Non-Fiction

All of the journals listed below accept non-fiction submissions and are presently open for submissions. Their Pushcart Prize for Non-Fiction Rankings are listed for the last five years to provide a view into quality by tier.

There are a few journals that ONLY accept non-fiction. Those are listed in ALL CAPS. We only highlight these in case you find this valuable for your submission process.

 

Magazine	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Average
The Sun	3	3	1	1	2	2.00
Georgia Review	1	2	3	3	3	2.40
Gettysburg Review	11	5	6	5	6	6.60
Agni	5	7	9	10	8	7.80
Ploughshares	9	8	7	7	10	8.20
Threepenny Review	9	12	15	8	14	11.60
n+1	19	14	11	10	12	13.20
AMERICAN SCHOLAR	6	12	19	13	17	13.40
River Teeth	16	16	15	16	16	15.80
Missouri Review	13	10	20	20	19	16.40
Granta	51	28	9	13	5	21.20
CREATIVE NONFICTION	28	26	22	24	18	23.60
Image	22	23	27	27	25	24.80
Colorado Review	27	28	35	33	37	32.00
THE POINT	27	28	35	33	37	32.00
New England Review	58	47	29	28	25	37.40
Pinch	51	40	31	31	38	38.20
Narrative	72	58	29	29	21	41.80
Blackbird	46	44	35	36	50	42.20
Harvard Review	30	32	55	52	57	45.20
Southwest Review	35	40	44	56	57	46.40
World Literature Today	72	47	41	39	38	47.40
TriQuarterly	35	40	58	60	57	50.00
Ruminate	58	58	44	45	57	52.40
American Poetry Review	46	44	62	60	64	55.20
Sewanee Review	58	58	62	66	38	56.40
Oxford American	90	91	40	39	25	57.00
Five Points	58	58	44	69	69	59.60
Fugue	58	58	44	69	69	59.60
Brick	81	73	62	60	64	68.00
BREVITY	114	91	78	36	33	70.40
War, Literature and The Arts	114	120	44	39	35	70.40
Bellevue Literary Review	43	80	88	77	78	73.20
Los Angeles Review	81	80	67	77	88	78.60
Arts & Letters	58	73	78	90	100	79.80
Florida Review	81	80	78	90	88	83.40
Cimarron Review	81	80	70	90	100	84.20
North Dakota Quarterly	51	47	62	139	145	88.80
MEMOIR	90	91	88	90	100	91.80
O-Dark-Thirty	114	120	78	77	78	93.40
Under the Sun	114	91	88	90	88	94.20
Malahat Review	90	91	88	103	100	94.40
Mount Hope	114	120	103	77	88	100.40
The Journal	46	47	141	139	145	103.60
Guernica	114	120	141	77	78	106.00
Catamaran	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Chicago Review	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Natural Bridge	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
The Common	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Tikkun	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Wilson Quarterly	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Zone 3	114	120	103	103	100	108.00
Poetry	30	47	141	139	189	109.20
The Point	51	47	141	139	189	113.40
CAMERA OBSCURA	114	120	103	103	145	117.00
High Desert Journal	114	120	103	139	145	124.20
Packinghouse Review	114	120	103	139	145	124.20
River Styx	114	120	103	139	145	124.20
Kyoto Journal	81	91	141	139	189	128.20
Asian American Writers Workshop	90	91	141	139	189	130.00
Stone Canoe	114	120	141	139	145	131.80
American Short Fiction	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
Event	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
Make	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
New Haven Review	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
Portland Magazine	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
Western Humanities Review	114	120	141	139	189	140.60
Kitchen Work	212	212	212	212	100	189.60
Redivider	212	212	212	212	100	189.60
Terrain.org	212	212	212	212	100	189.60
Transition	212	212	212	212	100	189.60