Brecht De Poortere
Brecht De Poortere was born in Belgium and grew up in Africa. He currently lives in Paris, France. His writing has appeared in the Hudson Review (3rd Prize Short Fiction Contest), the Missouri Review and the Chicago Quarterly Review, amongst others, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction.
FOR MY RANKING OF LITERARY MAGAZINES, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
Writing
Fiction
Non-Fiction
"Umuko" - Chicago Quarterly Review - Forthcoming
Flash Fiction
"Letter About a Song" - Stanchion - Forthcoming
Other
ranking of literary magazines
I use major awards and anthologies to rank more than 750 magazines publishing literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
I also include information on: reading periods, cost of submission, restrictions, word counts, pay, location and journal website.
As a bonus: not a proper ranking, but a list based on Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy:
This version: 10 November 2025
Putting these together was a lot of work! If you can, please consider supporting this project by buying me a coffee or helping my buy the books necessary to build the ranking!
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