ZORA NEALE HURSTON,

EULALIE S PENCE,

MARITA BONNER,

AND OTHERS

THE PRIZE PLAYS ANDOTHER ONE-ACTS

PUBLISHED INPERIODICALS

Introduction by

JENNIFER BURTON

G. K. HALL & CO.An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan

New York

Prentice Hall InternationalLondon Mexico City New Delhi Singapore Sydney Toronto

C O N T E N T S

General Editors'Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Publisher's Note xvii

Introduction by Jennifer Burton xix

HAGAR AND ISHMAEL 1Charlotte Teller Hirsh

(Crisis, May 1913)

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN 4Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

(Crisis, April 1919)

AFTERMATH 13Mary P. Burrill

(Liberator, April 1919)

THEY THAT SIT IN DARKNESS 25Mary P. Burrill

(Birth Control Review, September 1919)

HOLIDAY 34Ottie Graham

(Crisis, May 1923)

CONTENTS

THE CHURCH FIGHT 46Ruth A. Gaines-Shelton

(Crisis, May 1926. Crisis Second Prize, 1925)

FOR UNBORN CHILDREN 53Myrtle Athleen Smith Livingston

(Crisis, July 1926. Crisis Third Prize, 1925)

THE BOG GUIDE 59May Miller

(Opportunity Third Prize [typescript], 1925)

SCRATCHES 68May Miller

(Carolina, 1929)

COLOR STRUCK 79Zora Neale Hurston

(Fire!!, November 1926. Opportunity Second Prize, 1925;

Opportunity Honorable Mention, 1926)

THE FIRST ONE 96Zora Neale Hurston(Ebony and Topaz, 1927.

Opportunity Honorable Mention, 1926)

THE POT MAKER 107Marita Bonner

(Opportunity, February 1927)

THE PURPLE FLOWER 115Marita Bonner

(Crisis, January 1928. Crisis First Prize, 1927)

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CONTENTS

EXIT, AN ILLUSION 126Marita Bonner

(Crisis, October 1929. Crisis First Prize, 1927)

THE HUNCH 133Eulalie Spence

(Carolina, May 1927. Opportunity Second Prize, 1927)

THE STARTER 148Eulalie Spence

(Plays of Negro Life, 1927.Opportunity Third Prize, 1927)

HOT STUFF 155Eulalie Spence

(Wines in the Wilderness, 1990.

Crisis Third Prize, 1927)

UNDERTOW 164

Eulalie Spence(Carolina, April 1929. Crisis Third Prize, 1927)

EPISODE 178Eulalie Spence

(The Archive, April 1928)

MOTHER LIKED IT 190Alvira Hazzard

(Saturday Evening Quill, 1928)

LITTLE HEADS 199Alvira Hazzard

(Saturday Evening Quill, 1929)

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CONTENTS

TWO GODS: A MINARET 206Doris Price

(Opportunity, December 1932)

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