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The Manuscript Market

THIS information as to the present special needs of various
periodicals comes directly from the editors. Particulars
as to conditions of prize offers should be sought from those
offering the prizes. Before submitting manuscripts to any
periodical, writers should examine a copy of the magazine
in question. MARGARET GORDON, Manuscript Market
Editor.

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THE NEW YORK SUNDAY WORLD MAGAZINE 63 Park Row, New York, wants original short stories written expressly for its readers. Stories must contain less than 3,000 words and should be typewritten, but they may be on any subject and be written in any style. The minimum payment for any manuscript will be $100, and stories of greater merit will be paid for accordingly. Manuscripts should be directed to the Fiction Editor.

ST. NICHOLAS-353 Fourth avenue, New York, no longer appeals in any degree to younger children, and is now in the market for short stories for boys and girls of highschool age. These stories should not exceed 5,000 words, and the editors really prefer those containing from 3,000 to 3,500 words. The magazine does not need serials at present, but the stock of "to-be-continued" material will not carry the editors beyond the middle of 1928, and they are always looking ahead. Serials should not exceed 30,000 words, and no story should run through the year, but must be concluded in six parts.

LIBERTY-247 Park avenue, New York, is in the market for verses, especially for verses by amateurs. No subjects are barred, but experience has shown that the amateur poet is more successful in the light, lyrical vein than in the tragic or philosophic mood. Poems should not exceed sixteen lines, and will be paid for at the customary rate. They should be addressed to the Poetry Editor.

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THE BLUE BOOK -36 South State street, Chicago, Ill., is rather heavily stocked at present, but would be particularly hospitable to some really good humor.

FARM AND FIRESIDE 250 Park avenue, New York, needs short, pithy articles that tell worth-while profitable, personal farm experiences - stories of ordinary farm people who have done something out of the ordinary. It may be that they have simply done the usual thing unusually well. It may be that they have found a shorter and better way to accomplish some ordinary farm task. In any event, there must be something new and un

usual about the story some news to it. And it must be written in the first person. If you are telling your neighbor's experience, get him to sign the manuscript. Pictures showing the persons concerned in the article are very welcome. They must be sharp, clear, informally posed, and close-up enough so that the features are plainly seen. Size 5 x 7 is preferred. Stories of good jobs of selling, either by individual or by co-operative effort, are especially desirable. Brevity is essential. Have something worth telling, tell it, and quit. As the editor says, one real idea is enough for one story, and he adds: "If you are telling how you sell seed corn by mail, tell that. Don't drag in the whole corn growing

process."

The publishers of COLLEGE HUMOR AND REAL DETECTIVE TALES 1050 North La Salle street, Chicago, Ill., are preparing to publish a new all-fiction magazine, under the editorial direction of Edwin Baird, and are now in the market for good stories of any length not exceeding 20,000 words. The magazine will not specialize in any particular type of story, but will use material of every sort, provided it is unconventional and out of the ordinary. Unusual fiction is desired, and stories must be distinctive, of striking originality, and intensely interesting from start to finish. Prompt decisions will be given, and cash of fers made for all acceptable matter. THE MACAULAY COMPANY - 115 East Twenty-third street, New York, is entering the broader field of publishing under the editorial supervision of Samuel Ornitz, and is keenly eager to see works that are recommended first by distinguished literary merit. The Company has no special wants, but is desirous of seeing good books that deserve publication.

MCNAUGHT'S MONTHLY-1475 Broadway, New York, is looking for articles on lively contemporary affairs, containing from 2,000 to 3,000 words. The magazine occasionally prints short sketches and bits of fiction that have merit, in spite of their brevity.

BATTLE STORIES BATTLE STORIES - Robbinsdale, Minn., is in immediate need of war stories. Tales of warfare in all its branches are wanted, and, particularly, stories of fighting in France. Short, humorous war stories will find a place in the magazine, and a war serial is needed at once. Verse of war flavor is desired, and a contest department will be included. For the first issue, the editors are looking for 500-word stories on "My Most Thrilling War Experience."

THE BUDDY-BOOK 93 Massachusetts avenue, Boston, Mass., is in the market for unusual features appealing to children of from other novel ideas having some educational or four to ten-puzzles, occupational work, or constructive value. The magazine is fairly well supplied with verse at the present time. COLUMBIA - New Haven, Conn., is always in the market for short vivid articles on contemporary business and sport.

YOUTH-917 Tracy avenue, Kansas City, Mo., is now edited by Ernest C. Wilson, who believes that a man's life is dominated by his ideas; that he becomes what he thinks; that life is governed by law, a law of good which brings back to us, multiplied, whatever we give to the world. He thinks that most of the material that deals with real problems of youth and their solution is likely to present these beliefs, at least indirectly. Youth will use only material which is in harmony with these ideas, written in form attractive to young people of high-school age. The magazine uses short stories, serials, verse, biographical sketches, and inspirational articles; reports in two weeks; and pays a minimum rate of one cent a word, on acceptance. Mr. Wilson will be glad to send a sample copy of the magazine to writers and to supply any information needed, on request.

