Third Coast Magazine
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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: fiction, CNF, poetry, and drama. Based out of WMU.
Today is the LAST DAY to submit works of drama to Third Coast---and our treat to you this Halloween is that submissions are free today! Submit using the link in our bio.
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#litmag #literarymagazine #opensubmissions #reading #plays #drama #writing
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today is the LAST DAY to submit works of drama to Third Coast---and our treat to you this Halloween is that submissions are free today! Submit using the link in our bio.
#litmag #literarymagazine #opensubmissions #reading #plays #drama #writing
#litmag #literarymagazine #opensubmissions #reading #plays #drama #writing
Plamena Malinova's interview with Ruth Madievsky, author of All-Night Pharmacy, is up now on the Third Coast website!
#litmag #authors #writers #bookreview
#litmag #authors #writers #bookreview
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Plamena Malinova's interview with Ruth Madievsky, author of All-Night Pharmacy, is up now on the Third Coast website!
#litmag #authors #writers #bookreview
#litmag #authors #writers #bookreview
Submissions for poetry are now CLOSED as we have hit our cap! Thank you so much to all who submitted their poems. We can’t wait to start reading your work!
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#literarymagazine #closedsubmissions #literarycontent #literature #nonfiction #fiction #poetry #litmag #writing #books #reading #authors
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Submissions for poetry are now CLOSED as we have hit our cap! Thank you so much to all who submitted their poems. We can’t wait to start reading your work!
#literarymagazine #closedsubmissions #literarycontent #literature #nonfiction #fiction #poetry #litmag #writing #books #reading #authors
#literarymagazine #closedsubmissions #literarycontent #literature #nonfiction #fiction #poetry #litmag #writing #books #reading #authors
ATTENTION! We are close to the cap for our fiction submissions! There are only a few spaces left. If you have a work of fiction you've been thinking about submitting, do it now or forever hold your peace! ...Or until next year's submission period comes along.
#fiction #writers #literature
#fiction #writers #literature
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ATTENTION! We are close to the cap for our fiction submissions! There are only a few spaces left. If you have a work of fiction you've been thinking about submitting, do it now or forever hold your peace! ...Or until next year's submission period comes along.
#fiction #writers #literature
#fiction #writers #literature
Reminder that submissions for the next issue of Third Coast are currently OPEN! Submit your works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using the link in our bio. Submissions close Oct. 31. Don’t miss out on the chance to get your writing published!
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#literarymagazine #writers
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reminder that submissions for the next issue of Third Coast are currently OPEN! Submit your works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using the link in our bio. Submissions close Oct. 31. Don’t miss out on the chance to get your writing published!
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#literarymagazine #writers
As we say goodbye to summer and hello to fall, we're reminiscing on issue 54 of Third Coast. If you missed out on reading the amazing works in this issue, it is still available for purchase for $9! Use the link in our bio to purchase issue 54, subscriptions, or to browse past issues.
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As we say goodbye to summer and hello to fall, we're reminiscing on issue 54 of Third Coast. If you missed out on reading the amazing works in this issue, it is still available for purchase for $9! Use the link in our bio to purchase issue 54, subscriptions, or to browse past issues.
Exciting reminder that submissions open on October 1st for Issue 58! We accept works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama!
Please remember to include the title of your work, your name, and contact information on the FIRST page of your manuscript.
Please remember to include the title of your work, your name, and contact information on the FIRST page of your manuscript.
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Exciting reminder that submissions open on October 1st for Issue 58! We accept works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama!
Please remember to include the title of your work, your name, and contact information on the FIRST page of your manuscript.
Please remember to include the title of your work, your name, and contact information on the FIRST page of your manuscript.
Submissions will officially be open in one week for Issue 58!
Between Oct 1. and Oct. 31, submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or drama work using the link in our bio, where you can also find more information on our submission guidelines. We can't wait to read your writing!
Between Oct 1. and Oct. 31, submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or drama work using the link in our bio, where you can also find more information on our submission guidelines. We can't wait to read your writing!
September 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Submissions will officially be open in one week for Issue 58!
Between Oct 1. and Oct. 31, submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or drama work using the link in our bio, where you can also find more information on our submission guidelines. We can't wait to read your writing!
Between Oct 1. and Oct. 31, submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or drama work using the link in our bio, where you can also find more information on our submission guidelines. We can't wait to read your writing!
Check out Zoe Presnal's interview with A.A. Balaskovits, author of contemporary fairy tales! @aabalaskovits.bsky.social
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June 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Check out Zoe Presnal's interview with A.A. Balaskovits, author of contemporary fairy tales! @aabalaskovits.bsky.social
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thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/06/16/a...
