2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Poetry

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NOTE: The 2019 Literary Magazine Rankings are available here.

Below is the 2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. Go here to read about the methodology.

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2018 Magazine 2017 2018 Score
1 Poetry 1 61.5
2 Kenyon Review 2 50.5
3 American Poetry Review 3 37.5
4 Southern Review 6 36
5 Threepenny Review 4 35.5
6 New England Review 7 32
7 Ploughshares 5 29
8 Poetry Review 8 21.5
9 Gettysburg Review 13 21
9 Poem-a-Day 49 21
9 Tin House 13 21
12 Paris Review 10 20.5
13 Cincinnati Review 9 20
14 Field 10 19.5
15 Spillway 16 18
16 Georgia Review 10 17
16 Sun 13 17
18 Copper Canyon Press 19 16.5
19 Agni 22 15.5
20 Boston Review 31 15
20 Sugar House Review 18 15
22 Virginia Quarterly Review 22 14.5
23 Blackbird 31 13.5
23 Five Points 16 13.5
23 Poetry Northwest 24 13.5
23 Rattle 20 13.5
27 Hudson Review 25 12
27 New Ohio Review 26 12
27 Southern Indiana Review 69 12
30 Copper Nickel 28 11
31 jubilat 29 10.5
32 Four Way Books 31 10
32 Lake Effect 61 10
32 Tupelo Press 29 10
32 ZYZZYVA 61 10
36 Michigan Quarterly Review 42 9.5
36 Yale Review 31 9.5
38 Massachusetts Review 37 9
39 Missouri Review 38 8.5
39 Sixth Finch 38 8.5
41 Image 38 8
41 River Styx 36 8
43 BOA Editions 21 7.5
43 Orion 42 7.5
43 Smartish Pace 26 7.5
43 Vallum: Contemporary Poetry 42 7.5
43 Water-Stone Review 31 7.5
43 Willow Springs 47 7.5
49 Denver Quarterly 45 7
50 American Scholar 47 6
50 Awl 49 6
50 Codex 49 6
50 Ecotone 38 6
50 Little Star 49 6
50 Nepantla 49 6
50 Prelude 49 6
50 Tar River 69 6
50 The Journal 49 6
59 Alice James Books 61 5.5
59 Greensboro Review 231 5.5
59 Gulf Coast 61 5.5
59 Hopkins Review 231 5.5
59 Lana Turner 49 5.5
59 New American Writing 61 5.5
59 Salmagundi 231 5.5
66 Account 69 5
66 Adroit Journal 69 5
66 Alaska Quarterly Review 69 5
66 Assaracus 69 5
66 Briar Cliff Review 69 5
66 Brick 69 5
66 Butcher’s Dog 69 5
66 Cave Wall 69 5
66 Collagist 69 5
66 Conduit 69 5
66 Crab Orchard Review 69 5
66 Dunes Review 69 5
66 Forklift Ohio 69 5
66 Granta 69 5
66 Graywolf Press 69 5
66 Great River Review 69 5
66 Green Mountains Review 69 5
66 Harbour Publishing 69 5
66 Hawaii Pacific Review 69 5
66 Hunger Mountain 69 5
66 Ibbetson Street 69 5
66 LSU Press 69 5
66 Malahat Review 69 5
66 Muzzle Magazine 69 5
66 New Orleans Review 5
66 Notre Dame Review 69 5
66 Prism 69 5
66 Purple Passion Press 69 5
66 Quarterly West 61 5
66 Rhino 231 5
66 River Teeth 69 5
66 Shenandoah 118 5
66 Storm Cellar 69 5
66 Summerset Review 69 5
66 Sycamore Review 5
66 TAB 69 5
66 Thrush 69 5
66 Tiger Bark Press 69 5
66 Treelight Books 69 5
66 Volta 69 5
66 White Pine Press 69 5
66 YesYes Books 69 5
66 Nerve Cowboy 5
66 I-70 Review 5
66 Tipton Poetry Journal 5
66 Moonpie Press 5
66 Benniington Review 5
66 Constellations 5
66 Tule Review 5
66 Foundry 5
66 American Journal of Poetry 5
117 Hotel Amerika 45 4.5
117 Little Patuxent Review 117 4.5
119 North American Review 125 4
120 Arroyo Literary Review (?) 131 3.5
120 Epoch 118 3.5
120 Indiana Review 49 3.5
120 Salamander 122 3.5
120 Wave Books 118 3.5
125 New Criterion 125 3
125 Paterson Literary Review 49 3
125 Poetry International 49 3
125 Subtropics 49 3
129 5 a.m. © 125 2.5
129 Atlanta Review 131 2.5
129 Barrow Street 125 2.5
129 Blueline 131 2.5
129 Café Review 69 2.5
129 Chattahoochee Review 131 2.5
129 Court Green © 131 2.5
129 Crazyhorse 61 2.5
