The Double Dealer (New Orleans) is at all times in search of serious and sincere work of any sort in the field of creative or critical literature. No subject and no style is barred by policy from the magazine, but sincerity in treatment is demanded. The editors are not interested in the commercial short story, nor in the article of general news value, but they are glad to find anything that strikes them as meritorious. The rates of the Double Dealer at present are a little under one cent a word for prose, and payment is made after publication.

The Drama (Chicago) publishes significant articles on the drama and theatre, both American and foreign. Each number of the magazine also contains several one-act plays. The Drama does not pay for contributions, but collects royalties for the author on the plays published.

J. N. Bagley announces that the Mid-West Feature Service, Hastings, Nebraska, is in the market for clean, humorous verse, of not more than twelve lines, and humorous prose articles, of not more than 500 words.

The Bond, a monthly magazine to be published by the Senior Council of the Henry Meinhard Memorial Neighborhood House, 102 East 101st street, New York, desires contributions of such short stories, plays, poems, and essays of not more than 5,000 words as will appeal to a cultured public, with a wide

range of sympathies and interests. All money derived as profits from the magazine will be used to help defray the expense of Kamp Komrade, a summer camp for children, and for this reason no remuneration can be offered.

Popular Radio is a new popular science magazine, published by Popular Radio, Inc., 9 East Fortieth street, New York, under the editorship of Kendall Banning. The magazine will contain articles of practical helpfulness to the amateur who owns his receiving and sending sets, as well as articles of general interest concerning the latest developments in the field of wireless telegraphy.

All Outdoors has been sold to the Outing Publishing Company, 47 West Forty-seventh street, New York.

Browning's Magazine (New York) ceased publication with the January number.

Norman Hapgood is now the editor of Hearst's International Magazine (New York.)

Carolyn Hall has been elected acting editor, and George O'Neil assistant editor, of the Measure (New York) for March, April, and May.

The Locoma Publishing Company, Farmington, Michigan, has decided not to run a contest for a change of name for Locoma.

True Confessions, a new monthly magazine with a new purpose and new ideas, will soon make its appearance on the news-stands. It wants stories of from 1,000 to 10,000 words, based on facts, not cut-and-dried fiction, but intimate confessions of experiences of real life. To encourage frankness, the names of the authors of stories will not be printed, excepting at their request. The publisher offers prizes for manuscripts amounting to $10,000, and all manuscripts not prize-winners, if accepted, will be paid for at space rates.

zen of the United States, to be awarded for the ninth time; a prize of $100 for a poem or group of poems by any author without distinction of nationality, to be awarded for the eighth time; and a prize of $50 to a young poet, offered by the Friday Club, of Chicago.

The Boston Advertiser will pay one dollar each for every contribution printed under the following heads: Funniest Joke I Ever Heard; Stingiest Person; My First Proposal; Embarrassed; Wisdom of Babes; and Recipes.

The American Economic Association announces the second Karelson Prize Essay competition, in which prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 will be awarded for the best essays on "The Relations of Capital and Labor." No strict limitations are fixed as to the phases of the problem which may be treated by the competitors, but it is expected that the essays submitted will contain a working plan for the division of earnings of an industrial plant of small or moderate size a plan or suggestion for giving the employe a share of the profits, a voice in the management, or some other incentive to do his job loyally and well, which will, if possible, exemplify the Golden Rule. Any American citizen is eligible to compete. Each essay must be signed with a pseudonym, which should also be written on a sealed envelope containing the real name and address of the writer. No definite length is prescribed, but it is expected that each essay will constitute a small monograph of some thirty to one hundred typewritten pages (7,500 to 25,000 words). The successful papers will become the property of the American Economic Association, and it is expected that they will be published as a supplement to the American Economic Review, or in some other way. Manuscripts should be submitted in typewritten form on or before September 1, 1922, to the Secretary of the American Economic Association, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn., to whom all inquiries regarding the contest should be addressed.

