622:. The magazine resembled less a professional production and more a newsletter with numerous elements in typewriter typeface. There were only three issues published in 1968 (January–February, March–April, and May–June), and two known issues in 1969 (January–February, March–April). The last issue has an ad soliciting subscription renewals, and no obvious clues that cancellation was in the offing. The back cover of the last issue has an ad for Farrar’s book,
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issues being combined. In 1967, the stresses of regular publication began to show; only six issues were produced. With the last issue of the year, dated
October–November–December, Farrar took over as editor and his formerly robust Editorial Advisory Board, which had listed nine names, disappeared from the pages. Farrar was the last remaining name on the
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October–November–December issue, to give him a chance to reorganize. A similar situation resulted in the August and September 1966
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December 1928 issue, John T. Bartlett (~1892–1947), business editor, became business manager, and half-owner, with wife Margaret A. Bartlett (1892–1949), of the magazine. They used savings accumulated as freelance writers. The couple worked together in 1909 on the editorial staff of the
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Washington, D.C., where his business was located, and hiring others as editors. (The September 1964 issue, therefore, was the last one under Ellithorpe. Ellithorpe joined Farrar's Editorial
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column, purchased the magazine with three friends. Raffelock and
Swallow shared editing responsibilities. Raffelock disappeared from the magazine without fanfare after the September 1950 issue, and became a freelance writer, while Swallow became the sole editor.
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1004:, the magazine introduced fictional content, something which it had never done in the past. The first short story featured was "In Memory of Oranges" by Deloris Tarzan. Glasser left the magazine when it contracted after the August–September 1967 issue.
614:, he declared: "Our goals are all constructive, they are attainable in the context of the American system, and they are designed, in final effect, to help writers to enjoy more of the fruits of the Great Society, whose concepts we endorse fully."
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John T. Bartlett died on
January 23, 1947, leaving Margaret as the sole owner. In the December 1949 issue, Margaret A. Bartlett announced that it would be her last issue as editor. She died, following a lengthy illness, on November 28, 1949.
415:, and ran under that name from January 1916 through September 1923. It focused on writing technique. Editor Hawkins was a regular contributor to the pulps, even placing the lead story in the first issue of pioneering fantasy magazine
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With the July 1959 issue, Newell Edward
Fogelberg (1916–1997), who was born the year the magazine was established, became the new publisher and editor, assisted by his wife Josephine. The city of publication moved to
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November 1962 issue, Harold Earle Ellithorpe (1925–1988) became the new owner and editor. A Denver native, he earned an A.B. in journalism and a master's in social ideologies, both from the
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December 1921 issue, it was published in a greatly enlarged form, including the
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Larston D. Farrar, both commemorating the two recent assassination victims: "Our
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which attempted to list the majority of freelance markets for writers. With this issue, future editor David Raffelock (1896-1988) joined the editorial staff.
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column—on "Crime Fiction Formulas"—for the magazine was in the May 1946 issue. With that he sold his Denver printing business and retired to the country.
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403:, for the pulp publishers and freelance contributors. In the 1950s, the magazine gradually returned to mainstream literary concerns and markets.
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670:A&J founder; last month credit may be an error
1049:, January 1950. Margaret Abbott Bartlett obituary.
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1042:, February 1947. John T. Bartlett obituary.
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1157:
1150:
1143:
1136:
1129:
1120:
1113:
1106:
1102:, July 1959.
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1092:
1085:
1078:
1071:
1064:
1060:
1053:
1046:
1039:
1032:
1025:
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947:
942:
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744:Alan Swallow
675:
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630:Editor table
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537:
533:Unhappy Wind
532:
528:
524:
520:
508:
502:
496:
493:Alan Swallow
489:
484:
480:
478:
469:
466:Robert Frost
461:
454:
449:
447:
436:
434:
429:
425:
423:
416:
412:
410:
398:
382:
377:
376:
375:
303:1916-January
245:
241:
226:
208:
199:
189:
182:
175:
168:
156:
136:
106:
97:
74:
50:
43:
37:
36:Please help
33:
1216:, May 1940.
1028:, May 1940.
980:Weird Tales
972:Edwin Baird
650:# of issues
644:First issue
531:(1928) and
525:We Liberals
523:(1924) and
418:Weird Tales
393:During the
311:Final issue
296:First issue
1410:Categories
1255:"M.A.B.",
1242:(column),
1165:References
1112:"Flash!,"
1063:(column),
1045:"M.A.B.,"
910:Jim Atkins
841:Betty Todd
647:Last issue
462:The Critic
441:and other
318:610 issues
252:Categories
202:March 2022
172:newspapers
139:references
100:March 2022
84:improve it
39:improve it
509:Household
476:, 1963).
460:yearbook
362:(1965–69)
357:(1962–64)
352:(1959–62)
347:(1951–59)
342:(1948–51)
337:(1916–48)
280:Publisher
270:Frequency
264:magazines
88:verifying
45:talk page
1019:See also
994:New York
990:Brooklyn
953:Mar 1969
948:Jan 1916
932:Mar 1969
929:Oct 1967
916:Aug 1967
913:Mar 1967
900:Jan 1967
897:Aug 1966
881:Jul 1966
878:Jul 1966
874:unlisted
863:Jun 1966
860:Sep 1965
847:Aug 1965
844:Jun 1965
830:May 1965
827:Apr 1965
814:Sep 1964
811:Nov 1962
798:Oct 1962
795:Mar 1961
782:Feb 1961
779:Jul 1959
766:Jun 1959
763:Oct 1951
750:Sep 1951
747:Oct 1950
733:Sep 1950
730:Jan 1950
716:Dec 1949
713:Feb 1947
700:Jan 1947
697:Apr 1941
683:Mar 1941
680:May 1940
676:unlisted
664:Apr 1940
661:Jan 1916
620:masthead
602:(1958),
367:Language
331:Based in
974:titled
966:Content
550:Liberty
407:History
383:A&J
370:English
323:Country
301: (
288:Founder
256:Writing
186:scholar
82:Please
641:Editor
517:Kansas
513:Topeka
313:Number
188:
181:
174:
167:
159:
1009:Bobby
943:TOTAL
653:Note
260:books
193:JSTOR
179:books
165:news
958:610
667:291
141:to
86:by
1412::
1391:,
992:,
866:10
817:20
801:20
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