Ploughshares Literary Journal
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The award-winning literary journal based at Emerson College. Publishing established and emerging writers since 1971. mtr.bio/pshares
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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October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
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.
October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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.
Ennis Smith, chosen by Elisa Gabbert, is our nonfiction winner for his essay, “Happy New Year.”
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ennis Smith, chosen by Elisa Gabbert, is our nonfiction winner for his essay, “Happy New Year.”
Max Steiner, chosen by R.O. Kwon, is our fiction winner for his story, “Grace Zeroes Out.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Max Steiner, chosen by R.O. Kwon, is our fiction winner for his story, “Grace Zeroes Out.”