Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Work in Progress: NONFICTION Pushcart Prize Ranking

A couple of days ago I mentioned that I was working on a new Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines, this one focused on Nonfiction. I posted the first phase of that ranking, which was to list just the winners for a five-year period, 2007-2011.

I have now moved on to phase two. This new list features the winners for a ten-year period, 2002-2011 (plus their Special Mentions from the year they won a prize). I had originally planned to go back just nine years, since next month I'll be rolling off the 2002 data when I add 2012 (I'm keeping a ten-year, rolling list).

This new list is pasted below. The next phase, as previously noted, will be to add in the data from Special Mentions for the ten-year period. This will take a week or so, but that will complete the 2011 list (just in time to work on the 2012 list in November).


2002-2011 NONFICTION Pushcart Prize Ranking (interim; excludes most Special Mentions)


2011
Magazine
2011 Score
1
66
2
55
3
34
4
31
5
27
5
27
7
25
8
24
8
24
10
23
11
20
12
19
13
18
14
15
15
12
15
12
15
12
15
12
19
11
19
11
19
11
19
11
23
10
23
10
23
10
26
7
26
Speakeasy ©
7
28
6
28
6
28
6
28
6
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
5
32
Palo Alto Review ?
5
32
5


2 comments:

Ned Stuckey-French said...

What a helpful piece of analysis, Clifford. Thanks. I'll share it on Facebook.

Patrick Madden said...

I agree with Ned: this is great analysis. I've long been curious about how the "notables" and reprinted essays in Best American Essays might give us a sense of journal rankings, but I haven't had the energy to pursue such work. Do you think you might ever tackle that task?