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Please join us to celebrate volume 26.2. Poets Robert Nazarene and Jeff Hamilton will be reading their work from the current issue. Special guest St. Louis Poet Laureate Michael Castro will discuss his long relationship with poetry and jazz in combination with Tracy Andreotti and Henry Claude.
This event is open to the public. An appetizer buffet and wine and beer will be available.
Please R.S.V.P. to december@decembermag.org or on FaceBook.
Our reading period is open. We are accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art submissions. Form more information and submission guidelines click here. Please see guidelines for the Curt Johnson Prose Awards here.
The dynamic husband-and-wife team of Marge Piercy and Ira Wood will introduce craft elements in writing good prose and provide the opportunity to use them in unique exercises. They will focus on compelling beginnings, authentic dialogue, and strategies for organizing your ideas and material. We’ll provide you with key tools to begin or return to your writing projects with confidence and purpose and help you share your stories with a broader audience. Presented in a partnership with the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. $75 for subscribers/$95 for non-subscribers.
** Non-subscriber rate includes a 1-year subscription to december.
december presents…a conversation with Marge Piercy
an intimate evening of conversation with Marge Piercy as we celebrate a 52-year relationship, the release of Vol. 27.1, and her selections of the winners of the 2016 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Marge will read her poems that have appeared in recent issues of december, and talk about writing, politics, activism, religion, and more. Presented in a partnership with the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. Complimentary dessert buffet. Open to the public.
Join us to celebrate december’s return to its roots in Iowa City. We will celebrate the iconic magazine’s return to the city it was founded in with readings by Marvin Bell, Christopher Merrill, Karen Holman, and David Hamilton. Complimentary dessert buffet, coffee, and wine will be served.
The 2017 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize is open for submissions. We are accepting your poetry contest submissions now. For more information and guidelines please visit https://decembermag.org/2017-jeff-marks-memorial-poetry-prize/