As we hope to help Asian writers gain more recognition in the international literary scene, we have come up with this list of best literary journals that offer ease of submission via email or online system. It is, again, important that you read our notes at the end of the list.
We would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to submit works to Asia Writes first. Asia Writes features outstanding poems and short fiction by Asian/mixed-Asian writers, and it is our policy to quickly respond to all submissions. Email your contributions to asiawritesmail@gmail.com.
We wish you all the best in your writing!
1. Ploughshares
Website: http://www.pshares.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www2.pshares.org/submit/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 1
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 14
Bookfox's ranking: 6
2. Paris Review
Website: http://www.parisreview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 4
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 2
Bookfox's ranking: 6
3. Kenyon Review
Website: http://www.kenyonreview.org/
Online Submission URL: http://kenyonreview.org/krsubmit/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 17
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 4
Bookfox's ranking: 13
4. Virginia Quarterly Review
Website: http://www.vqronline.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.vqronline.org/submission/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 6
Bookfox's ranking: 6
5. Missouri Review
Website: http://www.missourireview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.missourireview.com/store/e-submit_gateway.php
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 14
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 17
Bookfox's ranking: 13
6. Agni
Website: http://www.bu.edu/agni/
Online Submission URL: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/agni/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 22
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 47
Bookfox's ranking: 13
7. Tin House
Website: http://www.tinhouse.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.tinhousesubmissions.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 6
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 10
Bookfox's ranking: 6
8. Indiana Review
Website: http://indianareview.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.indianareview.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 73
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 26
Bookfox's ranking: 31
9. Glimmer Train
Website: http://www.glimmertrain.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 35
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 9
Bookfox's ranking: 13
10. South West Review
Website: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/
Online Submission URL: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/submission/submissionForm.asp?
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 19
Bookfox's ranking: 78
11. Narrative
Website: http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www.narrativemagazine.com/submission
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 26
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 16
Bookfox's ranking: 31
12. Triquarterly
Website: http://www.triquarterly.org/
Online Submission URL: http://submissions.triquarterly.org/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 11
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 21
Bookfox's ranking: 134
13. Crazyhorse
Website: http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/submitionmaneger/index.php?page=login&module=account
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 43
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
14. Harvard Review
Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/harvardreview/
Online Submission URL: http://www.tellitslant.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 41
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
15. Third Coast
Website: http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 34
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
16. Fence
Website: http://fence.fenceportal.org/v12n2/
Online Submission URL: http://fence.fenceportal.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
17. The New Yorker
Website: http://www.newyorker.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.newyorker.com/contact/contactus
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 1
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 1
18. Poetry
Website: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Online Submission URL: https://submissions.poetrymagazine.org/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 5
Bookfox's ranking: 134
19. Gulf Coast
Website: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 18
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
20. One Story
Website: http://www.one-story.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www.one-story.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
21. Boston Review
Website: http://bostonreview.net/
Online Submission URL: http://www.bostonreview.net/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
22. A Public Space
Website: http://www.apublicspace.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.apublicspace.org/newsubmissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 27
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
23. Fiction
Website: http://www.fictioninc.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.fictioninc.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 43
Bookfox's ranking: 31
24. Meridian
Website: http://readmeridian.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.manuscripthub.com/users/?submag=3
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
25. Witness
Website: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/
Online Submission URL: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/login.php
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 15
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 48
Bookfox's ranking: 134
26. American Scholar
Website: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: scholar@pbk.org
Best American Poetry ranking: 32
Pushcart ranking: 47
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
27. New Orleans Review
Website: http://neworleansreview.org
