Although the story "King Ranch" may be very much like the story by Mr. Barrington, I can't believe that you have found them identically the same in every way. It would seem almost impossible for me to have written a story and used exactly the same words and the same ideas as Mr. Barrington; but it seems that undoubtedly I have from what you write me in your letter of the 15th. I would like to know at once what you expect me to do about the matter. I am very sorry that this has happened, and I hope that things can be arranged to meet with your approval and mine. Yours sincerely, (signed) D. M. CAMPBELL. Mr. D. M. Campbell, Campbellton, Texas. Dear Sir: Your letter of February 20th is entirely unsatisfactory. I can only refer you again to my letter of February 15th in which I state clearly that we demand a complete explanation of this matter. Furthermore, we demand the immediate repayment of the amount paid you for this story. In any case I think it is only proper to add one further word, however, to the effect that while Donald M. Campbell's final letter says he only has $60 cash on hand with which to repay the indebtedness, he has never repaid us any of it. One more point. This correspondence fails to state the fact that before buying the first story of Donald M. Campbell's we requested references, which is our rule with regard to the first story bought from an unknown author. The references supplied were of the best, including one from the superintendent of schools in Campbellton, Texas, written on official stationery and bearing in every way the stamp of authenticity. The Writer's List of 100 Verse Markets The supply of excellent verse by American poets far exceeds the available publishingspace. To acquaint the poet, therefore, with the widest possible variety of markets for his work, particularly the less-known poetry magazines of limited circulation and small advertising range, the following list has been compiled. It is as correct as we can make it today, but poetry magazines, alas, blossom as freely and die as quickly as the rose. As fast as additions, changes, and corrections are brought to our attention, and as often as new prizes are offered, they will appear, month by month, in the Manuscript Market pages of THE WRITER. Additional copies of this list may be obtained from THE WRITER at 20c a copy. An asterisk preceding the name of a periodical indicates that the information has come directly from the editors. GENERAL PERIODICALS This section is intended to be suggestive, rather than complete; it can be increased indefinitely by reference to any market list, such as "The Free-Lance Writer's Handbook." These markets, with a very few exceptions, pay a flat rate per line or per page; rarely, per poem. Before submitting manuscripts to any periodical, writers should study carefully the type of verse used. *Adventure, Spring and Macdougal Sts., New York. (Twice a month) $6.00; 25c. Wants verse men will like. Uses free verse rarely. Length limit, 100 lines. Pays 75c or $1 a line for serious verse; 50c a line for light. Prize discontinued. American Mercury, 730 Fifth Ave., New York. (M) $5.00; 50c. *Apropos, 228 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. (M). Light verse with a motoring slant. 25c a line. Atlantic Monthly, 8 Arlington St., Boston, Mass. (M) $4.00; 40c. *Battle Stories, Robbinsdale, Minn. (M) $2.50; 25c. Dramatic action poems of the battle front. No free verse. Length limit, 40 lines. 25c per line. *Bookman, 452 Fifth Ave., New York (M) $5.00; 50c. Överstocked at present. *Books, 225 West 40th St., New York. (W) $2.00; 5c. Sunday literary supplement to N. Y. HeraldTribune. Accepts free verse. Pays minimum $5 per poem, week following publication. *Boulevardier, 2008 Washington Boulevard Building, Detroit, Mich. (M) $2.50; 35c. Prefers short poems (not over 10-12 lines). Some free verse. Pays $1 on publication. Century, 353 Fourth Ave., New York. (M) $5.00; 50c. Christian Science Monitor, "Home Forum" editor, Boston, Mass. (D) College Humor, 1050 North La Salle St., Chi- Commonweal, 4624 Grand Central Terminal, *Conning Tower, New York World, New York. "F.P.A.'s" column. No payment. *Country Gentleman, Curtis Publishing Co., In dependence Square, Philadelphia, Penna. (M) Three years for $1.00; 5c. Short humorous and, occasionally, sentimental verse. No free verse. Payment on ac ceptance. *Delineator, Butterick