2024 Literary Magazine Ranking–Poetry

Below is the 2024 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. To understand the Rationale, Methodology, and Calculation for the Rankings, please go here.

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2024 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry

Note the following:

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

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

2024 Rank	Magazine	2023 Rank	2024 Score
1	American Poetry Review	2	69
2	Poetry	1	62
3	Kenyon Review	3	49
4	Threepenny Review	5	38
5	Poem-a-Day	4	36
6	New England Review	6	29.5
7	Paris Review	7	28.5
8	Southern Review	8	25.5
9	Ploughshares	17	19.5
10	Yale Review	13	19
11	Smartish Pace	9	18.5
12	Agni	66	17
12	Beloit Poetry Journal	10	17
12	Rattle	15	17
15	Copper Nickel	10	16.5
15	Georgia Review	10	16.5
17	Adroit Journal	26	16
18	New Ohio Review	33	14
19	Alice James Books	41	12
19	Iowa Review	58	12
19	Manhattan Review	18	12
19	Sun	16	12
23	Ecotone	26	11.5
23	Gettysburg Review ©	14	11.5
25	Foglifter	23	11
26	Birmingham Poetry Review	23	10.5
27	Alaska Quarterly Review	28	10
27	BkMk Press	28	10
27	Four Way Books	72	10
27	Glacier, The		10
31	Blackbird	28	9.5
31	Michigan Quarterly Review	31	9.5
33	Florida Review	36	9
34	Conduit	41	8.5
34	Copper Canyon Press	20	8.5
34	Image ©	122	8.5
34	Pleiades	23	8.5
38	Five Points	36	8
38	Palette Poetry	36	8
38	The Journal	66	8
41	American Journal of Poetry ©	41	7.5
41	Boston Review	41	7.5
41	Gulf Coast	41	7.5
41	Lana Turner	41	7.5
41	Massachusetts Review	41	7.5
41	Quarterly West	138	7.5
41	Rhino	41	7.5
41	Salmagundi	41	7.5
49	Common, The	52	7
49	Virginia Quarterly Review	31	7
51	Hudson Review	20	6.5
51	Poetry Northwest	20	6.5
51	Tin House ©	55	6.5
54	Boomerlitmag	58	6
54	Cincinnati Review	18	6
54	Consequence	194	6
54	Court Green (?)	58	6
54	Four Way Review	58	6
54	Prairie Schooner	58	6
54	Spillway	34	6
54	Swamp Pink (fka Crazyhorse)	182	6
54	Willow Springs	34	6
54	World Literature Today	55	6
54	Zephyr Press	182	6
65	American Scholar	66	5.5
65	Hobart	66	5.5
65	Shenandoah	66	5.5
68	Arkansas Review	72	5
68	artangel	72	5
68	Ashland Poetry Press	72	5
68	Bare Life Review (H)	72	5
68	Bloomsday Literary	72	5
68	Boulevard	72	5
68	Chicago Quarterly Review	72	5
68	Circling Rivers Press		5
68	Clarion Magazine	72	5
68	Clover ©	72	5
68	Dialogos Books		5
68	Field ©	36	5
68	Fjords Review	72	5
68	Glassworks		5
68	Gordon Square Review	72	5
68	Grain Magazine	72	5
68	Heart Poems	72	5
68	Here: A Poetry Journal	72	5
68	Hole in the Head Review	72	5
68	Iamb	72	5
68	Indianapolis Review	72	5
68	James Dickey Review	72	5
68	jubilat ©	72	5
68	Ligeia Magazine	72	5
68	Light		5
68	Lost Horse Press		5
68	Love’s Executive Order (?)	72	5
68	Manoa	72	5
68	Moon Tide Press		5
68	Orion	41	5
68	Parentheses Journal		5
68	Pirene’s Fountain	72	5
68	Reed Magazine	72	5
68	River Heron Review		5
68	Saginaw	72	5
68	Salt Hill Journal		5
68	Sidereal	72	5
68	Slipstream	72	5
68	St. Bridgid Press	72	5
68	Stonecoast Review	72	5
68	Sundog Lit		5
68	Terminus	72	5
68	This Broken Shore (?)	72	5
68	Torch Literary Arts		5
68	Tupelo Press	72	5
68	Turtle Point Press	72	5
68	Two Sylvias Press	72	5
68	Twyckenham Notes	72	5
68	Vallum: Contemporary Poetry	41	5
68	Washington Square Review	72	5
68	Waxwing Literary Journal	72	5
119	Plume	52	4.5
119	Southern Indiana Review	58	4.5
119	ZYZZYVA	52	4.5
122	Arroyo Literary Review	55	3.5
122	Bennington Review	138	3.5
122	Literary Imagination	58	3.5
122	Ninth Letter	58	3.5
122	Sugar House Review	72	3.5
122	Tar River	121	3.5
122	Tiger Bark Press	122	3.5
122	Volta ©	122	3.5
130	Awl ©	129	3
130	Codex (?)	129	3
130	Missouri Review	129	3
130	Narrative	179	3
130	Nepantla (?)	129	3
130	Prelude	129	3
130	Sixth Finch	129	3
130	Southeast Review	66	3
130	Tahoma Literary Review	129	3
130	White Pine Press	122	3
140	Abstract Magazine TV	72	2.5
140	Account	138	2.5
140	Bettering American Poetry (?)	72	2.5
140	Brick	138	2.5
140	Butcher’s Dog	138	2.5
140	Cave Wall	138	2.5
140	Constellations	138	2.5
