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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 14h

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! 📚

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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! pshares.org/issue-article/john-skoy…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Celebrate 55 years of Ploughshares with our Fall 2026 issue, out today! Pick up your copy to find longform poetry and prose by Jim Daniels, Mary Di Lucia, Allison Funk, acj, Susan Nguyen, Margaret Ray, Kevin Wilson, and more: pshares.org/product/product-fall-20…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"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: pshares.org/issue-article/war-keeper

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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! Shop now: pshares.org/shop

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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!

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Join us to celebrate the release of Ploughshares' Summer 2026 and Fall 2026 issues! RSVP: tridentbookscafe.com/event/2026-10-…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

COVER REVEAL! 🏺 Our Fall 2026 issue comes out Wednesday, October 7. This staff-edited issue includes longform poetry and prose and features Erik Benson’s “Price Tag Sticker Mend” on the cover. Subscribe by October 6 at 11:59 pm to make sure you get a copy!

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Would you still love Ploughshares if we were a worm? 💔 Prove your devotion by grabbing a copy of our Summer 2026 issue: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ploughshares staff traveled far and wide this summer—and our Summer 2026 issue came along! Whether at the pool, overlooking the Grand Canyon, exploring Paris, or enjoying a Noah Kahan concert, we were never without our latest issue. Where have you taken your copy of Ploughshares? ✈️

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"I am used to dealing with the dead." Read Sarah Tindal Kareem's essay, "Vita Nova," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/vita-nova

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Annie Dillard, essayist, novelist, poet, and spiritual thinker. In her honor, we share two of her essays, published in our Fall 1984 and Fall 1989 issues: pshares.org/authors/annie-dillard

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In our latest PS piece, Kazim Ali, author of Black Buffalo Woman: An Introduction to the Poetry & Poetics of Lucille Clifton (Boa Editions, 2024), dives like a “cormorant” into Lucille Clifton’s literary legacy. Read now on PS: pshares.org/ps/lucille-cliftons-ele…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We're thrilled to see how much our Summer 2026 contributors have been enjoying the issue! 🍒 Check out these highlights, and don't forget to grab your copy: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Emerging Writers' Contest! 🎉 Subscribe to Ploughshares today to reserve our Winter 2026-27 issue, which will feature the winning pieces.

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"There was no end of the world—just a slow drip of mundanely terrible events that increasingly left people to survive on their own." Read Alix Ohlin's story, "Scavengers," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/scavengers

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Have a personal essay you want to share with the world? Submit it to our reading period for the chance to be featured in a future issue of Ploughshares! pshares.org/submit/submit-writing

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In celebration of our 55-year anniversary, all two-year print and digital subscriptions are on sale for $55 (an $80 value)! Use coupon code PSHARES55 at checkout to take advantage of this discount: pshares.org/product/subscription

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ploughshares mourns the loss of novelist, poet, environmental activist, and farmer Wendell Berry. We encourage readers to spend time with his poem "Geese" and browse his many contributions to the journal: pshares.org/issue-article/geese

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ploughshares is pleased to share an early look at past contributor Tommy Orange’s introduction to the Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners, featuring new work by Ploughshares contributors! Read now: pshares.org/ps/tommy-orange-an-intr…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"And here I go again talking about what I eat and don’t eat and how I eat the things I eat." Read Julieta García González's essay (translated by Nina Perrotta), "Hunger in the Year of Pica," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/hunger-in…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You and our Summer 2026 issue are “mint” to be. Available now: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Our backlist issue sale ends September 1st. Use coupon code PSROCKS15 when ordering any issues from the pshares.org site for 15% off your grand total, plus a free bumper sticker. Bumper stickers are also available for individual sale. pshares.org/shop

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"They heard the long whistle, far off and yet near, shrill the way it shredded the air and sewed it back in an instant." Read Fred D'Aguiar's story, "The Railway Bridge," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/the-railw…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Guest Editor Justin Torres points out some “sacred objects and moments” in our Summer 2026 issue, including: “turquoise sea; the useful trees of Gaza; goose bumps; birthmarks; the engine whistle” and more. Encounter these objects and moments for yourself: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In our newest PS interview, Editor-in-chief Jenny Molberg speaks with former Ploughshares Poetry Editor and Interim Editor-in-Chief John Skoyles. Read now on PS: pshares.org/ps/all-the-question-mar…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Read Blue Fay's essay, "Nine Changes of a Watery Star," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/nine-chan…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Pick up one more book before the back-to-school season. Our Summer 2026 issue is full of new poetry and prose to finish off your summer reading list: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Calling all writers! Submit your fiction to our reading period before November 15th at 5 pm EST for a chance to be featured in an issue of Ploughshares! pshares.org/submit

