of from 200 to 300 words, that are authentic and kindly, and biographical bits with a spice of humor, about big men; feature articles, not exceeding 2,000 words, with action or human-interest photographs, covering the wide interests of the business man or executive, and containing something inspirational and informative as well as of interest; illustrated fillers, of less than 1,000 words; and occasional matters of travel or scenic interest, when helpful to men who travel on business or other missions. ACTION STORIES-271 Madison avenue, New York, wants short stories, of from 4,000 to 6,000 words, novelettes, of from 9,000 to 12,000 words, and novels, of from 20,000 to 25,000 words, of Western or other outdoor adventure-action types, that are fast-moving and filled with action. WILLETT, CLARK, & COLBY-440 South Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill., have announced that they will restrict themselves only to "publishing books which they judge worthy of publication." No class of literature is definitely barred from their plans. Their first two books are non-fiction, but this does not mean that the firm is definitely out of the field of fiction publishing. THE MIMS PUBLISHING COMPANY-Florence, Alabama, is now being organized for the purpose of doing a general book publishing business. The Company desires stories of suitable book length, with a distinctly Southern setting. PARIS NIGHTS-584 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Penn., is planning a Montmartre number for its February issue, and wants stories, articles, fillers, and jokes centering about the Montmartre section of Paris, especially touching on the night clubs and other amusements. Contributions for this issue should be sent before December 15. The April issue will be a Latin Quarter number, and FORBES MAGAZINE - 120 Fifth avenue, New York, is interested in genuine anecdotes, material about this section, especially relating to artist and student life, should be sent before February 15. Mr. Kofoed prefers that fiction for Paris Nights should have a Parisian background, but good stories of night club, artist life laid elsewhere are not barred, as such stories can be reset in Parisian background in the editorial office. CLUES-799 Broadway, New York, just now is especially interested in detective or mystery novelettes, containing from 15,000 to 20,000 words. The editor pre fers the mystery type of story, with a great deal of suspense and incident matter, and he does not object to a very slight love interest. YOUTH-917 Tracy avenue, Kansas City, Mo., is now in a position to pay considerably more than its usual rate of one cent a word for stories and articles of exceptional merit or appeal. MYSTERY STORIES-55 West Forty-second street, Room 1508-A, New York, is the new address of this magazine. Prize Offers and Awards THE HARMON FOUNDATION, INC. -140 Nassau street, New York, offers an award of $500, with a gold medal, to the author of the article appearing in any American periodical during 1927 which constructively influences the social or industrial welfare in the United States. Nominations for the award will be received until March 1, 1928, and entries should bear the name and address of the candidate, the title of the article, and the name and date of the publication in which it appeared. THE MONTHLY CONTEST GUIDE-1654 James street, St. Paul, Minn., offers prizes of ten dollars, five dollars, and five oneyear subscriptions to the Guide for the best letters of constructive criticism on the issues of the Guide for November and December. Manuscripts must not exceed 300 words, and the contest will close with letters postmarked January 21. POETRY has awarded its annual prizes as follows: The Helen Haire Levinson prize of $200, for a poem or a group of poems by a citizen of the United States, to Maurice Lesemann, for his group of "New Poems," published in the October issue of Poetry; the Guarantor's prize of $100, for a poem or group of poems by any poet, -native or foreign, to Malcolm Cowley, for his group of seven poems, "Blue Juniata," in the November issue; the Friday Club prize of $100, to a young poet, intended as a token of appreciation and encouragement for good work, promising well for the future, to Leo C. Turner, for his group of eight poems, “In Oklahoma," in the May issue; and the John Reed Memorial prize of $100, to Jessica Nelson North, not only for her group of five poems, "Impersonal," in the December issue, but also for earlier entries, and for the general quality of her work. THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY-440 South Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill., has announced the winners in its annual poetry awards. The first prize was given to Dwight Bradley, for his poem, "The Disciple"; the second prize to E. Merrill Root, for his poem, "Our Castle in Spain"; the third prize to Janet Norris Bangs, for her poem, "Reply"; and the fourth prize to Vere Dargan, for her poem, "The Shining Street." MCCLURE'S-119 West Fortieth street, New York, was unable to award any prizes in its recent contest. Mr. Henderson writes: "We read every story submitted very carefully with the hope of being able to award the prize. Unfortunately, none of the manuscripts submitted were suitable for our requirements. Therefore, in conformity with the provision of Article 4 of the contest rules, we returned all manuscripts received to the authors and were unable to award the