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!

We did some nipping and tucking to our budget so we can offer this special price for our summer workshop. We don’t want you to miss out! www.southeastreview.org/product-page...

Check out Zoe Presnal's interview with A.A. Balaskovits, author of contemporary fairy tales! @aabalaskovits.bsky.social 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/

The new issue is FINALLY out! Pick up your copy at thirdcoastmagazine.com #litjournal #litmag

Jazzed to finally see this little Stephenville poem in print, which was a finalist for @thirdcoastmagazine.com's 2023 Poetry Contest!

Thank you @thirdcoastmagazine.com for including my story “Shark Hunting” in issue 54! 🦈

Congratulations to the winners of our contest! Follow the link to read judges' comments about the winning pieces. thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/05/02/2...

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

Non-fiction submissions OPEN for a special reading period! Until June 1st or we reach 100 submissions, whichever comes first. thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/

New interview with founding member of Kalamazoo Book Arts Center! thirdcoastmagazine.com/2025/04/10/i...

I want to go to all the things, but all the things happen at the same time. #awp25

Throwback Thursday sale! Come get an issue from 1996 for $2! #awp25

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 #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...

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...

Congrats, Gemini Wahhaj, former Third Coast contributor!

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

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

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

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

Whatever holidays you are or aren't celebrating today, it's still the perfect day to celebrate your work. Give yourself the gift of submitting to Third Coast's Fiction and Poetry Contests. Judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. Submit here: Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc #WritingContest

Warning: we're in the single-digits folks! The deadline draws ever nearer...send your best work to judges Jamaal May and Misha Rai for Third Coast's Poetry and Fiction Contests. #WritingContest #LitMag #WritingCommunity Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc

The final ten days!!! Don't put it off any longer---submit to Third Coast's Fiction and Poetry Contests, judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. #WritingContest #LitMag #WritingCommunity Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc

We want your poems and stories! Only 11 days left to send to Third Coast's Contests, judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. $1000 prize/$10 fee. Submit here: https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc #WritingContest #LitMag #WritingCommunity

In all the holiday craziness, don't forget to make time to send out your work! Third Coast's Poetry and Fiction Contests closing in just 12 days. Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. Follow the link to submit! https://buff.ly/3DqYjIc #WritingContest #LitMag #WritingCommunity

13 days left...is that a good or ill omen? We say it's a lucky day to submit to Third Coast's Fiction and Poetry Contests, judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. $1000 prize/$10 entry fee. #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag

Finalize those revisions and submit that story or poem (or both!) to Third Coast's contests, judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. $1000 prize/$10 entry fee. #writingcontest #litmag #writing community

Last day for Drama submissions! Send us your one-acts and 10 minute plays by midnight ET! thirdcoastmagazine.submittable.com/submit

Submit to our contests, open now, for a chance for your work to be featured alongside some fabulous felines! $1000 prize/$10 fee. Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. #writingcontest #fictionsubmission #poetrysubmission

Fiction Judge Misha Rai discusses the habits that make a writer, what she looks for in a prize-winning story, and how writing contests can impact your career. Read the interview here: shorturl.at/P1gNN Third Coast Contests close Dec 31st. $10 entry fee/$1000 prize. #writingcontest

Ludo wants your tastiest work...make a pupper happy and submit to Third Coast's contest, won't you? $1000 prize/$10 entry fee, judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. #writingcontest #submissions #fiction #poetry

Don't be a chicken! Submit your work to Third Coast's contests today! $1000 prize/$10 entry fee, judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. #poetrycontest #fictioncontest @misharai.bsky.social

Check out our interview with contest judge Misha Rai: thirdcoastmagazine.com/2024/12/10/a...

Here at Third Coast, we think black cats are symbols of good luck...take this as a sign to submit your stories and poems to our contests! $1000 prize/$10 entry fee, judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May.

Lunette finds beauty in the little things, like a cozy sweater or a stunning contest submission! Make a kitty happy and send us your best stories and poems. $1000 prize/$10 entry fee, judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. Thanks to fiction reader Tristan Heibel! #writingcontest @misharai.bsky.social

Minerva is always on the hunt for the next best poem or story...how about sending yours to Third Coast's contest this fall? $1000 prize/$10 entry fee, judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. Thanks to Minerva's mom, Kat Karolyi, for volunteering as a poetry reader! #writingcontest #publication

Salem seeks spellbinding poems and stories for this year's Third Coast contests! Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai, $1000 prize/$10 entry fee. Thanks to Emilie Helmbold, fiction editor, and to Salem, for all their hard work at the magazine. #writingcontest #fictioncontest #poetrycontest

Managing Editor Sophia Khan's cat, Storm, wants to eat---I mean, SEE---your work in print! Contest submissions open. Judged by Misha Rai and Jamaal May. $1000 prize/$10 fee! #writingcontest #fictioncontest #poetrycontest @misharai.bsky.social

Only 30 days remain to submit work to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers!

Submissions to The Commuter are OPEN! We want to see your short prose, poetry, and graphic narratives. Each category will be capped at 375 submissions, so don't wait to submit! https://buff.ly/3PoeZ6l

Happy December! Free submissions are now open for our Poetry, CNF, Shot-Shorts, and Visual Essay categories! Hope to be swooned by your work soon!

CONTEST OPEN! $10 entry fee/$1000 prize! Thanks to faculty advisor Thisbe Nissen's TEENY for his unending support of Third Coast. Judged by Jamaal May and Misha Rai. #writingcontest #writingsubmissions @misharai.bsky.social

Hitting the ground running w/ this first BlueSky post by announcing our ongoing CONTEST! Third Coast's Poetry and Fiction Contests are currently accepting subs, $1000 prize/$10 entry fee. Judged by JAMAAL MAY and MISHA RAI! #writingcontest #writing #publication @misharai.bsky.social