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Emerging Writers' Contest
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Emerging Writers' Contest

Ploughshares

March 31, 2026International

Exceptional industry prestige; Ploughshares is a premier tier-1 journal functioning as a major scouting ground. Securing placement here acts as a definitive market signal, often leading to agent solicitation.

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Exceptional industry prestige; Ploughshares is a premier tier-1 journal functioning as a major scouting ground. Securing placement here acts as a definitive market signal.

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Recognizes work by emerging writers in three distinct categories: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Free

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