New Yorker fiction frequency

The Millions has a swell analysis (based on a meticulously sorted spreadsheet created by reader Frank Kovarik) of fiction in The New Yorker over the past five years. William Trevor has had nine stories in the magazine from 2003-2007, followed by Alice Munro with eight, and another dozen writers with five or more stories -- this prolific group accounting for 32 percent of all fiction in the nation's most revered venue.

Other tidbits: 37.4 percent of the authors were women; 48 percent weren't American, with British and Irish authors leading the tally of foreign writers.

And while we're visiting The New Yorker, why not try your graphic hand at the magazine's Eustace Tilley contest? If your entry is accepted, note it in the comments form and we'll link to it here.