H. H. Howland, editor of the Century Magazine, announces the following changes in policy: "We want to make a magazine that shall interest and entertain the greatest possible number of intelligent readers who still have a sense of humor. But we are aware that it is easy to be prosy, and that the light touch turns, miraculously, into the heavy hand. We have the greatest reverence for Century traditions, for its high ideals, its literary achievements, its gift of good writing. But, treasuring these, we hope also to remember that a new world has swung into the blue. Without prejudice, we expect to keep in touch with life." The plan sponsored by the Authors' League of America to build in New York a twenty-story cooperative studio apartment house has collapsed, and the site of the proposed building has been sold. The failure of the scheme, due to difficulty in obtaining a building loan, will cause an average loss of several hundred dollars to each of sixty writers, illustrators, artists, and other members of the League who invested in the project. The Primo Holding Corporation was formed because the charter of the Authors' League did not permit participation in such an undertaking. More than one hundred leading New York playwrights have formed a "dramatists' shop" to forestall what they construe as an attempt of motionpicture producers to corner the New York play market. The "shop" is a committee through which it is planned to force the producers to deal directly with the dramatists in acquiring the moving-picture rights of stage folks. Resolutions by which the playwrights decided not to deal with producers who will not agree to let them reserve all but legitimate stage rights to their own work were adopted. The American Theatre Association has been formed in New York, with offices at 501 Fifth avenue, "to foster the promotion and production of clean plays and wholesome forms of entertainment." On the Board of Directors, which will serve without salary, are Raymond Keith, Chairman; Anne Shingleur, V. Clement Jenkins, Grace Cole-Redding, Frank Lea Short, Maude White, and Edna E. Colloday. The American Association of Teachers of Journalism has elected these officers: President M. G. Osborn, Louisiana University; vice-president, M. Virginia Garner, Wesleyan College; secretary and treasurer, J. O. Simmons, Syracuse University. "E. V. Lucas, Appreciations," by John Farrar and others, is published by the George H. Doran Company. "W. Somerset Maugham, Novelist, Essayist, Dramatist," by Charles Hanson Towne and others, is published by the George H. Doran Company. "Considerations on Edmund Gosse," by Patrick Braybrooke, is published by the J. B. Lippincott Company. The Dial's award of $2,000 for distinguished service to American Letters during 1925 has been given to Edward Estlin Cummings ("E. E."). The John Billings Fiske Poetry prize for 1925 has been awarded to George Hill Dillon, an undergraduate in the University of Chicago, for his group of poems, "White Spring," published in the University Record. Mr. Dillon also won Poetry's hundreddollar prize for the most promising work submitted during the year by a young Chicago poet, besides receiving first honorable mention in the Witter Bynner poetry contest. Mrs. Ruth Griffith Burnett, of Indianapolis, won the first prize in the contest of the Greater Movie Season, by her essay, "What the Motion Picture Means to Me," and she and her husband have been awarded a free trip around the world. The Hawthorne Memorial Association has erected a statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne, designed by Bela K. Pratt, at Salem, Mass., near the house where "The Scarlet Letter" was written. A room has been set apart at the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University for the memorabilia of James Fenimore Cooper recently given to the University by the novelist's grandson. The American Parade is a quarterly magazine published in book form. W. Adolphe Roberts is the editor and the magazine is published by the Parade Publishing Company (New York). The McGraw-Hill Company, which publishes industrial and engineering journals, has bought the Keystone Consolidated Publishing Company, of Pittsburgh. The Universalist Leader has changed its name to the Christian Leader, the name it formerly bore. Don Seitz, business manager of the New York World, with which he has been connected for more than thirty years, has resigned to become associate editor of the Outlook. Rev. Austen Kennedy DeBlois, D. D. is now the editor of the Watchman-Examiner. Frank A. Munsey died in New York December 22, aged seventy-one. John Tyler Wheelwright died in Boston December 23, aged sixty-nine. THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS (Continued) MOTOR CAMPER & TOURIST (M), 53 Park pl., New Uses articles on touring and camping with the car; emergency repairs and handy kinks: new information about camps; a little poetry, and automobile jokes. Prints no fiction. Buys photographs, sets length limit at 2,500 words; and pays one cent a word on publication. MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE ILLUSTRATED (M), Chicago. $2.00; 25c. Title changed to American Motorcyclist and Bicyclist in May, 1925. MOTOR CYCLING (including the Bicycling World) (B-W), 9 South Clinton st., Chicago. $2.00; 15c. T. J. Sullivan, editor. Uses descriptions of trips by motorcycle and bicycle, illustrated with clear photographs; mechanical articles relating to the motorcycle; accounts of ingenious wayside repairs of motorcycles, and handy kinks. Prints no fiction. Verse must relate to the motorcycle or the bicycle. Pays the first of the month following publication. MOTOR GUIDE (M), Rochester, Indiana. Albert W. No longer published. MOTOR LIFE (M), 523 Plymouth Court, Chicago. $2.50; 25c. William B. Reedy, editor. Uses well-written, quick-moving articles on all phases of motoring, motor-boating, and aviation; sketches of interesting personalities in these fields; touring articles, and unusual experiences. Sets length limit at from 1,500 to 2,000 words, buys photographs, and pays on publication. MOTOR MAGAZINE (M), 73 Richmond st., West, Prints general articles dealing with topics of interest to passenger automobile or truck owners and operators, and short stories of special interest to motorists. Uses no serials, no articles on general topics, and