Pushcart Prize for Fiction Rankings

We would not have this information without the data that Clifford Garstang makes public each year.

What we have below is a six-year view Clifford’s ranking system in line with their average over that time. This makes it just a little easier to see if a journal is trending up/down over the last six years and if the last year or so has been better or worse than their rolling average.

To be clear, the way Clifford creates his data is now a five-year rolling average, so each year in this grid represents the average of the previous five. We don’t have any disputes with this method, but we are averaging averages, and we hear that can get you into trouble. What do we know? We got degrees in liberal arts.

At any rate, we have taken the average Puschcart fiction rankings that you can see on the far right and included that number on the journal’s page. When you click into a specific journal, that number comes with it. Not a perfect system, but this will help to keep scores in front of you wherever you roam across the site. Smaller numbers are better.

As we discuss in many areas of the site, only the journals that are linked from this grid are currently open, accept simultaneous submissions, accept digital submissions, and respond with rejections. If you find something closed listed as open or open listed as closed, give a shout. Our aim is to make this site a transactional tool for submissions. We don’t want to slow anyone down.

Magazine 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Average
Conjunctions 2111231.67
One Story 5221122.17
Ploughshares 1233312.17
Paris Review 66105445.83
Tin House 35665105.83
Threepenny Review 91046576.83
Zoetrope: All Story 7798867.50
Kenyon Review 1096411118.50
A Public Space 8751110139.00
Noon 121189989.50
Southern Review 44918131410.33
Gettysburg Review 141314117811.17
Georgia Review 11131318181715.00
Virginia Quarterly Review 18161513141615.33
Ecotone Magazine 2921191012516.00
Missouri Review 16131215192216.17
Iowa Review 18161514161916.33
New England Review 15212421161719.00
The Sun 25181520221519.17
McSweeney’s 13121825252419.50
American Short Fiction 25181917201919.67
Agni 21212223202121.33
Narrative 28262421232925.17
New Letters 18182331342725.17
Boulevard 22252426323126.67
Epoch 24282932273028.33
Bellevue Literary Review 32342729302529.50
ZYZZYVA 41313426272630.83
Colorado Review 36343324303532.00
Image 50393626242333.00
Crazyhorse 42363536293335.17
Five Points 29313637424136.00
Mississippi Review 29282739444936.00
Antioch Review 25272942445436.83
Idaho Review 45393632363937.83
Michigan Quarterly Review 39363642364038.17
Oxford American 50504630262738.17
Glimmer Train 363119161211239.17
Shenandoah 23282939487941.00
Yale Review 42444437384241.17
Prairie Schooner 38434045424241.67
Witness 32364054536947.33
Granta 66545242393748.33
Wigleaf 66665835323448.50
New Orleans Review 59545445463649.00
Alaska Quarterly Review 45504650506050.17
Third Coast 48454654486050.17
Pleiades 66666741393151.67
J Journal 53545247535452.17
Hudson Review 394840321213752.83
Ruminate 5666760606053.00
Santa Monica Review 11295850504856.00
Cincinnati Review 48484660676956.33
TriQuarterly 323940546711057.00
Pinch 66665850605459.00
Post Road 52534670677460.33
American Scholar 454545546511060.67
Pen America 53545470677462.00
Southwest Review 77605860606062.50
Water-Stone Review 59605465657963.67
Florida Review 59605854737963.83
Harvard Review 66666765784564.50
Chicago Quarterly 112913050464566.83
Raritan 66666776784967.00
Hopkins Review 77666765606967.33
Willow Springs 444558100788568.33
StoryQuarterly 323967767812669.67
Sewanee Review 77795865677470.00
Ontario Review 1724324812118471.00
Electric Literature 99997770394571.50
Black Renaissance Noire 66666783788574.17
Massachusetts Review 596058709011074.50
Southampton Review 99998570734278.00
Black Clock 2999993909379.33
Indiana Review 596677831088579.67
Ninth Letter 77667776909379.83
Sonora Review 5954546512112679.83