129 Cypher Books 131 2.5
129 Eastern Wash. Univ. Press © 131 2.5
129 Eleven Eleven 131 2.5
129 Epiphany 131 2.5
129 Fifth Wednesday 69 2.5
129 Harvard Review 69 2.5
129 Iowa Review 125 2.5
129 Literary Imagination 131 2.5
129 Manhattan Review 69 2.5
129 Margie © 131 2.5
129 Meridian 131 2.5
129 Nebraska Poets Calendar (?) 69 2.5
129 New South Books 131 2.5
129 New Verse News 69 2.5
129 Ninth Letter 131 2.5
129 Parnassus: Poetry in Review 131 2.5
129 Pilot Light 69 2.5
129 Pleasure Boat Studio 131 2.5
129 Pleiades 131 2.5
129 Poems & Plays 131 2.5
129 Prairie Schooner 231 2.5
129 Quiddity 131 2.5
129 Southern Poetry Review 69 2.5
129 Spork 69 2.5
129 Think Journal 131 2.5
129 Third Coast 131 2.5
129 Toadlily Press © 131 2.5
129 University of Pittsburgh Press 131 2.5
129 Utah State University Press 131 2.5
129 Verse Wisconsin ©  131 2.5
129 Zone 3 131 2.5
168 Beloit Poetry Journal 166 2
168 Birdfeast 166 2
168 Iron Horse Literary Review 166 2
168 Narrative 2
168 New South 166 2
168 Raritan 166 2
168 Upstreet 174 2
168 Verse Daily 177 2
176 Believer 166 1.5
176 Cimarron Review 118 1.5
176 Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review 174 1.5
176 Southwest Review 174 1.5
180 A Public Space 177 1
180 Academy of American Poets 177 1
180 Airlie Press 177 1
180 Black Warrior Review 177 1
180 Bloom 177 1
180 Chautauqua 177 1
180 Chinquapin Literary Magazine 177 1
180 Chiron Review 177 1
180 Cleveland State Univ. Poetry Ctr. 177 1
180 Clockhouse 177 1
180 Colorado Review 87 1
180 Construction 177 1
180 Cossack Review 177 1
180 Enizagam 177 1
180 Evansville Review 177 1
180 Exit 7 177 1
180 Gun Powder Press 177 1
180 Healing Muse 177 1
180 Heart 1
180 Hobart 177 1
180 Jai-Alai 177 1
180 Louisiana Literature 177 1
180 McNeese Review 177 1
180 Meadow 177 1
180 MIZNA 1
180 New Letters 122 1
180 New Madrid 177 1
180 Normal School 177 1
180 Offing 177 1
180 One Throne 177 1
180 Paris American 177 1
180 Persea Books 177 1
180 Pinch 166 1
180 Pluck 177 1
180 Poet Lore 177 1
180 Porkbelly Press 177 1
180 QWERTY 177 1
180 Radius 177 1
180 Rove 177 1
180 Rumpus 177 1
180 Saranac Review 177 1
180 Silk Road 177 1
180 Solstice 177 1
180 Southeast Review 177 1
180 Springhouse 177 1
180 TriQuarterly 166 1
180 Tupelo Quarterly 177 1
180 Upstairs at Duroc (?) 177 1
180 Verse Magazine 177 1
180 World Literature Today 122 1
180 Yarn 177 1
180 Zephyr Press 177 1
180 Lake, The 1
180 Raleigh Review 1
180 OmniVerse 1
180 Grub Street 1
236 Able Muse 177 0.5
236 Autumn House 177 0.5
236 Barefoot Muse 231 0.5
236 Bellevue Literary Review 231 0.5
236 Blue Earth Review 231 0.5
236 Boulevard 231 0.5
236 Calyx 177 0.5
236 Canary 61 0.5
236 Cardinal Points 177 0.5
236 Columbia Poetry Review 231 0.5
236 Connecticut Review 231 0.5
236 Crab Creek Review 231 0.5
236 Examined Life 177 0.5
236 Fort Hemlock Press © 231 0.5
236 Hanging Loose 231 0.5
236 Harpur Palate 231 0.5
236 Haven Chronicles (?) 231 0.5
236 Hayden’s Ferry 231 0.5
236 Hollins Critic 231 0.5
236 InDigest (?) 231 0.5
236 Live Mag! 231 0.5
236 Long Island Quarterly 231 0.5
236 Lost Hills Books (?) 231 0.5
236 Main Street Rag 231 0.5
236 Make 177 0.5
236 McSweeney’s 231 0.5
236 New Delta Review 231 0.5
236 New Haven Review 231 0.5
236 Nimrod 231 0.5
236 November 3rd Club 231 0.5
236 Omnidawn Publishing 231 0.5
236 Paper Street © (?) 231 0.5
236 Pearl 231 0.5
236 Runes ©  125 0.5
236 Sink Review 177 0.5
236 Specs 231 0.5
236 Spoon River Review 231 0.5
236 Valparaiso Poetry Review 231 0.5
236 Wordcraft of Oregon 231 0.5

