Ploughshares publishes four times a year. Two of these issues are guest-edited by writers we invite to curate their issues. The other two issues are edited by our staff editors, one a mix of poetry and prose and the other a mix of longform poetry and prose.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Fall 2009 issue, guest edited Kathryn Harrison, nonfiction prose by Cynie Corey, Louise DeSalvo, and more. Cover art by Noel Baelber.
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.
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.
The Fall 2008 issue features longform prose by Alex Rose, Mary Swan, and more. Cover art by Eric Garnick.
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