Ploughshares - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
No description available.
This market charges a fee of $3.75 to submit.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Jun 1, 2026 thru Nov 14, 2026 (Ends 121 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$90/piece
Short Story
1000 to 2000 words
$90/piece
Short Story
2000 to 7500 words
4 cents/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
4 cents/word
Novelette
10000 to 15000 words
$450/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 150 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 150 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 95 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 11 | Average: 78.31 | Median: 83 | Max: 358
Responded:
94.73%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
94.73% - avg 78 days
(10.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
5.26%
Pending:
There are 30 pending responses.
(1 min | 27.46 average | 30 median | 43 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 14 December 2012
Last officially checked: 8 December 2025
Other Publications By This Publisher
- Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest - Fiction - Temp Closed -
- Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest - Nonfiction - Temp Closed -
- Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest - Poetry - Temp Closed -
- Ploughshares Solos - Does Not Qualify -