EDITOR'S NOTE:

Welcome!  Steam Ticket, A Third Coast Review, is published each April.  Recognized as a national literary journal, we publish original poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from experienced and emerging writers.  Beginning in 2009, with Steam Ticket XII, $100 will be awarded for the best poem and best piece of prose, judged by editors. No entry fee is required.

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.  The journal continues to be hosted by the UW-La Crosse English Department, and is overseen by faculty advisor Matthew Cashion.  The Steam Ticket staff commits itself to celebrating diversity in the selections of its content. 

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.  Special attention is given to inter-disciplinary and multicultural content and participation.