Corinne Perry's review of "I love this version of myself that you brought out" is live! Read it at thirdcoastmagazine.com/reviewsinterviews/
May 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Corinne Perry's review of "I love this version of myself that you brought out" is live! Read it at thirdcoastmagazine.com/reviewsinterviews/
May 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Congratulations to the winners of our contest! Follow the link to read judges' comments about the winning pieces.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Congratulations to the winners of our contest! Follow the link to read judges' comments about the winning pieces.
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Interested in a review of your forthcoming or recently published book? Check out our new process for requesting a review at shorturl.at/mFhki
#bookreview #smallpress
#bookreview #smallpress
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Interested in a review of your forthcoming or recently published book? Check out our new process for requesting a review at shorturl.at/mFhki
#bookreview #smallpress
#bookreview #smallpress
Non-fiction submissions OPEN for a special reading period! Until June 1st or we reach 100 submissions, whichever comes first.
thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
April 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Non-fiction submissions OPEN for a special reading period! Until June 1st or we reach 100 submissions, whichever comes first.
thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
New interview with founding member of Kalamazoo Book Arts Center! thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/04/10/i...
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New interview with founding member of Kalamazoo Book Arts Center! thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/04/10/i...
BOOTH T459!! We have free CAT BOOKMARKS!!! #awp25 @latifaayad.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BOOTH T459!! We have free CAT BOOKMARKS!!! #awp25 @latifaayad.com
Free drinks on us! Join Third Coast, Waxwing, and Quarterly West for a reading Wednesday night before AWP
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#awpoffsite #awp2025
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Free drinks on us! Join Third Coast, Waxwing, and Quarterly West for a reading Wednesday night before AWP
#awpoffsite #awp2025
#awpoffsite #awp2025
Taylor Mroz's review of Peter Krumbach's DEGREES OF ROMANCE is live! Mroz writes, "In his radiant collection of prose-poems, Degrees of Romance, Peter Krumbach creates a playground for imagination in a neighborhood near reality."
Check out the review here: thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/03/05/r...
Check out the review here: thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/03/05/r...
March 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Taylor Mroz's review of Peter Krumbach's DEGREES OF ROMANCE is live! Mroz writes, "In his radiant collection of prose-poems, Degrees of Romance, Peter Krumbach creates a playground for imagination in a neighborhood near reality."
Check out the review here: thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/03/05/r...
Check out the review here: thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/03/05/r...
Jay Baron Nicorvo's BEST COPY AVAILABLE is a true crime memoir which interrogates the nature of truth. A gripping, heartfelt read. Check out Latifa Ayad's review of BEST COPY AVAILABLE at the link below.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Jay Baron Nicorvo's BEST COPY AVAILABLE is a true crime memoir which interrogates the nature of truth. A gripping, heartfelt read. Check out Latifa Ayad's review of BEST COPY AVAILABLE at the link below.
thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/01/30/r...
thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/01/30/r...
It's now or never (well, now or November 2025...)! Make a New Year's Resolution to get your work out there, and start now by sending your poems and stories to Third Coast's contests. Submissions close at 11:59PM Eastern Time.
Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
It's now or never (well, now or November 2025...)! Make a New Year's Resolution to get your work out there, and start now by sending your poems and stories to Third Coast's contests. Submissions close at 11:59PM Eastern Time.
Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
We are nearing the end---of 2024, and of Third Coast's Contest submission period! Cultivate a submission practice for the new year, starting today. Send judges Misha Rai and Jamaal May your best work! #WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
December 30, 2024 at 3:21 PM
We are nearing the end---of 2024, and of Third Coast's Contest submission period! Cultivate a submission practice for the new year, starting today. Send judges Misha Rai and Jamaal May your best work! #WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
Not much longer---get your submissions to Third Coast's Fiction and Poetry Contests in! Judges Misha Rai and Jamaal May are looking forward to reading your work. $1000 prize, low entry fee of $10. Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
#WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
#WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
December 29, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Not much longer---get your submissions to Third Coast's Fiction and Poetry Contests in! Judges Misha Rai and Jamaal May are looking forward to reading your work. $1000 prize, low entry fee of $10. Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
#WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
#WritingContest #WritingCommunity #LitMag
There's still time to submit your work to Third Coast's Poetry and Fiction Contests! Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. $1000 prize for a low entry fee of $10. Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag
#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag
December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
There's still time to submit your work to Third Coast's Poetry and Fiction Contests! Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. $1000 prize for a low entry fee of $10. Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag
#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag
Do countdowns give you anxiety? If so, submit your poems and stories NOW so you can scroll past our posts worry-free. Contests judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. Submit here: Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc
December 26, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Do countdowns give you anxiety? If so, submit your poems and stories NOW so you can scroll past our posts worry-free. Contests judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. Submit here: Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc