Ploughshares

"Ploughshares was founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in the Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College, which hosts one of the best M.F.A. programs in creative writing in the country. Published in April, August, and December in quality paperback, each issue is guest-edited by a prominent writer who explores personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles."

Prose Rejections

Standard

2013

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. Although we will not be publishing your work at this time and are sorry to disappoint you, please be assured that your manuscript was read carefully by editors and trained screeners. Our reasons for not accepting particular submissions are varied and often have more to do with the shape of our recent acquisitions and upcoming issues than with the quality of writing we receive. Thank you again for the opportunity to consider your work, and we regret any delay in our response to you. We hope you'll continue to read and submit to Ploughshares.

-The Editors

2012

We regret that the manuscript you submitted does not fit our current editorial needs. Thank you very much for sending us your work. The Editors

2010–11

We regret that your manuscript does not fit our current editorial needs, but we appreciated the opportunity to consider your work. Thanks very much for submitting.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Ploughshares

Encouraging

2013

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. We appreciate your patience while we read and carefully considered your manuscript, and we're sorry that it isn't quite right for us at this time.

However, please know that we enjoyed your submission and we hope you'll try us again in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity to consider your work.

-The Editors

2012

Thanks very much for submitting your work to Ploughshares. Although we regret that your manuscript does not fit our current editorial needs, we enjoyed it and hope you'll consider us again.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Ploughshares

Editor's Encouraging

2018

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. We appreciate your patience while we read and carefully considered "Title" and we're sorry that it isn't quite right for us at this time.

However, please know that we have enjoyed your submission and we hope you'll try us again in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity to consider your work.

Please feel free to mention our praise for your work the next time you submit.

Sincerely,

The Ploughshares Editors

2015

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. We appreciate your patience while we read and carefully considered your manuscript, and we're sorry that it isn't quite right for us at this time.

However, please know that we have enjoyed your submission and we hope you'll try us again in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity to consider your work.

Please feel free to mention our praise for your work the next time you submit.

Sincerely,

The Ploughshares Editors

2013

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares and for being patient with us while we carefully considered your manuscript. Our staff readers enjoyed your work enough to pass it along to our editors for further consideration. While we're sorry to have to disappoint you, in the end we've had to make hard choices between equally good submissions. We hope you'll try us again, and if you do, please feel free to mention this note about your work the next time you submit.

Sincerely, The Editors of Ploughshares

2017

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. Although we will not be publishing "Title" at this time and are sorry to disappoint you, please be assured that your manuscript was read carefully by editors and trained screeners. Our reasons for not accepting particular submissions are varied and often have more to do with the shape of our recent acquisitions and upcoming issues than with the quality of writing we receive. Thank you again for the opportunity to consider your work, and we regret any delay in our response to you. We hope you'll continue to read and submit to Ploughshares.

Sincerely,

The Ploughshares Editors

Poetry Rejections

Standard

2024

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. Although we will not be publishing [great poems the world is waiting to read] at this time and are sorry to disappoint you, please be assured that your manuscript was read carefully by editors and trained screeners.

Our reasons for not accepting particular submissions are varied and often have more to do with the shape of our recent acquisitions and upcoming issues than with the quality of writing we receive. Thank you again for the opportunity to consider your work, and we regret any delay in our response to you.

We hope you'll continue to read and submit to Ploughshares.

Sincerely, Ploughshares Editors

2020

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. Although we will not be

publishing "—" at this time and are sorry to disappoint you, please be assured that your manuscript was read carefully by editors and trained screeners. Our reasons for not accepting particular submissions are varied and often have more to do with the shape of our recent acquisitions and upcoming issues than with the quality of writing we receive. Thank you again for the opportunity to consider your work, and we regret any delay in our response to you. We hope you'll continue to read and submit to Ploughshares.

Sincerely, The Ploughshares Editors

2013

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. Although we will not be publishing your work at this time and are sorry to disappoint you, please be assured that your manuscript was read carefully by editors and trained screeners. Our reasons for not accepting particular submissions are varied and often have more to do with the shape of our recent acquisitions and upcoming issues than with the quality of writing we receive. Thank you again for the opportunity to consider your work, and we regret any delay in our response to you. We hope you'll continue to read and submit to Ploughshares.

-The Editors

Encouraging

2013

We appreciate your patience while we read and carefully considered your manuscript, and we're sorry that it isn't quite right for us at this time.

However, please know that we enjoyed your submission and we hope you'll try us again in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity to consider your work.

Sincerely, The Editors of Ploughshares

2017

Thank you for submitting to Ploughshares. We appreciate your patience while we read and carefully considered "{submission title}" and we're sorry that it isn't quite right for us at this time.

However, please know that we have enjoyed your submission and we hope you'll try us again in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity to consider your work.

Please feel free to mention our praise for your work the next time you submit.

Sincerely, The Ploughshares Editors