Ploughshares

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Website:

https://pshares.org

Genres Published:

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Subgenres:

Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Translation

Representative Authors:

William Giraldi, Lauren Groff, Aimee Bender, David Foster Wallace, Joseph Brodsky, Raymond Carver, Maxine Kumin, Kevin Young, Kelle Groom, Alice Munro, Linda Gregg, Seamus Heaney, Ann Hood, John Irving, H.T. Kirby-Smith, Toni Morrison, Li-Young Lee, Linda McCarriston, Haruki Murakami, Sabina Murray, Joyce Carol Oates, ZZ Packer, Jim Shepard, Gerald Stern, Richard Yates

Formats:

Online, Digital, Print

Submission Guidelines:

https://www.pshares.org/submit

Reading Period:

Jun 1 to Jan 15

Response Time:

3 to 6 months

Charges Reading Fee:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

Cash

Issues per Year:

3 issues, 1 anthology, and e-book Solos every 4-8 weeks

Issue Price:

$14

Subscription Price:

1 year - $35; 2 years - $55; 3 years - $70

Circulation:

5,000 to 10,000

Editorial Focus

Ploughshares is a journal of new writing, and two out of three issues per year are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with each year's Winter issue staff-edited. 50% of each issue is directly solicited by the guest editor, and the remaining 50% is selected from unsolicited manuscripts. Ploughshares Solos, a series launched in 2012, digitally publishes long stories and novella length work as standalone singles. The series is staff edited. See submission guidelines for details.

Tips From the Editor

Please note that we charge a $3 service fee for online submissions (subscribers may submit online free of charge). This is not a reading fee. Mail submissions are still accepted free of charge.

Please read our submission guidelines online at pshares.org/submit.

Contact Information

Ellen Duffer, Managing Editor

120 Boylston Street

Boston

02116

pshares@pshares.org

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Last updated: Jan 26, 2023