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-edge fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art. december has a distinguished legacy of publishing the early work of little-known writers and artists, many of whom became major literary figures, including Donald Barthelme, Marvin Bell, Stephen Berg, Rita Mae Brown, Raymond Carver, Stephen Dunn, Donald Hall, Michael Harper, Donald Justice, Ted Kooser, Philip Levine, Joyce Carol Oates, Marge Piercy, William Stafford, C.K. Williams, Charles Wright, and James Wright.
The Spring/Summer 2014 issue features great new work from powerhouse writers, including Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize and Curt Johnson Prose Award winners!
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-edge fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art. december has a distinguished legacy of publishing the early work of little-known writers and artists, many of whom became major literary figures, including Donald Barthelme, Marvin Bell, Stephen Berg, Rita Mae Brown, Raymond Carver, Stephen Dunn, Donald Hall, Michael Harper, Donald Justice, Ted Kooser, Philip Levine, Joyce Carol Oates, Marge Piercy, William Stafford, C.K. Williams, Charles Wright, and James Wright.
The Spring/Summer 2014 issue features great new work from powerhouse writers, including Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize and Curt Johnson Prose Award winners!