COLLEGE HUMOR-1050 North La Salle street, Chicago, Ill., is interested in any good piece of writing, from the epigram to the fulllength novel, including all manner of humorous writing one-act plays, skits, jokes, etc.

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The magazine is not intended strictly for college people, and is interested in every trend of American thought which has to do with young people. College Humor keeps two novels running in every issue, four short stories, and several serious and humorous articles, including one sport article.

THE FORD DEALER AND SERVICE FIELD — 129 Michigan street, Milwaukee, Wis., formerly the Ford Dealer and Owner, is a strictly trade magazine, and is interested only in experience stories of accomplishments of Ford dealers and their department men. Ford Power Age, published by the same firm, tells of the achievements of the Ford truck and Fordson tractor with the proper equipment.

TRUE CONFESSIONS- Robbinsdale, Minn., wants a good three-part serial, containing about 12,000 words. Each instalment should contain about 4,000 words and should have sufficient "pull" to keep readers interested in what will happen in the next part. The story must be told in the first person, and love and romance should be blended into a real plot. Short confessions, not exceeding 4,500 words, are always available.

YOUR HOME-1926 Broadway, New York, will inaugurate a new policy with the July issue, giving more prominence to half-tones. and other pictures. The articles will, therefore, be shorter and more to the point. Much of the magazine's material is supplied by special writers, but Mr. Kains, who is now the editor, is always on the lookout for well illustrated material of interest to home-loving people. Authors should first examine the magazine, and then query the editor as to the need for articles along special lines. The editor is always glad to receive lists of themes, with brief outline, and the statement that good pictures can be supplied, and he will reply to all such queries, whether or not he needs the articles in question.

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rate for the ideas expressed in their contributions rather than for the number of words. Articles must describe the sale of house furnishing merchandise, china and glass, stoves and ranges, and electrical appliances in hardware and department stores. It is essential that the articles deal with new and novel methods of selling, displaying, or advertising housewares, and that the name of the store and that of the manager or proprietor be given in each case. Contributions containing expression of opinion by the buyer or manager in charge relative to the merits and success of the innovation will be given preference. Wherever possible, contributions should be accompanied by picture or clipping for illustration. Three dollars will be paid for contributions containing 300 words or more, and three dollars additional will be paid for reproducible photographs showing house furnishings on display in windows and departments. Fifty cents will be paid for every acceptable newspaper advertisement clipping announcing the sale of house furnishing goods. Material purchased in this manner will be used by the staff of the House Furnishing Review, and will be paid for on publication. House furnishings should not be confused with furniture. They include all articles and appliances for use in the kitchen and laundry, garden tools and supplies, paints, brooms, brushes, and polishes for household use.

WEIRD TALES-450 East Ohio street, Chicago, Ill., especially wants some short stories, not exceeding 5,000 words- ghost stories, bizarre and fantastic tales, and especially weird-scientific stories.

ASSOCIATION MEN-347 Madison avenue, New York, uses purposeful character sketches, of about 2,000 words, which constitute about the only material bought from outside writers. Mr. Weaver, the editor, says that very little material submitted without discussion has been found to be available.

THE COUNTY FAIR- Kent Publishing Company, Kent, Conn., a magazine devoted to

Litchfield County, is in the market for short stories, not exceeding 3,000 words, dealing with love or adventure; humorous stories or satires, of the same length; verse; and short space fillers. Manuscripts will be reported on immediately, and payment will be made ten days after publication.

THE JEWISH HUMORIST - 32 Union Square, New York, wants humorous material of Jewish life, not exceeding 1,500 words.

WALLACE HEBBERD, publisher 129 El Paseo de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, Calif., asks THE WRITER to say that he is again in the market for material. His immediate needs are for original manuscripts for book material, and he will give prompt consideration to manuscripts of general interest, and will publish those that are acceptable, on the usual royalty

basis.

THE BUSINESS FEATURE SYNDICATE P. O. Box 1910, Chicago, Ill., can use immediately material dealing with methods used by studio and commercial photographers, and photosupply dealers to build business. This applies

to advertising and sales, as well as to business
promotion in general. Any kind of scheme
that has actually been used in the photo-
graphic field to stimulate business will be of
interest. The matter may be illustrated with
photographs, clipped advertisements, or speci-
mens of direct-mail literature. All material
submitted should contain enough detail to
enable any reader to follow the general plan,
and all articles must show in just what way
the method was profitable. Manuscripts giv-
ing a detailed account of the cost of the
scheme, as well as of the profits derived from
it, will be given preference. Manuscripts
should contain from 500 to 1,000 words.

THE REXALL MAGAZINE
MAGAZINE- United Drug
Company, 43 Leon street, Boston, Mass., is
fully supplied with manuscripts, and does not
wish to consider further manuscripts from
outside contributors.

