issue Fall '23 will be added to our archive with the release of Issue Spring '24. Find all previously published Tint text at tintjournal.com/archive Have fun exploring!
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TINT FICTION // Taslim Burkowicz’s books are influenced by her Indo-Canadian heritage and have been covered by the CBC. Her works include 'Chocolate Cherry Chai', The Desirable Sister, Ruby Red Skies and Sugar Kids. Read the full short story at tintjournal.com/short-story/…
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