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

More time in the A/C? You don’t have to tell us twice! Spend a sweltering afternoon indoors and enjoy the poetry and prose in our Summer 2026 issue: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨Merch restock alert! 🚨Our signature blue lady and fish totes are back up on the pshares.org site, now with a convenient issue-sized inner pocket! The perfect back-to-school gift for yourself or your favorite writer. Shop now: pshares.org/product-category/mercha…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We’ve got a sweet treat for you…our Summer 2026 issue, available now. Get your copy: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

SALE! Use coupon code PSROCKS15 when ordering any issues from the pshares.org site for 15% off your grand total, plus a free bumper sticker featuring a quote from Martin Rock’s April PS essay “Recovery as Resistance.” Bumper stickers are also available for individual sale.

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"The invitation: wrestle with Catania's reality or get the hell out." Read Angie Cruz's story, "Ciao Catania," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/ciao-cata…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Ploughshares team recently took a trip to Sweeties Ice Cream Social in Roslindale, where we enjoyed New Zealand style ice cream served by Hazel and Aleida and chatted about our favorite reads in our latest issue. Get a copy here: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Next to the asterisk at the bottom of the page was a long list of acceptable violences." Read Kesiena Boom's story, "Birthmark," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/birthmark…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are pleased to present Juliana Lamy with the annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her story, "My Country Full of Thieves." Read an interview with Juliana in our new Summer 2026 issue: pshares.org/issue-article/the-ashle…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In his Editor’s Note, Justin Torres writes that he chose pieces for our Summer 2026 issue that feature “transcendent shaping of words, the exact right turn of phrase.” Encounter the beauty of language: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Trees are always home. They can never be refugees." Read Yahya Ashour's essay, "Memory Foam," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/memory-fo…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Senior Reader Kit Freeman’s PS essay emphasizes the importance of queer ancestry and queer visibility in contemporary literary journals. Read more: pshares.org/ps/the-archive-is-queer…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s a beautiful summer day, and the cherry on top is our Summer 2026 issue, guest-edited by Justin Torres and out today! 🍒 Pick up your copy to find poetry and prose by Yahya Ashour, Kesiena Boom, Angie Cruz, Sarah Tindal Kareem, Mai Der Vang, and more: pshares.org/product/summer-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

COVER REVEAL! 🪱🐦The early bird catches the worm: subscribe to Ploughshares before Wednesday, July 15th to make sure you receive a copy of our Summer 2026 issue! Subscribe today: pshares.org/product-category/subscr…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We’re pleased to share that two poems from our recent issues were selected for inclusion in Pushcart Prize LI (2027): “The World” by Malena Mörling from our Winter 2024-2025 issue, and “Origin Story” by Leila Farjami from our Spring 2025 issue! Congratulations to these writers!

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We're pleased to announce that guest editor Carmen Maria Machado will be selecting prose for our Summer 2027 issue! For the chance to have your work read by Carmen, submit to our reading period: pshares.org/submit/submit-writing

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We're excited to announce that Hala Alyan is editing our Spring 2027 issue! Submit to our Regular Reading Period to have your work read by Hala: pshares.org/submit/submit-writing

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have you read the wonderful poetry chosen by Annie Finch for our Spring issue? Now's your chance to submit your own! Ploughshares is accepting poetry submissions to our reading period until November 15 at 5 pm EST. Learn more: pshares.org/submit/submit-writing

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"In the dream within a dream: a love note, pressed in my palm." Read Alpay Ulku's poem, "A Love Note," in the Spring 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/product/spring-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Summer sunshine is here! In our Spring 2026 issue you'll find the "yellow vigor" of daffodils, Earth's "downpours and showers," and "light between the branches of trees." Get your copy and appreciate the beauty of nature: pshares.org/product/spring-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What pieces do you love from our Spring 2026 issue? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️💬 Browse the issue and find your favorites: pshares.org/product/spring-2026

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"It was an early September afternoon, the air stagnant with rare New England humidity, when the girl came to the island." Read Karen Winn's story, "An (Updated) History of the Modern World," in the Spring 2026 issue of Ploughshares: pshares.org/issue-article/352576

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