prize in the contest." PRIZE OFFERS STILL OPEN: Prizes in Letters offered by the Columbia University School of Journalism: For the American novel published during the year which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standard of American manners and manhood, $1,000; for the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent the educational value and power of the stage in raising the standard of good morals, good taste, and good manners, $1,000; for the best book of the year on the history of the United States, $2,000; for the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish service to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, $1,000; for the best volume of verse published during the year by an American author, $1,000. Also, Prizes in Journalism, amounting to $3,000 and a $500 medal, and three traveling scholarships having a value of $1,500 each. All offered annually under the terms of the will of Joseph Pulitzer. Nominations of candidates must be made in writing on or before February 1 of each year, addressed to the Secretary of Columbia University, New York, on forms that may be obtained on application to the Secretary of the University. Francis Bacon award of $7,500, to be given annually by Simon and Schuster and the Forum, for the best book of "humanized Knowledge." Details may be obtained from Simon and Schuster, 37 West Fifty-seventh street, New York, or the Forum, 441 Lexington avenue, New York. Particulars in September WRITER. Prizes of $1,000, $500, $250, $150, and $100, offered by the Penn Publishing Company for original play manuscripts suitable for amateurs, contest closing December 31. Particulars in September WRITER. Prizes of £250 and £150, offered by Methuen & Company, Ltd., for the best original detective stories sent to them before May 19, 1928. Particulars in September WRITER. Monthly prizes of $1,000, $500, $300, and $200, offered by the True Story Magazine, for true stories, each contest to close on the last day of the month, the final closing date to be August 31 1928. Particulars in September WRITER. Prizes amounting to $10,000, offered by Postum's for letters on the use of Postum, contest closing December 31. Particulars from the Postum Company, Box 574, Battle Creek, Mich., or in October WRITER. Prizes amounting to $65 offered by the Pioneer for the best twelve-line lyric, the best sonnet in Italian form, the best nature poem, the best humorous poem, and the best limericks, contest closing August 31, 1928. Particulars from the Pioneer, Statesville, N. C., or in October WRITER. Manuscript Poetry Book prize of $500 for a group of poems, not exceeding 700 lines, or a book of verse, by a poet with no book to his credit, to be submitted before May 1. 1928. Manuscripts should be sent to Mrs. Grace Hoffman White, 122 East Seventy-sixth street, New York. Particulars in September WRITER. Prizes of $25, $20, $15, $15, and $5, offered by the Dreyfuss Art Company, Inc., for the greeting-card verses which at the end of the year following publication prove to be the most popular, as evidenced by the quantity sold. Particulars in June WRITER. Prize of five dollars offered by the Northern Light for the best sonnet appearing in the magazine from July through December. Particulars in September WRITER. Prizes totalling $20,000 offered by the Columbia Phonograph Company for the completion of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony," contest to close in July, 1928. Particulars in September WRITER. Annual prizes awarded by Poetry (232 East Erie street, Chicago, Ill.) in November of each year: Helen Haire Levinson prize of $200, John Reed Memorial prize of $100, and the Young Poet's prize of $100, for poems published in the magazine during the current year. Laemmle award, consisting in $5,000 in prizes, for the best ideas for the advancement of the quality of moving pictures, contest to close December 31. Particulars in April WRITER. Monthly definition contests conducted by the Forum, payment being made at the rate of five dollars each for all printed. Particulars in June WRITER. Prize of $1,000, offered by the Chamber of Commerce, Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the best scenario for a historical pageant depicting the history of Hot Springs. Particulars in October WRITER. Prizes of $100, $50, and $25 offered by the Atlantic Monthly to students using the Atlantic Monthly in courses during the 1926-1928 terms, for the best essays not exceeding 2,000 words, contest closing April 5. Particulars in November WRITER. Witter Bynner Undergraduate poetry prize of $150 for the best poem printed in Palms during 1927, open to under-graduates in any American university or college. Particulars in November WRITER. Prizes of the Poetry Society of South Carolina: Southern prize of $100; Caroline Sinkler prize of $50; Society's prize of $25; Harmon prize of $25; Skylark prize of $10; and the Ellen M. Carroll prize of $15all offered annually. Particulars from the Poetry Society of South Carolina, 62 Broad street, Charleston, S. C., or in July WRITER. Annual poetry prize of $100 offered by the Nation, poems to be submitted between Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Day of each year. Particulars in February, 1923, WRITER. Monthly prizes offered by the Photo-Era Magazine (Wolfeboro, N. H.) for photographs, in an advanced competition and a beginners' competition. Walker prizes for the best memoirs on National History, offered