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Ploughshares [1]

Basic Information

State:

Massachusetts

Website:

https://pshares.org [2]

Country:

United States

Submission Guidelines:

https://pshares.org/submit [3]

Address:

120 Boylston Street

City:

Boston

Zip / Postal Code:

02116

Contact Information

Rachel

Dillon

Managing Editor

Contact E-mail:

managingeditor@pshares.org [4]

Details

Formats:

Online

Digital

Payment:

Cash

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Charges Reading Fee:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Jun 1 to Jan 15

Response Time:

3 to 6 months

1 year for $45, 2 years for $75, 3 years for $95

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.

Please note that we charge a $3.75 service fee for online submissions (subscribers may submit online free of charge). This is not a reading fee. Mail submissions are accepted free of charge. Please read our submission guidelines online at pshares.org/submit.

Representative Authors:

<p>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</p>

Issues per Year:

Year Founded:

1971

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

26% to 50%

Issue Price:

$18

5,000 to 10,000

Subgenres:

Autobiography/Memoir [5]

Flash Fiction [6]

Literary Fiction [7]

Narrative Nonfiction [8]

Prose Poetry [9]

Translation [10]