70 magazines
Most Competitive Fiction-Only Literary Magazines of All Time
These twenty-five fiction mags are some of the hardest to break into. Like calc final kinda hard. You’ll need more than just talent. Luck doesn't hurt. But hey, someone’s got to land a spot, and maybe, just maybe, it’s you. Why not try? Unless your tired. In which case, nap first.
70 magazines
upd ∙ Nov 8, 2026
- 1Interzone0.27% (729 tracked subs)
- 2Three-Lobed Burning Eye0.49% (1033 tracked subs)
- 3Seize the Press Magazine0.53% (214 tracked subs)
- 4Bourbon Penn0.59% (918 tracked subs)
- 5Planet Scumm0.60% (331 tracked subs)
- 6Apex Magazine0.85% (2221 tracked subs)
- 7Short Story Substack0.85% (185 tracked subs)
- 8fractured literary0.90% (1312 tracked subs)
- 9One Story0.90% (420 tracked subs)
- 10American Short Fiction0.95% (676 tracked subs)
- 11The Fiction Desk1.05% (119 tracked subs)
- 12Joyland1.06% (592 tracked subs)
- 13Uncharted1.15% (448 tracked subs)
- 14The Dark1.18% (1437 tracked subs)
- 15The Stinging Fly1.39% (354 tracked subs)
- 16Brown Hound Press1.56% (71 tracked subs)
- 17Fantasy Magazine1.56% (69 tracked subs)
- 18Fusion Fragment1.83% (1156 tracked subs)
- 19PodCastle1.99% (1044 tracked subs)
- 20Brilliant Flash Fiction2.02% (427 tracked subs)
- 21Escape Pod2.79% (615 tracked subs)
- 22Fiction2.92% (524 tracked subs)
- 23Intrepidus Ink2.94% (358 tracked subs)
- 24100-Foot Crow3.13% (142 tracked subs)
- 25Beneath Ceaseless Skies3.25% (901 tracked subs)
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