CASH PRIZES BECKON VERSATILE LITERATI

Student authors in the University will have an opportunity to compete for several monetary prizes as the result of a series of cash prizes amounting to $125, which are offered by "The Writer" to the authors of the best prose and verse contributions. The purpose of the contest is to prove the versatility of the readers of the magazine, a quality so much in demand in current magazines and newspapers.

Three prizes of $25 are offered to the writer of the best prose manuscript or poem submitted during the months of January, February, and March. The remaining $50 will be awarded as a final prize at the end of the contest, April 1, to the author who has shown a general excellence in both verse and prose writing.

The contributions must be of the following types of literature: the brief familiar essay, from 500 to 1000 words, the informal personal sketch, from 300 to 600 words, the tabloid book review, from 50 to 100 words, the humorous or satirical sketch, from 100 to 300 words, the sonnet, 14 lines, the rondeau, 13 lines, the triolet, 8 lines, humorous verse, not more than 20 lines and not free verse.

Four rules govern the contest and are as follows: Each manuscript must be signed with a pen name and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author's name, address and occupation. There is to be no limit to the number of manuscripts which one person may send in. Each article received before the fifth of the month will be considered for inclusion in the following issue and all material whether printed or not will be considered for the final prize which will be awarded at the close of the contest. Finally all entries must be sent to Contest Editor, 311 College House, Harvard Square, and if accompanied by a stamped envelope will be returned at the end of the contest.