Thought for the Month

How, but in custom and ceremony,

Are innocence and beauty born?

- W.B. Yeats - poet

Hello Readers and Writers,

This month we look towards the Canadian holiday of Thanksgiving. It is a time to be grateful for our bounty and for the traditions, customs and ceremonies that we have evolved with our families and friends. Each year I treasure not only the beautiful meal but the people around my Thanksgiving table.

Wishing you a month of bountiful times, including your writing ... Sandra

Markets:

Ruminate Magazine invites you to enter their short story contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.ruminatemagazine.org/contests/

So to Speak offers fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art contests. Submission guidelines:http://www.gmu.edu/org/sts/contests.htm

Narrative is calling on writers, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers, ages eighteen to thirty, to tell them a story. Submission guidelines:http://narrativemagazine.com/30-below-story-contest

Diagram announces a contest for an unpublished (in a serial/magazine/journal/book or on a non-personal website) hybrid essay. Submission guidelines:http://thediagram.com/contest.html

Inkwell announces its 11TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST. Submission guidelines:http://www.inkwelljournal.org/competitions.htm

Glimmer Train seeks submissions for its forthcoming fiction contest on Family Matters. Submission guidelines:http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

The New Renaissance seeks submissions for its forthcoming fiction contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.tnrlitmag.org/ab_awardsguide.html

Descant is pleased to announce the 2009 Winston Collins/ Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. Deadline: October 10, 2008. Submission guidelines:http://www.descant.ca/contest.html

Dogwood Magazine seeks submissions for their forthcoming fiction and poetry competitions. Deadline: October 15, 2008. Submission guidelines:http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/dogwood/

Sycamore Review seeks submissions for its 2008 Wabash Prize for Poetry. Submission guidelines:http://sycamorereview.com/contest/

Barrelhouse seeks submissions for its forthcoming competition. Submission guidelines:http://barrelhousemag.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=2

Press 53 seeks submissions to its forthcoming cometitions. Submission guidelines:http://www.press53.com/OpenAwards_2009.html

Wild Violet is accepting submissions of poetry,lyrics,fiction,and creative non-fiction. Submission guidelines:http://www.wildviolet.net/submissions.html

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

Publishing News:

Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Costco's book buyer, has picked The Gold
Coast, a 1990 novel by Nelson DeMille, as her recent pick of the month . In Costco Connection, which goes to many of the warehouse club's members, she wrote:

"Over the years I've met many, many authors. One who sticks out in my
mind as being genuinely kind, a delight to speak with and overall great
person is . . . Nelson DeMille. Not only is he a real gentleman, he's
also a great writer. That combination of talent and charm made selecting
[The Gold Coast] a no-brainer.

Wall Street lawyer John Sutter is desperately trying to hold on to an
aristocratic legacy when a Mafia don draws him and his wife into a
violent world.

If you're looking for something with drama, passion,
friendship and big stakes, this is the book for you."

Oprah's next book club pick is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, published by Ecco. In a recent statement, Oprah said, "I think this book is right up there with the greatest American novels ever written."

Man Booker Longlist

The longlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction consists of:

* The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
* Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
* The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
* From A to X by John Berger
* The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
* Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
* The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
* The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
* Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
* The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
* Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
* A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

Have a look at the list and see which books are similar to your writing and think about approaching those publishers.

Home News:

We are busy as usual at Windshift Press with our Fall/Winter publishing schedule, autumn book events and making our annual trip to the Frankfurt Book fair.

We are thrilled to be publishing That Is How It Is by Moishe Nadir, translated by Harvey Fink, a glorious selection of Nadir's prose translated from the Yiddish by Harvey Fink.

In November we are publishing the second book of a murder mystery trilogy from the Sooke author Shirley Skidmore. This second volume, Murder in The Sooke Potholes, is a well researched police procedural.

Both books will be available in all good bookstores and through the Windshift Press on-line bookstore

We recently received the e-mail below. Congratulations, Kenn on your success and we wish you a similar success with your new book. Any subscribers interested in Kenn's book can find it on the Trafford website.

Hi Windshift Press

I think it was an announcement in your e-mail newsletter that fascinated me. I followed it up; entered the contest; and guess what!

Thanks for for the lead!

I have just finished the "Second Book of the Huguenot Trilogy", FOLLOW THE WIND, to be published by Traffords of Victoria, BC.

Warm regards.

Kenn Joubert

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