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Contributor Spotlight  Growing up in Fall River, Massachusetts, David Rivard had been forced to copy patriotic verse on the blackboard during detention, and until he was well into college, he continued to regard poetry as a punitive activity. Certainly he never imagined that he himself would become a poet — one whose books have racked…

Zacharis Award  Ploughshares and Emerson College are pleased to present Kevin Young with the sixth annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for his poetry collection, Most Way Home, published by William Morrow. The $1,500 award — which is funded by Emerson College and named after the college’s former president — honors the best debut…

Cohen Awards Each volume 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…

Cohen Awards Each volume 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…

Contributor Spotlight  Born in 1941, Toi Derricotte grew up in Detroit, and when she thinks of her childhood, she remembers fear. “I had a need to be with people, but I was afraid of doing something wrong or saying the wrong thing.” Her parents were getting divorced, a beloved grandmother had died, and Derricotte, an…

Zacharis Award  Ploughshares and Emerson College are proud to announce that Debra Spark has been named the 1995 recipient of the John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her novel, Coconuts for the Saint. The $1,500 award — which is funded by Emerson College and named after the college’s former president — honors the best…

Cohen Awards  Each volume year, we honor the best poem, short story, and essay 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 are selected by our advisory editors. Each winner receives a cash prize of…

Cohen Awards  Each volume year, we honor the best poem, short story, and essay 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 are selected by our advisory editors. Each winner receives a cash prize of…

Cohen Awards  Each volume year, we honor the best poem, short story, and essay 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 are selected by our advisory editors. Each winner receives a cash prize of…