Thought for the Month

"These are only hints and guesses,
Hints followed by guesses and the rest
Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action."

- T.S. Eliot, author

Hello Writers and Readers,

The first days of winter frost have arrived here on the coast. November always draws me indoors to reflect on the year so far. It was a great year for the garden. Baskets of apples, pears and plums appeared with great regularity in my kitchen this last month or so.

Now it is also time to savour the writing I have produced this year.

Sandra

Markets:

Shenandoah seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.wlu.edu/x31904.xml

The Broome Review seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.thebroomereview.com/

Birmingham-Southern College seeks poetry and short fiction submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.bsc.edu/events/hackney/

Concrete Wolf seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://concretewolf.com./current/contest.htm

Glimmer Train welcomes the work of established and upcoming writers. Submission guidelines:http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

The Kenyon Review seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.kenyonreview.org/contests-pg.php

Narrative is looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Submission guidelines:http://www.narrativemagazine.com/fall09-story-contest

PRISM International seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/contests.php

Raving Dove seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.ravingdove.org/award

Wag’s Revue seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.wagsrevue.com/submit.php

WOW seeks submissions of flash fiction. Submission guidelines:http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php

Wordletting seeks submissions. Submission guidelines: http://wordletting.com/default_files/PoetryProject.htm

The Writer's Journal seeks fiction submissions. Submission guidelines: http://www.writersjournal.com/CalendarofContests.htm

The Writers' Workshop seeks submissions. Submission guidelines: http://www.twwoa.org/

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Publishing News:

Amazon has posted their "best of 2009 books" section, which includes their editors' top 10 (below) and top 100 lists, along with top 10s for more than 20 genres, "customer favorites" (e.g. category bestsellers), and more:

1. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
2. Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder
3. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
4. Brooklyn, Colm Toibin
5. Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
6. Crazy for the Storm, Norman Ollestad
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
8. The City & the City, China Mieville
9. Stitches, David Small
10. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba

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In France, Marie NDiaye has won the prestigious Goncourt Prize for THREE STRONG WOMEN (so far not available in an English-language edition), published by Gallimard. She is the first black woman to ever win the prize--and the first female honoree since 1998.

Home News:

We are always busy here at Windshfit Press but this is truly our busiest season of the year. We are following up on the Frankfurt Bookfair leads which is always exciting. We are also gearing up for the Christmas Craft Fairs and seasonal events that our authors will be attending and getting our information in the hands of book buyers world-wide in this run-up to Christmas.

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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