Best of the Net

Prose Rankings (2014-2023)

  • The table lists total fiction and nonfiction awards and finalists by journal, with awards counting 5 points and finalists 1 point, unless there were fewer than ten finalists that year, then that genre’s finalists are worth 2. Older data has a slight but accelerating lower value.

  • The list doesn’t include some 36 journals that are closed but that were recognized by Best of The Net. That’s a 20% closure rate in ten years. Aim your submissions well!

Best of the Net
Awards Finalists Score
1 Adroit Journal 4 4           23.1
2 Granta 4 1           20.4
3 The Rumpus 4 1           18.7
4 Guernica 3 3           16.3
5 Split Lip Magazine 3 3           15.5
6 Passages North 2 5           13.5
7 American Short Fiction 3 2           13.2
8 Pigeon Pages 2 4           12.8
9 The Offing 2 1           10.5
10 SmokeLong Quarterly 2 1           10.2
11 Waccamaw 2 0             9.1
12 Black Warrior Review 2 0             9.1
13 Quarterly West 2 1             8.4
14 Blackbird 1 3             7.2
15 Cha 1 1             5.9
16 Apogee 1 1             5.6
17 On The Seawall 1 1             5.6
The Margins 1 1             5.6
19 Threadcount Magazine 1 2             5.6
20 Kenyon Review 0 5             5.5
21 Barrelhouse 1 1             5.3
22 Atticus Review 1 1             5.1
23 Memorius 1 1             5.1
24 Blue Mesa Review 1 2             5.1
25 A Velvet Giant 1 0             5.0
The Hellebore 1 0             5.0
The Lumiere Review 1 0             5.0
Waterwheel Review 1 0             5.0
29 Bakwa Magazine 1 0             4.9
Booth 1 0             4.9
Gordon Square Review 1 0             4.9
Jet Fuel Review 1 0             4.9
Los Angeles Review 1 0             4.9
Ploughshares 1 0             4.9
Porcupine Literary 1 0             4.9
Touchstone Lit Magazine 1 0             4.9
37 Sweet 1 1             4.7
Tupelo Quarterly 1 1             4.7
39 Hayden's Ferry 1 0             4.7
Nat. Brut 1 0             4.7
Orange Blossom Review 1 0             4.7
Porter House Review 1 0             4.7
Portland Review 1 0             4.7
VIDA Review 1 0             4.7
45 Baltimore Review 0 4             4.6
46 Sundog Lit 0 4             4.5
47 The Masters Review 1 1             4.4
Aster(ix) Journal 1 0             4.4
Contrary Magazine 1 0             4.4
Hippocampus  1 0             4.4
51 Burrow Press 1 1             4.4
52 The Lascaux Review 1 1             4.3
53 Hawaii Pacific 1 1             4.2
54 Ninth Letter 1 1             3.8
The Account 1 1             3.8
56 Fourth River 1 0             3.8
57 The Journal 1 0             3.8
58 Cease, Cows 1 0             3.4
59 Grist 0 2             3.1
The Boiler 0 3             3.1
61 Summerset Review 1 0             2.9
Alien Magazine 0 3             2.9
63 Wildness 0 3             2.9
64 Anomaly 0 2             2.7
65 Waxwing 0 3             2.6
66 Lunch Ticket 0 2             2.3
67 Pithead Chapel 0 2             2.2
68 Arkana 0 2             2.0
Birdcoat Quarterly 0 2             2.0
Chautauqua 0 2             2.0
Peatsmoke Journal 0 2             2.0
Shenandoah 0 2             2.0
73 Drunken Boat 0 2             2.0
74 Hypocrite Reader 0 2             2.0
Minola Review 0 2             2.0
Pidgeonholes 0 2             2.0
77 New Delta Review 0 2             1.9
78 North Carolina Lit Review 0 2             1.9
The Forge 0 2             1.9
80 Southeast Review 0 2             1.9
81 Cincinnati Review 0 2             1.9
82 Mom Egg Review 0 2             1.9
83 Whale Road Review 0 2             1.9
84 Bridge Eight 0 2             1.8
Longleaf Review 0 2             1.8
86 805 Lit + Art 0 2             1.8
87 Cagibi 0 1             1.8
Iron Horse Literary Review 0 1             1.8
89 Adda 0 1             1.5
Alternating Current 0 1             1.5
apt 0 1             1.5
Drunk Monkeys 0 1             1.5
93 Midway Journal 0 1             1.3
Right Hand Pointing 0 1             1.3
95 Nashville Review 0 1             1.2
96 Nonbinary Review 0 1             1.2
Revolution John (closed?) 0 1             1.2
Still 0 1             1.2
99 Alebrijes Review 0 1             1.0
Beaver Magazine 0 1             1.0
Blood Orange Review 0 1             1.0
Bureau of Complaint 0 1             1.0
COUNTERCLOCK Journal 0 1             1.0
Electric Literature 0 1             1.0
FlashBack Fiction 0 1             1.0
haikuKATHA 0 1             1.0
Invisible City 0 1             1.0
Kitchen Table Quarterly 0 1             1.0
The Citron Review 0 1             1.0
Ursa 0 1             1.0
111 Adi Magazine 0 1             1.0
Atlas and Alice 0 1             1.0
Barren Magazine 0 1             1.0
Chestnut Review 0 1             1.0
Close To The Bone 0 1             1.0
Coffin Bell 0 1             1.0
COMP 0 1             1.0
Disappointed Housewife 0 1             1.0
Exposition Review 0 1             1.0
failbetter 0 1             1.0
Full Bleed 0 1             1.0
HAD 0 1             1.0
North American Review 0 1             1.0
Nowruz Journal 0 1             1.0
Nurture 0 1             1.0
Oyster River Pages 0 1             1.0
Terrain.org 0 1             1.0
trampset 0 1             1.0
129 Burningword 0 1             0.9
Gingerbread House 0 1             0.9
homology lit. 0 1             0.9
Monkey Bicycle 0 1             0.9
Psaltery and Lyre 0 1             0.9
Speculative Nonfiction 0 1             0.9
135 Fugue 0 1             0.9
jmww 0 1             0.9
Okay Donkey 0 1             0.9
The Coil 0 1             0.9
Your Impossible Voice 0 1             0.9
140 Driftwood Press 0 1             0.8
Gulf Coast 0 1             0.8
Lost Balloon 0 1             0.8
Talking Writing 0 1             0.8