{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}} Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts is a literary magazine from Houston, Texas. Founded in 1986 by Donald Barthelme and Phillip Lopate, Gulf Coast was envisioned as an intersection between the literary and visual arts communities. As a result, Gulf Coast has partnered with the University of Houston's Creative Writing Program, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Menil Collection to showcase some of the most important literary and artistic talents in the United States. Faculty editors past and present include Mark Doty (1999–2005), Claudia Rankine, (2006) and Nick Flynn (2007–present).

Publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. In 2007, Heather McHugh chose David Shumate's "Drawing Jesus," which first appeared in Gulf Coast, for The Best American Poetry 2007, and Stephen King listed Peter Bognanni's "The Body Eternal" and Sandra Novack's "Memphis," again premiering in Gulf Coast, among the 100 Distinguished Stories in The Best American Short Stories 2007. In 2006, authors who were published by Gulf Coast early in their careers went on to win the Yale Younger Poets Award, the APR/Honickman Prize, the National Poetry Series, and the Juniper Prize. Gulf Coast featured artists Robyn O’Neil^[1] and Amy Blakemore^[2] have been featured in the prestigious Whitney Biennial.

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Over time, Gulf Coast has expanded its educational role by developing internship and editorial assistantship programs, a blog managed by MFA and Doctoral students at the University of Houston,^[3] as well as by mentoring Glass Mountain, the University of Houston's undergraduate literary journal.^[4]

In the early ’90s, Gulf Coast partnered with Brazos Bookstore to establish the Gulf Coast Reading Series. This annual series features the student talent in the University of Houston's Creative Writing Program.

In 2003, Gulf Coast joined with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and the National Endowment for the Arts for an inaugural Literary Magazine and Small Press Fair. The annual event now features readings and panel discussions on the state of literary publishing. Aspiring writers can also meet with Gulf Coast editors to discuss their own creative work.

Contributors [link]

History [link]

The journal spent its nascent years (1983–1985) as Domestic Crude, a name that nodded to the major industry of the Houston area. It was a 64-page (magazine-formatted) student-run publication, with editorial advising coming from Mr. Lopate, who also contributed work to the first issues.

In 1986, the name Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts premiered. After some experimenting, the journal found its dimensions and, eventually, its audience. The journal has since moved beyond the student body of the University of Houston and into the larger world. The readership of the print journal currently exceeds 2,500, with more and more coming to our ever-expanding website. The print journal comes out each April and October.

Gulf Coast is still student-run. The journal seeks to promote and publish quality literature in our local and national communities while simultaneously teaching excellence in literary publishing to graduate and undergraduate students. Being committed to providing a variety of literary approaches and voices, all of the editorial positions are two-year terms, thus ensuring a regular turnover in the specific personality and style of the journal.

In addition, Gulf Coast differs from many other literary journals in its commitment to exploring the visual arts. Each issue features two artists, along with short essays on the work from our art editor.

Summer/Fall 2012

Gulf Coast Prize [link]

Each year, the magazine presents the Gulf Coast Prizes in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Outside judges name the winners, who each receive a $1,500 honorarium and are published in the magazine's Winter/Spring issue; two runners-up in each genre will each receive a $250 second prize.^[5] Past judges for the prizes include Eula Biss, Eavan Boland, Terrance Hayes, Susan Howe, Antonya Nelson, and Natasha Trethewey.^[6]

Barthelme Prize [link]

Gulf Coast also awards the annual Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose which awards $1,000 and publication to one prose poem, micro-essay, or short story of five hundred words or less. The Barthelme Prize was inaugurated by editors emeriti Sean Bishop and Laurie Cedilnik in 2008.^[7] Past judges for the Barthelme Prize include Beckian Fritz Goldberg and Mary Robison.^[8]

Houston Indie Book Fest [link]

The Houston Indie Book Fest is one of Gulf Coast's major community events. Hosted by Gulf Coast through a collaboration with The Menil Collection and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, the event is completely free and open to the public and remains the only one of its kind in the Houston and Austin areas. It features a variety of nationally-distributed literary journals and small-press books alongside local booksellers, book and magazine publishers, small presses, literary organizations, and writers.

Since 2008, the Houston Indie Book Festival has steadily expanded from a small gathering of local booksellers and artists to a full-scale regional event featuring dozens of local exhibitors and attracting hundreds of visitors throughout the day. The event has grown to include a day-long reading series, children's events, musical acts, and, for the first time ever in 2012, informational panel discussions organized by HIBF exhibitors and local readers, writers, and publishers.

For the past two years, the event has been held on the Menil Lawn to accommodate the growing number of exhibitors and visitors; the 2011 festival received an estimated 2,500 visitors throughout the day. Marketing and promotion for the event included coverage in the Houston Press, media sponsorship from Houston Public Radio, interviews on 91.7 KFPT, e-newsletters, as well as distribution of postcards and posters. The event's website, https://indiebookfest.org, sees as many as 3,000 unique visitors per month.^[9]

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External links [link]

https://wn.com/Gulf_Coast_(magazine)

Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Southern United States meets the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and these are known as the Gulf States.

The economy of the Gulf Coast area is dominated by industries related to energy, petrochemicals, fishing, aerospace, agriculture, and tourism. The large cities of the region are (from west to east) Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota; all are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and contain large ports. (Baton Rouge is relatively far from the Gulf of Mexico; its port is on the Mississippi River, as is the port of New Orleans.)

Geography

The Gulf Coast is made of many inlets, bays, and lagoons. The coast is also intersected by numerous rivers, the largest of which is the Mississippi River. Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland. Ringing the Gulf Coast is the Gulf Coastal Plain which reaches from Southern Texas to the western Florida Panhandle while the western portions of the Gulf Coast are made up of many barrier islands and peninsulas, including the 130 miles (210 km) Padre Island and Galveston Island located in the U.S. State of Texas. These landforms protect numerous bays and inlets providing as a barrier to oncoming waves. The central part of the Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas through Louisiana, consists primarily of marshland. The eastern part of the Gulf Coast, predominantly Florida, is dotted with many bays and inlets.

Gulf Coast (disambiguation)

The Gulf Coast of the United States comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Coast may also refer to:

Gulf Coast of Mexico

Gulf Coast (journal)

Gulf Coast League

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