Thought for the Month

"There must be more to life than having everything." - Maurice Sendak, author

Hello Writers and Readers,

Autumn is in full array this month. The weather on the coast is warm and the colours are a visual cornucopia. The garden continues to produce despite the lateness of the season. Autumn, like a good story is worth savouring again and again.

Here's to the season of many unexpected gifts and much thankfulness,

Sandra

Markets:

Cloudbank is now accepting poetry submissions for their next issue. Submission guidelines:http://cloudbankbooks.com/Contest.html

DIAGRAM has announced its second Hybrid Essay Contest. Submission guidelines:http://thediagram.com/contest.html#2009essayguidelines

North American Review seeks submissions for the James Hearst Poetry Prize
Submission guidelines:http://northamericanreview.org/james-hearst-poetry-prize

The New Renaissance seeks submissions for their forthcoming contests. Submission guidelines:http://www.tnrlitmag.org/ab_awardsguide.html

A River & Sound Review seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.riverandsoundreview.org/contests/contests.htm

Anderbo seeks submissions for their forthcoming contest. Submission guidelines:http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.html

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

Harpur Palate seeks submissions for the Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry. Submission guidelines:http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/miltkessler.html

Lilith welcomes submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.lilith.org/writers.htm

The Malahat Review seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://www.malahatreview.ca/open_season/info.html

Reed Magazine seeks submissions for the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry. Submission guidelines:http://reedmag.org/drupal/?q=node/21

Smartish Pace seeks submissions for their forthcoming poetry contests. Submission guidelines:http://www.smartishpace.com/home/contest.html

The Tampa Review seeks submissions. Submission guidelines:http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html#danahy

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Publishing News:

Man Booker Prize Winner

Hilary Mantel won this year's Man Booker prize for her book Wolf Hall. The shortlist included AS Byatt (The Children's Book), JM Coetzee (Summertime), Adam Foulds (The Quickening Maze), Simon Mawer (The Glass Room) and Sarah Waters (The Little Stranger).

Mantel was voted winner of the Booker by three votes to two, beating former winners JM Coetzee and AS Byatt. Mantel's Wolf Hall is a historical novel about the life of Cromwell, the machiavellian schemer from the court of Henry VIII who oversaw the dissolution of the monasteries. Mantel takes home £50,000 in prize money.

The Booker prize is Britain's most coveted literary award and is presented each year to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth or Ireland.

Home News:

The Frankfurt Bookfair will be upon us shortly so much of our effort has focused in getting books and catalogues off to Frankfurt as well as finalizing a number of individual book marketing campaigns. We are also preparing for the season of seasonal fairs and markets which many of our authors attend.

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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