A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:

Welcome!  Steam Ticket, A Third Coast Review, is published each April.  Recognized as a national literary journal, we aspire to publish high-quality, moving pieces of poetry, fiction, and essays from experienced and emerging writers.  We seek writing that transcends the words on the page, and illustrates the emotion that history cannot always recover.  We also publish artwork (reproduced in black and white).

Founded in 1996, Steam Ticket began its lively career of illuminating writers and readers around the U.S.  It was established by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse English professor, Robert Treu.  Over the years, it has achieved international recognition from many of its subscribers and contributors.  The journal continues to be hosted by the UW-La Crosse English Department, and commits itself to celebrating diversity in its journal selections and authors. 

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers English 320: Literary Journal Production. The class assembles and publishes Steam Ticket, a literary journal of quality writing.  An open call for manuscripts is advertised in a national writing journal, and from hundreds of submissions, students collaborate to select poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork they believe to have redeeming literary merit.  Students assume roles as editors and readers, and the process is overseen (but not controlled) by a professor who has experience in creative writing and publishing.  Emphasis will be placed on inter-disciplinary and multicultural content and participation.