2026 Literary Magazine Ranking–Poetry

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2026 Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry

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2026 Rank	Magazine	2025 Rank	2026 Score
1	American Poetry Review	2	63.5
2	Poetry	1	57.5
3	Adroit Journal	8	36
4	Poem-a-Day	4	35
5	New England Review	4	33
6	Kenyon Review	3	32.5
7	Threepenny Review	6	29.5
8	Yale Review	7	28
9	Southern Review	9	26.5
10	Pleiades	19	25
11	Alaska Quarterly Review	21	23.5
12	Copper Nickel	11	20
13	Alice James Books	14	17.5
13	Ploughshares	13	17.5
15	Rattle	12	15
16	Paris Review	10	14.5
16	Smartish Pace	17	14.5
18	Ecotone	32	14
18	Georgia Review	14	14
18	Iowa Review	14	14
18	New Ohio Review	19	14
18	Plume	32	14
23	Agni	18	13.5
24	Beloit Poetry Journal	22	13
25	Manhattan Review	23	11.5
26	Common, The	24	11
27	Birmingham Poetry Review	65	10.5
27	Foglifter	39	10.5
29	BkMk Press	26	10
29	Florida Review	32	10
29	Glacier, The	26	10
29	Here: A Poetry Journal	26	10
29	Torch Literary Arts	26	10
34	Gettysburg Review ©	26	9.5
34	Southern Indiana Review	122	9.5
36	Blackbird	32	8.5
36	Conduit	37	8.5
36	Salmagundi (H)	43	8.5
39	Hudson Review	55	8
39	Swamp Pink (fka Crazyhorse)	51	8
39	The Journal	39	8
42	Greensboro Review	43	7.5
42	Missouri Review	39	7.5
42	New Criterion	43	7.5
42	Rhino	43	7.5
42	Southeast Review	39	7.5
42	This Broken Shore	68	7.5
42	Two Sylvias Press	26	7.5
49	Michigan Quarterly Review	51	7
50	Cincinnati Review	51	6.5
50	Copper Canyon Press	58	6.5
50	Five Points	32	6.5
50	Sun	24	6.5
54	Boomerlitmag	58	6
54	Zephyr Press	58	6
56	Columbia Review	189	5.5
56	Consequence	58	5.5
56	Hobart	65	5.5
56	Image	37	5.5
56	Indiana Review	258	5.5
56	Shenandoah	65	5.5
56	Tin House ©	55	5.5
56	World Literature Today	58	5.5
64	American Journal of Poetry ©	43	5
64	Anacapa Review	68	5
64	Another Chicago Magazine		5
64	artangel	68	5
64	Bauhan Publishing		5
64	Bellevue Literary Review	68	5
64	Bloomsday Literary	68	5
64	Boston Review	68	5
64	Boulevard	68	5
64	Brink		5
64	Chicago Quarterly Review	68	5
64	Circling Rivers Press	68	5
64	Clarion Magazine	68	5
64	Comstock Review		5
64	Cutthroat		5
64	Daraja Press		5
64	Deep Wild Journal	68	5
64	Dialogos Books	68	5
64	Flyway	68	5
64	Four Way Books	43	5
64	Glassworks	68	5
64	Good River Review	68	5
64	Grain Magazine	68	5
64	Gulf Coast	68	5
64	Heart Poems	68	5
64	Heat	68	5
64	Hole in the Head Review	68	5
64	Hopper, The	68	5
64	Iamb	68	5
64	James Dickey Review	68	5
64	Jewish Currents	68	5
64	Lana Turner	68	5
64	Light	68	5
64	Literary Matters		5
64	LiveMag!		5
64	Lost Horse Press	68	5
64	Manoa	68	5
64	Massachusetts Review	43	5
64	Moon Tide Press	68	5
64	North Meridian Review	68	5
64	Parentheses Journal	68	5
64	Pinch	68	5
64	Poetry Daily		5
64	Post Road		5
