Here are the 43 best literary journals/magazines when it comes to poetry. Before you submit to any or react violently, it is important that you read our notes at the bottom. Good luck!
The New Yorker
2005-09 Ranking: 1
2000-04 Ranking: 1
Website: http://www.newyorker.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
American Poetry Review
2005-09 Ranking: 2
2000-04 Ranking: 2
Website: http://www.aprweb.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Poetry
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 2
Website: http://www.poetrymagazine.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Five Points
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://webdelsol.com/Five_Points/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Kenyon Review
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 34
Website: http://www.kenyonreview.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Barrow Street
2005-09 Ranking: 6
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://www.barrowstreet.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Ploughshares
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking: 7
Website: http://www.pshares.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Virginia Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/vqr/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Cincinnati Review
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.cincinnatireview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
New England Review
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 7
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/~nereview/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
New American Writing
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 9
Website: http://newamericanwriting.colum.edu/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
The Georgia Review
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://www.uga.edu/garev/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
POOL
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.poolpoetry.com/
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: pooleditors@gmail.com
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Michigan Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~mqr/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The New Criterion
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.newcriterion.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
Crazyhorse
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Sentence
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.firewheel-editions.org/sentence/current.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: info@firewheel-editions.org
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Antioch Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://antiochcollege.org/antioch_review.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Beloit Poetry Journal
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking: 34
Website: http://www.bpj.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Alaska Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://aqr.uaa.alaska.edu/22_3&4/default.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Gulf Coast
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Iowa Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/current_issue.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Margie
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.margiereview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
The Paris Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://www.parisreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes (for poetry)
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Fence
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://www.fenceportal.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Field
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/ocpress/field.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
LIT
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.nsu.newschool.edu/writing/lit/index.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
New Letters
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.newletters.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Southwest Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes (with fee)
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Gettysburg Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.gettysburgreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Hudson Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.hudsonreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
The Atlantic Monthly
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 9
Website: http://www.theatlantic.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
Verse
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://versemag.blogspot.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Hanging Loose
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://www.hangingloosepress.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Shenandoah
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/sel.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Fulcrum
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://fulcrumpoetry.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No unsolicited submissions
Email address: No unsolicited submissions
Accepts submissions via online form? No unsolicited submissions
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No unsolicited submissions
32 Poems
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.32poems.com/
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: 32poems@gmail.com
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
American Poet
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.poets.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No
New York Quarterly
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.nyquarterly.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
Notre Dame Review
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~ndr/review.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Subtropics
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The American Scholar
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.pbk.org/pubs/amscholar.htm
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: scholar@pbk.org
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
Important Notes:
1. Basis of rankings is the number of poems chosen into the Best American Poetry Anthology within the inclusive years.
2. If a journal/magazine accepts email submissions, and we have indicated the email address, please check the site first for their reading period. They might be closed for submissions at this time.
3. We say that a site "may be" accepting submissions internationally when we do not see any mention of "American poetry" in the guidelines. We say "yes" when there is a mention of "international contributors" or "overseas contributors."
4. Please advice us of any corrections. For example, your works (as an Asian writer) were accepted into any magazine listed above, and we categorized the magazine as "unlikely."
5. If it accepts online submissions, head over to the website and look for the "submissions" or "submit" link.
6. If a journal/magazine does not accept email or online submissions, then it is accepting submissions by snail mail. Please head over to the website for the mailing address.
7. Why 43? These are the 43 journals with at least 3 poems included in the Best American Poetry Anthology.
A list of the best literary journals/magazines that accept email/online submissions can be found HERE.
The New Yorker
2005-09 Ranking: 1
2000-04 Ranking: 1
Website: http://www.newyorker.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
American Poetry Review
2005-09 Ranking: 2
2000-04 Ranking: 2
Website: http://www.aprweb.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Poetry
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 2
Website: http://www.poetrymagazine.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Five Points
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://webdelsol.com/Five_Points/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Kenyon Review
2005-09 Ranking: 3
2000-04 Ranking: 34
Website: http://www.kenyonreview.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Barrow Street
2005-09 Ranking: 6
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://www.barrowstreet.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Ploughshares
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking: 7
Website: http://www.pshares.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Virginia Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/vqr/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Cincinnati Review
2005-09 Ranking: 7
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.cincinnatireview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
New England Review
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 7
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/~nereview/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
New American Writing
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 9
Website: http://newamericanwriting.colum.edu/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
The Georgia Review
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://www.uga.edu/garev/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
POOL
2005-09 Ranking: 10
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.poolpoetry.com/
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: pooleditors@gmail.com
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Michigan Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~mqr/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The New Criterion
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.newcriterion.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
Crazyhorse
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Sentence
2005-09 Ranking: 14
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.firewheel-editions.org/sentence/current.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: info@firewheel-editions.org
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Antioch Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://antiochcollege.org/antioch_review.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Beloit Poetry Journal
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking: 34
Website: http://www.bpj.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Alaska Quarterly Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://aqr.uaa.alaska.edu/22_3&4/default.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Gulf Coast
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Yes
Iowa Review
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/current_issue.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Margie
2005-09 Ranking: 18
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.margiereview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
The Paris Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://www.parisreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes (for poetry)
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Fence
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://www.fenceportal.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Field
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/ocpress/field.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
LIT
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.nsu.newschool.edu/writing/lit/index.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
New Letters
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.newletters.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Southwest Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://smu.edu/southwestreview/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes (with fee)
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Gettysburg Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://www.gettysburgreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The Hudson Review
2005-09 Ranking: 24
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.hudsonreview.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
The Atlantic Monthly
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 9
Website: http://www.theatlantic.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address: No info
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No info
Verse
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 13
Website: http://versemag.blogspot.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Hanging Loose
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 23
Website: http://www.hangingloosepress.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Shenandoah
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 44
Website: http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/sel.html
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Fulcrum
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking: 67
Website: http://fulcrumpoetry.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No unsolicited submissions
Email address: No unsolicited submissions
Accepts submissions via online form? No unsolicited submissions
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No unsolicited submissions
32 Poems
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.32poems.com/
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: 32poems@gmail.com
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
American Poet
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.poets.org/
Accepts submissions by email? No info
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No info
Accepts international/overseas submissions? No
New York Quarterly
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.nyquarterly.com/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? Yes
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
Notre Dame Review
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~ndr/review.htm
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
Subtropics
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/
Accepts submissions by email? No
Email address:
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Maybe
The American Scholar
2005-09 Ranking: 32
2000-04 Ranking:
Website: http://www.pbk.org/pubs/amscholar.htm
Accepts submissions by email? Yes
Email address: scholar@pbk.org
Accepts submissions via online form? No
Accepts international/overseas submissions? Unlikely
Important Notes:
1. Basis of rankings is the number of poems chosen into the Best American Poetry Anthology within the inclusive years.
2. If a journal/magazine accepts email submissions, and we have indicated the email address, please check the site first for their reading period. They might be closed for submissions at this time.
3. We say that a site "may be" accepting submissions internationally when we do not see any mention of "American poetry" in the guidelines. We say "yes" when there is a mention of "international contributors" or "overseas contributors."
4. Please advice us of any corrections. For example, your works (as an Asian writer) were accepted into any magazine listed above, and we categorized the magazine as "unlikely."
5. If it accepts online submissions, head over to the website and look for the "submissions" or "submit" link.
6. If a journal/magazine does not accept email or online submissions, then it is accepting submissions by snail mail. Please head over to the website for the mailing address.
7. Why 43? These are the 43 journals with at least 3 poems included in the Best American Poetry Anthology.
A list of the best literary journals/magazines that accept email/online submissions can be found HERE.
