MAGAZINE AVERAGES
Reading edition
OCTOBER, 1921, TO SEPTEMBER, 1922
The following table includes the averages of distinctive stories in certain American periodicals published from October, 1921, to September, 1922, inclusive. One, two and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. “Three-asterisk stories” are of somewhat permanent literary value. The list excludes reprints.
Periodicals (Oct.-Sept.) No. of Stories Published No. of Distinctive Stories Published Percentage of Distinctive Stories Published
* ** *** * ** ***
Asia 10 9 6 1 90 60 10
Atlantic Monthly 26 23 16 7 88 62 27
Broom 23 20 16 10 87 69 43
Century 42 39 32 17 93 76 40
Collier’s Weekly 109 18 3 1 17 3 1
Delineator 40 11 4 3 28 10 8
Dial 22 22 21 14 100 95 64
Double Dealer 21 12 8 2 57 38 10
Everybody’s Magazine 66 9 2 1 14 3 2
Good Housekeeping 44 6 3 1 14 7 2
Harper’s Magazine 44 39 23 14 89 52 32
Hearst’s International 63 18 4 1 29 6 2
Ladies’ Home Journal 42 8 3 2 19 7 5
McClure’s Magazine (March-September) 46 13 2 1 28 4 2
Metropolitan 87 17 9 6 19 10 7
Pictorial Review 65 44 31 22 66 48 33
Red Book Magazine 115 27 4 2 24 4 2
Saturday Evening Post 245 34 14 7 14 6 3
Scribner’s Magazine 52 37 19 7 71 37 14
Smart Set 127 44 9 5 35 7 4
World Fiction (August-September) 22 21 11 5 95 50 23
The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between October, 1921, and September, 1922, inclusive, by number and percentage of distinctive short stories published, of eighteen periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15 per cent or more of distinctive stories. The lists exclude reprints, but not translations.
By Percentage
1. Dial 100%
2. World Fiction (August-September) 95%
3. Century 93%
4. Asia 90%
5. Harper’s Magazine 89%
6. Atlantic Monthly 88%
7. Broom 87%
8. Scribner’s Magazine 71%
9. Pictorial Review 66%
10. Double Dealer 57%
11. Smart Set 35%
12. Hearst’s International 29%
13. McClure’s Magazine (March-September) 28%
14. Delineator 28%
15. Red Book Magazine 24%
16. Metropolitan 19%
17. Ladies’ Home Journal 19%
18. Collier’s Weekly 17%
By Number
1. Pictorial Review 44
2. Smart Set 44
3. Century 39
4. Harper’s Magazine 39
5. Scribner’s Magazine 37
6. Red Book Magazine 27
7. Atlantic Monthly 23
8. Dial 22
9. World Fiction (August-September) 21
10. Broom 20
11. Hearst’s International 18
12. Collier’s Weekly 18
13. Metropolitan 17
14. McClure’s Magazine (March-September) 13
15. Double Dealer 12
16. Delineator 11
17. Asia 9
18. Ladies’ Home Journal 8
The following periodicals have published during the same period ten or more “two-asterisk stories.” The list excludes reprints, but not translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1921 are represented by the prefixed letters a, b, c, d, e, f, and g, respectively.
1. abcdefg Century 32
2. abcdefg Pictorial Review 31
3. abcdefg Harper’s Magazine 23
4. abcdefg Dial 21
5. abcdefg Scribner’s Magazine 19
6. Broom 16
7. abcdefg Atlantic Monthly 16
8. abcde Saturday Evening Post 14
9. World Fiction (August-September) 11
The following periodicals have published during the same period five or more “three-asterisk stories.” The list excludes reprints, but not translations. The same signs are used as prefixes as in the previous list.
1. abcdefg Pictorial Review 22
2. abcdefg Century 17
3. abcdefg Dial 14
4. abcdefg Harper’s Magazine 14
5. Broom 10
6. abcdef Atlantic Monthly 7
7. abcdef Scribner’s Magazine 7
8. abcde Saturday Evening Post 7
9. abcdef Metropolitan 6
10. World Fiction (August-September) 5
11. abcdef Smart Set 5
Ties in the above list have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.