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Issues

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.

  • A journal cover of a delicate white dot mandala pattern against a grey background
    Issue #116
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Winter 2011-12

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Alice Hoffman

    The Winter 2011-2012 issue, guest edited by Alice Hoffman, features poetry and prose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Jennifer Haigh, and more, along with work by our first Emerging Writer’s Contest winner Thomas Lee, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Christine Sneed. Cover art by Barbara Takenaga.

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  • A journal cover: painted image of a wooden desk with office supplies sitting on top
    Issue #115
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Fall 2011

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    DeWitt Henry

    The Fall 2011 issue, guest edited by DeWitt Henry, features poetry and prose by Alice Hoffman, Sue Miller, and more. Cover art by Richard Baker.

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  • A journal cover of abstract art with bright colors and a square and circles
    Issue #114
    Fiction, Poetry

    Spring 2011

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Colm Tóibín

    The Spring 2011 issue, guest edited by Colm Tóibín, features poetry and prose by Eavan Boland, Nick Laird, and more. Cover art by Valerie Brennan.

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  • A journal cover with collage artwork of a person with yellow afro-like hair
    Issue #113
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 2010-11

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Terrance Hayes

    The Winter 2010-11 issue, guest edited by Terrance Hayes, features poetry and prose by Wanda Coleman, Ben Percy, and more, along an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Julia Story. Cover art by Ellen Gallagher.

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  • A journal cover with a black and white image of a water tower near railroad tracks
    Issue #112
    Fiction

    Fall 2010

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Jim Shepard

    The Fall 2010 issue, guest edited by Jim Shepard, features prose by Charles Baxter, Aimee Bender, and more. Cover art by Bernd and Hilla Becher.

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  • A journal cover of wooden tulips, a mannequin hand, and a small white call
    Issue #111
    Fiction, Poetry

    Spring 2010

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Elizabeth Strout

    The Spring 2010 issue, guest edited by Elizabeth Strout, features poetry and prose by Amy Hempel, Paula Bohince, and more. Cover art by Varujan Boghosian.

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  • A journal cover with a photograph of a woman at a laundromat leaning into a washing machine
    Issue #110
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 2009-10

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Tony Hoagland

    The Winter 2009-10 issue, guest edited by Tony Hoagland, features poetry and prose by Howard Altmann, Rebecca Makkai, and more, and an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Paul Yoon. Cover art by James Wm. Dawson.

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  • A journal cover with four brightly-colored bungalow houses in a field
    Issue #109
    Nonfiction

    Fall 2009

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Kathryn Harrison

    The Fall 2009 issue, guest edited Kathryn Harrison, nonfiction prose by Cynie Corey, Louise DeSalvo, and more. Cover art by Noel Baelber.

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  • A journal cover of a painting of people down in the subway
    Issue #108
    Fiction, Poetry

    Spring 2009

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    Guest Editor
    Eleanor Wilner

    The Spring 2009 issue, guest edited by Eleanor Wilner, features poetry and prose by Maxine Kumin, Jess Row, and more. Cover art by Chris Pelletiere.

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  • A journal cover with a painting of vivid greens plants in a purple vase
    Issue #107
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 2008-09

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Jean Valentine

    The Winter 2008-2009 issue, guest edited by Jean Valentine, features poetry and prose by Peter Selgin, Jessica Greenbaum, and more, along with an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Susan Hutton. Cover art by Paul Resika.

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  • A black journal cover with thin yellow text and an abstract orange image
    Issue #106
    Fiction

    Fall 2008

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    James Alan McPherson

    The Fall 2008 issue features longform prose by Alex Rose, Mary Swan, and more. Cover art by Eric Garnick.

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  • A journal cover of an abstract painting of a house
    Issue #105
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Spring 2008

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    B. H. Fairchild

    The Spring 2008 issue, guest edited by B. H. Fairchild, features poetry and prose by Maile Meloy, Bob Hicok, and more. Cover art by Pete Shelby.  

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  • A journal cover with abstract line art and grey and brown watercolors
    Issue #104
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Winter 2007-08

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Philip Levine

    The Winter 2007-2008 issue, guest edited by Philip Levine, features poetry and prose by Billy Collins, Jennifer Haigh, and more, along with an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Ander Monson. Cover art by Michael Mazur.

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  • A journal cover with a small abstract image of various gray picture frames
    Issue #103
    Fiction

    Fall 2007

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Andrea Barrett

    The Fall 2007 issue, guest edited by Andrea Barrett, features longform prose by Bret Anthony Johnson, Ellen Litman, and more. Cover art by Lisa Nilsson.

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  • A journal cover of a sandy beach and the ocean
    Issue #102
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Spring 2007

    Price range: $6.99 through $14.00
    Guest Editor
    Edward Hirsch

    The Spring 2007 issue, guest edited by Edward Hirsch, features poetry and prose by Joyce Carol Oates, Patricia Hampl, and more. Cover art by John Walker.

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  • A journal cover of artwork of tree branches across a marsh-like background
    Issue #101
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 2006-07

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    Guest Editor
    Rosanna Warren

    The Winter 2005-06 issue, guest edited by Rosanna Warren, features poetry and prose by John Casey, W. S. Di Piero, and more, along with an interview with the John C. Zacharis First Book Award winner, Thomas Sayers Ellis. Cover art by Heddi Siebel.

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