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PRIZE OFFER FOR PLAY MANUSCRIPTS

This amount will be paid in cash for plays suitable for amateurs and will be distributed as follows:

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The plays must be at least three acts, comedies, melo-dramas or serious plays. The costuming and settings should be simple; the plots clearly defined; the plays free from objectionable features.

Contest closes March 1st, 1927. Prize winners to be announced April 15th. In the event of a tie for any of the prizes, a prize of the amount offered will be awarded to each of the tying contestants.

Detailed information sent upon request.

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MODERN LIBRARY BOOKS The Finest Works of the Great Modern Writers at 95 cents a copy

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OSCAR WILDE
Dorian Gray (1)

Poems (19)

Fairy Tales and Poems in
Prose (61)

Salome, etc. (83)

WILLIAM BEEBE
Jungle Peace (30)
WILLIAM BLAKE
Poems (91)

BAUDELAIRE

His Prose and Poetry (70)
HENRIK IBSEN

A Doll's House, Ghosts, etc.
(6)
Hedda

Gabler, Pillars of Society, The Master Builder (36)

The Wild Duck, etc. (54)
HERMAN MELVILLE
Moby Dick (119)

THOMAS HARDY
The Mayor of Casterbridge
(17)

The Return of the Native
(121)

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THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS (Continued)

SUNBEAMS (W), United Lutheran Publication House, 1228 Spruce st., Philadelphia, Penn. William L. Hunton, editor.

Uses only very short and simple stories for little children, preferably with pictures. Sets length limit at 400 words, and pays on acceptance.

SUNDAY AFTERNOONS (W, October to June, inclusive), $1.00; 5c. Miss Bertha M. Whitman, 109 Walnut ave., Roxbury, Mass., editor.

A paper for children under twelve. Uses short stories, plays, poetry, and humorous verse. Sets length limit at 1,000 words, and does not pay for manuscripts.

SUNDAY COMPANION (W), 256 Broadway, New York. $1.25.

A Roman Catholic weekly for boys and girls, printing general articles, short stories, jokes adapted for children, and occasionally buying photographs.

SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES (W), 1031 Walnut st., Philadelphia, Penn. $2.00; 5c. Charles Gallaudet Trumbull, editor.

Prints short stories, general articles, poetry, and juvenile matter, using good adult home reading stories, wholesome and religious, of about 2,000 words; well written children's stories, of from 500 to 1,000 words; good short verse that is distinctly spiritual; and brief articles on methods of work in church, Sunday school, or Bible study. Does not buy photographs.

ADDITIONS AND CHANGES

AERO DIGEST (M), 220 West 42d st., New York. $3.00; 25c. J. E. Horsfall, editor.

BRIDLE & GOLFER (M), 330 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan. $3.00; 30c. Warren D. Devine, editor.

Devoted to golf, polo, horses, dogs, society, fashions, motor cars, music, theatres, books, art, humor, and finance. Uses short stories, feature articles, short skits, and poetry.

BROADCASTING MAGAZINE (M), 1182 Broadway, New York. $1.50; 15c. W. J. Kennedy, editor.

Uses general articles, non-technical radio material, short stories, humorous verse, and juvenile matter, but no novelettes, and no serials. Wants articles on the home and hom、 life of interest to mothers for the Domestic Science page.

Sets length limit at 2,500 words, buys photographs, and pays, at a minimum rate of one cent a word, on acceptance.

CHURCH MANAGEMENT (M), 626 Huron road, Cleveland, Ohio. $2.00; 20c. William H. Leach, editor.

A business magazine for ministers. Seeks trade journal material suitable for the field, successful church programs, methods, and similar subjects. Prints no fiction, and no poetry; occasionally buys photographs, and pays, at the minimum rate of one-half cent a word, on publication. FLASHLIGHTS (M), Room 570, 55 West 42d st., New York. $2.50; 25c. Carroll Hunt Osburn, editor.

Vol. I., No. 1 February, 1927. Uses short stories clean love stories, or stories of real sentiment. Sets length limit at 2,000 words, does not buy photographs, and pays, at a minimum rate of one cent a word, on acceptance. JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR (M), 47 East South Temple st., Salt Lake City, Utah. $1.50; 15c. Heber J. Grant, editor; Geo. D. Pyper, associate editor.

A Sunday-school magazine, for which contributions are received chiefly from its own denomination and territory. Uses short stories, serials, general articles, and poetry, occasionally buys photographs, and pays on publication. PLAY LAND (M), Colonial Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio. $1.50; 15c. Oliver B. Capelle, editor.

Uses very short stories, verse, educational and handicraft material, appealing to children averaging eight years of age. Sets length limit at 1,000 words, does not buy photographs, and pays, at a minimum rate of one cent a word, shortly before publication.

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE (W), 425 South Fourth st., Minneapolis, Minn. 80c. John Peterson, editor.

Prefers fiction in the form of school life or adventure, with a touch of religion, suitable for boys and girls. Uses short stories, serials, general articles, jokes, and some poetry. Sets length limit for articles at 1,800 words; for short stories, at from 2,000 to 2,200 words; and for serials, at from eight to ten chapters. Buys photographs, and pays about $2.50 a thousand words, and from five to ten cents a line for poetry. OVERTURES (combined with the Greenwich Village Quill) (M), 76 Elton st., Brooklyn, N. Y. $3.00; 25c. Henry Harrison, editor.

Uses general articles, poetry, and charming verse, but no fiction. Sets length limit at 2,000 words, and does not pay for manuscripts.

The third printing of this Directory was begun in THE WRITER for March, 1917. Back numbers can be supplied. A set of the numbers from January, 1921, to December, 1926, giving the Directory complete, with additions and changes bringing everything up to date, and much other valuable matter, will be sent for five dollars; with a year's subscription added for eight dollars.

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