Vibe
Very fancy very impressive very not fast
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
$90-450
Fee
$3
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
yes, copies + subscription
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Significantly longer work (7,500–20,000 words) can be submitted to the Ploughshares Fall Longform Issue.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Poetry: Submit 1-5 pages at a time with each poem beginning on a new page.
Nonfiction
Max words: 7500
Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Significantly longer work (7,500–20,000 words) can be submitted to the Ploughshares Fall Longform Issue. Queries to the Look2 Critical Essay series are welcome.
Translations
Translations are welcome if permission has been granted.
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Significantly longer work (7,500–20,000 words) can be submitted to the Ploughshares Fall Longform Issue.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Poetry: Submit 1-5 pages at a time with each poem beginning on a new page.
Nonfiction
Max words: 7500
Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Significantly longer work (7,500–20,000 words) can be submitted to the Ploughshares Fall Longform Issue. Queries to the Look2 Critical Essay series are welcome.
Translations
Translations are welcome if permission has been granted.
Magazine
Founded in 1971 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Ladette Randolph
Editor-in-Chief
Ellen Duffer
MANAGING EDITOR
John Skoyles
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
54
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
309 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/309 days
Fastest response time
33 days
Slowest response time
1317 days
