Postscripts

  • Survey Results

    Survey Results Thanks to all of the subscribers who filled out our reader survey, which was mailed last fall to 3,674 individuals in the U.S. selected from our subscription list. We happily received 797 responses — more than we had anticipated. As many people surmised from the nature of the questions, we are planning to…

  • Elizabeth Gilbert, Zacharis Award

    Zacharis Award  Ploughshares and Emerson College are pleased to present Elizabeth Gilbert with the ninth annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her collection of stories, Pilgrims (Houghton Mifflin, 1997; Mariner, 1998). The $1,500 award — which is named after the college’s former president — honors the best debut book by a Ploughshares writer,…

  • Robert Pinsky, Favorite Poems

    Favorite Poems  Robert Pinsky has just finished two consecutive terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States, and he has ensured that he will be a difficult act to follow. Traditionally, the only specific duties of the poet laureate, who is appointed by the Library of Congress, are to give a lecture and reading…

  • Chris Adrian, Cohen Award

    Cohen Awards  Each year, we honor the best short story and poem published in Ploughshares with the Cohen Awards, which are wholly sponsored by our longtime patrons Denise and Mel Cohen. Finalists are nominated by staff editors, and the winners — each of whom receives a cash prize of $600 — are selected by our…

  • Herman Fong, Cohen Award

    Cohen Awards  Each year, we honor the best short story and poem published in Ploughshares with the Cohen Awards, which are wholly sponsored by our longtime patrons Denise and Mel Cohen. Finalists are nominated by staff editors, and the winners — each of whom receives a cash prize of $600 — are selected by our…

  • David Gewanter, Zacharis Award

    Zacharis Award  Ploughshares and Emerson College are pleased to present David Gewanter with the eighth annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for his collection of poems, In the Belly, which was published last year by the University of Chicago Press. The $1,500 award — which is funded by Emerson College and named after the…

  • Maxine Swann, Cohen Award

    Cohen Awards Each year, we honor the best short story and poem published in Ploughshares with the Cohen Awards, which are wholly sponsored by our longtime patrons Denise and Mel Cohen. Finalists are nominated by staff editors, and the winners — each of whom receives a cash prize of $600 — are selected by our…

  • Mark Doty, Cohen Award

    Cohen Awards Each year, we honor the best short story and poem published in Ploughshares with the Cohen Awards, which are wholly sponsored by our longtime patrons Denise and Mel Cohen. Finalists are nominated by staff editors, and the winners — each of whom receives a cash prize of $600 — are selected by our…