The David C. Cook Publishing Company offers $200 in prizes for the best answers to the question: "Why is the Class Lesson Discussion Plan the one right plan of teaching in the Sunday School Class?" -$75 for the

best answer, $50 for the second best, and $15 each for the five next best answers. The competition is open to all writers, especially to those connected in any way with Sundayschool classes of young people or adults. Answers may contain from 300 to 700 words. The contest will close June 15, and all communications should be addressed to C. D. Q. Contest Editor, David C. Cook Publishing Company, Elgin, Ill.

Dr. William Thompson, through the Progressive Teacher (Chattanooga,), offers to teachers and pupils of the public schools of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain three medals, executed by Larillier, the eminent French sculptor, for the three best compositions (not exceeding 750 words) relating to the life and influence of Joan of Arc. A two-cent stamp must be enclosed with each contribution. The contest will close May 1. All contributions should be sent to Joan of Arc Essay Contest, Box 422, Fernandina, Florida.

The Laura Blackburn poetry prizes for the three best lyrics submitted by members of the Bookfellows have been awarded to Marion Couthouy Smith, Hazel Hall, and Miss L. Kendrick. One hundred and seventy-one entries were received. The contest will be repeated next year.

The Chicago Madrigal Club announces its twentieth annual competition for the best setting of the poem, "Robin Goodfellow." The composer must be a resident of the United States; the setting must be in madrigal form for a chorus of mixed voices, a cappella, and must sing well. Compositions bearing a fictitious name, with the real name and address enclosed in an envelope with the fictitious name on the outside, with return postage, should be sent to D. A. Clippinger, 617-18 Kimball Building, Chicago, on or before September 15.

Additional prizes offered by the National Federation of Music Clubs are $200 for a cantata for women's voices; $100 for a chorus for children's unchanged voices; $100 for a violin solo; $100 for an organ solo; $100 for a violoncello; and $100 for a song. Other prizes are in contemplation. Inquiries as to conditions, etc., should be addressed to Mrs. Edwin B. Garrigues, chairman of American Composers, 201 Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, Penn.

Dodd, Mead, & Co. report : 66 The contest we had for stories for girls was not a success from our point of view. We received quite a number of manuscripts, but, although we made a serious effort to find at least one story that would be available for publication, it developed that not a single one of the manuscripts was found satisfactory, and no story was accepted or prize awarded. Our critics were not severe, but a careful reading of all the manuscripts did not produce a single one that we thought worthy of bearing our imprint."

The Society of Arts and Sciences has awarded the O. Henry Memorial prize of $500 for the best short story published during 1921 to Edison Marshall, for his story, "The Heart of Little Shikara," printed in Everybody's Magazine for January. The second prize of $250 was awarded to Charles Tenney Jackson, for his story, "The Man Who Cursed the Lilies," printed in Short Stories. Besides the sixteen stories selected for publication in book form, thirty-six other authors received honorable mention.

Prize offers still open :

Prizes in Letters offered by the Columbia University School of Journalism for the best American

novel published this year, $1,000; for the best play performed in New York, $1,000; for the best book of the year on United States history, $1,000; for the best volume of verse by an American author, $1,000. Also, Prizes in Journalism, amounting to $3,000 and a $500 medal, and three traveling scholarships hav. ing a value of $1,500 each. All offered annually under the terms of the will of Joseph Pulitzer.

Hart, Schaffner, & Marx prizes of $1,000, $500, $300, and $200 for the four best studies in the economic field submitted by June 21, 1922. Particulars in May WRITER.

The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for English Literature, value to £100, offered annually by the British Academy. Particulars in May, 1920, WRITER.

Annual Hawthornden prize of £100 offered in England for the best work of imaginative literature in English prose or poetry by an author under forty years of age that is published during the previous twelve months.

Prizes amounting to $7,500 offered by the Knights of Columbus in an American history contest. Particulars in October and December WRITERS.

