78 Top Poetry Magazines for 2024
Plus, where to find fiction & nonfiction magazine rankings.
Hello writing friends,
Happy New Year!
Instead of staying up on NYE to welcome in the new year, I woke up early this morning (yay, insomnia) and decided to use that extra time to compile a list of top poetry magazines. I’m challenging myself to “aim high” this year when it comes to submitting my work, so I wanted to start the year off with a clear list of what “aiming high” looks like for my poetry submissions.
Luckily, there was no need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to poetry magazine rankings. I combined and streamlined two popular lists: Clifford Garstang’s list (which uses the Pushcart Prize) and BookFox’s list (which uses Best American Poetry).
I only included magazines on my list if they were included in BOTH of the previous lists.
Here’s the Top 78 Poetry Magazines for 2024:
American Poetry Review
Poetry
Kenyon Review
Threepenny Review
Poem-a-Day
New England Review
Paris Review
Southern Review
Ploughshares
Yale Review
Agni
Beloit Poetry Journal
Rattle
Copper Nickel
Georgia Review
New Ohio Review
Iowa Review
Manhattan Review
Sun
Ecotone
Birmingham Poetry Review
Alaska Quarterly Review
Blackbird
Michigan Quarterly Review
Conduit
Image
Pleiades
Five Points
The Journal
Boston Review
Gulf Coast
Massachusetts Review
Salmagundi
Common,
TheVirginia Quarterly Review
Hudson Review
Poetry Northwest
Cincinnati Review
Court Green
Prairie Schooner
Spillway
Swamp Pink (fka Crazyhorse)
American Scholar
Boulevard
Waxwing Literary Journal
Plume
Southern Indiana Review
Ninth Letter
Missouri Review
Tahoma Literary Review
Cave Wall
Crab Orchard Review
Granta
Greensboro Review
Hopkins Review
New Criterion
Seneca Review
Iron Horse Literary Review
Colorado Review
River Styx
A Public Space
Cherry Tree Magazine
Columbia Review
Denver Quarterly
Mississippi Review
New Letters
New South
Terrain
Verse Daily
West Branch
Academy of American Poets
Believer
Black Warrior Review
Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review
Little Patuxent Review
Poet Lore
Rumpus
Tupelo Quarterly
If you’d like a Google doc with the list, you can access that here.
If you’re looking for a similar list for fiction and creative nonfiction, I recommend Brecht De Poortere’s list. Also, Garstang produces separate lists for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry here.
Hope that’s helpful for you.
Happy writing & submitting!
Bethany Jarmul
PS. I’d love to have you join me for my Literary Magazine Submission Strategies webinar coming up on January 16th. Only $15!
I have placed a poem in three of these, two in the old SASE days--BPJ & Rattle--but not since, and one on their webzine, Columbia. Most of the rest have stubbornly stuck to boilerplate rejections. Many charge reading fees and I avoid those. Rejections get expensive. May editors smile upon your lines in 2024.
Thank you for this, Bethany! I’ve always wanted to combine these lists…but you did it. Grateful! I’ve submitted to many of these or are in the queue. Happy New Year!