{"id":8796,"date":"2021-08-04T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/?p=8796"},"modified":"2021-08-04T13:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:10:13","slug":"my-story-some-hard-hot-places-in-ploughshares-win-a-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/?p=8796","title":{"rendered":"My story, &#8220;some hard, hot places,&#8221; in Ploughshares! Win a copy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Behold this beauty, the Summer, 2021, 50th Anniversary issue of <em>Ploughshares<\/em>, guest edited by the amazing Aimee Bender!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3D-Cover-472-210625.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3D-Cover-472-210625.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3D-Cover-472-210625-178x300.jpeg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><figcaption>Cover art by Jennifer Warren<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was traveling with my daughter when my contributor&#8217;s copy arrived back home. I couldn&#8217;t resist stopping into Downtown Books &amp; News in Asheville, NC, and was delighted to find it on the shelf amongst all the other journals I aspire to publish in one day. : )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_8099.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_8099.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_8099-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Spotted in a bookstore in Asheville, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">It&#8217;s truly a dream to see my work in these pages along with so many writers I admire (Rumaan Alam, Patrick Cottrell, Amelia Gray, and so many others). Many thanks to Aimee Bender for her faith in my work, and all the editors at <em>Ploughshares<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><s>Win a copy (U.S. only)! I will mail a copy to the first TWO who respond to this blog post!<\/s><\/strong> (Claimed!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behold this beauty, the Summer, 2021, 50th Anniversary issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by the amazing Aimee Bender! I was traveling with my daughter when my contributor&#8217;s copy arrived back home. 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