140	Crab Orchard Review (?)	138	2.5
140	Foundry (H)	138	2.5
140	Granta	138	2.5
140	Graywolf Press	138	2.5
140	Greensboro Review	138	2.5
140	Hawaii Pacific Review	138	2.5
140	Hopkins Review	138	2.5
140	I-70 Review	138	2.5
140	Kweli Journal	72	2.5
140	Lake Effect	138	2.5
140	LitMag	72	2.5
140	Little Star	129	2.5
140	LSU Press	138	2.5
140	Malahat Review	138	2.5
140	Moonpie Press	138	2.5
140	Nerve Cowboy ©	138	2.5
140	New Criterion	72	2.5
140	New Orleans Review	138	2.5
140	Nimrod	72	2.5
140	Prism	138	2.5
140	Purple Passion Press	138	2.5
140	Saturnalia Books	72	2.5
140	Seneca Review	72	2.5
140	Shade Journal	72	2.5
140	Storm Cellar	138	2.5
140	Summerset Review	138	2.5
140	Sycamore Review ©	138	2.5
140	TAB-Journal	138	2.5
140	Thrush	138	2.5
140	Tipton Poetry Journal	138	2.5
140	Tule Review	138	2.5
140	Wordtemple Press	72	2.5
179	Iron Horse Literary Review	179	2
179	Salamander	129	2
181	Colorado Review	182	1.5
181	Grub Street	182	1.5
181	Indiana Review	182	1.5
181	MIZNA	182	1.5
181	River Styx	182	1.5
186	3: A Taos Press		1
186	A Public Space	182	1
186	Adirondack Review (?)	194	1
186	Airlie Press	182	1
186	Bamboo Ridge Press	194	1
186	Broadsided Press	194	1
186	Cherry Tree Magazine	194	1
186	Columbia Review	194	1
186	Cortland Review		1
186	Cultural Daily		1
186	Delta Poetry Review	194	1
186	Denver Quarterly	122	1
186	Empty Bowl		1
186	Gertrude ©	194	1
186	Glass, A Journal of Poetry ©	194	1
186	Good Life Review	194	1
186	Grayson Books		1
186	Guernica		1
186	Halcyone	194	1
186	Honey Literary		1
186	Hong Kong Review	194	1
186	Ibbetson Street Press	122	1
186	Ilanot Review		1
186	Inverted Syntax		1
186	June Road Press		1
186	Lascaux Review		1
186	Leon Literary Review	194	1
186	Los Angeles Jewish Journal	194	1
186	Matter	194	1
186	Mercer Univ. Press	194	1
186	Mississippi Review	239	1
186	Modern Haiku		1
186	New Letters	182	1
186	New Poetry in Translation (?)	194	1
186	New South	179	1
186	Orange Blossom Review		1
186	Pangyrus	194	1
186	Pembroke Magazine	194	1
186	Persea Books	182	1
186	Pitt Poetry Series	194	1
186	Portland Review	194	1
186	Quarry, The	194	1
186	Radar Poetry	194	1
186	Red Wheelbarrow		1
186	River Mouth Review		1
186	Roadrunner Review	194	1
186	Rust and Moth		1
186	Sheila-Na-Gig	194	1
186	Sixteen Rivers	194	1
186	Split Lip	194	1
186	Sundress Publications		1
186	Terrain	194	1
186	Third Coast	194	1
186	Trio House Press	194	1
186	Upstreet ©	194	1
186	Valley Voices	194	1
186	Verse Daily	194	1
186	Vox Populi	194	1
186	West Branch		1
186	Wordfarm	194	1
246	Academy of American Poets	239	0.5
246	Bauhan Publshing	194	0.5
246	Believer	239	0.5
246	Birdfeast ©	194	0.5
246	Black Warrior Review	239	0.5
246	Bloom ©	239	0.5
246	BOA Editions	239	0.5
246	Chinquapin Literary Magazine	239	0.5
246	Chiron Review	239	0.5
246	Cimarron Review	239	0.5
246	Cleveland State Univ. Poetry Ctr.	239	0.5
246	Clockhouse	239	0.5
246	Construction (?)	239	0.5
246	Cossack Review (?)	239	0.5
246	Cutbank	194	0.5
246	Enizagam (?)	239	0.5
246	Epoch	239	0.5
246	Exit 7	239	0.5
246	Great Weather for Media	194	0.5
246	Gulf Stream	194	0.5
246	Gun Powder Press	239	0.5
246	Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review	239	0.5
246	Heart ©	239	0.5
246	Hotel Amerika	194	0.5
246	Hunger Mountain	122	0.5
246	Jai-Alai (?)	239	0.5
246	Lake, The	239	0.5
246	Little Patuxent Review	194	0.5
246	Louisiana Literature	239	0.5
246	McNeese Review	239	0.5
246	Meadow, The	239	0.5
246	North American Review	239	0.5
246	Offing	239	0.5
246	OmniVerse	239	0.5
246	One Throne (H)	239	0.5
246	Paris American	239	0.5
246	Pluck (?)	239	0.5
246	Poet Lore	182	0.5
246	Poetry South	194	0.5
246	Porkbelly Press	239	0.5
246	QWERTY	239	0.5
246	Radius (?)	239	0.5
246	Raleigh Review	239	0.5
246	Rove ©	239	0.5
246	Rumpus	239	0.5
246	Saranac Review	239	0.5
246	Scablands Books (?)	194	0.5
246	Solstice	239	0.5
246	Springhouse (?)	239	0.5
246	Tupelo Quarterly	239	0.5
246	Upstairs at Duroc	239	0.5
246	Yarn ©	239	0.5
246	Zone 3	194	0.5

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