Submissions Call for January 2026 Edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality would like to invite submissions to the January 2026 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Tintreach publishes creative work from across the artistic spectrum. Submissions are open until we reach capacity, or until midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025 – whichever comes first. This edition is unthemed. Successful artists will receive a small fee. Please see the full guidelines below:

Shorter-Form Pieces

• Poems can be any length.
• Articles should be no longer than 1,500 words.
• A written excerpt from a play or screenplay should not exceed 1,500 words.
• If sending a photograph, or an image of a painting, sculpture, or architectural work, please ensure that the images are of a high quality, and provide the work’s label: material(s) used, dimensions, and year. Please include a few lines contextualising your piece. Lastly, please remember to include the title of the piece in each file name.

Longer-Form Pieces

• Prose submissions – a short story, non-fiction essay, or novel extract – should be no longer than 3,000 words.

Submissions Per Person

• When it comes to shorter-form pieces (everything except for short stories, non-fiction essays, or novel extracts), we strive to publish two works by each artist, while the Featured Artist will have 3–4 pieces included. The purpose of this is to offer artists, especially emerging artists, more exposure than a journal publication would normally offer. Therefore, unless you are submitting a longer-form piece, we ask that you submit a minimum of two works and a maximum of four. These can be in any combination of artforms you wish. (For example, two poems, a play excerpt, and a painting.)
• You may only submit one longer-form piece (short story, non-fiction essay, or novel extract). However, you may submit two shorter-form pieces alongside this, if you wish. This makes a maximum of three total submissions if you are submitting one longer-form piece. (For example, one short story and two paintings, or one novel extract and two sculptures.)

General Guidelines

• Unfortunately, we cannot publish video or audio submissions.
• Submissions may have appeared elsewhere before, though new work is especially welcome. (If a submission has appeared elsewhere, please state this and include the publication details. Please also ensure that any copyright period agreed with the previous publisher has elapsed.)
• International submissions are welcome.
• Submissions can be made in English, Irish, or in translation. In the case of English-Irish and Irish-English translations, we would be keen to publish both versions together (this not compulsory). For translations of the work of another author, all relevant permissions must be obtained beforehand. We may also look to publish the original alongside the translation.
• There is no entry fee.
• Submissions are open until we reach capacity, or midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025 – whichever comes first (we will post here and on our social media channels if capacity has been reached). Please submit to smashingsubmissions(at)gmail.com. Subject lines should read: ‘Tintreach Submission, January 2026’. Please include a max three-sentence biography to accompany your piece, written in third person and making reference to your previous publications/exhibitions/appearances (if applicable); any social media/website links you would like to be included in case of publication; a headshot or photograph; whether you would like to be signed up to receive Tintreach (in addition to our monthly newsletter), so that, if selected, you receive the edition in which your work appears; and how exactly you heard of this submission opportunity. In order to ensure your submission’s eligibility, please make sure that you have included everything we have requested.
• Our preference for written pieces is that they be sent in a Word document. Please do not send them in a PDF.
• If we accept a written piece, the editor will contact you with at least one round of suggested edits, so please monitor your email closely.
• Contributors to Tintreach will receive a fee. The Featured Artist will receive €50 and the three other artists €25 each.
• The edition will be published on Thursday, 29 January 2026.
• Tintreach reaches around 1,500 people, including a range of major organisations in the areas of arts and human rights, both in Ireland and across Europe. Previous contributors to Tintreach (and its precursor, the Tintreach section of our newsletter) include poets Jessica Traynor and Fady Joudah, Senator Lynn Ruane, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi, playwright and theatre director Dijana Milošević, rapper-singer Saint Levant, and many more.
• Submissions are especially welcome from individuals who have been underrepresented historically, such as ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, members of the Traveller community, the LGBTQ+ community, and women.

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