The writer's monthly (Jan-June 1916)

WHERE TO SELL 265 The Authors' League of America, Inc., publishes a monthly Bulletin which is sent to members without extra charge, the subscription being included in the membership fee. The Bulletin prints all manner of articles on subjects of interest to authors, and especially such as treat of the business side of the author's work. Important contributions on Copyright, Contracts (literary, dramatic, motion picture, agency, etc.), the Motion-Picture Business, Syndication, Serialization, Arbitration, etc., etc., have appeared in past issues, and discussions of new developments of these subjects are planned for future numbers. Besides articles on the business of authorship, the Bulletin also publishes a monthly resume of the needs of the various magazines. It also serves the purpose of keeping the membership informed of the various activities of the League. Ainslee's, 79 Seventh Ave., New York, is in the market for short-stories and novelettes of 20,000 to 35,000 words in length. Society themes containing strong situations and woman interest, interwoven with bright dialogue, are particularly wanted. Unacceptable manuscripts are usually returned within ten days. Payment is made upon publication. The Designer, 12 Vandam St., New York, is especially in need of a six-part serial of 20,000 to 24,000 words in length. They also use all sorts of short-stories, of 3,000 to 4,000 words in length. Payment is made upon acceptance. Smith's Magazine, 79 Seventh Ave., New York, is in the market for shortstories of high quality: love, humor, child interest, and married life. Unacceptable manuscripts are usually returned within ten days, and payment is made upon acceptance. Spare Moments, Allentown, Pa., write that they have contracted for all the material they can use during 1916. The Poetry Review of America, 12 Chauncy St., Cambridge, Mass., a new magazine edited by William Stanley Braithwaite, begins publication this month. The following is from the publisher's announcement: "The spirit of The Poetry Review of America will be one of advancement and cooperation; the desire to serve the art of poetry and to consolidate public interest in its growth and popularity— to quicken and enlarge the poetic pulse of the country. In this spirit, we propose to our contemporaries in the field a union of effort and mutual encouragement; to the poets of America an open forum and a clearing-house for ways and means to serve the art we all love; to the poetry-reading public of our country we pledge a never-ceasing striving for the best in American poetry, and a constant effort to bring out the strength and joy to be derived therefrom. The Editors of The Poetry Review intend to be wholly impartial as to the kinds of poetry that are to be published, being concerned only with the degree of success attained in the poem as an artistic product. Catholicity of taste and standard of performance will be the guiding factors in accepting poems. Besides the poems, each issue will contain comprehensive and serious reviews of new volumes of poems, and of works concerning poets and poetry, written by competent critics in a thoroughly unbiased spirit, special articles touching every phase of poetic activity; studies of important figures in contemporary American poetry; an open house for an exchange of ideas on doings and theories, events and discussions— in truth, a comprehensive history of all the forces which make for progress of poetry in America." Writers are invited to submit unpublished poems and articles relating to poetry for consideration. Payment is promised upon acceptance. A stamped, addressed envelope should accompany all contributions. The subscription price is $1.00 a year, single copies 10c. Pacific Outdoors, San Francisco, CaL, is a new monthly which made its first appearance in January. The following statement is taken from an announcement recently issued: "Communications on all topics pertaining to fishing, hunting, motoring, on land and sea, mountain climbing, golf, athletics, trap shooting, fly casting, natural history, highways, and conservation, will be welcomed and published if possible. All communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, however. Pacific Outdoors does not assume