The Journal
Read the TAG — launching Spring 2027
Read the TAG is a peer-informed journal of practice and research covering construction, craft history, materials, pedagogy, and the working conditions of creative labor. The inaugural issue arrives Spring 2027; the reading period opens ahead of launch.
- Articles and critical essays
- Images of work and portfolio documentation
- Advisor and editorial team applications
- Book submissions in textile, fashion, crafts, costume, illustration, fashion psychology, soft furnishings, soft sculpture, and teaching
- Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, reference books, anthologies, pattern books, and poetry
Books
Five books in 2026. Ten books in 2027.
TAG Publishing aims to launch 5 books in 2026 and 10 books in 2027 — technical references, pattern books, monographs, anthologies, and teaching texts produced with authors from inside the disciplines they write about.
Submissions
Guidelines & contributor portal
- Submit original, unpublished work. Simultaneous submissions are accepted with notice.
- Written work: .docx or .pdf, double-spaced, 800–6,000 words, with a 75-word bio.
- Images: 300 dpi minimum, with captions, credits, materials, dimensions, and date.
- Book proposals: synopsis, annotated table of contents, sample chapter, and audience statement.
- Advisor and editorial applications: CV, areas of expertise, and a statement of interest.
- Response times run 6–10 weeks. Contributors are credited and compensated per contract.
Zine & Show
TAGs Off
TAGs Off is a zine and a two-minute show about what the industry does not put on the runway: burnout, entrepreneurship, neurodivergence, and the underbelly of the fashion and textile industries. Candid, short, and unglamorous by design.
Channels