1. Word of Success

a) “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.”― W. P. Kinsella

b) “I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”― Abraham Lincoln

2. Editor's Note

a) Hope you all had a Happy Diwali .

b) The theme for the month of Nov 2019 - Short Stories - There is no specific theme this month. Any 5-6 good stories will be considered.

Your contributions can be submitted in the SUBMISSION FORM to all categories from 15th to 25th of each month.

c) We have 5 new writers who joined IWW community recently, and they are - Puja Chakraborty, Kuhu Joshi, Jit Bhattacharya, Prerona Boruah and Saweini S. Laloo There were more contributions from new writers, but I could not accept them for not following our simple rules. Please also note that the supporters and wellwishers of iww will get the preference over the nonsupporters.

3. New items published at IWW in Oct 2019.

Short Stories -
a) The Sixth Sense of Akash, b) The Letter, c) Gold Palace, d) Meant To Be.

These stories can be read on the main page. IWW Short Stories

Poems

a) Kalahandi Poems,b) Calcutta and Another Poem,c) This Was How It All Began,d) In the New Land andTwo Other Poems, e) Nepenthes.

These poems can be read on the main Poems page. IWW Poems

As You Say
a) Home Exercises, b) Wedded to Profession

These can be read on the main As You Say page. IWW As You Say

Perspective
a) The Scorpios of the Zodiac
This can be read on the main Perspective page. Perspective

Travelogues

a) Mamallapuram Rock Cut Monuments.
This can be read on the main Travelogues page. Travelogues

New videos

a) Pamban Road Bridge, b) Ladies Finger Recipe, c) Ripe Banana Laddu, d) Healthy and Tasty Wheat Ada, e) Thirumalai Nayakar Palace, f) Trip to Dhanushkodi, g) Trip to Madurai - Thirumohar Temple. These can be seen in the YT Video gallery .

a) IWW Youtube Channel.
Thanks for the friends who have subscribed to our Youtube Channel - Indusvlog. IWW Indus Vlog Youtube Channel . Please subscribe.

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4. Literature News
Check out these -

a) https://bit.ly/2pD6Sdx - JCB Prize for Literature 2019: Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel The Far Field is the winner.

b) https://bit.ly/32eyuD8 - Authors Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke awarded Nobel Prizes for Literature.

c) https://bit.ly/2oHD4Mk - Dalai Lama conferred with honorary doctorate. (Doctor of Literature - D.Litt)

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

a) https://www.amandasteelwriter.com/440793822 -Entry fee - Free. Last date: 10 Nov 2019.Poems (upto 50 lines), Short stories (Upo 2000 words)

b) https://granta.submittable.com/submit - Entry Fee: £3 - Last date: 13 Nov 2019 . Fiction and non-fiction (3000-6000 words).

c) https://theblendinternational.com.au/future-visions -Entry Fee: $2- Last date: 15 Nov 2019.

d) Children's novel - https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-novel-award/ - Entry fee: £25 - Last date: 10 Nov 2019Prizes: £2,500.

e) https://clawandblossom.com/submissions/ -Entry fee: Free - Last date: 25 Nov 2019 -

f) Wales Poetry Award - https://poetrywales.co.uk/award/ -Entry Fee: £5 - Last date: 28 Nov 2019

g) http://3elementsreview.com/submit -Entry Fee: $20 - Last date: 30 Nov 2019Word Limit: Fiction and non-fiction: 7,499 / Flash fiction: 1,000 / Poetry: up to 3 poems.Prizes: $1,000 in each category.

h) http://americanshortfiction.org/submityourwork/ -Entry fee $3 - Last date: 30 Nov 2019.Under 2000 words.

i)http://1kwordchallenge.byethost16.com/website2017/?i=3 -Entry Fee: £5 - Last date: 30 Nov 2019

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6. Charity work.
Take a moment from your busy life to check out Home of Love

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7. Check out these books By buying these books you are directly helping the maintenance of the iww site.

a) A CHRISTMAS IN SCOTLAND - A travel memoir

b) CHERISHED

c) THE SECOND CHOICE

d) BEFORE THE SUNSET

e) VANISHED GIRL

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