Gulf Coast

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Gulf Coast is a literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, and translations in both print and online formats, with a focus on supporting writers through editorial guidance and competitive honorariums.

Read the full guidelines at gulfcoastmag.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: $100 per accepted submission

Online Exclusives; unpublished prose, less likely to accept over 3,000 words; pays $100 per accepted submission; open year-round.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: $100 per accepted submission

Online Exclusives; unpublished nonfiction, less likely to accept over 3,000 words; pays $100 per accepted submission; open year-round.

poetryPays: $75 per accepted submission

Online Exclusives; up to five unpublished poems per submission; pays $75 per accepted submission; open year-round.

fictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Print edition; unpublished prose up to 7,000 words; $3 reading fee; pays $50 per .doc or PDF page; open September 1 through March 1 annually.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Print edition; unpublished nonfiction up to 7,000 words; $3 reading fee; pays $50 per .doc or PDF page; open September 1 through March 1 annually.

nonfictionOpens Sep 1

Print edition; unsolicited reviews (single-book reviews no longer than four pages, interviews not exceeding twelve pages); $3 reading fee; pays $50 per .doc or PDF page; open September 1 through March 1 annually.

poetryOpens Sep 1

Print edition; up to five unpublished poems per submission; $3 reading fee; pays $50 per .doc or PDF page; open September 1 through March 1 annually.

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