Tint Journal

We are currently accepting submissions for visual artwork to be included in our Spring '26 issue! This includes photography, drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and any other form of visual art. Read the FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES at tintjournal.com/submit.

TINT Q&A // Leila Zolfalipour, author of "Layers of Home" (Tint Fall '25 "Patchwork), started writing creatively when she was describing her artwork for exhibitions and proposals. Her descriptions often turned lyrical, almost like poems. Learn more about Leila at tintjournal.com/about/writer....

TINT FICTION // Christian Nikolaus Opitz @poetereyetcetera.bsky.social is a writer and cultural historian based in Vienna. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Read his short story "Unearthing" at tintjournal.com/short-story/....

Art by Michael Pacheco

Submit your short stories, creative nonfiction essays, flash stories, and poems created in English as your second language or your artwork for a chance to be published in our Spring '26 issue! Read the FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES at tintjournal.com/submit.

Deadline: November 30, 2025 (midnight CET)

Congratulations to Nadir Jabur and Sahil Mehta! Nadir Jabur’s “The Uber Men” (Tint Spring ‘24) has been awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2025 & Sahil Mehta’s “The Silent World of Jordi Soto” (Tint Fall ‘24) received a special mention in "Pushcart Prize L"! 🎊

📸: Jani Autio & John Morgan

TINT IN CONVERSATION // Aamir Hussain in his debut novel "Under the Full and Crescent Moon" takes readers into the fictional city of Medina’tul-Agham during the early Islamic Golden Age. Read the full book review by Andrea Färber at tintjournal.com/review/faith....

TINT Q&A // Helin Yüksel, author of "Your Anger Is Entrusted to Me" (Tint Fall '25 "Patchwork"), started writing when she realized that simply speaking was not enough to express herself. Learn more about Helin Yüksel at tintjournal.com/about/writer....

TINT POETRY // Rudrangshu Sengupta is a poet in a physicist’s body, a lover with a scientist’s precision. But beyond the lab and lecture hall, Rudrangshu is a deeply feeling, sharply observant soul. Read his poem at tintjournal.com/poetry/lacri....

Art by Anna Major

Yes, you read that right! Tint Journal will be accepting submissions for Tint Spring '26 in ONE WEEK. Prepare your short stories, creative nonfiction essays, flash and poetry, as well as your artworks for submission!

Visit our archive for #12 on the theme of "border/lands" and listen to the writers reading their work wherever you like to listen to your podcasts! For the current full-length audios, we kindly ask you to become our subscriber on Ko-fi. Enjoy the audible Tint!

We're excited to collaborate with Weltwortreisende, taking place in Graz from October 16 to 18! Tint Journal will host a creative writing workshop on Saturday, October 18, 2-4 pm, in their shared literary office BLÄTTERN. More info at tintjournal.com/about/news/w...

TINT Q&A // It is hard for Hajer Requiq, author of "Wallflowers Are Black" (Tint Fall '25 "Patchwork"), to pin down the exact reason why she started writing. It was almost instinctive from the very start. Learn more about Hajer Requiq @hajerrequiq.bsky.social at tintjournal.com/about/writer...

TINT FICTION // Áron Bartal is a Hungarian writer from Slovakia. He studies film in Paris and is practising to be a colourist. He loves to read and write surreal, magical realist and abstract stories. Read his story at tintjournal.com/short-story/....

Art by Taylor Daukas

TINT IN CONVERSATION // Agnes Fodor, in her author profile of Kazuo Ishiguro, intricately examines his journey as an author and, with keen insight, carefully unravels the phenomenon of the “Kazuo Ishiguro effect.” Read the full profile at tintjournal.com/profile/ones....

TINT Q&A // Karen Cheung @karenklcheung, author of "Exits Exist" (Tint Fall '25 "Patchwork"), is currently listening to the song "Water People" by Grouper. Read more about Karen Cheung at tintjournal.com/about/writer... and visit her personal website karen-cheung.com.

