Thought for the Month

"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.

- J.M. Barrie - Scottish novelist and dramatist, best remembered for creating Peter Pan

Hello Authors and Readers,

In this hectic season between the advent of autumn and the onslaught of winter we rush around trying to accomplish the impossible. We often forget that some of our best ideas arrive in a moment or an hour of seemingly mindless activity.

I am off for some creative mediation on what to write for the markets listed below. I wish you a similar time this month,

Sandra

Markets:

Cezanne's Carrot is seeking high-quality, literary fiction and nonfiction that fits with the theme "Return of the Light". Submission guidelines: http://www.cezannescarrot.org/contest.html

Crab Creek Review seeks unpublished fiction. Submission guidelines:http://www.crabcreekreview.org/contest.htm

Five Points seeks submissions of poetry for their forthcoming James Dickey Prize for Poetry. Submission guidelines:http://webdelsol.com/Five_Points/guidelines/contest.htm

Glimmer Train seeks submissions of original, unpublished fiction [no novels, poetry, or stories written for children]. Submission guidelines: http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

Isotope is looking for outstanding examples of literary nature and science writing. Submission guidelines:http://isotope.usu.edu/web/contest.htm

Minnetonka Review seeks submissions for their forthcoming fiction contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.minnetonkareview.com/fiction_contest.html

Prairie Fire seeks submissions for The Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction competitions. Submission guidelines: http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests.html

Press53 offers a variety of writing competitions. Submission guidelines: http://www.press53.com/Contests.html

American Short Fiction is happy to announce their 2007 Short Story Contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.americanshortfiction.org/

The Baltimore Review seeks submissions of short fiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.baltimorereview.org

Cream City Review seeks fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for their forthcoming contests. Submission guidelines:http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/ccr/index2.html

Geist seeks submissions for its Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.geist.com/postcard-contest

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Publishing News:

Oprah's Book Club

Oprah's Book club selection No. 59 is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA--nicely timed to go along with the November 16 release of the film version from New Line/Stone Village Pictures.

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA was published in 1985. This just shows that the life of a book can be a very long one.

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The Scotiabank Giller Prize

All of the nominated books are novels - three by men, two by women - and of the five, three are by Ontario authors who have either won the Giller before or been on previous short lists. Toronto's Michael Ondaatje, nominated for Divisadero, was the co-winner, with David Adams Richards, in 2000. An Ottawan Elizabeth Hay, another 2000 nominee, is nominated this year for Late Nights on Air. M.G. Vassanji, a Torontonian, the only two-time Giller winner, is now vying for a third win with The Assassin's Song.
Completing the roster are Effigy, by former-Manitoban-turned-Torontonian Alissa York, and A Secret Between Us, by veteran Franco-Ontarian author and translator Daniel Poliquin, the only French-to-English translation shortlisted.

The winner will be named Nov. 6 at a televised ceremony in Toronto.

A total of 108 books were submitted for adjudication by 46 publishers - a record in the Giller's 14-year history. McClelland & Stewart placed two books on the short list - Ondaatje's and Hay's, while Douglas & McIntyre, Random House Canada and Doubleday each have one (those of Poliquin, York and Vassanji, respectively). Historically, M & S is the "winningest" publisher in the Giller history, with seven nods since 1994.

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Man Booker Prize Award - October 17th

Irish writer Anne Enright has won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her
fourth novel, The Gathering. The prize goes to a novel by an author from
Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth and has an award of roughly
$100,000.

Howard Davies, chairman of the judges' panel, cited Enright's "tough and
striking language" and said she had written a "powerful, uncomfortable
and, at times, angry book." The Gathering was reportedly a compromise
choice by judges who favored some of the other finalists.

Ms. Enright, 45, is a former television producer and director in Ireland. Her previous work includes three novels, a book of short stories and a work of nonfiction.

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And finally:

People Paid to Line Up for Trump Book

Learning Annex president Bill Zanker paid people to line up outside the Barnes & Noble store on Fifth Avenue on October 17th for a signing by Donald Trump of their joint book THINK BIG AND KICK ASS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE. Zanker dispensed $100 each to the first 100 people in line, $50 each to the next 100, and $10 each to the next 1,000 or so people.

Home News:

Our autumn/winter publishing schedule is in full swing. We are waiting for the results of our trip to the Frankfurt BookFair and readying books for subject/genre specific academic trade fairs this month and in December. The next two months also bring a myriad of Christmas themed fairs that we will be attending with individual authors.

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