Published & Edited by Laura Isaacman & Randy Rosenthal, with Managing Editors Brendan Kiely & Jessie Chaffee, and Editorial Assistants Darcey Glasser, Jessica Kagansky, and Leah Clancy, The Coffin Factory intends to serve as "a nexus between readers, writers, and the book publishing industry" and to "provide great literature and art to people who love books, including those who do not usually read literary magazines." The Coffin Factory publishes fiction, essays, and art three times a year in print.The inaugural issue features written works by Roberto Bolaño, Steve Danziger, Craig Epplin, Milan Kundera, Pablo Medina, Bonnie Nadzam, Andrés Neuman, Joyce Carol Oates, Bernard Quiriny, John Reed, Fred Reynolds, José Saramago, Rabindranath Tagore, and Justin Taylor, and artwork by Ron Agam, Sean Anderson, Sylvia Brewster, Kim Dorland, Michael Draghi, Stefanie Gutheil, Jenny Jozwiak, Kaoruko, Niki Khindri, John Lees, Yigal Ozeri, Joon Park, Marc Séguin, and Christian Vincent.
The Coffin Factory accepts electronic submissions of fiction, essays, and art. Full guidelines are available on the magazine's website.