TAMARIND Lit Mag Issue 1 Call for Submissions open now: fiction & non-fiction about science and scientists, 1,500+ words

TAMARIND is a new literary magazine dedicated to the publication and promotion of writing in, around, and about science. We hope to be a showcase for creative writing in, around, and about science, scientists, and the interaction between science and society, and so foster an understanding of science as an emotional and artistic endeavour.

We publish creative non-fiction and fiction about science, scientists, and the interaction of science and society. You can find us on Instagram & Twitter @tamarindlitmag and our [editors' bios are here](https://tamarindlit.co.uk/?page=about).

Pieces should be between 1,500 to 5,000 words long and we accept simultaneous and multiple submissions. We don’t require first or exclusive rights to your work (though naturally if it is unpublished we will end up with first rights). We're sadly not accepting poetry because none of us feel qualified to judge it.

**Fiction**: we'd like stories that have realistic portrayals of science, scientists, and their impact on society. This includes things like [Lab-lit](http://www.lablit.com/) and sci-fi with a more literary bend to it. As another example, take a look at *[(Nothing but) Art](http://sciencechallenge.org/2019-winners/leroi-ic-1.pdf)* written by our fiction editor.

**Non-fiction**: we accept submissions for essays about the interaction of science with society and histories and biographies of science and scientists.

[For full information, including how to submit and our privacy policy, see our website here](https://tamarindlit.co.uk/?page=submissions).

Rule 11 info:

1. We'll be operating a profit sharing scheme with 100% of profits being distributed equally between all contributors (editors are unpaid volunteers). Patreon donations recieved during the time your issue is current and print & digital sales of your issue for 12 months after publication will be included in royalty calculations. Having said that, please have realistic expectations what with us being new. I'm personally paying for web hosting and marketing so that won't be included in calculations. Please see [my comment below](https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/i8g83p/tamarind_lit_mag_issue_1_call_for_submissions/g18d32y/) for more details on our finances.

2. Closing date is tentatively 1st November 2020, however this is flexible and I will post again a month before the actual closing date (if the mods allow it).

3. We ask that authors whose work we publish grant us use of their work under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales licence, subject to the royalties noted above. This is the same licence that [Structo magazine](https://structomagazine.co.uk/) uses. The magazine will be published under the same licence.

**Impressum**: We're published by Beneath the Tamarind Tree CIC, a non-profit community interest company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company No. 12638127). We don't have shareholders, and are legally barred from paying dividend or transferring assets to for-profit entities.