64	Quarterly West	43	5
64	Reed Magazine	68	5
64	River Heron Review	68	5
64	Saginaw (?)	68	5
64	Salt Hill Journal	68	5
64	Sidereal (?)	68	5
64	Sky Island Journal	68	5
64	Slipstream	68	5
64	Southern Humanities Review		5
64	Southword		5
64	Sparks of Calliope	68	5
64	St. Bridgid Press	68	5
64	Stonecoast Review	68	5
64	Sundog Lit	68	5
64	Terminus	68	5
64	Thimble		5
64	Turtle Point Press	68	5
64	Ugly Duckling Presse		5
126	Prairie Schooner	51	4.5
127	American Scholar	135	4
127	Palette Poetry	55	4
127	ZYZZYVA	122	4
130	Arroyo Literary Review (H)	124	3.5
130	Bennington Review	124	3.5
130	Court Green ©	58	3.5
130	I-70 Review	124	3.5
130	LitMag	124	3.5
130	Tupelo Press	143	3.5
130	Virginia Quarterly Review	124	3.5
130	Volta ©	124	3.5
138	Four Way Review	58	3
138	Literary Imagination	135	3
138	Narrative	135	3
138	Nepantla (?)	135	3
138	Poetry Northwest	124	3
138	Sixteen Rivers	189	3
138	White Pine Press	135	3
138	Willow Springs	124	3
146	Abstract Magazine TV	143	2.5
146	Arkansas Review	68	2.5
146	Ashland Poetry Press	68	2.5
146	Bare Life Review ©	143	2.5
146	Bettering American Poetry (?)	143	2.5
146	Clover ©	143	2.5
146	Constellations	143	2.5
146	Fjords Review	68	2.5
146	Foundry (H)	143	2.5
146	Gordon Square Review	68	2.5
146	Hawaii Pacific Review	143	2.5
146	Hopkins Review	143	2.5
146	Indianapolis Review	68	2.5
146	jubilat ©	143	2.5
146	Kweli Journal	143	2.5
146	Lake Effect	143	2.5
146	Ligeia Magazine ©	68	2.5
146	Love’s Executive Order (?)	143	2.5
146	Moonpie Press (H)	143	2.5
146	Nerve Cowboy ©	143	2.5
146	New Orleans Review	143	2.5
146	Nimrod	143	2.5
146	Ninth Letter	135	2.5
146	Orion	68	2.5
146	Pirene’s Fountain	68	2.5
146	Purple Passion Press	143	2.5
146	Saturnalia Books	143	2.5
146	Seneca Review	143	2.5
146	Shade Journal	143	2.5
146	Storm Cellar	143	2.5
146	Sycamore Review ©	143	2.5
146	Tahoma Literary Review	135	2.5
146	Tipton Poetry Journal	143	2.5
146	Tule Review	143	2.5
146	Twyckenham Notes	143	2.5
146	Vallum: Contemporary Poetry	68	2.5
146	Washington Square Review	143	2.5
146	Waxwing Literary Journal	143	2.5
146	Wordtemple Press	143	2.5
185	Honey Literary	189	2
185	Revel		2
185	Rust and Moth	182	2
185	Terrain	189	2
189	Field ©	182	1.5
189	Iron Horse Literary Review	184	1.5
189	North American Review	258	1.5
189	River Styx	184	1.5
189	Salamander (H)	184	1.5
194	3: A Taos Press	189	1
194	Airlie Press	189	1
194	Arts & Letters	189	1
194	Asymptote		1
194	Bamboo Ridge Press	189	1
194	Black Lawrence		1
194	Boiler, The	189	1
194	Brilliant Corners	189	1
194	Broadsided Press	189	1
194	Calyx		1
194	Catamaran	189	1
194	Cherry Tree Magazine	189	1
194	Coal City Review	189	1
194	Colorado Review	189	1
194	Cortland Review	189	1
194	Cultural Daily	189	1
194	Driftwood	189	1
194	Empty Bowl	189	1
194	Evening Street Review ©	189	1
