2022 Literary Magazine Ranking–Fiction

[Note: the 2023 Rankings are now available here.]

Below is the 2022 Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here.

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2022 Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction

Note the following:

© means that the magazine/press is closed

(H) means that the magazine/press is on hiatus

(?) means that it’s unclear what’s going on with the magazine/press

2022 Rank	Magazine	2021 Rank	2022 Score
1	Paris Review	1	62
2	Ploughshares	2	49
3	Conjunctions	4	48.5
4	One Story	2	46
5	Southern Review	8	42.5
6	Zoetrope: All Story	7	41.5
7	Gettysburg Review	5	40
8	Noon	10	37
9	Threepenny Review	6	31.5
10	Missouri Review	14	31
10	Narrative	13	31
12	New England Review	18	30
13	Tin House ©	9	29.5
14	McSweeney’s	27	26
15	Kenyon Review	12	24
15	Sun	21	24
17	American Short Fiction	14	23.5
18	Granta	21	22
18	Virginia Quarterly Review	19	22
20	Ecotone Magazine	11	21
21	Agni	25	20
22	Glimmer Train ©	17	19.5
22	ZYZZYVA	21	19.5
24	A Public Space	20	19
25	Iowa Review	25	18.5
26	Cincinnati Review	44	18
27	Bellevue Literary Review	24	17
27	Georgia Review	14	17
29	Wigleaf	31	16.5
30	Sewanee Review	30	16
31	Hudson Review	32	15.5
32	Santa Monica Review	71	14
32	Yale Review	44	14
34	Image	29	13.5
35	Copper Nickel	44	12.5
35	Idaho Review	34	12.5
37	Oxford American	27	12
38	Epoch	34	11.5
39	Boulevard	38	10.5
39	Colorado Review	36	10.5
39	Pleiades	32	10.5
42	New Letters	38	9.5
42	Southampton Review	44	9.5
44	Bennington Review	44	9
44	Crazyhorse	40	9
46	Common, The	49	8.5
46	Electric Literature	41	8.5
46	New Orleans Review	37	8.5
46	Pinch	41	8.5
50	Harvard Review	49	8
51	n+1	49	7.5
51	Witness	49	7.5
53	Story	58	7
54	Mississippi Review	56	6
54	Catapult	53	6
54	Chicago Quarterly	43	6
57	Michigan Quarterly Review	68	5.5
57	Raritan	53	5.5
59	Egress ©	58	5
59	Five Points	56	5
59	Hysterical Rag ©	58	5
59	Ninth Letter	78	5
59	Paper Darts	58	5
59	Prime Number Magazine	58	5
59	Sarabande Books	58	5
59	Southern Indiana Review	58	5
59	Stillhouse Press	58	5
59	West Branch	58	5
59	Harvard Advocate *	58	5
69	Alaska Quarterly Review	71	4
69	Epiphany	68	4
69	J Journal	71	4
69	Notre Dame Review	58	4
69	Southwest Review	71	4
74	Antioch Review (H)	71	3.5
74	Bomb	76	3.5
74	New Madrid (H)	76	3.5
74	Prairie Schooner	53	3.5
78	Arts & Letters	78	3
78	Juked	116	3
78	New Ohio Review	78	3
81	Consequence Magazine	82	2.5
81	Florida Review	82	2.5
81	One Teen Story	78	2.5
81	River Styx	97	2.5
81	Ruminate	82	2.5
81	Salmagundi	82	2.5
81	Third Coast	82	2.5
88	American Scholar	88	2
88	Black Warrior Review	88	2
88	Blackbird	88	2
88	Grist	88	2
88	Gulf Coast	88	2
88	Healing Muse	88	2
88	Hopkins Review	82	2
88	Little Star	68	2
88	Shenandoah	171	2
88	Zone 3	88	2
98	BkMk Press	171	1.5
98	Brick	171	1.5
98	Brooklyn Rail	97	1.5
98	Catamaran	171	1.5
98	Chattahoochee Review	97	1.5
98	Chicago Review	97	1.5
98	Cimarron Review	97	1.5
98	Cleaver	171	1.5
98	Fiction International	97	1.5
98	Green Mountains Review	97	1.5
