Rogue (magazine) 1955 that Greenleaf published the first issue of "Rogue" (although it had a cover date of December), a magazine which was competitive with "Playboy", a magazine dealing with sex which had been published for about two years at this time. In 1953, as a solo and unidentified effort, Hugh Hefner's "Playboy" V1#1 appeared without a date late in the year [November]. It was an almost immediate success with that calendar photo of Marilyn Monroe being reused to its best advantage. About "Playboy" and Hugh Hefner, Hamling states in a letter to his friend, and lawyer, Stanley Fleishman: "I remember my
December (magazine) Book Award winners, 5 O. Henry Award winners, and 9 Guggenheim fellows. "December" was revived in 2012 by journalist and fiction writer Gianna Jacobson, and Volume 24 was released in December 2013. "December" releases two issues per year. The revival issue features new material from several of "december"'s original contributors as well as from some contemporary authors and artists. "December" also has two contests each year, the Curt Johnson Prose Awards, judged in 2015 by Joyce Carol Oates and Albert Goldbarth, and the Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. It accepts submissions and only publishes original, previously unpublished work. December (magazine)