Issue #14 of Tint Journal (Fall 2025), the magazine for English as a Second Language (ESL) writers is where readers can find works on the theme of “Patchwork.” Tint Journal’s second themed issue includes 24 new poems, short stories and nonfiction essays by writers identifying with 22 different countries or regions on this Earth and speaking 21 different first languages who explore the topic of “Patchwork” from a variety of angles, from assembling flyer packs to musings on one’s name, to “Layers of Home.” This issue is yet another celebration of the multivocality of ESL writing and the unique assemblage of every voice in a second language.
Contributing writers and artists include fiction by Tilbe Akan, Chelsea Allen, Áron Bartal, Niels Bekkema,Smita Das Jain, Galina Itskovich, Christian Nikolaus Opitz, Anna Pedko, Johan Smits; nonfiction by Ekow Agyine-Dadzie, Karen Cheung, Anneliz Marie Erese, Sue Tong, Helin Yüksel, Alina Zollfrank; poetry by A.D. Capili, Elina Kumra, Marisol Moreno Ortiz, Hajer Requiq, Rudrangshu Sengupta, Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki, Sarp Sozdinler, Shaira Sultana, Leila Zolfalipour; and art by Douglas Campbell, Cyrus Carlson, Haley Cole, Taylor Daukas, Vanesa Erjavec, Atzin Garcia, Julia Groß, Yewon Kim, Anna Kirby, Anna Major, Milena Makani, Matthew McCain, Joykrit Mitra, Michael Pacheco, Ann Privateer, Radoslav Rochallyi, Eryk Siemianowicz, Maheshwar N. Sinha, Kim Suttell, Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk, Harald Wawrzyniak, Chynna Williams, Leila Zolfalipour.
