2021 Literary Magazine Ranking–Poetry

Below is the 2021 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. For an explanation of the rationale and methodology, please go here.

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2021 Rank	Magazine	2020 Rank	2021 Score
1	Poetry	1	90.5
2	American Poetry Review	3	55
3	Kenyon Review	2	49.5
4	Poem-a-Day	4	46.5
5	Southern Review	6	33
6	New England Review	5	29.5
7	Threepenny Review	7	29
8	Paris Review	8	24.5
9	Gettysburg Review	9	23
10	Rattle	26	19.5
11	Copper Nickel	19	18
12	Cincinnati Review	12	17
13	Sun	10	16.5
14	Copper Canyon Press	11	14.5
15	Ploughshares	13	14
15	Tin House ©	16	14
17	Michigan Quarterly Review	15	13.5
18	Boston Review	21	12.5
18	Hudson Review	48	12.5
20	Poetry Northwest	23	11.5
21	Beloit Poetry Journal	26	11
21	Birmingham Poetry Review	26	11
21	Ecotone	26	11
21	Foglifter	54	11
21	Georgia Review	14	11
21	Poetry Review	26	11
27	Blackbird	16	10.5
27	Massachusetts Review	41	10.5
27	Spillway	19	10.5
30	American Journal of Poetry	69	10
30	Smartish Pace	69	10
32	New Ohio Review	23	9.5
32	Southern Indiana Review	36	9.5
34	Field ©	21	9
34	Willow Springs	32	9
36	Virginia Quarterly Review	26	8.5
36	ZYZZYVA	44	8.5
38	jubilat	41	8
38	Palette Poetry	124	8
40	Agni	25	7.5
40	Alaska Quarterly Review	44	7.5
40	Lake Effect	32	7.5
40	Orion	131	7.5
40	Sugar House Review	32	7.5
40	Tupelo Press	44	7.5
40	Vallum: Contemporary Poetry	32	7.5
47	Arroyo Literary Review	36	7
47	Prairie Schooner	172	7
49	Ninth Letter	48	6.5
49	Pleiades	52	6.5
51	Adroit Journal	54	6
51	American Scholar	36	6
51	BOA Editions	52	6
51	Five Points	16	6
51	Iowa Review	186	6
51	Literary Imagination	36	6
51	Nepantla	54	6
51	Plume	54	6
51	The Journal	36	6
51	White Pine Press	54	6
51	Four Way Review		6
62	Greensboro Review	64	5.5
62	Missouri Review	54	5.5
62	New Criterion	64	5.5
62	River Styx	64	5.5
62	Salamander	54	5.5
62	Southeast Review	54	5.5
68	Abstract Magazine TV	69	5
68	Bare Life Review	69	5
68	Bennington Review	69	5
68	Bettering American Poetry	69	5
68	Clover ©	69	5
68	Conduit	69	5
68	Constellations	69	5
68	Foundry	69	5
68	Four Way Books	44	5
68	Hawaii Pacific Review	69	5
68	Hopkins Review	69	5
68	I-70 Review	69	5
68	Kweli Journal	69	5
68	LitMag	69	5
68	Love’s Executive Order	69	5
68	Moonpie Press	69	5
68	Nerve Cowboy	69	5
68	New Orleans Review	69	5
68	Nimrod	64	5
68	Purple Passion Press	69	5
68	Rhino	69	5
68	River Teeth	69	5
68	Salmagundi	69	5
68	Saturnalia Books	69	5
68	Seneca Review	69	5
68	Shade Journal	69	5
68	Storm Cellar	69	5
68	Sycamore Review	69	5
68	Tipton Poetry Journal	69	5
68	Tule Review	69	5
68	Twyckenham Notes	69	5
68	Volta	69	5
68	Washington Square Review	69	5
68	Waxwing Literary Journal	69	5
68	Wordtemple Press	69	5
68	Yale Review	48	5
68	Arkansas Review		5
68	Ashland Poetry Press		5
68	Court Green		5
68	Gordon Square Review		5
68	Fjords Review		5
68	Indianapolis Review		5
68	Ligeia Magazine		5
68	Pirene’s Fountain		5
68	This Broken Shore (?)		5
68	Two Sylvias		5
114	Tar River	48	4.5
115	Denver Quarterly	115	4
115	Indiana Review	116	4
117	Alice James Books	54	3.5
117	Awl ©	120	3.5
117	Hotel Amerika	116	3.5
117	Hunger Mountain	120	3.5
117	Image	69	3.5
117	Little Patuxent Review	116	3.5
117	Manhattan Review	131	3.5
124	Codex (?)	64	3
124	Lana Turner	124	3
124	Little Star	124	3
124	Paterson Literary Review	124	3
124	Poetry International	124	3
124	Prelude	54	3
124	Sixth Finch	41	3
124	Subtropics	124	3
132	Account	131	2.5
132	Assaracus (?)	131	2.5
132	Atlanta Review	131	2.5
132	Briar Cliff Review	131	2.5
132	Brick	131	2.5
132	Butcher’s Dog	69	2.5
132	Café Review	131	2.5
132	Cave Wall	69	2.5
132	Collagist	131	2.5
132	Court Green ©	131	2.5
132	Crab Orchard Review	69	2.5
132	Crazyhorse	120	2.5