no poetry or jokes. Sets length limit at 4,000 words, and buys photographs. MOTOR TRADE (M), 73 Richmond st., West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2.00; 25c. Eric P. Blenkarn, editor. Prints trade articles reporting successful merchandising plans, new service policies, and details of other developments in the merchandising branch of the automotive industry. All stories must be accompanied by photographs, or other layouts for illustrative purposes. MOTOR TRAVEL (M), 12 East 53d st., New York. $3.00; 35c. Uses articles of general interest to the motorist. Prints no stories and no novelettes, but does at times print serials treating of motor tours or of sections of the country of general interest to motorists. Prints no poetry and no jokes. Sets length limit at from 500 to 6,000 words, buys photographs, and pays on publication. MOVIE MONTHLY (M), 175 Duffield st., Brooklyn, Started as Movie Adventure in November, 1924; changed to Movie Thrillers in January, 1925, and to Movie Monthly in June, 1925. Prints fictionizations of current motion pictures, the work being assigned by the editor. Not an open market. MOVIE WEEKLY, Macfadden Publications, 1926 Publication discontinued with the issue for MOVING PICTURE AGE (M), 418 S. Market st., Chi- ADDITIONS AND CHANGES PHILADELPHIAN (M), 607 Public Ledger Building, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penn. $2.50; 25c. William Berry, editor. Vol. I., No. 1-January, 1926. Uses general articles, short stories, poetry, humorous verse, jokes, one-act plays, caricatures, and drawings, preferring fiction that is smart and sophisticated, and as a general rule light, gay, and satirical rather than serious in tone. The magazine appeals to a cultured class of people, so that manuscripts should be extremely well written. Sets length limit at from 1,500 to 1,800 words, buys photographs, and pays from one cent a word up to two and one-half cents a word. Two WORLDS (Q), 500 Fifth ave., New York. $10; $3. Samuel Roth, editor. Uses short stories, novelettes, general articles, poetry, and plays, wanting sound fiction of an unusual sex interest. Does not buy photographs, and pays on publication. 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, 1920, to December, 1925, 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. THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS THE fourth printing of this Directory-which is constantly being 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 February WRITER) MOVING PICTURE STORIES (W), Harry E. Wolff, 168 West 23d st., New York. $5.00; 10c. Ethel Rosemon, editor. Uses short stories and serials, and some poetry; but no novelettes, general articles, jokes, or plays. Sets length limit at from 3,000 to 7,500 words, does not buy photographs, prefers fiction to treat of young love in the first person, and pays on acceptance. MOVING PICTURE WORLD (W), 516 Fifth ave., New Trade publication. Not in the market for manuscripts. MUCH ADO (M), 4111 Washington ave., St. Louis, Uses general articles and juvenile matter. Uses short stories and novelettes of any length up to 40,000 words; also short poems. Does not print jokes, plays, general articles, serials, humorous verse, or juvenile matter. Does not buy photographs or department matter. Prefers up-to-date stories rather than historical ones, and uses almost anything that has action and interest. Does not care for character studies, morbid or mystical stories, or stories in difficult dialect. Payment is made on acceptance. MUSCLE BUILDER (M), Macfadden Publications, 1926 Broadway, New York. $1.50; 15c. W. E. Colby, editor. Sets Uses articles pertaining to muscle building, short stories, and serials, but no novelettes, poetry, jokes, plays, or juvenile matter. length limit at from 3,000 to 4,000 words; buys physique photographs; prefers fiction with lots of action, appealing to boys and men, stories of the outdoors, and of weaklings gaining strength; pays on publication. MUSICAL AMERICA (W), 501 Fifth ave., New York. $4.00. Staff writers and correspondents supply most of the material used. MUSICAL CLASSIC (M), South Bend, Ind. M. G. Publication discontinued. MUSICAL COURIER (W), Musical Courier Co., 437 Fifth ave., New York. $5.00; 15c. Leonard Liebling, editor. Uses only general articles on musical subjects, setting length limit at from 500 to 1,000 words. Buys photographs of musical subjects, and pays on publication. Manuscripts should be addressed to the paper and not to the editor. MUSICAL FORECAST (M), 981 Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh, Penn. $2.00; 20c. David H. Light, managing editor. The official organ of the Pittsburgh Musician's Club. Prints general articles and jokes on music and art, setting length limit at 1,000 words. Uses no fiction, buys no photographs, and pays on publication, MUSICAL LEADER (W), 332 South Michigan ave., Chicago. $3.00; 30c. Charles F. French, managing editor. Uses manuscripts on musical events and musical literature. Sets length limit at from 1,200 to 1,500 words, does not buy photographs, nor print fiction, and pays on publication. The needs of the magazine are supplied to a very large extent by its representatives and correspondents all over this country as well as abroad. MUSICAL MONITOR (M), 1425 Broadway, New York. $3.00; 30c. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, editor. The official journal of the National Federation of Musical Clubs. Does not buy manuscripts. MUSICAL OBSERVER (M), 62 Cooper Square, New York. $3.00; 25c. Gustav Saenger, editor; D. K. Antrim, assistant editor. Uses general and juvenile articles that are educational and instructive for the music teacher, student, and music lover on the piano, the violin, and voice study, setting length limits at from 500 to 2,000 words. Pays on publication. MUSICAL QUARTERLY (Q), 3 East 43d st., New York. $3.00; 75c. O. G. Sonneck, editor; Gustave Reese, assistant manager. Prints only better-class articles of musicological or musico-technical interest, paying upon publication. MUSICIAN (M), 111 West 57th st., New York. $3.00; 25c. Paul Kempf, editor and publisher. Devoted exclusively to the interests of those who are actually teaching and studying music. Sets length limit at from 300 to 1,500 words, and pays about one-third of a cent a word on publication. CONTINUED ON INSIDE BACK COVER |