Brecht De Poortere
@brechtdp.bsky.social
🧑🦱 "Some guy who ranks all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of"
🥉 3rd prize The Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest
✍️ Missouri Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Baltimore Review, X-R-A-Y, The Forge Literary Magazine ...
🌍 https://www.brechtdepoortere.com
🥉 3rd prize The Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest
✍️ Missouri Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Baltimore Review, X-R-A-Y, The Forge Literary Magazine ...
🌍 https://www.brechtdepoortere.com
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
I'll be in volume 1 (on the left) 😊
So excited to share with you the covers for Issues 21 & 22, Stanchion Magazine's 'double album' of music writing & photography.
These 2 beauties, stacked with stellar prose & poetry are available separately or together & will be published next month.
Pre-order now at StanchionZine.com/shop
These 2 beauties, stacked with stellar prose & poetry are available separately or together & will be published next month.
Pre-order now at StanchionZine.com/shop
January 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'll be in volume 1 (on the left) 😊
Pretty excited to announce that I will have a short piece in this issue! First acceptance of 2026! 🥳
Issue 21, the music issue, can now be pre-ordered directly from Stanchion. It will be ready for you and ship out in late February, and then become available from wherever you order books online.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Stanchion Magazine Issue 21 | Stanchion
Issue 21 of Stanchion marks the first-ever theme issue of the magazine: MUSIC. All of the stories, poems, and visual art will feature, either directly or tangentially, the sweet sounds of music. A ple...
www.stanchionzine.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Pretty excited to announce that I will have a short piece in this issue! First acceptance of 2026! 🥳
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This call is for poems shaped by memory and loss — not spectacle, not sentimentality.
If that sounds like your work, we want to read it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If that sounds like your work, we want to read it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This call is for poems shaped by memory and loss — not spectacle, not sentimentality.
If that sounds like your work, we want to read it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If that sounds like your work, we want to read it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
This is happening tonight. Excited about it.
On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is happening tonight. Excited about it.
OK, this is not a proper ranking, but just a little fun I had with the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016-2025.
2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable.
2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1
Full list (67 journals) available from my website.
2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable.
2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1
Full list (67 journals) available from my website.
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OK, this is not a proper ranking, but just a little fun I had with the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016-2025.
2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable.
2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1
Full list (67 journals) available from my website.
2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable.
2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1
Full list (67 journals) available from my website.
It's been a good year...
Thanks so much to all the wonderful magazines that published my writing + everyone who read my work.
Links to all stories below!
Thanks so much to all the wonderful magazines that published my writing + everyone who read my work.
Links to all stories below!
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's been a good year...
Thanks so much to all the wonderful magazines that published my writing + everyone who read my work.
Links to all stories below!
Thanks so much to all the wonderful magazines that published my writing + everyone who read my work.
Links to all stories below!
This morning: Paris doing Paris
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This morning: Paris doing Paris
OK, I wasn't expecting this 🤯
- I travelled to Rwanda in August
- I wrote an essay about it in September
- I started submitting in October
- Only 3 lit mag responses in, and it's an acceptance from
@chicagoqreview.bsky.social !
What a way to end the year 🥳🥂
- I travelled to Rwanda in August
- I wrote an essay about it in September
- I started submitting in October
- Only 3 lit mag responses in, and it's an acceptance from
@chicagoqreview.bsky.social !
What a way to end the year 🥳🥂
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
OK, I wasn't expecting this 🤯
- I travelled to Rwanda in August
- I wrote an essay about it in September
- I started submitting in October
- Only 3 lit mag responses in, and it's an acceptance from
@chicagoqreview.bsky.social !
What a way to end the year 🥳🥂
- I travelled to Rwanda in August
- I wrote an essay about it in September
- I started submitting in October
- Only 3 lit mag responses in, and it's an acceptance from
@chicagoqreview.bsky.social !
What a way to end the year 🥳🥂
Science fiction & fantasy writers: I am working on a special lit mag ranking for you...
Question: would it be weird if I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?