Building, New York. (M) $2.00; 20c. Uses only two or three, not too long poems in each issue. Pays on acceptance. *Dial, 152 West 13th St., New York. (M) $5.00; 50c. Uses poetry of high literary excellence. No humorous verse. Pays $20 a page. *Forum, 247 Park Ave., New York. (M) $4.00; 35c. Prefers short verses. Uses free verse occasionally. Pays on acceptance. Good Housekeeping, 119 West 40th St., New Harper's Magazine, 49 East 33d St., New York. Independent, 10 Arlington St., Boston, Mass. (W) $5.00; 15c. *John Martin's Book, 128 West 58th St., New York. (M) $4.00; 40c. (Juvenile). Oversupplied and out of market for a year. *Ladies' Home Journal, Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Penna. (M) $1.00; 10c. Buys original verse (8-20 lines) preferably in rhyme. Desires material appealing to the suburbanite and touching upon young married life, children, the domestic outlook, the business girl, and outdoor sports and interests. The saccharine and the needlessly depressing are equally unsuitable. Occasionally uses holiday or seasonal verse. Rarely accepts narrative poems or free verse. Payment on acceptance. *Life, 598 Madison Ave., New York. (W) $5.00; Light verse, humorous jingles. verse, except an occasional burlesque. Length limit, 36 lines. Minimum rate, 75c per line. Payment within two weeks of acceptance. *Literary Lantern, Howard Mumford Jones, Chapel Hill, N. C. (W) Syndicated weekly column of book news and criticism, mainly Southern in tone, usually concluded with a short lyric, preferably by a Southern poet. As yet the column does not pay for poetry. *Love Affairs, Robbinsdale, Minn. (M) $2.50; 25c. Poems of love; some free verse. Length limit, 20 lines. Pays 25c a line on acceptance. Munsey's Magazine, 280 Broadway, New York. (M) $3.00; 25c. *Nation, 20 Vesey St., New York. (W) $5.00; 15c. Prefers short poems of the highest literary quality. Uses free verse. $5 up paid on publication. National Sportsman, 108 Massachusetts Ave., New Republic, 421 West 21st St., New York. *New Yorker, 25 West 45th St., New York. (W) $5.00; 15c. Light verse; limited amount of free verse. Length limit, one page of magazine. Minimum of 50c a line paid on acceptance. Outlook, 120 East 16th St., New York. (W) $5.00; 15c. Pictorial Review, 22 West 39th St., New York. St. Nicholas Magazine, 353 Fourth Ave., New "The Poets' Corner" and "Short Turns and Encores." *Saturday Review of Literature, 25 West 45th Poems not exceeding 23 lines. Free verse. *Sewanee Review, Sewanee, Tenn. (Q) $3.00; 75c. *Snappy Stories, 119 West 57th St., New York. (M) $2.40; 20c. *Sportsman, 10 Arlington St., Boston, Mass. Sunset Magazine, 1045 Sansome St., San Fran- (M) Cowboy songs of the old days; range ballads; no romance; no free verse. Length limit, 40 lines. Pays 25c per line on acceptance. *True Confessions, Robbinsdale, Minn. (M) $2.50: 25c. Poems of love and passion; some free verse. Length limit, 20 lines. Pays 25c per line on acceptance. *Virginia Quarterly Review, University of Virginia. Va. (Q) $3.00; 75c. Publishes verse of distinguished quality without limitation as to length or form. Payment, 50c a line upon publication. *Woman's Home Companion, 250 Park Ave., New York. (M) $1.00; 10c. Oversupplied. Yale Review, New Haven, Conn. (Q) $4.00; Youth's Companion, 8 Arlington St., Boston, SPECIAL PERIODICALS Most of the magazines on the following list are devoted largely or wholly to poetry, representing, in this singleness of interest, a phenomenon found in no other field of literature. They are maintained, in most cases, by lovers of the art; their budgets are small, and their ability to pay for contributions, with the exception of the Harp and Poetry, the pioneer in the field, is limited to prizes. We regret to find, however, springing up in the wake of the reputable poetry magazine, others whose purpose is simply to exploit for the benefit of the owners the natural human desire to see oneself in print, or whose pages are used as bait to induce poets to publish volumes of their own work at, of course, their own expense. The poet, like all other writers, should never submit a manuscript to a magazine with which he is not familiar. Let him save the stamps wasted in hit-or-miss distribution of his work, and purchase sample copies. *American Poet, 222 Isabella Ave., Irvington, N. J. (M) $2.00; 20c. A new magazine, "dedicated to America's younger poets." First