Town have been handed a 1st round bye in the JPT
Shrewsbury Town are one of 16 clubs to have been handed a bye through to the second round of this season's Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Town are in the northern half of the regionalised draw and have been given a bye alongside Bradford City, Bury, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Hartlepool United, Sheffield United and Walsall.
The first round draw will be made on Saturday, August 18.
Town were knocked out in the first round of last season's competition, beaten 2-1 at Walsall.
The draw for the first round will take place on Saturday 18th August around 10am on SKY's Soccer AM.
Northern Section - West
Accrington Stanley
Carlisle United
Fleetwood Town
Morecambe
Port Vale
Preston North End
Rochdale
Tranmere Rovers
Northern Section - East
Burton Albion
Chesterfield
Coventry City
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United
Scunthorpe United
York City
Southern Section - West
AFC Bournemouth
Aldershot Town
Bristol Rovers
Exeter City
Oxford United
Portsmouth
Swindon Town
Yeovil Town
Southern Section - East
AFC Wimbledon
Crawley Town
Dagenham & Redbridge
Gillingham
Milton Keynes Dons
Northampton Town
Stevenage
Southend United