Over the years, Ploughshares has sometimes received longer submissions that were difficult to publish due to space considerations in the print issue. Ploughshares Solos is a digital-first series for longer stories and essays, edited by Ploughshares Editor-in-Chief Ladette Randolph. New Solos are published regularly and are available for download on your Kindle or Nook. (If you do not have a Kindle or Nook device, you can download apps for smart phones, tablets, and computers.) The stories and essays are collected in the annual printed Omnibus . Ploughshares is excited to be breaking ground as one of the first literary journals to explore a long-story, digital-first format.