Ploughshares logo
OpenJan 15

Literary Magazine

Ploughshares

pshares.org

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

802
0
Ploughshares latest issue

Since 1971, award-winning journal at Emerson College discovering fresh voices in contemporary literature. Published four times a year; new writing daily on blog.

This listing is scheduled for audit

Please double check information on the magazine’s website

if you are an editor for this magazine, you can claim the listing here

Girl with a notebook

Highlights

  • Vibe:Very fancy very impressive very not-fast
  • Response time:
    150 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    61 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    1%*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    0.50%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Publication

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

  • Runs themed calls

How to submit

  • Processs

    Other

  • Cover letter

    We encourage you to include a short cover letter with your submission. It should reference: Major publications and awards Any association or past correspondence with a guest or staff editor Past publication in Ploughshares

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages. Numbered pages.

  • Author's rights

    This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

  • Additional info

    Payment. $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. Copies. Two contributor copies of the issue. A one-year subscription.

Tracker statistics

294

Total submissions tracked

61 days

Average response time

0.50%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!

person with a laptop

The Submissions Grinder Statistics

0.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

58 days

12-month average response time

About

Ploughshares was started in the Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, MA, named for Sean O’Casey’s influential play “The Plough and the Stars” about the liberation of Ireland. In the early 1970s, the pub hosted a handful of regulars who started their own small revolution. Their central concer...

Read more

Country

US

Masthead

    Editor Ladette Randolph avatar

    Ladette Randolph

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Ellen Duffer avatar

    Ellen Duffer

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Editor John Skoyles avatar

    John Skoyles

    Editor