Tiger Tea Zine Volume 3:
For the Joy of It
What does it mean to enjoy your life while you're still building it?
For the Joy of It explores joy, play, rest, wonder, and the people, practices, and moments that help us feel most alive.
We welcome reflections and creative work in any medium from Asian voices exploring their relationship to joy. Not joy as constant happiness, but as something we create, return to, rediscover, protect, or learn to make room for.
You do not need to be a professional artist or writer to contribute.
• A hobby, ritual, or interest you love
• A childhood joy you've rediscovered
• Something you do simply because you enjoy it
• Rest, play, creativity, or wonder
• The pressure to always be productive
• What gets in the way of joy
• A moment when you felt most alive
Submissions close: August 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Contributor Confirmation: Late August 2026
Proofing and Final Edits: September 2026
Volume 3 Release and Launch Event: October 2026
Contributors will have an opportunity to review names, credits, and publication details before printing.
A free digital edition will be available to all readers.
Questions? Email tigerteazine@gmail.com
If you're unsure whether your idea fits the theme, feel free to ask.
Submission Guidelines
• Sharing multiple flies? Please place them in a folder and share the folder link.
• Make sure your files or folder are viewable by anyone with the link.
• For visual work, send highest-quality version you have available.
• For writing, please share as a Google Doc or editable document.
Not submitting a full piece?
A word, sentence, photo, memory or small moment. Responses will appear throughout Volume 3.
We'll use this to contact you about your submission.
This is the name we'll use when communicating with you and crediting your work.
Want a different name to be credited? (optional)
Leave blank if you want the same name above.
How do you identify culturally or ethnically? (optional)
There are many ways to be Asian. This helps us understand the range of voices that make up Tiger Tea. Share as much or as little as you'd like.
ex, Los Angeles, CA; New York; East Coast, USA; Manila, Philippines; Bay Area; Midwest, USA; Southeast Asia; Europe, etc
Instagram, Website, or Social Media (optional)
Share if you'd like us to credit, tag, or help readers discover more of your work.
Title of your submission
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If your piece doesn't have a title, feel free to write "Untitled."
What best describes your submission?
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We welcome creative work in any medium.
Tell us about your submission and how it relates to the theme.
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What is your piece about, what inspired it? How does it connect to For the Joy of It?
Share a link to your work (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.). Please make sure the link is viewable by others. Please give "
tigerteazine@gmail.com" access.
A Little About You (optional)
Tell us a little about yourself. This can be a traditional bio, a few things you love, what you're curious about lately, or anything else you'd like readers to know.
Anything else you'd like to share? (optional)
Questions, feedback, content notes, ideas for Tiger Tea, context about your submission, or anything else you'd like us to know.
