Our Members' "Favorite" Fiction Publications

Here are the publications that have been added to the most Favorite lists by members who are listed as "Fiction writers" in their account settings. This list does not include listings marked as BELIEVED DEFUNCT, CLOSED, or FLEDGLING. Also, this list is not indicative of popularity or quality; neither does absence from this list imply lack of quality or popularity.

1. AGNI Charges fees for some submissions (2,818)
2. The Missouri Review Charges fees for some submissions (2,760)
3. Ploughshares Charges fees for some submissions (2,746)
4. Clarkesworld: Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine (Wyrm Publishing) (2,520)
5. Strange Horizons: A Magazine of Speculative Fiction (2,440)
6. Apex Magazine (Apex Book Company) TEMP CLOSED (2,170)
6. swamp pink Charges fees for all submissions (2,170)
7. One Story TEMP CLOSED (2,136)
8. The Sun Magazine Charges fees for all submissions (2,112)
9. Kenyon Review TEMP CLOSED (2,037)
10. The Threepenny Review TEMP CLOSED (2,007)
11. The Paris Review (1,918)
12. New England Review Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,891)
13. The New Yorker TEMP CLOSED (1,800)
14. Asimov's Science Fiction (Must Read Books Publishing) (1,777)
15. The Cincinnati Review TEMP CLOSED (1,760)
16. Granta: The Magazine of New Writing Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,705)
17. The Georgia Review Charges fees for some submissions (1,611)
18. Ninth Letter Charges fees for some submissions (1,603)
19. A Public Space TEMP CLOSED (1,591)
20. Black Warrior Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,574)
21. SmokeLong Quarterly Charges fees for some submissions (1,564)
22. Flash Fiction Online (1,523)
23. Boulevard Magazine Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,487)
24. Colorado Review Charges fees for all submissions (1,479)
25. West Branch (1,441)
26. Beneath Ceaseless Skies (1,419)
27. The Iowa Review Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,381)
28. Copper Nickel Charges fees for all submissions (1,344)
29. The Dark Magazine (Prime Books) (1,317)
30. Bourbon Penn TEMP CLOSED (1,288)
31. The Adroit Journal (1,267)
32. Indiana Review Charges fees for all submissions (1,266)
33. Alaska Quarterly Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,242)
34. The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) Charges fees for all submissions (1,228)
35. American Short Fiction Charges fees for all submissions (1,224)
35. Conjunctions Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,224)
36. Lightspeed Magazine TEMP CLOSED (1,218)
37. Baltimore Review (1,214)
38. Virginia Quarterly Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,210)
39. Three-Lobed Burning Eye Magazine TEMP CLOSED (1,195)
40. Analog Science Fiction & Fact (Must Read Books Publishing) (1,166)
41. Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Charges fees for all submissions (1,139)
42. Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (1,134)
43. The Forge Literary Magazine Charges fees for some submissions (1,114)
44. The Atlantic (1,087)
45. Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art Charges fees for all submissions (1,064)
46. Narrative Magazine Charges fees for all submissions (1,056)
47. Hayden's Ferry Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (1,038)
48. Michigan Quarterly Review Charges fees for all submissions (1,013)
48. Passages North Charges fees for some submissions (1,013)
49. Guernica: A Magazine of Global Arts & Politics (995)
50. Pleiades: Literature in Context TEMP CLOSED (987)
51. ZYZZYVA Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (983)
52. Shenandoah TEMP CLOSED (977)
52. Split Lip Magazine Charges fees for some submissions (977)
53. Uncanny Magazine TEMP CLOSED (970)
54. Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts Charges fees for all submissions (966)
55. Interzone (954)
56. The Rumpus (950)
57. Bennington Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (925)
58. Redivider: A Journal for New Literature (924)
59. Jersey Devil Press (909)
60. Prairie Schooner TEMP CLOSED (891)
61. Salt Hill Journal TEMP CLOSED (846)
62. Harper's Magazine (843)
62. TriQuarterly Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (843)
63. The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine (837)
64. Subtropics: The Literary Journal of the University of Florida Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (833)
65. Ecotone Magazine Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED (825)
66. Barrelhouse Magazine TEMP CLOSED (824)
67. CRAFT (815)
68. Third Coast Magazine Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (813)
69. Wigleaf: (very) short fiction TEMP CLOSED (812)
70. The Massachusetts Review Charges fees for some submissions (807)
71. The First Line (Blue Cubicle Press) (800)
72. North American Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (798)
73. EPOCH Magazine Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED (787)
74. Hobart (786)
75. The Masters Review New Voices (780)
76. Nightmare Magazine TEMP CLOSED (769)
77. Boston Review TEMP CLOSED (754)
78. Willow Springs Magazine Charges fees for all submissions (752)
79. cream city review Charges fees for all submissions (749)
80. The Future Fire (748)
81. Bellevue Literary Review Charges fees for all submissions (746)
82. Pithead Chapel: an online literary journal (728)
83. Booth Charges fees for all submissions (726)
83. Hunger Mountain Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (726)
84. The Journal: a literary magazine TEMP CLOSED (724)
84. Uncharted Magazine (724)
85. Joyland Magazine (Joyland Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions (722)
85. StoryQuarterly Charges fees for all submissions (722)
86. Pseudopod (Escape Artists) TEMP CLOSED (720)
87. McSweeney's Internet Tendency (713)
88. Harvard Review Charges fees for all submissions (705)
89. The Yale Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED (704)
90. Monkeybicycle (702)
91. DIAGRAM (New Michigan Press) (693)
92. Nashville Review TEMP CLOSED (691)

Date compiled: Monday, October 5, 2026 9:22:52 AM UTC.

Note: One of the most common requests we receive is to compile a list of the "most prestigious publishers." Prestige is a subjective concept, and we try to steer clear of subjective concepts. One person's idea of prestige may be a publisher that only accepts a few submissions out of thousands, while another's idea of prestige may be a publisher that pays in mountains of money, and a third person's idea may be publishers that receive submissions by the cubic ton (indicating that other people really want to be published there). We won't ever provide a list of publications we deem prestigious, but we are willing to provide the lists on this page, as well as the list of markets with the lowest acceptance rates. If you are interested in high paying markets, we recommend including Payscale: Professional in your searches (although you should prepare to be discouraged, as there are only a handful of them left).