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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5h

2025 was a record high submission year–thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to our winners! Subscribe to Ploughshares today to reserve our Winter 2025-26 issue, which will feature the winning pieces. pshr.us/subscription

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5h

Lo Naylor and Jonathan Wolf, chosen by Joshua Bennett, are our poetry co-winners for their poems “at the baggage claim in JFK” and “The Hog Farm," respectively.

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5h

Ennis Smith, chosen by Elisa Gabbert, is our nonfiction winner for his essay, “Happy New Year.”

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5h

Max Steiner, chosen by R.O. Kwon, is our fiction winner for his story, “Grace Zeroes Out.”

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5h

We're excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Emerging Writer's Contest! 🎉

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 1d

"But over Patrick's should and beyond the beam of the headlights was the blackest night Yvonne had ever known, and the and lonely wilderness."

Read Mary Winsor's story "Dasvidaniya" in the Fall 2025 isue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/fall25

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Mary Winsor @mwinsor.bsky.social · 5d

Thrilled to be in the company of these poets and writers and translators whose work I so admire. Might've been late to a couple classes or missed a call or two while I read cover to cover. Thank you, @pshares.bsky.social

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 7d

Our Fall 2025 issue is out now! Read longform prose by Juliana Lamy, Eric McMillan, Youssef Rakha, Fortunato Salazar, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), Heather Thompson-Brenner, Andrea Thurairatnam Imdacha, Devon Walker-Figueroa, and Mary Winsor. Start reading: https://pshr.us/fall25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 3d

In celebration of our Fall 2025 issue, we're having a release reading! Join us at Trident Booksellers in Boston on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 6pm, for a reading from Fall 2025 contributors Juliana Lamy, Heather Thompson-Brenner, and Devon Walker-Figueroa. Register here: https://pshr.us/fall25launch

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 5d

We're now accepting longform poetry in addition to prose for our fall issues! We define longform poetry as a single long poem, variations on the epic poem, or a sequential poem such as a crown of sonnets or numbered series. Find out more and submit by November 15: https://pshares.org/submit/journal/

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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 7d

Read the new issue of @pshares.bsky.social! There’s a real banger of a story by Geetanjali Shree, translated by me 💖💖💖

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 7d

Our Fall 2025 issue is out now! Read longform prose by Juliana Lamy, Eric McMillan, Youssef Rakha, Fortunato Salazar, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), Heather Thompson-Brenner, Andrea Thurairatnam Imdacha, Devon Walker-Figueroa, and Mary Winsor. Start reading: https://pshr.us/fall25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 7d

Our Fall 2025 issue is out now! Read longform prose by Juliana Lamy, Eric McMillan, Youssef Rakha, Fortunato Salazar, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), Heather Thompson-Brenner, Andrea Thurairatnam Imdacha, Devon Walker-Figueroa, and Mary Winsor. Start reading: https://pshr.us/fall25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 9d

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 11d

"Doctors take five minutes, and exorcisms take five days, and she figures this is a good compromise."

Read Nadia Bulkin's story, "Florenzia," in the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 12d

"Was she still alive? Was she still struggling, or had she given up? What even was giving up?"

Read Jac Jemc's story, "The Drift," from the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/3VyPfa7

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

Please join us in welcoming our new Fiction Editor, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding! Submit your fiction for him to read by November 15th. Read more about Paul below, or visit our website: https://pshr.us/newfictioneditor

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 15d

"But aren't most of our ideas silly at sixteen years old? Silly and dumb and innocent and wonderful."

Read S. A. Cosby's story, "The Lion Tamer's Son," in the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 16d

Ploughshares publishes the leading and rising voices of the literary world. Subscribe today and never miss an issue! https://pshr.us/subscription

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 17d

"Enrique emailed me from Montauk: How are we supposed to survive if we don't believe?"

Read Carolyn Ferrell's story, "The Horror," in the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 18d

Studying never looked so good. Grab a Ploughshares hat between today and September 30th, and get a surprise issue from our archive, then head to the nearest cafe and read in style 💅🏼 https://pshr.us/newmerch

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 19d

"But you couldn't protect the water system that ran through it, Jeff said. You couldn't keep everything out, not ever."

Read Tristan Hughes's story, "The Wilderness," in the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 20d

We’re looking for our next Assistant Director of Business & Development! Please note that this is a hybrid position requiring two in-person days per week in our Boston office. Find out more about the role and apply to join the Ploughshares team today: https://pshr.us/businessdirector

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 21d

Celebrate Halloween early with our sinister Summer 2025 issue, featuring prose by Helen Phillips, S. A. Cosby, Carolyn Ferrell, and more. Treat yourself to a copy: https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 22d

"Was she still alive? Was she struggling, or had she given up? What even was giving up?"

Read Jac Jemc's story, "The Drift," in the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/summer25

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 27d

This looks good! I heard Olajibe Omojarabi’s story Messenger Meg on @shortstorytoday.bsky.social and I’d love to read the rest!

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 27d

End your summer with eerie and uncanny prose by S. A. Cosby, Carolyn Ferrell, Helen Phillips, Deesha Philyaw, Joanna Pearson, and more, by grabbing our Summer 2025 issue: https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 23d

"Loneliness is an infection, an ache, a disease others fear they might catch. The longing for a home that no longer exists."

Read Daniel Peña's piece, "Snapshots of a Life in Flight: An Essay in Cardinal Directions," from the Fall 2022 issue, free this week! https://bit.ly/3VT4evG

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