Join us for the launch of rûm Issue °VII! We warmly invite you to the magazine presentation and reading. Issue °VII features the work of 52 photographers and 6 authors. The texts accompanying the pictures were created in a workshop at Literaturbüro BLÄTTERN in cooperation with Tint Journal.

TINT POETRY // A. D. Capili hails from the Philippines. He graduated in Belgium and now teaches philosophy and history in Brussels. His texts have appeared in Big City Lit, Little Fish, Paris Lit Up, and elsewhere. Read his poem at tintjournal.com/poetry/exiles.

Art by Anna Kirby

Thank you to all writers and artists who chose to publish their prose texts, their poems or their artworks with Tint Journal! Every text is a strong addition to our collection of non-native English writing from all around the world, and every artwork a visual pleasure and thought-provoking adventure

TINT Q&A // Tilbe Akan's favorite childhood book is "The Little Black Fish" by Samed Behrengi. She began writing to endure the brutality that tightened around her. The world was hard, unforgiving, and words became her refuge. Read more about Tilbe Akan at tintjournal.com/about/writer....

TINT NONFICTION // Ekow Kebenko Agyine-Dadzie is a Ghanaian writer and educator. He writes on issues of belonging, heritage, and transformation. He also works on issues of technology and education. Read his story at tintjournal.com/flash-nonfic....

Art: "Remember Your Roots" by Matthew McCain

With Issue 14, we can now call 81 countries officially tinted! We send out a very warm welcome to Ghana. Further, we extend our greetings to the authors of Flemish and Kurdish backgrounds. Welcome to the Tint community! Visit tintjournal.com and check our interactive map 🗾

The latest issue of Tint Journal, the magazine for English as a Second Language (ESL) writers, just launched today! Find all 24 texts online and for free at tintjournal.com. We hope you enjoy reading this new issue and find something that resonates with you!

Artwork: Vanesa Erjavec

TINT FICTION // Stefan Sofiski is the pen name of an engineering professional with a badly hidden secret passion for writing. Stefan is Bulgarian and lives as an immigrant in the UK with his family. Read his flash fiction "Bulgarian Christmas" at tintjournal.com/flash-fictio....

Art: Richard Spang

TINT IN CONVERSATION // What it does, and brilliantly, is make you question the borders we draw — between myth and science, memory and history, self and other. Read Sabyasachi Roy's full review at tintjournal.com/review/scien....

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Tint Journal's 14th issue, themed PATCHWORK 🪡, will be launched one week from now! Join our Instagram Live on September 10 at 3 pm (CEST) as we celebrate the release of our upcoming issue. Our editor-in-chief, Lisa, will briefly introduce this brand-new tinted issue.

TINT FICTION // Shrutidhora P Mohor is an author from India. Her writings were listed in numerous competitions and nominated for Best Microfictions 2023 and the Pushcart Prize 2024. She recently published a book of short stories. Read her story at tintjournal.com/short-story/....

Art: Jack Bordnick

Here’s a kind reminder that an upcoming Tint Journal issue (😉) does not mean that our previous issues are no longer accessible. If you are craving more, dive into our tinted archive at tintjournal.com/archive. Find every work that has been featured on Tint so far!

TINT POETRY // Madina Tuhbatullina is a poet from Turkmenistan, whose work has been published in New American Writing and elsewhere. Her poetry collection "Tender Knots" is a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Series. Read it at tintjournal.com/poetry/knot

Art by Anosh Aibara

TINT IN CONVERSATION // As a children’s book author, Tina Athaide, born in Uganda, expands her stories by diving into history to reach a new audience and capture touching moments that many can relate to. Read the full review by Joyce Bou Charaa at tintjournal.com/review/survi....

TINT FICTION // Wera Lou Gmeiner is an art and language teacher based in Germany. Read her flash fiction "Colourless Fridays" at tintjournal.com/flash-fictio... .

(Art: "Rippled Memories" by Hana Nekrep)