issue, about May 1, 1928. No payment at present. Prize of $10 for best poem published during 1928. *American Poetry Magazine, 358 Western Ave., Wauwatosa, Wis. (M) $3.00; 35c. Official organ of the American Literary Association. Poems by members and non-members. Where work is of equal grade, that by members given preference. Three prizes ($25 and two books) for the best poems in each issue. *Bozart, 4271⁄2 Moreland Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. (B-M) $2.00; 40c. Verse of literary merit, free or rhymed, preferably short. Length limit, 100 lines. Prize of $25 for the best sonnet published in Vol. 1, ending July-Aug., 1928. Prize of $25 for best rhymed lyric (8-12 lines) in magazine during 1928. *Contemporary Verse, 107 So. Mansfield Ave., Margate, Atlantic City, N. J. (B-M) $1.50; 35c. Any kind of poetry, except the ribald, sentimental, or slapstick. Free verse accepted. Short poems preferred. Does not pay for contributions at present, but hopes to in another year. Prize of $25 for a complete poem in a couplet, contest closing July 1. Encouragement Prize of $5 given usually, though not always, for the best work by a comparatively unknown writer in each issue. *Echo, 1840 California St., Denver, Colo. (M) $2.00; 20c. Úses all kinds of verse, including free verse, if exceptional. Length limit, 30 lines. Payment, year's subscription. *Foot Prints, 2633 Shaker Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (B-M) $2.00; 35c. No restrictions as to form, subject, or length. No payment. Book prizes. *Forge, 5746 Dorchester Ave., Chicago, Ill. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Devoted mainly to poetry, but also publishes plays and short stories. Policy, to bring out young writers. No restrictions. Annual prizes of $100 and $25. *Gypsy, George Elliston, Times-Star, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Free Desires only highest type of poetry. verse, if good. Length limit, 20 lines. Payment only in annual prizes of $100 for best lyric, $50 for best sonnet, $50 for best free verse. *Harp, Belpre, Kansas. (B-M) $2.00; 35c. Uses all forms of poetry, including free verse, if rhythmic. Length limit, 30 lines. Pays $2 to $5 a page. Prize of small, but exquisite oil painting for best poem in Harp during 1928. Interludes, 2917 Erdman Ave., Baltimore, Md. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Prize of $10 for best poem of not over 40 lines on subject, "Creation." *Journal of American Poetry, 3 Camp Greene Ave., Charlottee, N. C. (Q) Overstocked. *Kentucky Folk-Lore and Poetry Magazine, Bowling Green, Ky. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Lyrics, not over 32 lines. No payment in money. *Lyric, 1401 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, Va. (M) $1.50; 15c. Any form of verse, if of good technique and substance. No long poems. No payment. Prize of $25 for best poem in issues for 1928. *Lyric West, 3551 University Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Temporarily suspended. Reorganization under way. Oracle, William A. Broder, Gloucester, Mass. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Prize of $10 for best poem published in this or the Oracle Anthology of Poetry during 1928. *Palms, Aberdeen, Wash. (Six times a year, Oct. — March.) $1.50; 25c. Prints poetry and articles on subjects pertaining to poetry. Prize of $1000 for best poem by a subscriber published in Vol. 6 of Palms, Oct. 1928-March, 1929. George Sterling Memorial Prize of $50 for best poem by poet who has not yet published a book, in the 12 issues of Palms subsequent to March, 1927. Anne Bremer Prize of $100 for best poem in Palms for March, 1929. Walt Whitman Prize of $25 for best poem in Palms for Feb., 1929. John Keats Prize of $25 for best poem in Palms for Nov., 1928. *Pasque Petals, Aberdeen, S. D. (M) $2.00. For South Dakota writers only. Briefer poems preferred. Uses free verse. No pay ment. *Pegasus, 921 Mound St., Springfield, Ohio. (Q) $1.00; 25c. No free verse. No payment. Prize of $5 for best poem in each issue by a subscriber. *Poet Lore, 100 Charles St., Boston, Mass. (Q) $6.00; $2.00. All kinds of verse; free verse occasionally. No payment except copy of issue in which work appears. *Poetry, 232 East Erie St., Chicago, Ill. (M) $3.00; 25c. Both free verse and metrical forms. All themes and lengths except the rare poem too long for a single issue. Pays $6-$8 