The Winter 2025-26 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.” The Winter 2025-26 issue features poetry and prose by Alice Hoffman, Victoria Chang, Reginald McKnight, Maggie Dietz, Amy Gerstler, Jennifer Martelli, and Michael Burkard. Cover art by Mary Royall Wilgis.