Ploughshares publishes issues four times a year. Two of these issues are guest-edited by different, prominent authors. The other two issues are edited by our staff editors, one a mix of poetry and prose and the other long-form prose.
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The Spring 2017 issue, guest edited by Jennifer Haigh, features poetry and prose by Kaveh Akbar, Matthew Lippman, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Viet Dinh. Cover art by Omari Douglin.
The Winter 2016-17 issue features poetry and prose by Daniel Lawless, Katie Knoll, and more, along with work by the Emerging Writer’s Contest winners Leila Chatti, Mimi Dixon, and Lydia Martín, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Danez Smith. Cover art by Tschabalala Self.
The Summer 2016 issue, guest edited by Claire Messud and James Wood, features prose by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lydia Davis, and more. Cover art by Rina Banerjee.
The Spring 2016 issue, guest edited by Tom Sleigh and Alan Shapiro, features poetry and prose by Sharon Olds, Katherine Damm, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Ramona Asubel. Cover art by Mark Strand.
The Winter 2015-16 issue features poetry and prose by Meng Jin, Matthew Lippman, and more, along with work by the Emerging Writer’s Contest winners Emily Strasser, Lucy Tan, and Emily Jungmin Yoon, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Carole Burns. Cover art by Gail Boyajian.
The Summer 2015 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Lauren Groff, features prose by Thomas Pruiksma, Jesse Ball, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Nick Arvin. Cover art by Lesley Dill.
The Spring 2015 issue, guest edited by Neil Astley, features poetry by Sarah Howe, Moniza Alvi, and more. Cover art by Squeak Carnwath.
The Winter 2014-15 issue features poetry and prose by David Cameron, Philip Levine, and more, along with work by the Emerging Writer’s Contest winners Tomiko M. Breland, Eliese Colette Goldbach, and Rosalie Moffett, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Roger Reeves. Cover art by Philip Geiger.
The Fall 2014 issue, guest edited by Percival Everett, features longform prose by Aimee Bender, Richard Bausch, and more. Cover art by Gerry Bergstein.
The Spring 2014 issue , guest edited by Jean Thompson, features poetry and prose by Erin Belieu, Peter Rock, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Elise Juska. Cover art by Peter Eral McCollough.
The Winter 2013-14 issue features poetry and prose by Andrew Foster Altschul, Kevin Young, and more, along with work by the Emerging Writer’s Contest winners Memory Blake Peebles, Mary Winsor, and Josephine Yu, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Lysley Tenorio. Cover art by Varujan Boghosian.
The Fall 2013 issue, guest edited by Peter Ho Davies, features longform prose by Jo Lloyd, V.V. Ganeshananthan, and more. Cover art by Pat de Groot.
The Spring 2013 issue, guest edited by Major Jackson, features poetry and prose by Mark Doty, Emily Bernard, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Karl Taro Greenfeld. Cover art by R. Gregory Christie.
The Winter 2012-13 issue features poetry and prose by Xuan Juliana Wang, Karl Taro Greenfeld, and more, along with work by the Emerging Writer’s Contest winners Jasmine Sawers, Jacob Newberry, and Jen Silverman, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Heidy Steidlmayer. Cover art by Joe Brainard.
The Fall 2012 issue, guest edited by Patricia Hampl, features nonfiction prose by Xu Xi, Kimberly Meyer, and more. Cover art by L.K. Hanson.
The Spring 2012 issue, guest edited by Nick Flynn, features poetry and prose by Eric Fair, Major Jackson, and more, as well as an interview with the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction winner, Angela Pneuman. Cover art by Douglas Padgett.
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