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! 

https://pshares.org/issue-article/john-skoyles-prize-for-poetry/

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: https://pshares.org/product/product-fall-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: https://pshares.org/issue-article/war-keeper/

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!

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Join us to celebrate the release of Ploughshares' Summer 2026 and Fall 2026 issues! 

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

"I am used to dealing with the dead."

Read Sarah Tindal Kareem's essay, "Vita Nova," in the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares: https://pshares.org/issue-article/vita-nova/

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: https://pshares.org/authors/annie-dillard/

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: https://pshares.org/ps/lucille-cliftons-electronic-archives/

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: https://pshares.org/product/summer-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: https://pshares.org/issue-article/scavengers/

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! https://pshares.org/submit/submit-writing/

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: https://pshares.org/product/subscription/

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: https://pshares.org/issue-article/geese/

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: https://pshares.org/ps/tommy-orange-an-introduction-to-the-best-short-stories-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: https://pshares.org/issue-article/hunger-in-the-year-of-pica/