annually by the Boston Society of Natural History, closing March 1 of each calendar year. Particulars in June WRITER. The Poetry Clan, sponsored by Poetry (Chicago), is an attempt to supply to its subscribers the six best books of poetry published during the year. The only requisites for membership are the payment of twelve dollars a year, a moderate appetite for good verse, and a sportsmanlike desire to help poets for their work by actually buying copies of their books. The November issue of the Overland Monthly is devoted to tributes to the late George Stirling, by such writers as Henry L. Mencken, Edwin Markham, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Ina Coolbrith, Robinson Jeffers, George Douglas, Idwal Jones, Witter Bynner, Gertrude Atherton, S. Bert Cooksley, Sara Bard Field, James D. Phelan, and Marie deL. Welch. Sherwood Anderson has bought two weekly Virginia newspapers, his announced intention being to make his living outside of writing. Bayard Veiller has destroyed the manuscript of his dramatization of "Elmer Gantry," and returned the two-thousand dollar advance royalties, because he believes the production of the play would offend "too many people, especially clergymen." After almost forty years of ocean wandering by sail and steam, Captain A. E. Dingle is about to drop anchor in some snug Nova Scotian harbor and remain ashore. His sister, Mrs. Mary Manning, crew, shipmate, and sole companion for the last five years, was swept off the deck of the Dingle schooner, Gauntlet, in Nantucket harbor recently, and Captain Dingle says sailing has lost its glamor. Nathalia Crane, the fourteen-year-old Brooklyn poet, has won the prize of $500 for the best poem on the subject of Colonel Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. The prize was offered by Mitchell Kennerley, in connection with the George H. Doran Company, and more than four thousand poems were submitted. George Mitchell, formerly editor of Film Fun, has been appointed editor of America's Humor. Peggy Gaddis has succeeded Betty Bennett as managing editor of Love Romances. T. W. Ford has resigned as managing editor of the Lariat Story Magazine, and has been succeeded by Rogers Terrill. "Smollett as Poet," by Howard Swasey Buck, assistant professor of English at Yale University, is published by the Yale University Press. "An Introduction to Drama," by Jay B. Hubbell and John O. Beaty, professors of English, in the Southern Methodist University, is published by the Macmillan Company. Literary Articles in Periodicals THE NOVELS OF E. M. FORSTER. Virginia Woolf. Atlantic Monthly for November. AN EXTRA IN HOLLYWOOD. Amy S. Jennings. Atlantic Monthly for November. NICK CARTER (Frederick Van Renssalaer Dey). Joseph Van Raalte. Century for November. ADDING ONE NEWSPAPER TO ANOTHER. The Life Story of the Scripps-Howard Chain. Silas Bent. Century for November. DISRAELIII. A BIOGRAPHY. André Maurois. Forum for November. BOOK URCHINS. A Study in Literary Tropisms. Upton Sinclair. Forum for November. THE MISSING MUSE. Philip Guedalla. Forum for November. ON THE POEMS OF PAUL VALÉRY. Lewis Galantiere. Dial for November. IN PRAISE OF ANATOLE FRANCE. Paul Valéry. Dial for November. THE BOOKS OF MY BOYHOOD. A. Edward Newton. Ladies' Home Journal for November. ONE WHO KNEW POE. Vincent Starrett. Bookman for October. ANDRÉ GIDE AND HIS "FIRST NOVEL." Angel Flores. Bookman for October. FORTY YEARS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. Arthur Bartlett Maurice. Bookman for October. THE LITERARY AWAKENING IN THE SOUTH. Herschel Brickell. Bookman for October. THE ART OF WRITING. Grenville Kleiser. Canadian Bookman for September. MAZO DE LA ROCHE. John Macklen. Canadian Bookman for September. THE MOTHER OF YELLOW JOURNALISM. Silas Bent. Independent for October 22. A "Versatility" Prize Contest The Contest Prizes In order to prove the versatility of our readers in writing various brief prose and verse forms, so much in demand in current magazines and newspapers, THE WRITER offers a series of prizes for the best contribution received each month in any one of the following: The Brief Familiar Essay (500-1000 words) The Informal Personal Sketch (300-600 words) The Tabloid Book Review (50-100 words) The Humorous or Satirical Sketch (100-300 words) The Sonnet (14 lines) The Rondeau (13 lines) The Triolet (8 lines) Humorous Verse (not more than 20 lines; not free verse) $25.00 for the best prose or verse contribution each month, for January, February, and March, 1928. A subscription (new or renewal) to THE WRITER for each contribution published. $50.00 will be awarded as a Final Prize at the end of the contest, April 1, 1928, to the writer who has shown general excellence in both verse and prose writing in the forms outlined above. Rules Each manuscript must be sign- 2. There is no limit to the number 3. Manuscripts received before the 5th of each month will be considered for inclusion in the following issue: i. e. manuscripts received before January 5 will be considered for the February issue. All manuscripts, whether printed or not, will be considered for the Final Prize to be awarded at the close of the contest April 1, 1928. 4. All entries accompanied by stamped return envelope will be returned at the close of the contest April 1, 1928. The contest is now open to everyone and all readers of THe Writer are cordially urged to participate. Entries for the February contest must be received by January 5. |