Brecht De Poortere (@brecht

Brecht De Poortere

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Brecht De Poortere

@brecht_dp

🧑‍🦱 "Some guy who ranks all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of" ✍️ @Missouri_Review @ChicagoQReview @TheHudsonReview @BaltimoreEditor @xraylitmag & more

Paris, France

Joined March 2021

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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Nov 9, 2025
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 🙏
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Mar 4, 2025
The best writing advice ever: stop waiting.
Ifeanyichukwu.
@peclif
Mar 4, 2025
Write from wherever you are. Stop waiting.
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Feb 24, 2023
My 15-year-old daughter just had another art piece accepted to a top literary journal and she'll get paid more than I've ever been paid for any of my stories! 😱
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Nov 12, 2023
So here they are: the top 1000 lit mags 2024! brechtdepoortere.com/rankings The ranking now gives less weight to BASS and more to the other prizes. None of this is perfect, of course, but if you find this useful, please share & like – it’s the best kind of support you can give! 🙏😊
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Jan 21, 2023
📢📢📢I created an entirely new list of top 1000 lit mags based on: BASS, Henry Prize, PEN DAU, Pushcart, BotN, Wigleaf Top 50, BSF, BMic & Twitter followers. The database is free to download and contains lots of info on each journal. Check it out! brechtdepoortere.com/rankings
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Jan 29, 2023
Why, oh why, did I start writing so late in life? 😭
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Mar 1, 2023
Submitting to the Paris Review feels a bit like asking Scarlett Johansson out on a date...
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@brecht_dp
Jan 9, 2025
My literary career so far in tiered rejections... 🤷‍♂️
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Oct 24, 2025
Just had my first Pushcart nomination!
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Jun 26, 2023
Part of writing is learning which journals you should not submit to.
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Jun 21, 2023
A personal rejection from the Missouri Review, saying that "we discussed this story at length, admiring the depth and darkness of the story" but ultimately "are going to pass with hopes that you'll send us something else in the future". Will I ever get there??? 😭😭😭
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
May 12, 2022
Here's my guide for literary Twitter newbies: - Tweet a story you published: 3 likes - Tweet about an acceptance: 42 likes - Tweet about a rejection: 102 likes - Tweet a picture of a cake you made: 167 likes - Tweet a picture of your cat: 261 likes
Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
Nov 3, 2024
OK poets, here is a taste of what's to come next year. These are the 20 top poetry magazines according to the 9 latest Best of the Net editions. Next I will do Best American Poetry and Pushcart.
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Brecht De Poortere
@brecht_dp
May 5, 2022
I might be biased, but my daughter (14) is a damn good artist...