Question: would it be weird if I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Science fiction & fantasy writers: I am working on a special lit mag ranking for you...
Question: would it be weird if I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?
Question: would it be weird if I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?
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Hi writer friends! Would you please give me your recommendations for online creative writing / poetry workshops for new writers? This would be a gift for my college-aged cousin. Thank you so much!
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hi writer friends! Would you please give me your recommendations for online creative writing / poetry workshops for new writers? This would be a gift for my college-aged cousin. Thank you so much!
Reposted by Brecht De Poortere
This is not the kind of elephant hunt you might be expecting. A tragic and tender story
Hey all - I think my story in the Missouri Review can be accessed for free!
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
Project MUSE - King of the Jungle
muse.jhu.edu
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is not the kind of elephant hunt you might be expecting. A tragic and tender story
Hey all - I think my story in the Missouri Review can be accessed for free!
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
Project MUSE - King of the Jungle
muse.jhu.edu
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey all - I think my story in the Missouri Review can be accessed for free!
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂
muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...
This made me think: if any lit mag is interested in adding a badge to their website to signal their ranking or inclusion in the ranking (similar, I guess, to the Duotrope or ChillSubs badges), feel free to DM me!
Please join us in celebrating our staff and contributors for helping The Florida Review break into the top 75 of Brecht De Poortere's Top Literary Magazines of 2026. Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social and everyone who made this possible!
#flreview
#flreview
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This made me think: if any lit mag is interested in adding a badge to their website to signal their ranking or inclusion in the ranking (similar, I guess, to the Duotrope or ChillSubs badges), feel free to DM me!
I love this! And congrats to the Florida Review!
Please join us in celebrating our staff and contributors for helping The Florida Review break into the top 75 of Brecht De Poortere's Top Literary Magazines of 2026. Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social and everyone who made this possible!
#flreview
#flreview
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I love this! And congrats to the Florida Review!
On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
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Really proud to land at #109 overall in these listings, and #87 in poetry!
Not that bad out of almost 800 literary magazines!
Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social for putting these metrics together.
Not that bad out of almost 800 literary magazines!
Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social for putting these metrics together.
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Really proud to land at #109 overall in these listings, and #87 in poetry!
Not that bad out of almost 800 literary magazines!
Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social for putting these metrics together.
Not that bad out of almost 800 literary magazines!
Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social for putting these metrics together.
The UK is busy submitting this morning...
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The UK is busy submitting this morning...
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Lovely to make #267 in the Top Poetry Magazine list for 2026. Inspired & and honour... lots to come in 2026-7! Watch for it.
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Lovely to make #267 in the Top Poetry Magazine list for 2026. Inspired & and honour... lots to come in 2026-7! Watch for it.
Thank you so much for reading my story in @theforge.bsky.social ! 💙💙💙
The tyres spin, digging a deep hole, and they have to get out to push and their clothes get dirty. From there to the hotel they only see a few impala. The grass is high and the trees full of leaves. But most of all, the war has taken a terrible toll.
@brechtdp.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social !!
@brechtdp.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social !!
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thank you so much for reading my story in @theforge.bsky.social ! 💙💙💙
Reposted by Brecht De Poortere
It's an honor to make top 10 in flash fiction and in the top 100 overall! Thank you for your work, Brecht, and thank you to our amazing writers and readers who make this possible.
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's an honor to make top 10 in flash fiction and in the top 100 overall! Thank you for your work, Brecht, and thank you to our amazing writers and readers who make this possible.
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
Reposted by Brecht De Poortere
A conversation with writer and economist @brechtdp.bsky.social at michellereneebrady.podbean.com!!
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A conversation with writer and economist @brechtdp.bsky.social at michellereneebrady.podbean.com!!
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"She will never know the meaning of the songs we sing—the joys of harvest they were meant to carry"
Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...
Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...
The Flavours We’ll Lose | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This beauty landed in Paris today 💛
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This beauty landed in Paris today 💛
I received my first ever Pushcart nomination, and I'm over the moon!
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I received my first ever Pushcart nomination, and I'm over the moon!