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Ploughshares Literary Journal

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The award-winning literary journal housed at Emerson College. Publishing established and emerging writers since 1971.

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In this illuminating epistolary dialogue, poets Annie Wenstrup and Asa Drake discuss their relationships to food, body image, desire, belonging, and landscape, meditating on the powerful ways poetry can make difficult experiences legible. Rooted in personal history and questions of craft, Wenstrup and Drake’s correspondence shows us how friendship is a tender and ongoing act of witness, care, and artistic practice.

Read now on PS at the link in bio. by @psharesjournal

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"...sustained attention is not only about remaining focused on one thing, but a willingness to be open, to follow a thought beyond its obvious destination." —Jenny Molberg, writing to Hanif Abdurraqib.

Read Hanif Abdurraqib and Jenny Molberg's Editors' Note, "On Sustained Attention: An Epistolary Editors' Note," in the Fall 2026 issue of Ploughshares, available at the link in bio. by @psharesjournal

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Ploughshares will be at Boston Book Festival this Saturday, October 17th! Stop by Booth #65 to chat with our staff and browse merch and backlist issues. We hope to see you there! 📚 by @psharesjournal

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We are pleased to award the inaugural John Skoyles Poetry Prize to "So-and-So" by Mostafa Ibrahim, translated from the Arabic by Abdelrahman ElGendy, which appeared in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares! The prize, named for the journal's former Poetry Editor and current advisory board member John Skoyles, honors an outstanding poem published in Ploughshares in the previous year.

Read Skoyles's interview with Mostafa Ibrahim and Abdelrahman ElGendy in our new Fall 2026 issue, available at the link in bio. by @psharesjournal

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Celebrate 55 years of Ploughshares with our Fall 2026 issue, out today! Pick up your copy at the link in bio to read new longform prose–and, for the first time in our journal’s history, longform poems!—by Jim Daniels, Mary Di Lucia, Allison Funk, acj, Susan Nguyen, Margaret Ray, Kevin Wilson, and more. by @psharesjournal

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Next week! Join us for a WLP/Ploughshares Reading Series featuring author Justin Torres at the Emerson Paramount Center.

RSVP at the link in bio!

Torres is the widely celebrated author of the National Book Award-winning novel Blackouts and We the Animals, which won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, was translated into fifteen languages, and was adapted into a feature film. Pushing the boundaries of form and modern storytelling, Torres is an essential and urgent voice in fiction and queer canons.

The event will include a lecture and reading, a Q&A with the audience and a book signing with copies for sell from @tridentbooks. by @psharesjournal

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"I looked back at my house and whispered a farewell that I hid in my heart."

Read Mai Der Vang's story, "War Keeper," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares, available at the link in bio. by @psharesjournal

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For today’s #LitMagWeek post, our staff are thrilled to spotlight some other journals we love!

“AGNI, Colorado Review, and West Branch inspire me as both a poet and an editor. They consistently champion discovery, innovation, and surprise, and the writers they first publish often become my future favorite writers!” – Rachel Dillon, Managing Editor

“The Baffler is a treat; it’s one of the most beautiful magazines I’ve ever seen, with incredible art direction by No Ideas graphic design studio, and cutting political and social commentary that is simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. I’m also a huge fan of the poetry they publish!” – Allison Truj, Art Director

“I picked One Story to showcase because I love that each issue is dedicated to a single work of prose that I can slip into my tote and carry around to annotate, dog-ear, and interact with all on its own. I especially enjoyed ‘HD/DH’ by Daniel Torday (Issue No. 313). The Yale Review is also one of my favorites to read because they publish incredible essays and reviews that feature exciting new perspectives in the literary community!” – Hayley Pisciotti, Editorial Associate

“I love reading 32 Poems—I always find that the poems within strike the difficult balance of weightiness and brevity, wielding the music of language with purpose. I also appreciate that the journal champions emerging writers, something we also value at Ploughshares!” – Lachlan Applegate, Marketing Associate by @psharesjournal

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For today’s #LitMagWeek celebration, we’re sharing some of our favorite issues and pieces in the Ploughshares archive. To explore these issues and more, shop using promo code PSHARESLITMAGWEEK for 20% off your subscription or backlist issue order! Link in bio ✨ by @psharesjournal

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Happy #LitMagWeek! In celebration of small presses and literary magazines, we're offering 20% off everything on our site this week with code PSHARESLITMAGWEEK. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate throughout the week, and follow @litmagweek for updates!

Shop now at the link in bio 🛍️ by @psharesjournal

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Congratulations to 2025 Emerging Writers' Contest winner Lo Naylor, whose winning poem, "at the baggage claim in JFK," was selected for the 2026 Best New Poets anthology! by @psharesjournal

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Join us to celebrate the release of Ploughshares' Summer 2026 and Fall 2026 issues! Summer contributor Sarah Tindal Kareem and Fall contributors Margaret Ray and Sarah Oechsle will read excerpts from their work, with an introduction by Summer Guest Editor Justin Torres. Copies of the issues and the readers’ most recent books will be available for purchase after the reading.

RSVP at the link in bio! by @psharesjournal

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