a printed page. Levinson Prize of $200, John Reed Memorial Prize of $100, Guarantor's Prize of $100, Young Poet's Prize of $100, to be awarded in November for poems appearing in the magazine during the year; three additional prizes of $100 each, conditions not yet specified. Award of Honor of $500 to be given in November to some American poet of high distinction or distinguished promise. *Poetry Review, (American editorial office) 299 Park Ave., New York. (M) Journal of the Poetry Society of Great Britain, but contains an American section. Monthly premium of 2£ for best poem or poems (not more than 4) by a subscriber, submitted to Premium Editor, Poets' Fellowship, Poetry Review, 16 Featherstone Buildings, London W.C. 1, England. Prizes of $50, $25, $15, and $10 for poems about flying achievements, written by subscribers, length limit, 56 lines, contest closing Oct. 1. May be sent to American Editor, Mrs. Alice Hunt Bartlett, 299 Park Ave., New York. Prize of $100 for "poems packed with thought," any theme or form, length limit, 56 lines, contest closing Oct. 15. Any one may compete. Send to American Editor. *Poets' Scroll, Howe, Okla. (M) $3.00; 25c. Publishes only rhythmical verse by subscribers. Stratford Magazine, 234 Boylston St., Boston, Prose and verse. Prize of $100 three times a year for best poem published in each four issues. *Step Ladder, 1217 East 53d St., Chicago, Ill. (M) $1.00; 10c. Prose and poetry. No payment. George Sterling Memorial Prize of $100 for best poem published during each year. *Visions, Box 25, Little Falls, Minn. New magazine of prose and poetry soon to appear. Length limit for verse, 40 lines. Payment in subscriptions. Prizes of $5 and $2 for best selections in each issue. *Voice, Lulu F. Warner, North Manchester, Ind. (Q) $1.00; 25c. No restrictions as to form. Short poems preferred. Children's verse desired. No payment. Prize of $2.50 for best poem in each issue. Prize of $1 for best poem for children. *Voices, 562 Fifth Ave., New York. (Q) $1.00; 25c. Overstocked until autumn. DISCONTINUED Larus, Pioneer, Poet's Delight, Reviewer (taken over by Southwest Review), Sea Foam. NO REPLY RECEIVED America, Golden Galleon, Golden Quill, Greenwich SPECIAL AWARDS Guggenheim Fellowships, offered by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Henry Allen Moe, Sec., 2300 Pershing Square Building, New York. A large number of fellowships of $2,500 for one year, tenable abroad under the freest possible conditions, for research in any field of knowledge and for creative work in any of the fine arts. Holders usually between 25 and 35 years of age. Candidates in the fine arts must have already demonstrated unusual creative ability and must present definite plans for their proposed foreign study. Applications to be made on or before November 15 on blanks secured from the Secretary. Pulitzer Prize of $1,000 for the best volume of verse published during each year by an American author. One of the Pulitzer Prizes in Letters offered by the Columbia University School of Journalism under the terms of the will of Joseph Pulitzer. Yale Series of Younger Poets, published by Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. A series by American writers under 30 who have not previously published a volume of verse. Each volume contains 50-75 pages with but one sonnet or short poem to a page, a page of solid verse containing 40 lines. Competitions held twice a year, closing May 1 and Nov. 1. Author receives 10% royalty on all copies sold in U. S. PUBLISHERS OF VOLUMES OF POETRY Henry Altemus Co., 1326 Vine St., Philadelphia, D. Appleton & Co., 35 West 32d St., New York. Albert & Charles Boni, 66 Fifth Ave., New Milton Bradley Co., 74 Park St., Springfield, Century Co., 353 Fourth Ave., New York. Dial Press, Inc., 152 West 13th St., New York. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, N. Y. Harper & Brothers, 49 East 33d St., New York. Houghton, Mifflin Co., 2 Park St., Boston, Mass. J. B. Lippincott Co., 233 East Washington Horace Liveright, 61 West 48th St., New York. Macmillan Co., 64 Fifth Ave., New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2 West 45th St., New Reilly & Lee Co., 536 Lake Shore Drive, Chi- Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Ave., New Simon & Schuster, Inc., 37 West 57th St., New Frederick A. Stokes Co., 443 Fourth Ave., New The Viking Press, 30 Irving Place, New York. |