We've extended our deadline for the Emerging Writer's Contest to next Wednesday, May 22 at noon EST! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for a chance to win $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/ewc24

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“I dream and sing, victory, today, is mine,”

Read Kevin Dublin's piece, 'Traffic Stop Prayer as Wish,' in the Spring 2024 Issue of Ploughshares: pshr.us/spring24

'Liv told herself, Just because it’s a cliché to pass away peacefully in your sleep doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.'

Read Emily Doyle's piece, 'The Only Child,' in the Spring 2024 Issue of Ploughshares: pshr.us/spring24

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There's only one week left of our Emerging Writer's Contest! Submit by May 15th at noon EST to win $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/ewc24

The Spring 2024 Issue of Ploughshares is our 50th annual spring issue. Read all the captivating and compelling works that compose this historic issue by getting you copy here: pshr.us/spring24

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I’m honored to be a judge for the 2024 Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest. Submissions open until May 15, so send in your work before the deadline. Winners are awarded $2,000 and publication in the magazine. Go to pshares.org and click Submit for info.

Deadline May 15: Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest; submit unpublished fiction and nonfiction under 6,000 words or 3-5 pages of poetry to win $2,000, publication, and review from Aevitas Creative; fee: $30 (free for subscribers)
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“Did I fall in love with Angelo that summer? It’s hard to say. It’s hard to put a name on it.”

Read Andrew Porter’s piece, 'Angelo,' in the Spring 2024 Issue of Ploughshares: pshr.us/spring24

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“Sometimes, she liked that she had this other work she had no passion for.”

Read Tommy Orange’s piece, 'Bell,' in the Spring 2024 Issue of Ploughshares: pshr.us/spring24

'Sleep was nowhere. Between the music, the speed of his driving, and the careening around, sleep was just a dream.'

Read Terese Svoboda's piece 'Dirt Clods' from the Spring 2024 Issue, free this week! bit.ly/3JJpnT1

Congratulations to our past contributors Jai Chakrabarti, Jess Walter, and E.K. Ota, who are all winners of this year's O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction! You can read their awesome pieces on our website for free right now! pshares.org

“They were strangers looking for bodies to inhabit, trying to wind themselves into flesh.”

Read Laura Price Steele's 'These Bodies Will Undo Us', the winner in the Nonfiction category from Ploughshares' Emerging Writer's Contest in 2018. bit.ly/4bcyNCs

Featuring poetry and prose from Mosab Abu Toha, Nathalie Handal, January Gill O'Neil, Farah Abdessamad, and others, The Ploughshare Spring 2024 Issue is now available for purchase! pshr.us/spring24