194	Fiddlehead		1
194	Fine Print Press	189	1
194	Fruit Slice		1
194	Gertrude ©	189	1
194	Glass Lyre Press		1
194	Good Life Review	189	1
194	Grayson Books	189	1
194	Grub Street	184	1
194	Guernica	189	1
194	Hong Kong Review	189	1
194	Ibbetson Street Press	189	1
194	Ilanot Review	189	1
194	Inverted Syntax	189	1
194	Irreantum		1
194	Jersey Devil	189	1
194	June Road Press	189	1
194	Lascaux Review	189	1
194	Leon Literary Review	189	1
194	Lily Poetry Review		1
194	Limberlost Review		1
194	Midwest Review		1
194	Mississippi Review	189	1
194	MIZNA	184	1
194	Modern Haiku	189	1
194	Mudfish		1
194	New Poetry in Translation (?)	189	1
194	Night Heron Barks	189	1
194	Okay Donkey	189	1
194	On the Seawall		1
194	Orange Blossom Review	189	1
194	Pangyrus	189	1
194	Pitt Poetry Series	189	1
194	Radar Poetry	189	1
194	Red Wheelbarrow	189	1
194	River Mouth Review ©	189	1
194	Roadrunner Review	189	1
194	San Pedro River Review		1
194	Sarabande Books	189	1
194	Sheila-Na-Gig	189	1
194	Sixth Finch	143	1
194	Spillway	124	1
194	Split Lip	189	1
194	Sugar House Review	189	1
194	Sundress Publications	189	1
194	Superpresent		1
194	Tar River	124	1
194	Third Coast	189	1
194	Tiger Bark Press	124	1
194	Trace Fossils Review		1
194	Trio House Press	189	1
194	TriQuarterly	189	1
194	Under a Warm Green Linden		1
194	Upstreet ©	189	1
194	Verse Daily	189	1
194	Vox Populi	189	1
194	West Branch	189	1
269	A Public Space	189	0.5
269	Academy of American Poets	258	0.5
269	Adirondack Review (?)	189	0.5
269	Awl ©	258	0.5
269	Bauhan Publshing	258	0.5
269	Believer	258	0.5
269	BOA Editions	258	0.5
269	Chinquapin Literary Magazine	258	0.5
269	Cleveland State Univ. Poetry Ctr.	258	0.5
269	Cossack Review (?)	258	0.5
269	Cutbank	258	0.5
269	Delta Poetry Review	189	0.5
269	Denver Quarterly	189	0.5
269	Glass, A Journal of Poetry	189	0.5
269	Great Weather for Media ©	258	0.5
269	Gulf Stream	258	0.5
269	Gun Powder Press	258	0.5
269	Halcyone (?)	189	0.5
269	Heart ©	258	0.5
269	Hunger Mountain	258	0.5
269	Lake, The	258	0.5
269	Los Angeles Jewish Journal	189	0.5
269	Louisiana Literature	258	0.5
269	Matter (?)	189	0.5
269	McNeese Review	258	0.5
269	Meadow, The	258	0.5
269	Mercer Univ. Press	189	0.5
269	New Letters	258	0.5
269	New South	258	0.5
269	Offing	258	0.5
269	OmniVerse	258	0.5
269	One Throne (H)	258	0.5
269	Pembroke Magazine	258	0.5
269	Persea Books	189	0.5
269	Poet Lore	258	0.5
269	Poetry South	258	0.5
269	Porkbelly Press	258	0.5
269	Portland Review	258	0.5
269	Quarry, The	189	0.5
269	QWERTY	258	0.5
269	Raleigh Review	258	0.5
269	Rove ©	258	0.5
269	Rumpus	258	0.5
269	Scablands Books (?)	258	0.5
269	Springhouse (?)	258	0.5
269	Valley Voices (?)	258	0.5
269	Wordfarm	189	0.5
269	Yarn ©	258	0.5
269	Zone 3	258	0.5

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