Mid American Review 66668583909380.50
Bomb 1311295854536080.83
Gulf Coast 87798583737981.00
New York Tyrant 77797783909383.17
Blackbird 87847783789383.67
Cimarron Review 99997770738583.83
Fiction 777977837811084.00
Juked 11299993909384.17
Redivider 99847776789384.50
Notre Dame Review 878485761216987.00
River Styx 87998593907988.83
Akashic Books 99848583909389.00
Beloit Fiction 776685931219389.17
Brooklyn Rail 99848593909390.67
Fiction International 7784851009011091.00
Manoa 53549911412112694.50
The Common 1311298576787495.50
Epiphany 1311299983677497.17
Fifth Wednesday 999999114909399.00
BkMk Press 878499100108126100.67
Fourteen Hills 878499100108126100.67
West Branch 99991301745354101.50
Cleaver 1129130114121126103.50
Joyland 1129130114121126103.50
Lumina 1129130114121126103.50
Malahat Review 1129130114121126103.50
Memorious 1129130114121126103.50
Natural Bridge 1129130114121126103.50
Seneca Review 1129130114121126103.50
Texas Review Press 1129130114121126103.50
Upstreet 131129991007885103.67
Chautauqua 999999114108110104.83
Per Contra 131129991009093107.00
n+1 1311291301149049107.17
Press 53 999999100121126107.33
World Literature Today 1319999100108110107.83
Appalachian Heritage 878485100108184108.00
Brooklyn Review 999999114121126109.67
Calyx 999999114121126109.67
The Journal 999999114121126109.67
Western Humanities Review 878485114184110110.67
Sarabande Books 1311291301745354111.83
Baltimore Review 1319999100121126112.67
Cutbank 1319999100121126112.67
Copper Nickel 13112913010010885113.83
Salt Hill 1311291309390110113.83
Chattahoochee Review 13112999100108126115.50
Kweli 13112913011490110117.33
New Madrid 23324567605052117.83
Mythium 131129130100108110118.00
Univ. of Georgia Press 66666783184243118.17
Consequence Magazine 13112913011412185118.33
Black Warrior Review 77999917418485119.67
Arts & Letters 1311291301747879120.17
Salmagundi 23324567606060120.83
Minnesota Review 131129130114121110122.50
Healing Muse 1311291301749093124.50
Confrontation 99129130174108110125.00
Boston Review 999999114184184129.83
Carve 999999114184184129.83
failbetter.com 99129130174121126129.83
Graywolf Press 131129130174108110130.33
New Ohio Review 131129130174108110130.33
Caribbean Writer 667999114184243130.83
Event 878485114184243132.83
One Teen Story 23324599767373133.17
Asian American Literary Review 131129130114121184134.83
Austin State University Press 131129130114121184134.83
Collagist 131129130114121184134.83
Crab Creek Review 131129130114121184134.83
Dalkey Archive Press 131129130114121184134.83
Enizagram 131129130114121184134.83
John Daniel & Co. 131129130114121184134.83
Little Fiction 131129130114121184134.83
Normal School 131129130114121184134.83
North Carolina Literary Review 131129130114121184134.83
Outpost 19 131129130114121184134.83
Pear Noir 131129130114121184134.83
Puerto del Sol 131129130114121184134.83
At Length 9999130114184184135.00
Another Chicago Magazine 878499114184243135.17
Faultline 999999114184243139.67
Chelsea 5360130174184243140.67
Speakeasy 5360130174184243140.67
Northwest Review 878485174184243142.83
Grist 131129130174184110143.00
News from the Republic of Letters 59129130174184184143.33
North American Review 778499174184243143.50
Freight Stories 131129130174121184144.83
Momotombo Press 131129130174121184144.83
Inkwell 9999130174184184145.00
Sou’wester 9999130174184184145.00
Anomalous 131129130114184184145.33
Pegasus Books 131129130114184184145.33
Texas Review 131129130114184184145.33
Berkeley Fiction Review 233245130939093147.33
Columbia Review 999999174184243149.67
Crab Orchard Review 999999174184243149.67
Turnrow 999999174184243149.67
Timber Creek Review 99129130174184184150.00
Other Voices 8784130174184243150.33
Laurel Review 131129130174121243154.67
Transformation 131129130174121243154.67
American Letters & Commentary 9999130174184243154.83
Paper Street 9999130174184243154.83
Passages North 9999130174184243154.83
Bellingham Review 131129130174184184155.33
Blue Earth Review 131129130174184184155.33
