- Richard Bach - Illusions

Hello Authors,

Spring is a season of expansion and growth. It is the season when all things are possible. Sometimes with our writing we limit our possibilities through our belief that we can't do something - compose a better poem, write a better novel, win a long dreamed about competition. Now is your moment to grow your expectations into the fruit of possibility.

I'm off to stake my tomatoes and to grow my current novel.

Happy writing,

Sandra

Markets:

The Southern Review publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, interviews,
book reviews, and excerpts from novels in progress, with emphasis on
contemporary literature in the United States and abroad, and with special
interest in southern culture and history. Submission guidelines: http://www.lsu.edu/thesouthernreview/submissions.html

The Hudson Review publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Submission guidelines: http://www.hudsonreview.com/guidelines.html

The Walrus, a Canadian magazine with an international outlook, is committed to publishing the best work by the best writers from Canada and elsewhere. Submission guidelines: http://www.walrusmagazine.ca/queries

Black Warrior Review, a nationally respected literary magazine, has published the freshest poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.webdelsol.com/bwr/about.html

Brick is a Canadian literary journal that publishes non-fiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.brickmag.com/submissions.html

ByLine sponsors monthly contests and also publishes short stories and poetry. Submission guidelines: http://www.bylinemag.com/guidelines.asp

Canter is particularly interested in articles that appeal to a horse person's literary interests. Submission guidelines: http://www.cantermagazine.com/guidelines.asp

City Slab publishes urban horror fiction and articles of interest to the horror community. Submission guidelines: http://www.cityslab.com/index_files/page0004.htm

Stone Soup is a literary magazine made up entirely of stories, poems, book reviews, and illustrations by children ages 8 to 13. We do not publish any writing or art by adults at all. So pass this on to all the children in your life who write. Submission guidelines: http://www.stonesoup.com/contact

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest devoted to the literature of the fantastic (science fiction, fantasy, horror). Submission guidelines: http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm

Vestal Review is a magazine for flash (short-short) fiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.vestalreview.net/Issue29/guidelines.html

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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 Windshift. Please put 'manuscript critique' in the subject line.

Publishing News:

Congratulations to the Canadian authors on the Man Booker International Prize short-list. The Man Booker International Prize given every two years to recognizes a writer for their overall contribution to fiction on the world stage. This year's nominees are:

Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, John Banville, Peter Carey, Don DeLillo,
Carlos Fuentes, Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, Harry Mulisch, Alice Munro,
Michael Ondaatje, Amos Oz, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and Michel
Tournier.

The winner of the $118,000 award will be announced in June.

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Canadian Booker winner Yann Martel has started a book club of one
person. He's sending a recommended book every two weeks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to encourage more funding of the arts.

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Peter Ackroyd has signed a six-book deal with Macmillan for what the author describes as "for me, a profoundly important project - no less than the biography of England in six volumes." The deal was negotiated by Sonia Land of Sheil Land and, while no figure is being mentioned, it's sure to be a lucrative one. The aim is to publish volume one in 2011.

Mobile phone users in Sweden will be able to access more than 100 HarperCollins English language audiobooks following a deal with service provider BOKiLUR (which literally translates as 'book-on-phone'). The service will roll out across a number of other European countries over the next 12 months. Phone users can listen to two minutes of the books for free before deciding to purchase at around euro15 for each title. The audio is streamed to the phone without the need download via a computer.

Home News:

April was filled with attendance at a number of book events including the London BookFair and The Pacific Festival of the Book. We also attended the recent Federation of BC Writers AGM in Victoria. We published Terra Infirma - A life Unbalanced by A.J. Mallinson and A Place Where Weeds & Roses Grow by Joan Spencer. Details of these books and an opportunity to buy copies can be found at http://www.windshfit.bc.ca .

We have added to Absolutely Books with Crooked Lake, a murder mystery set in Saskatchewan by Nelson Brunanski. Order your copy from any good book store or on-line at http://www.absolutelybooks.ca

In May we are continuing to extend the retail opportunities for all of our authors particularly in the US. We are doing follow-up with the foreign agents and publishers who expressed an interest in the titles that were showcased at LBF.

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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