On November 2, Eduardo C. Corral asked writers on Facebook to “name a journal that’s never taken your work.” The thread quickly turned into a publishing wish list. More than eighty writers responded (from 1 – 5) times and more than 50 magazines were listed (below). Poetry was mentioned the most times (8) and I was inspired to submit to one of these magazines for the first time. What’s your “white whale” journal?
| Journal | Times Mentioned |
| Agni | 6 |
| Alaska Quarterly Review | 1 |
| Bateau | 1 |
| The Believer | 2 |
| Beloit Poetry Journal | 3 |
| Black Warrior Review | 4 |
| Brevity | 1 |
| Copper Nickel | 1 |
| Crazyhorse | 4 |
| Denver Quarterly | 1 |
| Diagram | 6 |
| Diode | 1 |
| Fence | 6 |
| Field | 2 |
| Five Points | 1 |
| Guernica | 2 |
| Guf Coast | 1 |
| Harvard Review | 1 |
| Huizache | 1 |
| Image | 1 |
| Indiana Review | 4 |
| The Journal | 1 |
| jubitat | 6 |
| The Lancet | 1 |
| Los Angeles Review | 1 |
| Malahat Review | 1 |
| McSweeny’s | 1 |
| Meridian | 1 |
| Michigan Quarterly Review | 1 |
| Mid-American Review | 2 |
| Missouri Review | 5 |
| New England Review | 1 |
| The New Republic | 1 |
| The New Yorker | 3 |
| Ninth Letter | 1 |
| Octopus | 1 |
| Paris Review | 3 |
| Plume | 1 |
| Poetry | 8 |
| Ploughshares | 5 |
| Prairie Schooner | 1 |
| A Public Space | 1 |
| Rattle | 2 |
| Rhino | 1 |
| Sixth Finch | 3 |
| Smartish Pace | 1 |
| Southern Review | 1 |
| Threepenny Review | 1 |
| Tin House | 4 |
| Typo Magazine | 1 |
| Virginia Quarterly Review | 1 |
| West Branch | 4 |
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