98	Indiana Review	97	1.5
98	Kweli	97	1.5
98	Minnesota Review	97	1.5
98	Pembroke Magazine	116	1.5
98	Per Contra	97	1.5
98	Rupture, The (fka The Collagist)	97	1.5
98	StoryQuarterly	88	1.5
98	Upstreet	97	1.5
98	Willow Springs	88	1.5
117	About Place Journal	116	1
117	African American Review	116	1
117	Akashic Books	97	1
117	Another Chicago Magazine	116	1
117	Autumn House Press		1
117	Baffler, The	116	1
117	Bat City	116	1
117	Berkeley Fiction Review	97	1
117	Black Clock ©	116	1
117	Black Lawrence Press	116	1
117	Blue Fountain (?)	116	1
117	Broadkill Review		1
117	Broadkill River Press	116	1
117	Chautauqua	116	1
117	Confrontation	97	1
117	Crab Orchard Review (?)	116	1
117	December	116	1
117	East (?)	116	1
117	Exile	116	1
117	failbetter.com	116	1
117	Fifth Wednesday ©	116	1
117	Gascony Writers Anthology (?)	116	1
117	Glossolalia	116	1
117	Grand Journal		1
117	Graywolf Press	97	1
117	Hunger Mountain	116	1
117	Jewish Fiction	116	1
117	Lake Effect		1
117	Leaf Litter	116	1
117	Literal Latte (?)	116	1
117	Literary Review	116	1
117	Litmag	116	1
117	Meridian	116	1
117	Moon City	116	1
117	New Delta Review	116	1
117	Nimrod	116	1
117	Obsidian	116	1
117	Orion		1
117	Outlook Springs	116	1
117	Potomac Review	116	1
117	Prism	116	1
117	Provincetown Arts	116	1
117	Pulp Literature	116	1
117	Quarterly West		1
117	Quiddity	116	1
117	Redivider	116	1
117	Reed Magazine		1
117	Reservoir Journal	116	1
117	Rumpus	116	1
117	Salamander		1
117	Salt Hill	97	1
117	Shade Mountain Press	116	1
117	Spectacle	116	1
117	Vassar Review	116	1
117	Water-Stone Review	116	1
117	Western Humanities Review	116	1
117	Worcester Review	116	1
117	Woven Tale Press		1
117	Yemassee	116	1
176	Anomalous	171	0.5
176	Asian American Literary Review	171	0.5
176	At Length	171	0.5
176	Austin State University Press	171	0.5
176	Baltimore Review	171	0.5
176	Barrelhouse	116	0.5
176	Beloit Fiction	171	0.5
176	Crab Creek Review	171	0.5
176	Cutbank	171	0.5
176	Dalkey Archive Press	171	0.5
176	Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review	171	0.5
176	Elm Leaves/ELJ (?)	171	0.5
176	Enizagam	171	0.5
176	Fiction	171	0.5
176	Fjords	116	0.5
176	Four Way Books	171	0.5
176	Fourteen Hills	171	0.5
176	Gigantic (?)	116	0.5
176	John Daniel & Co.	171	0.5
176	Joyland	171	0.5
176	Little Fiction (H)	171	0.5
176	Lumina (?)	171	0.5
176	Malahat Review	171	0.5
176	Massachusetts Review	171	0.5
176	Memorious	171	0.5
176	Mid American Review	97	0.5
176	Midwestern Gothic ©	116	0.5
176	Mud City/Chapter House	116	0.5
176	Mythium ©	116	0.5
176	Natural Bridge	171	0.5
176	New York Tyrant	171	0.5
176	Normal School	171	0.5
176	North Carolina Literary Review	171	0.5
176	Outpost 19	171	0.5
176	Pear Noir ©	171	0.5
176	Pegasus Books	171	0.5
176	Post Road	171	0.5
176	Press 53	116	0.5
176	Puerto del Sol	171	0.5
176	Seneca Review	171	0.5
176	Sixfold	116	0.5
176	Sonora Review	171	0.5
176	Texas Review	171	0.5
176	Texas Review Press	171	0.5
176	Transition	171	0.5
176	Tweed’s (?)	171	0.5
176	World Literature Today	171	0.5

* corrected 1/9/22