Online Submission URL: http://neworleansreview.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
28. Columbia
Website: http://www.columbiajournal.org/
Online Submission URL: https://www.columbiajournal.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
29. Quarterly West
Website: http://www.quarterlywest.utah.edu/
Online Submission URL: http://www.quarterlywest.utah.edu/Submizzi0ns/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
30. Cimarron Review
Website: http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: cimarronreview@okstate.edu
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
31. American Short Fiction
Website: http://www.americanshortfiction.org/
Online Submission URL: http://store.badgerdog.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ASF-SUBMISSION
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
32. Willow Springs
Website: http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/
Online Submission URL: http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/submit/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 39
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
33. McSweeney’s
Website: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: printsubs@mcsweeneys.net
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 6
34. POOL
Website: http://www.poolpoetry.com/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: pooleditors@gmail.com
Best American Poetry ranking: 10
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
35. Bellevue Literary Review
Website: http://blr.med.nyu.edu/
Online Submission URL: https://tools.med.nyu.edu/BLROnline/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.UserLogOn&CFID=7041245&CFTOKEN=15985461
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 53
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
36. Sentence
Website: http://www.firewheel-editions.org/sentence/current.htm
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: editor@firewheel-editions.org
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
37. Ninth Letter
Website: http://www.ninthletter.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www-s.art.uiuc.edu/ninthletter/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
38. Sonora Review
Website: http://sonorareview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.manuscripthub.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
Important Notes:
1. This is a meta-list of the most reputable literary journals or magazines that accept online/email submissions. This is a consolidation of the rankings that we made based on the number of poems accepted into the Best American Poetry Anthology and Pushcart Prize. We have also incorporated the rankings made by Every Writer's Resource (found HERE) and Bookfox (found HERE).
2. Before you submit, we would like to remind you to check their reading periods. Some of these journals/magazines may be closed to submissions at this time.
3. Please also take time to read their submission guidelines to check if they accept the genre that you wish to submit, and if they have a particular theme or preference for the forthcoming issue.
4. A few of these journals/magazines charge a small amount to cover for online system development costs, etc.
5. A ranking of 134 means that the journal/magazine was not included in the list.
6. Why 38? We considered all the rankings and initially came up with top 100 literary journals/magazines. Among the 100, only 38 accept online/email submissions.
7. If you would like to have the complete list of 100 Best Literary Journals/Magazines, email us and we will be glad to send it to you.
A list of the best journals/magazines for poetry can be found HERE.
We would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to submit works to Asia Writes first. Asia Writes features outstanding poems and short fiction by Asian/mixed-Asian writers, and it is our policy to quickly respond to all submissions. Email your contributions to asiawritesmail@gmail.com.
We wish you all the best in your writing!
1. Ploughshares
Website: http://www.pshares.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www2.pshares.org/submit/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 1
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 14
Bookfox's ranking: 6
2. Paris Review
Website: http://www.parisreview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 4
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 2
Bookfox's ranking: 6
3. Kenyon Review
Website: http://www.kenyonreview.org/
Online Submission URL: http://kenyonreview.org/krsubmit/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 17
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 4
Bookfox's ranking: 13
4. Virginia Quarterly Review
Website: http://www.vqronline.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.vqronline.org/submission/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 6
Bookfox's ranking: 6
5. Missouri Review
Website: http://www.missourireview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.missourireview.com/store/e-submit_gateway.php
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 14
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 17
Bookfox's ranking: 13
6. Agni
Website: http://www.bu.edu/agni/
Online Submission URL: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/agni/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 22
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 47
Bookfox's ranking: 13
7. Tin House
Website: http://www.tinhouse.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.tinhousesubmissions.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 6
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 10
Bookfox's ranking: 6
8. Indiana Review
Website: http://indianareview.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.indianareview.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 73
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 26
Bookfox's ranking: 31
9. Glimmer Train
Website: http://www.glimmertrain.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 35
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 9
Bookfox's ranking: 13
10. South West Review
Website: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/
Online Submission URL: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/submission/submissionForm.asp?
