38 Best Literary Journals that Accept Online Submissions

Here is a meta-list of the best literary journals that accept electronic submissions based on rankings from Every Writer's Resource and Bookfox. For Best American Poetry and Pushcart, we considered the number of works accepted into these anthologies in the past five years. A ranking of 174 means that the journal is not on its list. Journals are arranged based on aggregate ranking. Click on the name of the journal to go to its main site, or the "submissions link" to go to the submissions manager.

1. Ploughshares, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 1
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 14
Bookfox's ranking: 6
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2. ParisReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 4
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 2
Bookfox's ranking: 6
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3. KenyonReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 17
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 4
Bookfox's ranking: 13
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4. VirginiaQuarterlyReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 7
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 6
Bookfox's ranking: 6
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5. MissouriReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 14
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 17
Bookfox's ranking: 13
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6. Agni, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 22
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 47
Bookfox's ranking: 13
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7. TinHouse, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 6
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 10
Bookfox's ranking: 6
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8. IndianaReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 73
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 26
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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9. GlimmerTrain, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 35
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 9
Bookfox's ranking: 13
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10. SouthWestReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 19
Bookfox's ranking: 78
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11. Narrative, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 26
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 16
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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12. Triquarterly, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 11
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 21
Bookfox's ranking: 134
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13. Crazyhorse, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 43
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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14. HarvardReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 41
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
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15. ThirdCoast, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 34
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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16. Fence, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 24
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

17. TheNewYorker, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 1
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 1
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18. Poetry, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 3
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 5
Bookfox's ranking: 134
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19. GulfCoast, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 18
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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20. OneStory, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 23
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
Email Address:

21. BostonReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 58
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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22. APublicSpace, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 27
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 13
Email Address:

23. Fiction, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 43
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

24. Meridian, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 43
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

25. Witness, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 15
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 48
Bookfox's ranking: 134
Email Address:

26. AmericanScholar, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 32
Pushcart ranking: 47
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
Email Address: scholar@pbk.org

27. NewOrleansReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
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28. Columbia, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

29. QuarterlyWest, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

30. CimarronReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 71
Pushcart ranking: 133
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address: cimarronreview@okstate.edu

31. AmericanShortFiction, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 85
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

32. WillowSprings, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 39
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
Email Address:

33. McSweeney’s, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 6
Email Address: printsubs@mcsweeneys.net

34. POOL, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 10
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
Email Address: pooleditors@gmail.com

35. BellevueLiteraryReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 53
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
Email Address:

36. Sentence, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 14
Pushcart ranking: 134
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 134
Email Address: editor@firewheel-editions.org

37. NinthLetter, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 106
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 31
Email Address:

38. SonoraReview, submissions link
Best American Poetry ranking: 134
Pushcart ranking: 65
Every Writer's Resource ranking: 134
Bookfox's ranking: 78
Email Address:

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