FICTION HOUSE, INC., publishers of Action
Stories, North-West Stories, Lariat Story
Magazine, and Love Romances, have removed
to 271 Madison avenue, New York.

Prize Offers and Awards

THE FORUM-441 Lexington avenue, New York, offers a prize of $100 to the reviewer of Sinclair Lewis's "Elmer Gantry" who, in the opinion of the Forum's editor, best succeeds in assessing the literary value of the book. The only conditions are that the review must have been published in some magazine or newspaper before August 1, and that it must be submitted to the Forum before August 15.

THE FORUM-441 Lexington avenue, New York, offers a prize of $100 for the best translation into English of the poem, "L'Enfant Jesus de Prague," by M. Paul Claudel, the new French Ambassador to the United States. The poem is printed in full in the June issue of the Forum, and all translations must be submitted by September 1.

THE DREYFUSS ART COMPANY, INC.-514 Broadway, New York, in order to awaken greater interest in the writing of verses for greeting cards, is offering prizes of $25, $20, $15, $10, and $5 for the verses which at the end of a year following publication prove to be the most popular, as evidenced by the quantity sold. Prizes will be given for Christmas greetings, Easter greetings, Valentine greetings, and for the Every Day line, making twenty prizes. The regular rate of fifty cents a line will continue to be paid for all available verses.

WHIZ-BANG- Robbinsdale, Minn., is offering $50 in prizes-$25, $15, and $10every month for the best jokes, as follows: Contest closing July 1, for the best vaudeville gags; contest closing August 1, for army

and navy jokes; contest closing September 1, for the best "hayseed" jokes; contest closing October 1, for the best Swede jokes. W. H. Fawcett, the editor, reserves the right to buy other jokes at regular rates.

THE STEPLADDER-1217 East Fifty-third street, Chicago, Ill., in honor of its late poetry editor, offers the George Sterling memorial prize of $100 for the best poem published in the magazine during 1927. The contest is open to anyone. Poems must be typewritten and will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope.

THE CHATTANOOGA WRITERS' CLUB announces its annual Elberta Clark Walker prize contest, offering a prize of twenty dollars for the best nature poem submitted by anyone, and a prize of ten dollars for the best nature poem submitted by a writer living in the South. Style and form are not restricted, but poems must not exceed seventy-two lines, and must be submitted anonymously, accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author's name and address. No poems will be returned, and the prize-winning poems will become the property of the Writers' Club. The contest will close November 1, and manuscripts should be sent to Miss Sarah Stansell, 2101 Duncan avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn. LITTLE, BROWN, & Co. have awarded their prize of $2,000 for the book most suitable for inclusion in their series, "The Beacon Hill Bookshelf for Boys and Girls," to Cornelia Meigs, for her story, "The Trade Winds." Miss Meig's manuscript was submitted under the pen-name, "Adair Aldon," under which she has written several books of adventure. COLLEGE HUMOR AND FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES have awarded the first prize of $10,000 for the best story submitted in their competition to Cornell Woolrich for his full-length novel, "Children of the Ritz." Publication of the novel will begin in the August issue of College Humor, and will then be issued in book form by Boni & Liveright, and First

National Pictures will make a feature photoplay of it.

Curtis Brown, Ltd., for the Pictorial Review, The second prize novel contest conducted by Dodd, Mead, & Co., and First National Pictures, Inc., has been won by Mrs. Mateel Howe Farnham, wife of Dwight T. Farnham, and daughter of E. W. Howe, of Kansas. Mrs. Farnham has been awarded $10,000 for her novel, "Rebellion," which was submitted under the pen-name, “Alwyn Bacon." Through the dissent of the First National Pictures, Inc., who did not feel that her manuscript was the best for its purpose, Mrs. Farnham will not receive the full prize. Approximately 1,500 manuscripts were submitted in the contest. Publication of "Rebellion". will begin in the August issue of the Pictorial Review, and the novel will be published in book form in the fall by Dodd, Mead, & Co.

THE PASADENA CENTER OF THE DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA has awarded the first

prize $300 for the best play submitted in its annual contest to Irving Brant, for his threeact play, "They Called Him Babbitt."

THE SCHOLSTIC-Wabash Building, Pittsburgh, Penn., has awarded the annual Witter Bynner poetry prizes, giving the first prize of $100 to Dorothy Emerson, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and a second prize of $50 to Winfield T. Scott, of Haverhill, Mass.

THE TANAGER Grinnell, Iowa, has awarded its prize of $25 for the best poem submitted by April 1 to Ruth Stokes, for her poem "Astonishment," which was printed in the March issue of the magazine. More than one thousand poems were submitted in the contest. THE LYRIC WEST-3551 University avenue, Los Angeles, Calif., has awarded the Sarah Bixby Smith prize of $50 for the best lyric poem published in the magazine from October, 1925, to September, 1926, to Leslie Wallace, for "Children," published in the MayJune issue.

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