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"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

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

Flash rules

We accept up to five pieces of flash fiction, or “short shorts,” at a time.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

15 pages max

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Play

No specific limitations

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Review

Max words: 2000

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Interview

Max words: 6000

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

Flash rules

We accept up to five pieces of flash fiction, or “short shorts,” at a time.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7000

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

15 pages max

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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