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december magazine

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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:
    70 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    68 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    10%*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    5.00%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Publication

  • 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

    Best Microfiction, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

  • Runs themed calls

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

50

Total submissions tracked

68 days

Average response time

5.00%

Average acceptance rate

27 days

Fastest response time

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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...

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    Editor Isabelle Stillman avatar

    Isabelle Stillman

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Jennifer Goldring avatar

    Jennifer Goldring

    Managing Editor