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Summer 2026

The Summer 2026 issue, edited by Justin Torres, features poetry and prose by Yahya Ashour, Kesiena Boom, Angie Cruz, Blue Fay, Fred D’Aguiar, Alix Ohlin, Sarah Tindal Kareem, and Mai Der Vang. Cover art by Megan Ellen MacDonald.

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Tommy Orange: An Introduction to The Best Short Stories 2026

Ploughshares is pleased to share a sneak peek of Tommy Orange’s introduction to this year’s Best Short Stories: The O. Henry Prize Winners anthology, which publishes September 29, 2026.…
All the Question Marks Began Singing: An Interview with John Skoyles

In this interview, Editor-in-Chief Jenny Molberg speaks with former Ploughshares Poetry Editor and Interim Editor-in-Chief John Skoyles about balancing editing and writing, championing emerging writers,…
A Celebration of Love Poetry Reading

On June 26, 2026, Ploughshares hosted a reading and celebration of LGBTQIA+ love poems published in the journal, featuring readings from Kelli Russell Agodon, Chen…

Ploughshares is pleased to share an early look at contributor Tommy Orange’s introduction to The Best Short Stories 2026,.

Read Julieta García González’s essay, “Hunger in the Year of Pica,” translated by Nina Perrotta, from the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares.

Read prose edited by Stewart O’Nan, Guest Editor of the Summer 2017 issue of Ploughshares.

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