Submissions
Thank you for your interest in submitting to Tiny Molecules! We have two submission sections (flash and observations). Please make sure you are familiar with the guidelines relevant to your section before submitting to ensure your submission gets read.
Fiction
Submissions are now OPEN.
We accept fiction under 1,000 words. You may either submit one piece between 700-1,000 words, or three of 700 words or below (you may submit all in a single document, but please clearly mark the beginning of each piece).
Please send previously unpublished work to tinymoleculespress@gmail.com along with a brief third person bio. Please send files as a doc/docx attachment.
We accept translations. Simultaneous submissions are welcome but please notify us if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
If your piece is accepted for publication please wait an additional two issues (~6 months) before sending us more work. If your work is not accepted/withdrawn please wait until our next issue is out before submitting again.
We have an interview at Six Questions For… going into more detail about what we look for in a submission. In general we are looking for character-driven stories that subtly examine flaws and/or strengths of human nature. Put us under a microscope. Tell us something true, tell us something strange, tell us how to be human.
Observations
We are looking for essays 1,000 words or under. We would like to see explorations of, and responses to, art, reading, food, landscape, travel, science, and anything in between. We aren't looking for critical analysis per se, but honest, well-written, sensory non-fiction; work that deals with a sentence, an image, a meal. For concrete references to the kind of writing we'd like to see (though in no way exhaustive or strict), look to Anne Carson's Plainwater, Gertrude Stein's Food, John Berger's and our faces, my heart, brief as photos.
Reviews of books, music, art and film are also welcome. We accept either completed submissions, or pitches for reviews. If you are sending a pitch, please attach either a writing sample, or a link to a previous review or essay.
Observations is open for work year-round, and all submissions should include 'OBSERVATIONS' or ‘OBSERVATIONS REVIEW’ in the email subject line.
Working-Class Writers: For the time being, any writer who considers themselves to be working-class - i.e. those writers who are often left out of conversations regarding art criticism and book reviews - can send an essay and our editor will offer editorial feedback, and answer questions about those edits, even if the piece isn't going to be published by Tiny Molecules. If this is something you're interested in, please say so in your submission email.