132	Cypher Books (?)	131	2.5
132	Dunes Review	131	2.5
132	Fifth Wednesday ©	131	2.5
132	Forklift Ohio	131	2.5
132	Granta	131	2.5
132	Graywolf Press	131	2.5
132	Green Mountains Review	131	2.5
132	Gulf Coast	124	2.5
132	Harbour Publishing	131	2.5
132	Harvard Review	131	2.5
132	Ibbetson Street	131	2.5
132	LSU Press	69	2.5
132	Malahat Review	131	2.5
132	Muzzle Magazine	131	2.5
132	Nebraska Poets Calendar ©	131	2.5
132	New South Books	131	2.5
132	New Verse News	131	2.5
132	Pilot Light	131	2.5
132	Pleasure Boat Studio	131	2.5
132	Poems & Plays (?)	131	2.5
132	Prism	69	2.5
132	Quarterly West	69	2.5
132	Quiddity	131	2.5
132	Southern Poetry Review	131	2.5
132	Spork (?)	131	2.5
132	Summerset Review	69	2.5
132	TAB	69	2.5
132	Think Journal	131	2.5
132	Thrush	69	2.5
132	Tiger Bark Press	69	2.5
132	Treelight Books	131	2.5
132	Verse Wisconsin ©	131	2.5
132	Water-Stone Review	131	2.5
132	YesYes Books	131	2.5
178	Colorado Review	172	2
178	Common, The	186	2
178	Grub Street	186	2
178	MIZNA	186	2
178	Narrative	172	2
178	New South	172	2
178	Upstreet	172	2
178	Verse Daily	172	2
186	A Public Space	236	1.5
186	Believer	179	1.5
186	Iron Horse Literary Review	179	1.5
186	New Letters	179	1.5
186	Persea Books	236	1.5
186	Poet Lore	179	1.5
186	World Literature Today	172	1.5
193	Academy of American Poets	186	1
193	Bauhan Publshing	186	1
193	Birdfeast	186	1
193	Chinquapin Literary Magazine	186	1
193	Cleveland State Univ. Poetry Ctr.	186	1
193	Columbia Review		1
193	Cossack Review (?)	186	1
193	Cutbank	186	1
193	Great Weather for Media	186	1
193	Gulf Stream (?)	186	1
193	Gun Powder Press	186	1
193	Heart ©	186	1
193	Hobart	186	1
193	Lake, The	186	1
193	Louisiana Literature	186	1
193	McNeese Review	186	1
193	Meadow	186	1
193	North American Review	186	1
193	Offing	186	1
193	OmniVerse	186	1
193	One Throne (?)	186	1
193	Pembroke Magazine	186	1
193	Pinch	186	1
193	Poetry South	186	1
193	Porkbelly Press	186	1
193	Portland Review	186	1
193	QWERTY	186	1
193	Raleigh Review	186	1
193	Raritan	186	1
193	Rove	186	1
193	Rumpus	186	1
193	Scablands Books	186	1
193	Shenandoah	116	1
193	Southwest Review	186	1
193	Springhouse	186	1
193	University of Pittsburgh Press	179	1
193	Valley Voices	186	1
193	Yarn ©	186	1
193	Zone 3	120	1
193	Adirondack Review		1
193	Consequence		1
193	Delta Poetry Review		1
193	Glass, A Journal of Poetry		1
193	Halcyone		1
193	Los Angeles Jewish Journal		1
193	Mercer Univ. Press		1
193	Matter		1
193	Quarry, The		1
193	Tahoma Literary Review		1
193	Wordfarm		1
243	Able Muse	236	0.5
243	Airlie Press	236	0.5
243	Autumn House	236	0.5
243	Barefoot Muse	236	0.5
243	Bellevue Literary Review	236	0.5
243	Black Warrior Review	236	0.5
243	Bloom	236	0.5
243	Calyx	236	0.5
243	Cardinal Points	236	0.5
243	Chautauqua	236	0.5
243	Chiron Review	186	0.5
243	Cimarron Review	179	0.5
243	Clockhouse	236	0.5
243	Columbia Poetry Review	236	0.5
243	Connecticut Review (?)	236	0.5
243	Construction	236	0.5
243	Enizagam	186	0.5
243	Epoch	186	0.5
243	Evansville Review	236	0.5
243	Examined Life	236	0.5
243	Exit 7	186	0.5
243	Fort Hemlock Press ©	236	0.5
243	Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review	179	0.5
243	Haven Chronicles (?)	236	0.5
243	Healing Muse	236	0.5
243	Hollins Critic	236	0.5
243	Jai-Alai (?)	186	0.5
243	Make	236	0.5
243	New Madrid	236	0.5
243	Normal School	236	0.5
243	Paris American	236	0.5
243	Pluck	186	0.5
243	Radius	186	0.5
243	Saranac Review	186	0.5
243	Silk Road	236	0.5
243	Sink Review (?)	236	0.5
243	Solstice	236	0.5
243	Tupelo Quarterly	186	0.5
243	Upstairs at Duroc (?)	186	0.5
243	Valparaiso Poetry Review	236	0.5
243	Verse Magazine	236	0.5
243	Wave Books	186	0.5
243	Wordcraft of Oregon	236	0.5
243	Zephyr Press	236	0.5

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