Ploughshares is pleased to present Olufunke Grace Bankole with the annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her novel, The Edge of Water (Tin House, 2025). The $1,500 award, which is named after Emerson College’s former president, honors the best debut book by a Ploughshares writer, alternating annually between poetry and fiction. This year’s judge was Jamil Jan Kochai, author of 99…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Ramona Ausubel with the seventh annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her short story “Perfect Numbers,” which appeared in the Summer 2024 issue, guest-edited by Rebecca Makkai. The $2,500 prize, sponsored by longtime patron Hunter C. Bourne III and selected by our editors, honors a short story published in the journal…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Jen Silverman with the fourteenth annual Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction for their story “In the Next World, Maybe,” which appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of Ploughshares. The $2,500 prize, sponsored by acclaimed writer, guest editor, longtime patron, and member of the Ploughshares advisory board, Alice Hoffman, honors a short story published in the journal…
We are pleased to present J. Estanislao Lopez with the annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for his poetry collection, We Borrowed Gentleness (Alice James Books, 2022). The $1,500 award, which is named after Emerson College’s former president, honors the best debut book by a Ploughshares writer, alternating annually between poetry and fiction. This…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Andre Dubus III with the sixth annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for his short story “Gary’s Way,” which appeared in the Summer 2023 issue, guest-edited by Tom Perrotta. The $2,500 prize, sponsored by longtime patron Hunter C. Bourne III and selected by our editors, honors a short story published in…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Molly Aitken with the thirteenth annual Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction for her story “Thresholds,” which appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of Ploughshares. The $2,500 prize, sponsored by acclaimed writer, guest editor, longtime patron, and member of the Ploughshares advisory board, Alice Hoffman, honors a short story published in…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Claire Luchette with the thirty-third annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for their book, Agatha of Little Neon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021). The $1,500 award, which is named after Emerson College’s former president, honors the best debut book by a Ploughshares writer, alternating annually between poetry and fiction….
Ploughshares is pleased to present E. K. Ota with the fifth annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her short story “The Paper Artist,” which appeared in the Fall 2022 issue, edited by Editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph. The $2,500 prize, sponsored by longtime patron Hunter C. Bourne III and selected by our editors, honors a…
Ploughshares is pleased to present Kashona Notah with the twelfth annual Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction for his story “Bettie Page and Jimmy Free Bird,” which appeared in the Winter 2022-23 Issue of Ploughshares, edited by Editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph and Poetry Editor John Skoyles. The $2,500 prize—sponsored by acclaimed writer, former guest editor, longtime patron,…
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