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Spokane, Washington) "It is as nearly perfect as anything I can conceive." (W. H. W. New York) Thirty-six authorities have collaborated in presenting this round-robin of advice, information and studies in special technique. And one thousand editors tell what they want from writers, in the most up-to-date manuscript market directory possible to obtain. All in one convenient volume, $5.00 (Cash orders filled postpaid) THE WRITER PUBLISHING CO., Send me for five days' free examination a copy of THE FREE LANCE WRITER'S HANDBOOK. If I accept it I will pay $5.00, plus parcel postage. Name Address THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS THE fourth printing of this Directory - which is constantly oeing revised and enlarged began in THE WRITER for July, 1922. The information for it, showing the manuscript market and the manuscript requirements of the various publications listed, is gathered directly from the editors of the periodicals. Great pains are taken to make the information accurate and the Directory complete. Before submitting manuscripts to any publication, it is advisable to secure a sample copy. (Continued from January WRITER) SPORTS AFIELD (M), 542 South Dearborn st., Chicago, Ill. $2.00; 20c. Claude King, editor. Prints general articles, short stories, serials, poetry, and occasional humorous verse, using anything about shooting, fishing, adventure, wild and frontier life, life in remote places, etc. Sets length limit at from 800 to 2,500 words; sometimes buys photographs, prefers fiction of a sportsmanlike character, with the purely love element mentioned, but not the "be all and the end all" of the story and seldom pays for manuscripts, excepting when especially agreed upon with the author. SPUR (B-M) 425 Fifth ave., New York. $7.00; 35c. Uses articles on sport and travel topics, which are usually obtained by special arrangement. Sets length limit at from 1,000 to 1,500 words, prints no fiction, and buys photograph. Payment varies according to the character of the manuscript. SQUARE DEAL (M), Challenge Publishing Company, 17 West 60th st., New York. Arthur Howland, editor; Leonard D. Abbott, associate editor. Publication temporarily suspended. STAGE AND SCREEN (M), 104 West 42d st., New York. $2.50; 25c. Frank Armer, editor. Uses short stories, novelettes, serials, and Juvenile matter, sets length limit at 2,000 words, and pays on publication. STANDARD BIBLE WORKER (Q), Box 5, Station N, Uses articles on methods in church school work, either as to general administration, or relating to any special department. Sets length limit at 5,000 words, and pays from fifty cents a hundred words upward. STARCHROOM LAUNDRY JOURNAL (M), 415 Commercial square, Cincinnati, Ohio. $3.00; 25c. Albert Stritmatter, editor. Uses anything that will interest laundry owners. Particularly interested in illustrated articles showing novel advertising stunts, and fine automobile delivery systems, especially if accompanied by costs of operation. Sets no length limit, but seldom uses anything containing more than 2,000 or 3,000 words. Buys photographs of interesting laundry plants, or of prominent men in the industry, or of displays of laundry windows, or at "House Beautiful” expositions, etc. Prints no fiction. Pays according to the nature of the article. STORYLAND (W), Christian Board of Publication, 2704-2714 Pine st., St. Louis, Mo. Hazel A. Lewis, editor. A Sunday-school paper for children under nine years old. Uses stories, of from 300 to 1,000 words; simple handicraft articles, of from 300 to 500 words; poems, not longer than twenty lines; and drawings or photographs (glossy prints) with child and animal subjects. STRATFORD MAGAZINE (M), 234 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. $1.00; 15c. Henry T. Schnittkind, editor. Uses occasional short stories, both original and translations, brief general articles, and poetry. Does not pay for manuscripts, but once every four months awards a prize of $100 for the best poem published in the magazine during the preceding four months. STUDENTS' ART MAGAZINE (B-M), Kalamazoo, Michigan. $1.00; 10c. Guy H. Lockwood, editor. Does not buy manuscripts. Publishes cash art assignments, lessons and articles on cartooning, designing, illustrating, and chalk-talking, poetry, and jokes. Buys photographs. SUCCESS (M), 251 Fourth ave., New York. $3.00; 25c. David A. Balch, editor. A magazine for the family. Uses inspirational, personality articles, general articles, short stories, serials, novelettes, poetry, humorous verse, and jokes, but no plays, and no juvenile matter. Sets length limit for short stories at 7,500 words, and for serials at 60,000 words, buys photographs, and pays, at a minimum rate of two cents a word. SUCCESSFUL FARMING (W), 1714 Locust st., Des Prints mostly practical articles based on experience on subjects pertaining to farming and farm life. Uses a few short stories, a few general articles, a very little poetry and humorous verse, and bedtime stories for children. Sets length limit at 2,000 words, buys photographs, and pays, at a minimum rate of one-half cent a word. SUNBEAM (W), Presbyterian Board of Publication, 419 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Penn John T. Faris, D. D., editor. A four-page paper for very little people in the Sunday school. Uses jingles, stories of from 300 to 500 words, and photographs interesting to children. Pays on the fifteenth of the month following acceptance. CONTINUED ON INSIDE BACK COVER CAN AUTHORS' MONTHLY MONTHLY FORUM Volume 39 LAST AST month I discussed in an introductory article the need for, and the value of, cooperation among writers to promote mutual interests in training for successful authorship and in the marketing of manuscripts. This need, it appeared, was best satisfied by the manuscript club, defined as a small group of free-lance writers meeting regularly to criticize the literary output of its members and to suggest markets for this output. No other agency, commercial or educational, seemed quite so promising as this, since it duplicated best the type of professional training which has produced, and is producing, the most successful writers. This, together with its complete flexibility, its inexpensiveness, its infinite possibilities for expansion and development, commended the manuscript club idea as a great potential force in American letters and influenced me to adopt its sponsorship as one of our editorial policies. Over a year ago, the suggestion was made to me, by an influential man of letters, that we organize, through THE WRITER, a national association of successful writers and aspirants by consolidating existing manuscript clubs. He thought that this could be done without trespassing on the provinces of such outstanding organizations as The Authors' League of America, by emphasizing an altogether differ Number 2 ent type of service to members. I discussed the idea with others and the consensus of opinion was that such a movement must proceed carefully or the prestige of THE WRITER among editors and successful authors might be damaged. There are a certain number of so-called writers' and literary clubs scattered around the country, composed of pseudoliterary snobs, and having as a reason for existence only mutual sympathy and congratulations and the lionizing of successful writers. To actual creative work they never descend. I assured my advisers that when, as, and if, THE WRITER really got behind a national movement it would attempt to consolidate the workers and let the snobs find their peculiar satisfactions in their own ways. The simplest way to separate the "workers" from the "joiners" is to place the existence for such a national organization on the basis of its practical service to members as literary workers.. The interest aroused by the publication of the first article of this series has been so great both among writers and publishers that the formation of a national association of manuscript clubs on an experimental basis is now in order. Most editors are eager to find new writers. On the other hand, the burden of sifting the |