IWW Newsletter - Issue 59- December 2016

(Sun setting at Arabian Sea - Chavakkad Beach from my recent trip)

A very warm welcome to everyone who subscribed to IWW Newsletter. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

1. Word of Success

a) "Real success means achieving something that has real meaning and significance to you, and living a life that gives you joy and fulfillment every day."- Grant Andrews, The Life of Your Dreams

b) "Our success in life is more typically a reflection of how we respond to the things that happen to us." - Weldon Long

2. New Authors

I am pleased to inform you that there are 3 new authors who have joined our IWW group during the month of November 2016. They are – Sowmya Suresh, Aruna Kiran J, and Shiny Hoque. A hearty welcome to you all to our group. Thanks for joining our community.

There were many more submissions from new writers, but they had not followed our simple rules, and hence we could not publish those submissions.

3. New items published at IWW in November 2016.

Short Stories
a) The Merchant of Hyderabad, b) The Guilty and c) The New Neighbour. These can be read on the main page. IWW Short Stories

Poems
a) Words, b) Travel, and c) Alone
These can be read on the main page Poems

Story for Children
Lazy Bug Ashley. This can be read on the main page. Stories for Children

Book Reviews
a) The One You Cannot Have b) We will Meet Again . These can be read on the main page. Book Reviews

Serial Novel
But Just Say I Love You - Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
These can be read on the main page. Serial Novel ====================================================== ========================================================

4. Literary News -
a) Ruskin Bond gets Lifetime Achievement Award, bats for climate change http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-147631.html

b) Crossword Book Award celebrates Indian writing http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-149105.html

c) 2017 Gathering of Poets on March 4, 2017 http://www.press53.com/Gathering_of_Poets.html

d) Jaipur Lit Fest to support emerging writers http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-143989.html

5. Contests (Copy these links, paste each one of them on your browser and check for details.)

a) Story of the Year contest No entry fee. Last date: 31/12/2016 www.storyshares.org/contest

b) James Knudsen Prize for Fiction Entry fee: Last date: 1/1/2017 https://bayoumagazine.org/writing-contests/fiction-contest-guidelines/

c) Hour of writes contest www.hourofwrites.com Last date: 31/12/2016 Entry fee: £3 Prize: £50 minimum; prize increases with more entries

d) Press53 for short fiction prize http://www.press53.com/ Last date: 31/12/2016

e) Romance Me Novel Writing Contest Last date: 15/12/2016 http://www.authors.me/romance-contest

f) Nine Dots Prize Theme: “Are digital technologies making politics impossible?” Last date: 31/1/2017 https://creativewritingnews.net/2016/11/03/are-you-a-writer-enter-the-nine-dots-prize-for-a-chance-to-win-100000/

6. Paying Markets
http://wandererpoetry.com/submit/

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7. Charity work.
Spend a moment to check out Voice4India

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8. Check out these books

A Christmas in Scotland Read this travel memoir

Cherished - story of a young girl's eagerness to seek the love of her parents. Cherished

The Second Choice @ Flipkart
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Lakshmi Menon
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