Thought for the Month

There are two ways of spreading light; to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton -

Hello Writers

And so another year is drawing to a close. It is a time for seasonal celebrations with our families and a time to look towards our goals for 2007. We should also take a few moments to congratulate ourselves on our writing successes of 2006. Sometimes we are so busy helping everyone around us that we forget to reward ourselves.

Together with all of the staff at the Windshift Press Group I would like to wish you and your loved ones the best of the season and a very prosperous 2007.

I would like to extend a thank you to everyone for making this newsletter an important monthly connection for me.

Best wishes,

Sandra

Markets:

Alice Blue seeks poetry and prose submissions. You need to follow the guidelines carefully. Submission guidelines: http://www.alicebluereview.org/main.html

Pantheon West Review seeks submissions of poetry. Submission guidelines: http://www.parthenonwestreview.com/submissions.html

Monkeybicycle is accepting submissions for their online journal. A sense of humour is a must. Submission guidelines: http://www.monkeybicycle.net/submissions.html

H_NGM_N, an online journal of poetry, poetics and more which appears usually twice a year. Reading period for the next publication ends January 15, 2007. Submission guidelines: http://www.h-ngm-n.com/s_bmissions

Coconut seeks poetry submissions. Submission guidelines: http://www.coconutpoetry.org/submit6.htm

Hamilton Stone Review seeks poetry and prose submissions. Submission guidelines: http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html

Tarpaulin Sky seeks submissions of poetry and prose for their next issue. Submission guidelines: http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/guidelines.html

Snow Monkey seeks original, unpublished submissions of poetry, short fiction and nonfiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.ravennapress.com/snowmonkey/pages/aboutus.php

La Petite Zine seeks submissions of poetry, fiction and essays. Submission guidelines: http://www.lapetitezine.org/lpz19_submissions.htm

Word for Word seeks submissions of poetry and prose. Deadline for the next issue is February 01, 2007. Submission guidelines: http://www.wordforword.info/vol10/index.htm

The Modern Review seeks poetry and prose for their next reading period ending in March 2007. Submission guidelines:
http://www.modern-review.com/submissions.html .

Neo seeks submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.neomagazine.org

December discount of 25% to all newsletter subscribers

Manuscript Evaluation -Treat yourself or a writing friend/relative to a manuscript evaluation from a publishing professional. This could include advice on a short story before submitting it to publishers or an evaluation of your novel or non-fiction book. Ask for details by e-mailing info@windshift.bc.ca. Please put 'manuscript critique' in the subject line.

Publishing News:

For the second time in as many years, a big Hollywood movie studio has come calling for Canadian historical fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay. In 2005, Warner Brothers announced an option on his 1995 novel The Lions of Al-Rassan.

Textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin was acquired by Riverdeep, an Irish educational software publisher, for $1.75 billion this week.

Houghton Mifflin will now have the technological expertise as the education publishing industry shifts to electronic media. Riverdeep's popular educational software brands include Reader Rabbit, Carmen Sandiego and Cluefinders.

The life that is not examined is not worth living.

- Plato -

Home News:

We have had a terrific 2006. We published six new titles for a total twenty-one books across the Windshift Press Group. We have ten titles already planned for 2007 with more to come. We represent at least sixteen titles of independent authors with further titles under consideration. And we went to the Frankfurt Book Fair and were warmly received. Look out 2007~! We had a good time under the tent at Word on the Street in Vancouver.

Windshift Press authors did book events and tours across the country with great successes in Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Calgary. Now we are knee deep in snow and Christmas Craft Fairs.

We attended a number of local and regional book events meeting a wide range of old friends and new acquaintances.

Please note that the Windshift Press Group offices will be closed from Friday, December 22nd at 3:00 until Tuesday, January 2nd at 9:00 to allow for staff holdiays. All urgent administrative requests will be handled and all book orders will be filled.

Windshift has suffered from a major computer malfunction this last month and we have been unable to recover the full list of e-mail subscribers to this newsletter. Please contact us, if you or any of your friends and acquaintances should be subscribers.

Note: While every effort is made to check the markets suggested in this newsletter, writers must use their own judgment when submitting their work.

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