SUBMISSIONS FOR FICTION AND NONFICTION ONLY  WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 1, 2026 AND CLOSE ON JANUARY 31, 2026.

Thank you for your interest in TIFERET. Please read the submission guidelines below and prepare to send us your best work.

TIFERET publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and art. We look for high-quality creative work that expresses spiritual experiences and/or promotes tolerance. Our mission is to help raise individual and global consciousness, and we publish writing from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions.

We strongly urge you to read an issue of Tiferet to increase your chance of accep­tance. Our latest issue can be read on our website here. You can also purchase past issues and our anthology via our store. 

FICTION: We inter­pret the word “spir­i­tual” broadly. First, we seek well-written sto­ries, pure and sim­ple, that engage us in some small pocket of human­ity. The first page will tell us if the writer has a com­mand of story, of char­ac­ter drive, of descrip­tion, of lan­guage & syn­tax & voice. Or not. And we’re fans of imag­i­na­tion in fic­tion, so let yours emerge in the sto­ries you send us. We’re not nec­es­sar­ily inter­ested in religious-oriented sto­ries, nor are we inter­ested in ser­mons dis­guised as sto­ries or as sto­ries with overt reli­gious “messages.” NOTE: We only accept and publish previously unpublished work. Please use regular submission formatting: double spaced, an easy to read font (such as Times New Roman or Arial), and 12 point font size. Please make sure your manuscript does not exceed 3,000 words (this will often, but not always be about 12 double spaced pages). Manuscripts that are over this cap will not be read.  

NONFICTION: We like to pub­lish essays and inter­views that shed light on per­sonal expe­ri­ences of grap­pling with the invis­i­ble… or dif­fer­ent aspects of spir­i­tual tra­di­tions. Our read­ers like to learn about dif­fer­ent cul­tures and a writer’s unique jour­ney. Clear, con­cise writ­ing with good con­crete visual detail is required. NOTE: We only accept and publish previously unpublished work. Please use regular submission formatting: double spaced, an easy to read font (such as Times New Roman or Arial), and 12 point font size. Please make sure your manuscript does not exceed 3,000 words (this will often, but not always be about 12 double spaced pages). Manuscripts that are over this cap will not be read.  

We accept online submissions only. Hard copy submissions made through snail mail will not be considered or returned.

Please submit one story, one essay, or one interview at a time. All submissions must be made in Word or in a Text Document.

Please note that you should not submit a piece that includes track changes. When submitted, your word document is converted to a pdf and all track changes are revealed. Please submit a clean document that has not recorded your changes as these mark ups can be distracting while considering your piece and may affect our decision in an otherwise strong piece.

We acquire first-time North American rights in print and digital format; non-exclusive, one-time anthology rights; and the right to run the story, essay, or interview on our website, Instagram or Facebook page, or through a Twitter link. After publication all other rights revert to the author and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgment is made to TIFERET.

Authors proof their work before publication. We are currently publishing only in digital format. Therefore, authors receive a complimentary digital issue in which their work appears.

We look forward to reading your work!