34 magazines
Literary Magazines in the Sweet Spot This Year
Oh the 12-month sweet spot between 3-8% acceptance rates. Not too hot, not too cold. Mmmm soup. Only took those with 100+ tracked submissions just to be safe. Enjoy!
34 magazines
upd ∙ Sep 22, 2026
- 1Escape Pod3.00% (499 tracked subs)
- 2The Fiddlehead3.03% (66 tracked subs)
- 3Factor Four Magazine3.06% (815 tracked subs)
- 4The Sprawl Mag3.33% (90 tracked subs)
- 5Scrawl Place3.39% (59 tracked subs)
- 6PULP Literature3.44% (174 tracked subs)
- 7Cutleaf3.57% (56 tracked subs)
- 8carte blanche3.70% (54 tracked subs)
- 9Analog Science Fiction & Fact3.71% (672 tracked subs)
- 10Beneath Ceaseless Skies3.77% (663 tracked subs)
- 11McSweeney's Internet Tendency3.77% (53 tracked subs)
- 12Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine3.80% (105 tracked subs)
- 13Solarpunk Magazine3.84% (156 tracked subs)
- 14Cosmic Horror Monthly3.87% (232 tracked subs)
- 15Diabolical Plots4.12% (509 tracked subs)
- 16Strange Horizons4.23% (779 tracked subs)
- 17Flash Point SF4.34% (276 tracked subs)
- 18Fabula Argentea4.54% (66 tracked subs)
- 1934 Orchard4.54% (88 tracked subs)
- 20Heartlines Spec4.57% (284 tracked subs)
- 21The Bombay Literary Magazine4.68% (64 tracked subs)
- 22Translunar Travelers Lounge4.91% (224 tracked subs)
- 23Radon Journal5.26% (456 tracked subs)
- 24Nocturne Magazine5.43% (92 tracked subs)
- 25Mysterion5.71% (70 tracked subs)
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