Genres & Theme
Experimental Literary Magic Realism / Surrealism Mainstream Open to all / most themes Third Coast publishes poetry, fiction (including traditional and experimental fiction, shorts, and novel excerpts, but not genre fiction), creative nonfiction (including reportage, essay, and memoir), drama (including both performed and unperformed pieces) and translations. We encourage new as well as established writers. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Temporarily closed to submissions. Submissions Periods Open to submissions from Friday, August 01, 2008 to Friday, May 01, 2009 (76.1 days from now)	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Subscribe Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Poetry (varies, read guidelines) Flash Fiction (< 1,000 words) Short Story (1,000 - 7,500 words) Novelette (7,500 - 9,000 words)
Media
Print Publication
Payscale
Does Not Pay in real-world money for Short Fiction Does Not Pay in real-world money for Poetry
Other Info
Accepts electronic submissions only
Allows simultaneous submissions (always follow proper simultaneous submission etiquette)
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 2 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall Short Fiction Poetry   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. This market ranks among the Top 25 Most Challenging Poetry Markets Accuracy We have received 215 reports within the past 12 months, not including 80 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 77 days) and not including 1 ignored report (reports are ignored when the submitter has an unrealistic overall acceptance/rejection ratio). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 3 | 100.5* | 418 (min | avg | max) *This data has been normalized to reduce the effect of reported long waits before withdrawals or assumed rejections. Responses (76.7%) Acceptances: 0.5% (118 days avg. per acceptance) Rejections: 76.3% (101.3 days avg. per rejection) | 18.3% personal, 66.5% form, 15.2% unspecified Rewrite Requests: - Non-Responses (23.3%) Assumed Rejections: 4.2% (305.2 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 19.1% (55.5 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Submissions are acknowledged within one day on average. Most recent response reported was received on: 13 May 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 03 Apr 2008 Do not query before 120 days have passed. (28.4% of the responses reported to us for this market have taken longer than 120 days.)
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: O. Henry Prize
Market Added: 13 Nov 2005 Last Updated: 01 May 2008 Last Checked: 15 May 2008

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