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Third Coast 2012 Fiction and Poetry Contests
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Fiction Judge:Jaimy GordonJaimy Gordon won the 2010 National Book Award for her most recent novel, Lord of Misrule, and was nominated for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Gordon’s third novel, Bogeywoman, was on the Los AngelesTimes Best Books List for 2000, as well as on Context's booksellers' list of the Most Important Works of Fiction published that year. She teaches at Western Michigan University and for WMU’s Prague Summer Program for Writers.

Poetry Judge:Major Jackson
Major Jackson is the author of three collections of poetry. His first collection, Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia: 2002), was the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Hoops (Norton: 2006) was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literature – Poetry. Jackson’s most recent collection is Holding Company (Norton: 2010).
New EXTENDED DEADLINE!2012 Third Coast Fiction and Poetry Contests$1000 Prize and Publication
NEW Deadline: January 31st
Final Judges:Jaimy Gordon and Major JacksonTo make it easier for you, this year we're accepting both mailed and online submissions. For more information, visit our contests page.
Guidelines:1. Submit one previously unpublished story of up to 9,000 words or three (3) previously unpublished poems. Multiple contest entries in one or more genres are permitted, but you must submit each piece separately.2. There is a $16 reading fee for each entry, and each entry fee entitles entrant to a 1-year subscription to Third Coast, an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice in your cover letter and include a complete address for subscription.3. All manuscripts should be typed (fiction entries should be double-spaced). Please include entry title(s) and page numbers on all manuscript pages. Since the judging is blind, the author’s name and identifying information (including address, telephone, and email) should appear only in the cover letter; identifying information must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself.4. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that work be withdrawn from the contest immediately. If a poem or story is chosen as a finalist, Third Coast requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem or story is scheduled to be published elsewhere before September 2012, please do not submit it.5. Winners will be announced in April 2012 and published in the Fall 2012 issue of Third Coast. All contest entries will be considered for regular inclusion in Third Coast.6. Writers associated with the judges orThird Coast are not eligible to submit work to the contest.7. No money will be refunded. Submissions will not be returned.8. To submit via mail, make checks payable to "Third Coast" and send entries to:
Third Coast Fiction or Poetry ContestDepartment of EnglishWestern Michigan University1903 W Michigan Ave.Kalamazoo, MI 490089. To submit to the contest online, please visit: http://thirdcoastmagazine.submishmash.com/submit.

Congrats to our Pushcart Nominees!Mark Wagenaar and Melissa Palladino (from Spring 2011), and Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Jennifer Perrine, Bruce Bond, and Mariko Nagai (from Fall 2011).

SubscribeFounded 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, non-fiction and drama.
Stories and poems in Third Coast have recently appeared in the O Henry Award Series, The Pushcart Prize Series, Best American Poetry, and Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
GRATITUDE PRAYERS:
Prayers, Poems, and Prose for Everyday Thankfulness
Submissions close Friday, February 3, 2012
The purpose of GRATITUDE PRAYERS is to encourage individuals to appreciate the blessings in their lives and to cultivate an attitude of everyday thankfulness. Taking time to reflect on what’s good will help readers refocus their minds, which will increase one’s personal happiness.
Chapters have not yet been determined. The book will be packaged like Comfort Prayers and Serenity Prayers. In general, a maximum of 15 lines is best for each piece as this is the amount of text that will fit on one book page. If your selection will not work within 15 lines, you can submit a maximum of 30 lines (the equivalent of two book pages). However, I can only accept a few of the longer pieces so it may limit your chances of having a longer piece accepted. For prose pieces, a maximum of 130 words will fit on one book page. All prayers should be interfaith.
The final manuscript for GRATITUDE PRAYERS is due February 29 and reading the submissions for GRATITUDE PRAYERS is a top priority. Andrews McMeel Publishing hopes to publish the book Fall 2012, but it may be delayed until Spring 2013. If you have submitted for any of my other projects, please note that I'm far behind on reading submissions. I don't have an assistant, so it's a challenge to keep up with everything. Thanks for your continued patience.
The compensation for one-time rights is one complimentary copy of the book. Reprints are okay. The advance for GRATITUDE PRAYERS was quite small, so regretfully I'm not able to pay an additional monetary amount. As most of you know, publishing has changed drastically with fewer outlets for books. Even though e-publishing is generally successful for a lot of writers, the format isn't popular for gift books such as mine. However, I will do everything I can to find additional recognition for contributors. My books receive major publicity and have been featured in major magazines and newspapers such as USA Today, Family Circle, and Woman's Day as well as a "Dear Abby" column. Many of my contributors have been contacted by card companies to have their work featured on a card or plaque as a result of exposure in one of my anthologies.
Mail submissions to June Cotner, P.O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient return postage and mark “GRATITUDE PRAYERS” on the lower left-hand corner of your envelope. Please put all of your contact info on each submission. All submissions must be postmarked by February 3, 2012.
It takes me much longer to read and respond to submissions sent via email, so I much prefer snail mail submissions. If you live outside the U.S., you are welcome to email me no more than three submissions to june@junecotner.com. Please use GRATITUDE + as your subject line and include all of your contact info on each submission.