College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University

A journal of contemporary literature produced by the Master of Arts in Writing students at Coastal Carolina University

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Thank you for submitting your work to Waccamaw. Please limit submissions to 3-5 unpublished poems. We accept files in Word, Rich Text, or Adobe formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf). Of these, we prefer Word. Please make only one submission in a single genre per reading period. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please withdraw your submission from Waccamaw's Submittable immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Response time is approximately 2-4 months. Current employees of Coastal Carolina University and alums who have graduated within that last three years are not eligible.

Poetry

Thank you for submitting your work to Waccamaw. Please limit fiction submissions to unpublished work under 6,000 words. We accept files in Word, Rich Text, or Adobe formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf). Of these, we prefer Word. Please make only one submission in a single genre per reading period. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please withdraw your submission from Waccamaw's Submittable immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Response time is approximately 2-4 months. Current employees of Coastal Carolina University and alums who have graduated within that last three years are not eligible.

Fiction

Thank you for submitting your work to Waccamaw. Please limit nonfiction submissions to unpublished work, preferably under 6,000 words. We accept files in Word, Rich Text, or Adobe formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf). Of these, we prefer Word. Please make only one submission in a single genre per reading period. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please withdraw your submission from Waccamaw's Submittable immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Response time is approximately 2-4 months. Current employees of Coastal Carolina University and alums who have graduated within that last three years are not eligible.

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