december magazine
Literary Magazine
A literary legacy since 1958 - an independent nonprofit literary magazine nurturing writers and artists at every stage of their careers.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 6-10 weeks*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 10% *Editor reported data
- Work acquired through solicitation: 0%
Payssee Genres section for details
Find more details in the Genres section
Fee$3
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes - 2 copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental, Fairy Tales & Folklore, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, Speculative, wtf idk
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, Speculative, wtf idk
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
Nonfiction
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 10 per page
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
No specific limitations
Art
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
In the cover letter portion of Submittable, please include your name, address, phone number and email. Please indicate which genre your submissions belongs in and the title(s) of your work.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We do not have any specific requirements for this.
Author's rights
First North American Serial Rights (FNASR)
Additional info
Please do not submit more than once per genre per submission period. Additional submittable submissions will be held until the subsequent period. december is published twice a year in print. Our Spring/Summer issue launches in May and our Fall/Winter issue launches in November. We pay our contributors! If your work is accepted, payment includes two contributor copies of the issue in which the author’s work appears and $10.00 per page with a minimum of $40.00 and a maximum of $200.00.
Tracker statistics
48
Total submissions tracked
64 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
27 days
Fastest response time
112 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1897 days, 1667 days
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Submission calls
Fall Reading Period
Deadline: Nov 1, 2024
Fall Reading Period All Geners Sept. 1 to Nov. 1.
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About
december magazine was founded in Iowa City in 1958 by a group of poets, writers, and artists who declared, “We are humanists…far more concerned with people than dogmatic critical or aesthetic attitudes.” december was a pioneer in the “little” magazine and small press movement, publishing cutting-edg...
Read moreFounded
1958
Country
US
Masthead
Isabelle Stillman
Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer Goldring
Managing Editor