december publishes poetry, prose, and art. We invite submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art. We accept submissions from January 1 to May 1 and September 1 to November 1 each year. 

We are currently CLOSED for submissions. We will open again in January 2025.

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Please read the general guidelines and genre guidelines carefully before submitting your work. 

We read and review all submissions blindly. Please do not include your name or any identifying information in your uploaded document or in the file name. Entries that identify the submitter/author will be declined automatically in order to uphold the integrity of our blind reading process. 

We do not accept simultaneous submissions, but we try to provide a response within six to eight weeks. If you have not received a response after 10 weeks, please query through Submittable. *NB: If you select the option to receive feedback, our decision may take longer than eight weeks.*

We accept only one submission per genre per reading period. Our reading periods are January 1 to May 1 and September 1 to November 1. Additional submissions will be declined. 

We publish only original, previously unpublished work. Self-published pieces and work that appears anywhere online are both considered published. Additionally, work must be solely produced by the author without the use of AI (artificial intelligence), algorithmic, machine-learning, or computer-generated text of any sort.

We pay our print contributors $10 per page, regardless of genre, with a $40 minimum and $200 maximum. NB: At this time, we are unable to compensate artists for work that is selected for social media or other digital spaces. 

There is a Submittable transmission fee for non-subscribers. This fee only partially covers our cost to use Submittable. The fee is waived for subscribers. To subscribe, please visit our website: www.decembermag.org/subscribe.

We look forward to reading your work!