This meta-list was based on the number of works included in the Best American series and Pushcart in the last five years, plus rankings made by Every Writer's Resource and Bookfox ("rankings" in that order). A rank of 121 means that the journal is not on its list. We will live-link the name of the journal to its website soon.
1. Ploughshares
Rankings: 7, 1, 14, 6
2. Paris Review
Rankings: 24, 4, 2, 6
3. Kenyon Review
Rankings: 3, 17, 4, 13
4. Virginia Quarterly Review
Rankings: 7, 23, 6, 6
5. Georgia Review
Rankings: 10, 8, 24, 13
6. New England Review
Rankings: 10, 11, 30, 13
7. Antioch Review
Rankings: 18, 19, 28, 13
8. New Letters
Rankings: 24, 19, 7, 31
9. Iowa Review
Rankings: 18, 36, 18, 13
10. Gettysburg Review
Rankings: 24, 23, 25, 13
11. Five Points
Rankings: 3, 18, 49, 31
12. Michigan Quarterly Review
Rankings: 14, 37, 32, 31
13. Missouri Review
Rankings: 71, 14, 17, 13
14. Prairie Schooner
Rankings: 43, 43, 3, 31
15. Shenandoah
Rankings: 32, 16, 45, 31
16. Agni
Rankings: 43, 22, 47, 13
17. Zoetrope
Rankings: 121, 3, 11, 6
18. Tin House
Rankings: 121, 6, 10, 6
19. Colorado Review
Rankings: 43, 41, 33, 31
20. Conjunctions
Rankings: 121, 2, 34, 13
21. Boulevard
Rankings: 71, 19, 50, 31
22. Indiana Review
Rankings: 43, 73, 26, 31
23. Glimmer Train
Rankings: 121, 35, 9, 13
24. Mississippi Review
Rankings: 121, 29, 15, 13
25. South West Review
Rankings: 24, 58, 19, 78
26. Sun
Rankings: 121, 47, 12, 13
27. Narrative
Rankings: 121, 26, 16, 31
28. Triquarterly
Rankings: 43, 11, 21, 121
29. Crazyhorse
Rankings: 14, 43, 121, 31
30. Epoch
Rankings: 71, 10, 121, 13
31. Harvard Review
Rankings: 43, 41, 121, 13
32. Alaska Quarterly Review
Rankings: 18, 52, 121, 31
33. Hudson Review
Rankings: 24, 43, 38, 121
34. North American Review
Rankings: 121, 53, 23, 31
35. Third Coast
Rankings: 43, 34, 121, 31
36. ZYZZYVA
Rankings: 121, 39, 39, 31
37. Cincinnati Review
Rankings: 7, 73, 121, 31
38. Fence
Rankings: 24, 58, 121, 31
39. Yale Review
Rankings: 71, 37, 8, 121
40. Pleiades
Rankings: 43, 47, 121, 31
41. The New Yorker
Rankings: 1, 121, 121, 1
42. Black Warrior Review
Rankings: 121, 65, 29, 31
43. Image
Rankings: 43, 53, 121, 31
44. Granta
Rankings: 121, 121, 1, 6
45. Mid-American Review
Rankings: 71, 121, 27, 31
46. Poetry
Rankings: 3, 121, 5, 121
47. Bomb
Rankings: 43, 58, 121, 31
48. Gulf Coast
Rankings: 18, 85, 121, 31
49. Southern Review
Rankings: 121, 4, 121, 13
50. Atlantic Monthly
Rankings: 32, 121, 121, 1
51. One Story
Rankings: 121, 23, 121, 13
52. Ecotone
Rankings: 71, 56, 121, 31
53. Boston Review
Rankings: 71, 58, 121, 31
54. A Public Space
Rankings: 121, 27, 121, 13
55. American Poetry Review
Rankings: 2, 121, 40, 121
56. New American Writing
Rankings: 10, 121, 36, 121
57. Hanging Loose
Rankings: 32, 121, 22, 121
58. Fiction
Rankings: 121, 106, 43, 31
59. Meridian
Rankings: 43, 106, 121, 31
60. Witness
Rankings: 121, 15, 48, 121
61. Chelsea
Rankings: 121, 30, 41, 121
62. Sewanee
Rankings: 71, 93, 121, 31
63. Subtropics
Rankings: 32, 133, 121, 31
64. American Scholar
Rankings: 32, 47, 121, 121
65. Other Voices
Rankings: 121, 65, 20, 121
66. Crab Orchard Review
Rankings: 71, 106, 121, 31
67. Nimrod
Rankings: 121, 133, 46, 31
68. Salmagundi
Rankings: 121, 47, 44, 121
69. New Orleans Review
Rankings: 121, 65, 121, 31
70. Columbia
Rankings: 71, 121, 121, 31
71. Beloit
Rankings: 18, 85, 121, 121
72. Massachusetts Review
Rankings: 121, 73, 121, 31
73. Idaho Review
Rankings: 121, 31, 121, 78
74. Quarterly West
Rankings: 71, 133, 121, 31
75. Cimarron Review
Rankings: 71, 133, 121, 31
76. American Short Fiction
Rankings: 121, 85, 121, 31
77. Willow Springs
Rankings: 121, 39, 121, 78
78. Esquire
Rankings: 121, 121, 121, 1
79. Notre Dame Review
Rankings: 32, 133, 121, 78
80. Harper’s
Rankings: 121, 121, 121, 1
81. Playboy
Rankings: 121, 121, 121, 1
82. Callaloo
Rankings: 71, 133, 42, 121
83. McSweeney’s
Rankings: 121, 121, 121, 6
84. Barrow Street
Rankings: 6, 121, 121, 121
85. Raritan
Rankings: 43, 85, 121, 121
86. Calyx
Rankings: 71, 58, 121, 121
87. Ontario Review
Rankings: 121, 9, 121, 121
88. Lit
Rankings: 24, 106, 121, 121
89. POOL
Rankings: 10, 121, 121, 121
90. Bellevue Literary Review
Rankings: 121, 53, 121, 78
91. DenverQuarterly
Rankings: 43, 133, 121, 78
92. Open City
Rankings: 71, 106, 121, 78
93. American Literary Review
Rankings: 71, 106, 121, 78
94. Sentence
Rankings: 14, 121, 121, 121
95. The New Criterion
Rankings: 14, 121, 121, 121
96. Ninth Letter
Rankings: 121, 106, 121, 31
97. Margie
Rankings: 18, 121, 121, 121
98. Sonora Review
Rankings: 121, 65, 121, 78
99. Fiction International
Rankings: 121, 65, 121, 78
100. Field
Rankings: 24, 121, 121, 121