Prize of 100 guineas offered by the Talbot Press, Dublin, for the best Irish novel submitted by June 1, 1922. Particulars in July WRITER.

Prizes of $50 for the best story, $25 for the best article or essay, and $25 for the best sea poem or sailor's chantey, submitted before June 1, offered by the Detonator, San Diego, Calif. Particulars in January WRITER.

Prize of $100 offered by the Black Knight, Atlantic City, N. J., for the best completion of a story, the first five hundred words of which will be sent on request. Particulars in January WRiter.

Prize of 2,000 pesetas offered by the Royal Spanish Academy for the best series of articles written in Spanish on the subject of the literary relations between Spain and America, published during the two years ending April, 1923. Particulars in January WRITER.

Prize of 50,000 kroner (about $10,000) offered by the Danish publishing firm of Gyldendalske Boghandel, for the best novel by a Dane or a Norwegian, submitted before March 1, 1923. Particulars in January WRITER.

Canadian prize competition offered by Hodder & Stoughton; $2,500 for a Canadian novel, and $500 for the best story for Canadian boys or girls. Competition closes June 1. Particulars in November WRITER.

Seabury prizes for 1922, offered through the American School Citizenship League, competition closing June 1. Particulars in December WRITER.

Berkshire Music Colony prize of $1,000 to the composer of the best string quartette, contest closing April 15, 1922. Particulars in July WRITER.

Prizes of $25, $15, and $10 offered by the Popular Science Monthly (New York) monthly for ten months to the contributors of the three photographs

considered by the editors to be the best and most interesting submitted to the magazine. Particulars in February WRITER.

Prize of $10 weekly offered by Judge (New York) for the best story received for its department, "Stories to Tell." Particulars in February WRITER. Prize of $200 in gold for the best pageant based upon the history of osteopathy, offered by the School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo., contest extended to end June 1, 1922. Particulars in July WRITER.

Prizes of $15, $10, and $5 for the best letters on "How I Earned my Musical Education," offered by the Etude. Particulars in September WRITER.

Prize of $1,000-$400 for the libretto and $600 for the composer - for a lyric-dance-drama, offered by the National Federation of Music Clubs, libretto to be in the hands of the judges by May 15, and the completed work by December 15. Particulars in March WRITER.

The Lucile M. Lyons award of $500 for the best one-act opera of American competition, offered by the Harmony Club of Fort Worth, Texas, through the National Federation of Music Clubs. Particulars in March WRITER.

Prizes of $10 and $5 awarded each month by the American News Trade Journal (New York) for the best cartoons accepted.

Prize of $10 awarded by the Hay Rake (Philadelphia) for the best story submitted each month. Particulars in March WRITER.

Monthly prizes offered by the Photo-Era Magazine (Wolfeboro, N. H.) for photographs, in an advanced competition and a beginner's competition.

Prizes of two dollars and one dollar offered monthly by Everygirl's Magazine, formerly Wohelo, (New York) for stories, short poems, and essays, written by Camp Fire girls. Particulars in October WRITER.

Monthly prize of five dollars for best criticism of the most distinctive story in Brief Stories (formerly Little Story Magazine), Philadelphia. Particulars in April WRITER.

Weekly prizes offered by the Boston Post for original short stories by women, published each day. Particulars in May WRITER.

says that "Spellbinders" is not offered to the public as a controversial novel, nor as an attempt to prove any special theory about women in politics. It is a story of several men and women whose lives are portrayed against a background of contemporary circumstances, but it does not try to offer any panacea for modern maladjustments.

Gladys Blake, whose serial, "The Treasure of Thrasymenes," was begun in the Youth's Companion for February 23, is a Tennessean, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Blake, of Nashville, and a sister of Morgan Blake, of the Atlanta Journal. Miss Blake's first story was published in the Nashville Banner when she was seven years old. It was a story of a bear. Miss Blake was the winner of the first prize in a poetry contest given by the Nashville Centennial Club, and she once won a prize in the short story contest conducted by the Southern Woman's Magazine (now defunct).

