Home - Ploughshares “For decades, Ploughshares has been a journal I’ve admired for its deep care, its editorial rigor, and its unwavering insistence that literature matters That belief is at the core of my work as an editor, poet, and teacher ”
Manuscript Submission - Ploughshares Ploughshares welcomes unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction during our regular reading period, open from June 1 to January 15 at 12:00pm EST To submit to the journal, including the Fall Longform Issue, please review our guidelines
Emerging Writers Contest - Ploughshares In the spirit of the journal’s founding mission, the Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry We consider authors “emerging” if they haven’t published or self-published a book in any genre
Journal - Ploughshares Ploughshares is published four times a year: blended poetry and prose issues in the winter and spring, a prose issue in the summer, and a special longform prose issue in the fall Our spring and summer issues are guest-edited by different writers of prominence
About - Ploughshares Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971 and has been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston since 1989 Ploughshares blends the unique editorial perspectives of two guest-edited issues with two staff-edited issues each year, showcasing a variety of established and emerging writers across each issue
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Issues Archives - Ploughshares Ploughshares publishes issues four times a year Two of these issues are guest-edited by different, prominent authors The other two issues are edited by our staff editors, one a mix of poetry and prose and the other long-form prose
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Fiction Archives - Ploughshares Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats