Ploughshares

Ploughshares [1]

Basic Information

State:

Massachusetts

Website:

http://pshares.org [2]

Country:

United States

Submission Guidelines:

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

Address:

120 Boylston Street

City:

Boston

Zip / Postal Code:

02116

Contact Information

Ellen

Duffer

Managing Editor

Contact E-mail:

managingeditor@pshares.org [4]

Details

Formats:

Web

E-publication

Payment:

Cash

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Charges Reading Fee:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Jun 1 to Jan 15

Reporting Time:

3 to 6 months

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

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.

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.

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:

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

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

26% to 50%

Issue Price:

$14

5,000 to 10,000

Subgenres:

Autobiography/Memoir [5]

Flash Fiction [6]

Prose Poetry [7]

Narrative Nonfiction [8]

Literary Fiction [9]

Translation [10]