Third Coast (journal)
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Third Coast is an American literary magazine
based at Western Michigan University
in Kalamazoo, Michigan
. The journal was founded in 1995 by graduate students in the university's English department.
Work that has appeared in Third Coast has received the O Henry Award, Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize, and has been reprinted in Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. The journal also awards annual prizes in fiction and poetry.
The editor, as of October 2010, is Emily Stinson.
Among established writers whose work has appeared in Third Coast are Seth Abramson
, David Baker, Quan Berry, Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Holly Clark, Amanda Coplin, Mike Dockins, Porter Fox, Richard Jackson, Mark Jarman, Ted Kooser, Thomas Lux, Charles McLeod, Sara Michas-Martin, Ander Monson, Lia Pupura, Jose Rivera, Jessica Roeder, Tomaz Salamun, David Shumate, Margot Singer, Tony Tost, and Jean Valentine.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
based at Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
. The journal was founded in 1995 by graduate students in the university's English department.
Work that has appeared in Third Coast has received the O Henry Award, Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize, and has been reprinted in Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. The journal also awards annual prizes in fiction and poetry.
The editor, as of October 2010, is Emily Stinson.
Among established writers whose work has appeared in Third Coast are Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson is an American poet, attorney, editor, and freelance journalist.-Life:Abramson is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop...
, David Baker, Quan Berry, Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Holly Clark, Amanda Coplin, Mike Dockins, Porter Fox, Richard Jackson, Mark Jarman, Ted Kooser, Thomas Lux, Charles McLeod, Sara Michas-Martin, Ander Monson, Lia Pupura, Jose Rivera, Jessica Roeder, Tomaz Salamun, David Shumate, Margot Singer, Tony Tost, and Jean Valentine.