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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Comments

  1. Hi, Cliff. Thanks for doing this again. It’s a big help!

    A couple of notes on the poetry list:

    The Poetry Review link is broken. This one works: http://poetrysociety.org.uk/publications-section/the-poetry-review/

    Also, I wonder if you know (or care) that many of the entities listed are book publishers and not journals (Copper Canyon, Four Way Books, Barefoot Muse, Tupelo Press, BOA Editions, LSU Press, Tree Light Books, White Pine Press, Yesyes Books, at a glance).

    Thanks again!
    Burt

    Reply

    1. Thanks for the correction. I’ve updated the link.
      Obviously I know that some of the listings are for book publishers; they also make Pushcart Prize nominations and win prizes or special mentions, so I chose not to exclude them.

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        1. Thanks for your comment. The only magazines that are listed are those that either win a Pushcart Prize or earn a special mention. Almost all magazines nominate but only winners/special mentions earn a place in the rankings.

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          1. Our nominee was selected and is reading at the Strand in November. I’m just curious. I can send copies of the documents. Thylias Moss was selected.

          2. As I said, a nomination isn’t enough. Only magazines that have won the Pushcart Prize or received a Special Mention in the annual anthology are included in the rankings.

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  4. I am also curious. Persea has nothing to do with this, and that is the way it must remain. At the Strand reading, I will not be acknowledging Persea at all. For what is right must prevail, and will in this case.

    I will be honest even if no one else will.

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    1. I’m not sure what you are curious about, or what Persea has to do with me. What I explained to JL Jacobs was that only magazines that have won a Pushcart Prize or Special Mention are included in the rankings. A mere nomination–there are thousands of them each year–isn’t enough to be included.

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  5. It is not that I dislike postal mail but I think snail mail was meant for me. Do I have any allies with the same choice when it comes to mailing? I can afford the fees they ask for but I enjoy stuffing my envelopes and admiring my finished products. There is something rewarding about seeing my poems on 81/2 by 11 paper.

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