Blue Mesa Review 131129130174184184155.33
Carpe Articulum 131129130174184184155.33
Chariton Review 131129130174184184155.33
Dogwood 131129130174184184155.33
Dossier Journal 131129130174184184155.33
Exile 131129130174184184155.33
Five Chapters 131129130174184184155.33
Gray’s Sporting Journal 131129130174184184155.33
Hotel Amerika 131129130174184184155.33
Isotope 131129130174184184155.33
Jabberwock Review 131129130174184184155.33
Kelsey Review 131129130174184184155.33
King’s English 131129130174184184155.33
Laughing Fire Press 131129130174184184155.33
Maggid 131129130174184184155.33
Orion 131129130174184184155.33
Slice 131129130174184184155.33
Smoke Long Quarterly 131129130174184184155.33
Southern California Review 131129130174184184155.33
Green Mountains Review 23324513011412193156.00
Briar Cliff Review 99129130174184243159.83
Barrelhouse 233245130114121126161.50
Brick 233245130114121126161.50
Catamaran 233245130114121126161.50
Chicago Review 233245130114121126161.50
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review 233245130114121126161.50
Elm Leaves Journal 233245130114121126161.50
Fjords 233245130114121126161.50
Four Way Books 233245130114121126161.50
Gigantic 233245130114121126161.50
Midwestern Gothic 233245130114121126161.50
Mud City Journal 233245130114121126161.50
Pembroke Magazine 233245130114121126161.50
Sixfold 233245130114121126161.50
Sweet 233245130114121126161.50
Tweed’s 233245130114121126161.50
Amazon Shorts 131129130174184243165.17
Ballyhoo Stories 131129130174184243165.17
Brain, Child 131129130174184243165.17
Callaloo 131129130174184243165.17
Dos Passos Review 131129130174184243165.17
Folio 131129130174184243165.17
Lake Effect 131129130174184243165.17
Nimrod 131129130174184243165.17
Prism 131129130174184243165.17
Puckerbush Press 131129130174184243165.17
Quarter After Eight 131129130174184243165.17
Quarterly West 131129130174184243165.17
Relief 131129130174184243165.17
Rivendell 131129130174184243165.17
Rosebud 131129130174184243165.17
Salamander 131129130174184243165.17
Seems 131129130174184243165.17
South Carolina Review 131129130174184243165.17
Spork 131129130174184243165.17
Stolen Time Press 131129130174184243165.17
Stone Canoe 131129130174184243165.17
Subtropics 131129130174184243165.17
Sycamore Review 131129130174184243165.17
Underground Voices 131129130174184243165.17
Transition 233245130114184126172.00
Hunger Mountain 131129251250261126191.33
Recommended Reading 9999251250261243200.50
Daedalus 99129251250261243205.50
Antietam Review 131129251250261243210.83
Artful Dodge 131129251250261243210.83
Bamboo Ridge 131129251250261243210.83
Contemporary West 131129251250261243210.83
Eggemoggin Reach Review 131129251250261243210.83
Margin 131129251250261243210.83
McSweeney’s Books 131129251250261243210.83
Open City 131129251250261243210.83
Pearl 131129251250261243210.83
Phoebe 131129251250261243210.83
Quick Fiction 131129251250261243210.83
Tiferet 131129251250261243210.83
War, Literature and The Arts 131129251250261243210.83
Prime Number Magazine 23324525125026160216.67
Southern Indiana Review 23324525125026160216.67
Stillhouse Press 23324525125026160216.67
Bennington Review 23324525125026193222.17
Zone 3 23324525125026193222.17
African American Review 233245251250261126227.67
The Baffler 233245251250261126227.67
Black Lawrence Press 233245251250261126227.67
Broadkill River Press 233245251250261126227.67
East 233245251250261126227.67
Gascony Writers Anthology 233245251250261126227.67
Glossolalia 233245251250261126227.67
Literal Latte 233245251250261126227.67
Literary Review 233245251250261126227.67
Litmag 233245251250261126227.67
Moon City 233245251250261126227.67
New Delta Review 233245251250261126227.67
Obsidian 233245251250261126227.67
Potomac Review 233245251250261126227.67
Provincetown Arts 233245251250261126227.67
Pulp Literature 233245251250261126227.67
Spectacle 233245251250261126227.67
Vassar Review 233245251250261126227.67
Yemassee 233245251250261126227.67