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 19
Bookfox's ranking: 78
11. Narrative
Website: http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www.narrativemagazine.com/submission
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 26
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 16
Bookfox's ranking: 31
12. Triquarterly
Website: http://www.triquarterly.org/
Online Submission URL: http://submissions.triquarterly.org/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 11
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 21
Bookfox's ranking: 134
13. Crazyhorse
Website: http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/submitionmaneger/index.php?page=login&module=account
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 43
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
14. Harvard Review
Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/harvardreview/
Online Submission URL: http://www.tellitslant.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 41
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
15. Third Coast
Website: http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 34
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
16. Fence
Website: http://fence.fenceportal.org/v12n2/
Online Submission URL: http://fence.fenceportal.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
17. The New Yorker
Website: http://www.newyorker.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.newyorker.com/contact/contactus
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 1
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 1
18. Poetry
Website: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Online Submission URL: https://submissions.poetrymagazine.org/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 5
Bookfox's ranking: 134
19. Gulf Coast
Website: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 18
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
20. One Story
Website: http://www.one-story.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www.one-story.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
21. Boston Review
Website: http://bostonreview.net/
Online Submission URL: http://www.bostonreview.net/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
22. A Public Space
Website: http://www.apublicspace.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.apublicspace.org/newsubmissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 27
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
23. Fiction
Website: http://www.fictioninc.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.fictioninc.com/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 43
Bookfox's ranking: 31
24. Meridian
Website: http://readmeridian.org/
Online Submission URL: http://www.manuscripthub.com/users/?submag=3
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
25. Witness
Website: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/
Online Submission URL: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/login.php
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 15
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 48
Bookfox's ranking: 134
26. American Scholar
Website: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: scholar@pbk.org
Best American Poetry ranking: 32
Pushcart ranking: 47
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
27. New Orleans Review
Website: http://neworleansreview.org
Online Submission URL: http://neworleansreview.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
28. Columbia
Website: http://www.columbiajournal.org/
Online Submission URL: https://www.columbiajournal.org/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
29. Quarterly West
Website: http://www.quarterlywest.utah.edu/
Online Submission URL: http://www.quarterlywest.utah.edu/Submizzi0ns/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
30. Cimarron Review
Website: http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: cimarronreview@okstate.edu
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
31. American Short Fiction
Website: http://www.americanshortfiction.org/
Online Submission URL: http://store.badgerdog.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ASF-SUBMISSION
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
32. Willow Springs
Website: http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/
Online Submission URL: http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/submit/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 39
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
33. McSweeney’s
Website: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: printsubs@mcsweeneys.net
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 6
34. POOL
Website: http://www.poolpoetry.com/
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: pooleditors@gmail.com
Best American Poetry ranking: 10
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
35. Bellevue Literary Review
Website: http://blr.med.nyu.edu/
Online Submission URL: https://tools.med.nyu.edu/BLROnline/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.UserLogOn&CFID=7041245&CFTOKEN=15985461
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 53
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
36. Sentence
Website: http://www.firewheel-editions.org/sentence/current.htm
Online Submission URL:
Email Address: editor@firewheel-editions.org
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
37. Ninth Letter
Website: http://www.ninthletter.com/
Online Submission URL: https://www-s.art.uiuc.edu/ninthletter/submissions/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
38. Sonora Review
Website: http://sonorareview.com/
Online Submission URL: http://www.manuscripthub.com/
Email Address:
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
Important Notes:
1. This is a meta-list of the most reputable literary journals or magazines that accept online/email submissions. This is a consolidation of the rankings that we made based on the number of poems accepted into the Best American Poetry Anthology and Pushcart Prize. We have also incorporated the rankings made by Every Writer's Resource (found HERE) and Bookfox (found HERE).
2. Before you submit, we would like to remind you to check their reading periods. Some of these journals/magazines may be closed to submissions at this time.
3. Please also take time to read their submission guidelines to check if they accept the genre that you wish to submit, and if they have a particular theme or preference for the forthcoming issue.
4. A few of these journals/magazines charge a small amount to cover for online system development costs, etc.
5. A ranking of 134 means that the journal/magazine was not included in the list.
6. Why 38? We considered all the rankings and initially came up with top 100 literary journals/magazines. Among the 100, only 38 accept online/email submissions.
7. If you would like to have the complete list of 100 Best Literary Journals/Magazines, email us and we will be glad to send it to you.
A list of the best journals/magazines for poetry can be found HERE.
