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A promotional graphic for Ploughshares at Emerson College’s Emerging Writers’ Contest. The center features a red-orange box with white text reading “Be Discovered! Submit to the Emerging Writers’ Contest! February 1 – March 31.” Surrounding the box are colorful art supplies, including scissors, notebooks, paint swatches, pens, and paper cutouts.

Submit to Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest!

Deadline: March 31, 2026 at 12PM EST

Ready to be discovered? Submit your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to the Emerging Writers’ Contest between February 1 and March 31 for the chance to see your work in print. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with the literary agency Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/ewc26

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