Fiction

All of the journals linked below accept short story submissions and are open right now. Their Puschcart Prize for Fiction Rankings over the last six years are listed beside each journal to help sort them into tiers and provide some form of a quality score. Refer to the POV section to see why these fiction journals made the grade and others did not.

Magazine	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Average
One Story	5	2	2	1	1	2	2.17
Ploughshares	1	2	3	3	3	1	2.17
Threepenny Review	9	10	4	6	5	7	6.83
Gettysburg Review	14	13	14	11	7	8	11.17
Georgia Review	11	13	13	18	18	17	15.00
Virginia Quarterly Review	18	16	15	13	14	16	15.33
Missouri Review	16	13	12	15	19	22	16.17
New England Review	15	21	24	21	16	17	19.00
The Sun	25	18	15	20	22	15	19.17
American Short Fiction	25	18	19	17	20	19	21.33
Agni	21	21	22	23	20	21	21.33
Narrative	28	26	24	21	23	29	25.17
Bellevue Literary Review	32	34	27	29	30	25	29.50
Colorado Review	36	34	33	24	30	35	32.00
Image	50	39	36	26	24	23	33.00
Five Points	29	31	36	37	42	41	36.00
Oxford American	50	50	46	30	26	27	38.17
Granta	66	54	52	42	39	37	48.33
J Journal	53	54	52	47	53	54	52.17
Ruminate	6	66	67	60	60	60	52.17
TriQuarterly	32	39	40	54	67	110	57.00
Pinch	66	66	58	50	60	54	59.00
American Scholar	45	45	45	54	65	110	60.67
Southwest Review	77	60	58	60	60	60	62.50
Florida Review	59	60	58	54	73	79	63.83
Harvard Review	66	66	67	65	78	45	64.50
Chicago Quarterly	1	129	130	50	46	45	66.83
Sewanee Review	77	79	58	65	67	74	70.00
Black Renaissance Noire	66	66	67	83	78	85	74.17
Mid American Review	66	66	85	83	90	93	80.50
Blackbird	87	84	77	83	78	93	83.67
Cimarron Review	99	99	77	70	73	85	83.83
Juked	1	129	99	93	90	93	84.17
Redivider	99	84	77	76	78	93	84.50
River Styx	87	99	85	93	90	79	88.83
Beloit Fiction	77	66	85	93	121	93	89.17
The Common	131	129	85	76	78	74	95.50
Fourteen Hills	87	84	99	100	108	126	100.67
West Branch	99	99	130	174	53	54	101.50
Cleaver	1	129	130	114	121	126	103.50
Joyland	1	129	130	114	121	126	103.50
Malahat Review	1	129	130	114	121	126	103.50
Natural Bridge	1	129	130	114	121	126	103.50
n+1	131	129	130	114	90	49	107.17
World Literature Today	131	99	99	100	108	110	107.83
Appalachian Heritage	87	84	85	100	108	184	108.00
The Journal	99	99	99	114	121	126	109.67
Western Humanities Review	87	84	85	114	184	110	110.67
Baltimore Review	131	99	99	100	121	126	112.67
Chattahoochee Review	131	129	99	100	108	126	115.50
Kweli	131	129	130	114	90	110	117.33
Black Warrior Review	77	99	99	174	184	85	119.67
Arts & Letters	131	129	130	174	78	79	120.17
Event	87	84	85	114	184	243	132.83
Asian American Literary Review	131	129	130	114	121	184	134.83
Collagist	131	129	130	114	121	184	134.83
Anomalous	131	129	130	114	184	184	145.33
Asian American Literary Review	131	129	130	114	121	184	134.83
Grist	131	129	130	174	184	110	143.00
Sou’wester	99	99	130	174	184	184	145.00
Texas Review	131	129	130	114	184	184	145.33
Anomalous	131	129	130	114	184	184	145.33
Berkeley Fiction Review	233	245	130	93	90	93	147.33
Laurel Review	131	129	130	174	121	243	154.67
Blue Earth Review	131	129	130	174	184	184	155.33
Dogwood	131	129	130	174	184	184	155.33
Gray’s Sporting Journal	131	129	130	174	184	184	155.33
Jabberwock Review	131	129	130	174	184	184	155.33
Smoke Long Quarterly	131	129	130	174	184	184	155.33
Green Mountains Review	233	245	130	114	121	93	156.00
Briar Cliff Review	99	129	130	174	184	243	159.83
Brick	233	245	130	114	121	126	161.50
Catamaran	233	245	130	114	121	126	161.50
Chicago Review	233	245	130	114	121	126	161.50
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review	233	245	130	114	121	126	161.50
Fjords	233	245	130	114	121	126	161.50
Dos Passos Review	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
Lake Effect	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
Nimrod	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
Quarterly West	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
South Carolina Review	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
Stone Canoe	131	129	130	174	184	243	165.17
Transition	233	245	130	114	184	126	172.00
Hunger Mountain	131	129	251	250	261	126	191.33
Bamboo Ridge	131	129	251	250	261	243	210.83
War, Literature and The Arts	131	129	251	250	261	243	210.83
Zone 3	233	245	251	250	261	93	222.17
African American Review	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Broadkill River Press	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Literal Latte	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Litmag	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Moon City	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
New Delta Review	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Potomac Review	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67
Yemassee	233	245	251	250	261	126	227.67