Charles J. Finger, who wrote the story, "The Shame of Gold," which came out in the March Century, has contributed stories to the Smart Set, the Youth's Companion, the Double Dealer, Youth, and the Century, and technical articles on railroad economics to the Nation, the Railway Age, and the Electric Railway Journal. William Marion Reedy chose Mr. Finger to fill the Mirror editorial chair after Mr. Reedy's death, and Mr. Finger now publishes "All's Well," which is sometimes called the successor to the Mirror. Mr. Finger has collaborated with Julius Haldeman in getting out some new booklets for the Appeal to Reason people, especially in connection with subjects on literary England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He has spent many years in South America, tramping the trails trod by W. H. Hudson and R. B. Cunningham Grahame, but he has now built a lodge in the Ozark Mountains, where between story-writing times he raises high-grade cattle and sheep.

Mabel Curtiss Larson, who wrote the story, "Wings of Youth," which was printed in the

February number of the Woman's Home Companion, had her first story published in the Ladies' Home Journal in 1920. "Wings of Youth" is her second story to be published. Mrs. Larson says she would rather write stories of the desert than any other kind, and that the stories she best likes to read are those that reveal the characters so intimately that she longs to follow them through more ad

ventures.

Violet Alleyn Storey, whose poem, "Remembrance,” was published in the March Harper's, was born and brought up in Brooklyn, and all her college preparatory work was done at the Adelphi Academy. She received her B.A. degree from Smith College in 1920, being the youngest member of the class. Miss Storey has always been interested in literary work, especially in poetry, and when she won the Clara French prize for the greatest improvement in English in her senior year at college, she decided to improve her work still further, and began to write in earnest. Her first poem to be accepted was called "Fire Island Beach," and was printed in the New York Sun last March. Since then she has written regularly for the Sun and sometimes for the Herald. She has also had work accepted by the Forum, the Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Shadowland, the Christian Herald, and Harper's Magazine. "Remembrance" was inspired by memories of a summer she once spent in a lonely cottage at Greenport, Long Island. Miss Storey was a very small child at the time, but the loneliness and the peacefulness of the place left an indelible impression on her mind.

dant dinner is provided without charge every second Thursday from October until May. At these dinners there is talk at table, plenty of it; and good talk at that. Afterward groups of congenial spirits form here and there, dissolve and form elsewhere, for the most informal of evenings. The rooms themselves are restful, the furnishings of quiet elegance. The vast wall-spaces are almost filled with portraits of great authors now passed on to other realms, with pages of manuscript and autograph letters by scores. and scores of notables. In one room stand great bookcases, containing what is termed "the members' library" — hundreds and hundreds of volumes written by those belonging. to the Authors Club; and close by is the collection of rare books and manuscripts bequeathed to the club by Richard Henry Stoddard, carefully preserved in an enormous casing of steel and heavy glass. From entrance to furthermost wall, from ceiling to floor. everything breathes of an atmosphere distinctly pertaining to literature, rich with memories of the past, vital with achievements of the present.

It is no wonder that young men of today who are trying to do sincere work look forward to becoming members of this literary institution. There are just two requirements; to be eligible a candidate must be "the author of a published book proper to literature, science or art, or of a publicly produced play." The second requirement is that a candidate must be a gentleman, in the old-fashioned' sense of the word- an agreeable associate, a man who is "clubable." The very first article of the constitution states that one of the objects of the club "shall be the promotion of social intercourse among authors." . . . And this important matter is never lost sight of when the qualifications of a candidate are being carefully looked into.

As may be understood from the foregoing, it is not the easiest thing in the world to obtain membership in the Authors Club. Once admitted, however, the new member finds himself one of a large fellowship, and in delightful surroundings. He has at command an extensive reference library; he can obtain expert advice concerning matters of copyright,