''People's Magazine'', also known as ''People's'' or ''People's Story Magazine'', was an American
literary magazine that was published from 1906 to 1924.
''People's Magazine'' was first published in July 1906 by
Street & Smith
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in
New York City
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. This first issue contained fiction, articles, and poems. The intent of ''People's'' was to be a companion to the literary magazine ''
The Popular Magazine
''The Popular Magazine'' was an early American literary magazine that ran for 612 issues from November 1903 to October 1931. It featured short fiction, novellas, serialized larger works, and even entire short novels. The magazine's subject matter ...
''.
It was later published by
Lily, Wait & Co.
When the magazine was first published, it contained both previously published and new material. Contents included the reprinting of work previously written by notable poets and essayists. In November 1906, the magazine announced that it would no longer contain reprinted material. From the magazine's December issue onward, ''People's'' published only original and copyrighted material.
From 1906 to 1909, the magazine was edited by Archibald Lowery Sessions, who succeeded Lee D. Brown.
In 1909, John W. Harding became editor of the magazine.
It was advertised as offering instructive and amusing literature.
In 1921, the magazine became an all-fiction publication and no longer accepted articles or illustrations. At the time, Sessions was editor of the magazine. The following text was written in ''
The Writer'' about what the magazine was looking for:
Notable contributors to ''People's'' included
Clinton H. Stagg,
Albert Payson Terhune
Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 – February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kenne ...
,
Ellis Parker Butler
Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story " Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic ...
,
Eden Phillpotts
Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...
,
Alfred Damon Runyon,
Zoe Anderson Norris
Zoe Anderson Norris (February 29, 1860 – February 13, 1914) was a Kentucky-born journalist, novelist, short story writer and publisher, known for her bimonthly magazine, ''The East Side'' (1909–1914), which focused on impoverished immigrants ...
, and
H. Bedford-Jones.
''People's Magazine'' ceased publication in 1924 after 279 issues.
See also
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People (magazine)
References
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Magazines established in 1906
Magazines disestablished in 1924
Pulp magazines
1906 establishments in New York City
Magazines published in New York City
1924 disestablishments in New York (state)
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States