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About Tikkun
We print articles on social theory, religion/spirituality, social change, contemporary American and global politics and economics, ecology, culture, psychology, and Israel/Palestine. What we look for in such pieces are perspectives that interrogate the politics of their subject matter in ways which both advance the pursuit of tikkun olam - social justice and the repair of the world - and break down issues of contemporary concern in completely new and thoughtful ways. We support a progressive spirituality, but we welcome ideas that challenge established orthodoxies in all spheres of thought and all conceptions of politics, including challenging progressive politics.
We also challenge "common sense" and every form of "being realistic" and welcome the most utopian ideas and the uncovering and challenging aspects of thought, culture, or social organization that have convinced people that our world cannot be reconstructed on the basis of love, generosity,non-violence, social justice, caring for Nature, and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe. We're not likely to print articles about your travel to some important part of the world, your experience of having your child or your family enter into a particular religious experience, or your own personal path to spiritual enlightenment or religious practice. Nor are we a magazine of facts that "covers what is happening" in some particular area of the world or of politics. What we seek are creative new perspectives on the facts that help us deepen our understanding or contribute to strategies of healing and transformation (which is what the word "tikkun" means).
We haven't printed fiction in many years, mostly because of the difficulty of finding enough pages in the magazine to print them, though if there is a budding Phillip Roth or Margaret Atwood out there who wants to send us their very very most extraordinary fiction that happens to connect to our themes as a magazine, we'd be happy to read them.
Every feature submitted to Tikkun must be between 800 and 2400 words in length. We do take longer articles occasionally if they are so tightly argued there is no fluff and no way to make their insightful points more briefly. We do not take articles that have appeared in print elsewhere in the U.S. or on the web (with the exception of some poetry, below). Click this link to visit our submission site, create an account for yourself, and submit your manuscript.
Distribution
Tikkun Magazine is proudly distributed throughout North America by RCS Publisher Services and Magazine Distribution. For wholesale inquiries, please contact :
Melina Brown
Account Executive
RCS Publisher Services and Magazine Distribution
3700 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Phone: 323.344.1200
Fax: 323.258.0626
Staff
Editor in Chief: Michael Lerner
Managing Editor: Dave Belden
Associate Editor: Peter Gabel
Assistant Editor: Alana Yu-lan Price
Poetry Editor: Joshua Weiner
Assistant Poetry Editor: Lindsay Bernal
Literary Editor: Julian Levinson
Graphic Design / Layout: Design Action Collective
Web Site Design / Management: Reach And Teach
Article Submission Guidelines
How to Submit Content
Tikkun welcomes unsolicited nonfiction submissions. We now have an online submission system. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word format. The system cannot handle PDFs. If you are using Windows Vista, please save your document in Word's compatibility mode before submitting it: your file should say ".doc" rather than ".docx" at the end.
Before submitting an article, ask yourself the following question that the reviewers will ask about what you submit: "Do I know what Tikkun has written on this topic in the past few years and does my piece build on that, taking it into account either by critiquing what Tikkun has said (which is always very welcome--we delight in serious challenges based on an understanding of the issues that we've addressed) or by adding to or modifying or acknowledging where the discussion has gotten to and then showing how your piece moves beyond that. This is strange for many who are used to pieces starting de novo, whereas one goal of our magazine is to create an ongoing community of discourse who grow together over the years. So best to read and subscribe to Tikkun before trying to write for us!
Due to the short-staffed nature of our nonprofit publication, we are no longer able to send rejection notifications to authors. If we are interested in using your piece, we will contact you. If five months have passed and you have not heard from us, that means we are not using the piece and you should feel free to submit it elsewhere. If you -- entirely understandably -- lose patience with us before that and get the piece accepted elsewhere, please do let us know. We realize that this arrangement is frustrating to potential authors and we hope someday to expand our staff and resume the practice of sending out rejection notices. We beg your forgiveness and thank you for understanding our current limitations.
Click this link to visit our submission site, create an account for yourself, and submit your manuscript.
