"Founded in 1995 by graduate students of the Western Michigan University English department, Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres."
Introduction
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
6 months / 1754 days
Average acceptance rate
10.53%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
yes
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Flash rules
We accept up to five pieces of flash fiction, or “short shorts,” at a time.
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
15 pages max
Play
No specific limitations
Review
Max words: 2000
Interview
Max words: 6000
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Flash rules
We accept up to five pieces of flash fiction, or “short shorts,” at a time.
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
15 pages max
Play
No specific limitations
Magazine
Founded in 1995 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Amanda Scott
Editor-in-Chief
Charli Spier
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
37
Average acceptance rate
10.53%
Average response time
1754 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
1754/-
Fastest response time
1754 days
Slowest response time
1754 days