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Third Coast Literary Magazine

A Publication of Western Michigan University’s Graduate Creative Writing Program

Founded in 1995 by graduate students of the Western Michigan University English department, 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; Third Coast consistently publishes excellent, and often award-winning, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama.

07/27/2026

Introducing out first of two Non-Fiction Editors, Heather Augustyn!

Full bio below:
Heather Augustyn is author of eight books on the history of ska. That's right, ska. She previously enjoyed working for 12 years as a newspaper journalist. That's right, newspaper. She is assistant professor of writing at Purdue University Northwest since 2014 and is a doctoral student at Western Michigan University where she specializes in creative nonfiction. She considers being called a "rude girl" a compliment and will skavangelize wherever she goes, so you've been warned.

07/24/2026

Rounding off our Poetry Editors, we'd love to introduce to you, Charlotte Keller!

Full bio below:
Charlotte Keller (she/they) is a poetry MFA student from northwest Ohio. She is entering her second year at Western Michigan University and is on the Leadership Team for the First-Year Writing Program. In her free time, she enjoys making collages and texting her moms. She got her driver’s license last year and assures she is a safe, defensive driver on I-94 West!

07/21/2026

Please give a warm welcome to our second of three new Poetry Editors, Donny Pasmore!

Full bio below:
Donald Pasmore (He/She) loves writing poetry, reading poetry, publishing poetry, and other nerdy writer s**t. He grew up in Delaware and Maryland with some good parents, and sadly no true hardships to overcome. Her passion project is 149 Review which she founded with many like-minded writers from Salisbury University. She won the 2026 Frostic Award in Poetry judged by Jericho Brown, and his debut chapbook, “Dulled Bodies” was a finalist for the 2025 Iron Horse Literary Review Chapbook Prize. Links to his published works can be found at donaldpasmore.com.

07/16/2026

We're thrilled to introduce our first of three new Poetry Editors, Carly Osborne!

Full bio below:
Carly Osborne is a poet from Portland, Oregon. She is currently an MFA candidate at Western Michigan University, where she is grateful for the opportunity to teach English classes and write poems on her Re*****on typewriter. She is a godmother to two rambunctious cats and a loving aunt to the world’s sweetest pit bull. In her free time, Carly enjoys film photography, walks in the rain, and the art of paper mache.

04/23/2026

Grab your summer read as the season grows closer! Link in bio 📖☀️Click the link in our bio to purchase issue 55/56 and soak up some sun with Third Coast!

04/22/2026

third coast magazine wishes you a happy earth day🌏🌷🌞

03/05/2026

Thank you so much to Le Mondo, Western Humanities Review, and Waxwing for a wonderful off-site reading last night.

03/04/2026

We have the most beautiful booth at AWP. I DARE YOU to prove us wrong.

Please come say hi, play Dice & Draft, and grab a free bookmark!!

02/26/2026

Check out the new story “Hypothetically Speaking” by Amy Clark on our website!

thirdcoastmagazine.com/readonline

02/24/2026

Meet our spring interns Cash, Nora, Khloe, Rosey, and Bridget!! 📖🩷

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