Feature Articles
We welcome articles on religion/spirituality, social change, politics and economics, ecology, culture and psychology, and Israel/Palestine. What we look for in such pieces are perspectives that interrogate the politics of their subject matter in ways which both advance the pursuit of tikkun olam - social justice and the repair of the world - and break down issues of contemporary concern in completely new and thoughtful ways. Every feature submitted to Tikkun must be between 800 and 2400 words in length. We do take longer articles occasionally if they are so tightly argued there is no fluff and no way to make their insightful points more briefly. We do not take articles that have appeared in print elsewhere in the U.S. or on the web (with the exception of some poetry, below). Click this link to visit our submission site, create an account for yourself, and submit your manuscript.
While we include well argued pieces from many perspectives, including those arguing against our ideas, we are particularly seeking writers who can apply a spiritual progressive worldview to their topic—whether that’s recent movies, the West Bank, global warming, or gay rights. Read our Core Vision for pointers. Our Rethinking Religion section welcomes theological and social investigation into love’s prophetic challenge to all religions. Our Politics and Society section needs writers who believe that the great powers of this world, especially governments and corporations, can be moved towards their true function: the service of and caring for humanity and the biosphere as a whole.
Reviews: Books, Film and MusicBook, film and music features must be no longer than 2400 words in length. A review of 500 or 800 words is more likely to be fitted in than a longer one—unless the longer one is so good we can’t pass it up. We would prefer reviewers cover works that are less than a year old (or are about to be published) and have not already received substantial media attention. We welcome reviews of books on all the topics mentioned above. We are seeking reviewers with smart spiritual insights: not New Agey, but progressive, Tikkunish.
Our goal is not to learn about the book being reviewed, but for the reviewer to use the book as a pretext to teach us something about the nature of reality as understood by the reviewer and perhaps stimulated by the book—and something that readers of Tikkun would not likely have been exposed to before reading the book review. The only exception to that is if you are reviewing an author that our readers would really like to know about because that person is so famous that they will be engaged just because the figure being discussed in the book or its author is so important: think of Philip Roth, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or someone of equal fame.
Click this link to visit our submission site, create an account for yourself, and submit your manuscript.
Print and the WebEach print edition of Tikkun is published in its entirety in our online archive two months after its print publication date. Tikkun also publishes website exclusives which do not appear in the print edition of the magazine. Our editorial staff chooses medium placement for each article accepted by the magazine at its own discretion. With a readership of over 70,000 per month, articles published on the Tikkun website are widely read around the world.
Art Submissions
If you wish to submit art for use in our magazine or on our web site, please click here to read the submission guidelines for art.
Poetry Submissions
Click this link to visit our submission site, create an account for yourself, and submit your poetry for possible inclusion in the print magazine. We are also interested in poetry that would work on our www.spiritualprogressives.org site: send possible poems to rabbilerner@tikkun.org.
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Born of the Jewish tradition, but with a political perspective that attracts a far wider readership, Tikkun has for over two decades offered intellectually engaged progressives the substance they crave. The magazine’s ear-to-the-ground tracking of the Middle East conflict, international human rights issues, American domestic and foreign policy, and contemporary spirituality make it the go-to publication for authoritative analysis of religion and politics around the world. With the addition of thirty-two pages of color in 2007, Tikkun has a fresh new look that speaks to the next generation.
Let Tikkun help you expand your customer base! Now is the time to reach out to the engaged and bookish readers of our magazine and/or website. You can corner your target market by advertising in the section of the magazine that best suits your needs. Our three main sections are:
- Politics and Society, in which leading intellectuals discuss the most pressing issues of the day, such as the economic meltdown, the search for ecological sustainability, and human rights issues across the globe.
- Rethinking Religion, in which high-profile Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu religious leaders and scholars point the way toward a more meaningful and engaged form of spirituality.
- Culture, in which we review some of the smartest new books and films about politics and religion.
Our publication attracts loyal readers across the United States and abroad, and our reach is continually growing through our online and print material alike. With a circulation base of more than 15,000, our 80-page, four-color magazine is estimated to reach over 37,000 people. Tikkun's subscribers represent a variety of religious backgrounds. Our readers care deeply about the world they live in, seeking to purchase goods and services consistent with their intellectual interests and spiritual values. Our website and its blog, Tikkun Daily, attract more than 36,000 unique visitors per month.
Check out our advertising rates now to learn about our special discounts for publishers and nonprofit organizations. If you’re interested in purchasing ad space either on our website or in the magazine, send an email to magazine@tikkun.org or call 510-644-1200.
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