The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-26
A kentucky Colonel.
Information for Writers.
Philadelphia Press.

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t brooklyn, n. Y, $50 Lafayette ave-
nue., we have found an item or two
of interest TO the literary aspirant
/ Speaking of compensation the author
says: The usual rate paid contrib
utors by Harper y Brothers is $lt
per one thousand words. To popular
authors ten times this amount II
doubtless given, and here the prices
vary again according to the amount o.
success achieved. The Century Nigga.
z'ne pays $40 to 800 per page fol
prose. There are no regular rates fol
poetry. Messrs. Hay and Nicolay re.
ceive $50 900 for the magazine righl
/ to use the "Life of Lincoln" which
continues three years. Here, as else.
where, the value to the magazine il
the principal thing considered. A
/ Lippinc0fS Magazine prices vary
from 30 to $50 per page, according tC
/ the readers estimate of the article
The editor of this magazine very
kindly offers the following suggestion
1t would be good plan TO tell your
readers that manuscripts had better h
addressed informally to the Editor SC
and So.' Many of the vexatious de.
lays of which writer's complain come
from the fact that their articles have
not gone through the hands of the
clerk, who is always a better business
man than the editor, and whose mis-.
sion it is TO see that MSS. are entered
checked and returned.
1.-THE price paid by the Forum il
never below $40 per one thousand
words and rarely above $50, but any
attempt, writes the editor, to name 6
rate between these would give an
incorrect impression. Most of the
matter which appears in the Forum il
written by invitation. The COngre-
gatiOnalist of Boston pays literally for
all matter. Articles adapted TO the
outside pages receive a higher rate Of
compensation than those used on the
other pages. Our prices vary all the
way from a very small sum per column
or per article, to very large sum, the
editor writes. We endeavor to pay
whatever the matter seems to be worth
to US, and such sum as is satisfactory
to the writer. 1t should be added that
we pay for articles, and do not ask any
one to write without compensation
The Christian Union rates are also
generous, and the Independent has
always been distinguished for 1T
appreciative treatment of its authors
The Sunday School Times of Philadel-
phia has no specified rates, but expe-
rience has proved their usual rates
fair. From s. to so for poems, and
the same amounts for short prose arti-
Giles, are paid to the ordinary writer
The editor of the Christian at Work
reports the prices of that paper as not
differing materially from the large
religious weeklies. 1t is impossible 10
give the prices paid by all these peri
Odicals. Among those of the largest
circulation, the writers of poetry are
well remuneratei. Very few of them
pay lees than $5 for poem, and some
times $40 and $15 are given. Many OF
these papers that cannot afford to pay
the best prices for contributions, re-
fuse to give information as to their
rates. This is unfortunate, because
many excellent articles are declined by
our magazines on account of lack OF
space which the writers would be
glad to place at reduced prices If they
only understood the market. Even
% q column, or sometimes % for an
article, would be gladly accepted In
many cases by the authors Of really
valuable and helpful matter.
"The same rule obtains in the secu-