IWW Newsletter - Issue 85- May 2019

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1. Word of Success

a) "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller

b) "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson

2. Editor's Note

a) The theme for the month of May 2019 - Short Stories - is "Father-Daughter relationship".

Your contributions can be submitted in the SUBMISSION FORM to all categories from 15th to 25th of each month. Only the theme based stories will be considered for Short Stories. More details are on the notice board.

b) We have 5 new writers who joined IWW recently, and they are - Ashrita Damera, Supriti Haloi, Meera Kalathingal, Gouri and Nikita Nayak. There were more stories and poems from new writers, but I could not accept them for not following our simple rules.

3. New items published at IWW in April 2019.

Short Stories - Theme - Father-Son relationship.
a) Man Proposes, God disposes, b) This or That, andc) Dad, my Armour and Shield

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

Poems

a) Penfriends for Life, b) Solitude, c) Rainboe Bytes, d) Failure - The Wedge of Success, and e) To a Chimney

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

As You Say
Kindness Always brings Happiness

This can be read on the main Book Review page. IWW As You Say

Book Review

a) The Winter of the Witch - Book 3 - Reviewed by Anantha Rusum

This can be read on the main Book Review page. IWW Book Reviews

Perspective
a) The Greener Grass b) Fitting into the wave

These can be read on the main Perspective page. Perspective

Travelogues
a) Trip to Goa
This can be read on the main Travelogues page. IWW Travelogues

Recipes
a) Jackfruit Bajji

This can be read on the main Recipes page. IWW Recipes

a) IWW Youtube Channel.
Thanks for the friends who have subscribed to this. Others, please check out our Youtube channel and subscribe to it. IWW Indus Vlog Youtube Channel . If you are a true well wisher of IWW please don't hesitate to subscribe.

Video Gallery . If you have any new ideas for our Youtube channel please share it with me.

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4. Literature News
Check out these -

a)‘What Would It Mean to Live in a World Without Stories?Read the full story here -

https://lithub.com/what-would-it-mean-to-live-in-a-world-without-stories/

b) India could soon have more writers than readers - says Ruskin Bond. Read the full story here -

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/india-could-soon-have-more-writers-than-readers-bond/article27053510.ece

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

a) Juniper Prize for Poetry - Submissions will only be accepted each year between August 1 and September 30

http://www.umass.edu/umpress/content/juniper-prize-poetry

b) WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING SPRING 2019 FLASH FICTION CONTEST

http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.phplast date - May 31, 2019

c) 7th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry Competition.

http://www.obheal.ie/blog/five-words-poetry-competition/

d) ServiceScape Short Story Award Last date - Nov.30,2019- https://www.servicescape.com/short-story-award

e) Sarton Women's Book Awards™ 2019

http://www.storycircle.org/SartonLiteraryAward/guidelines.php========================================================== ========================================================

6. Charity work.
Take a moment from your busy life to check out Snehalayamangalore.com

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7. Check out these books

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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