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1. Word of Success

a) “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” ― Rabindranath Tagore

b) “If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” ― Rabindranath Tagore

2. Editor's Note

The theme for Nov 2018 Short Stories is "Repentance".

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.

We have 9 new writers who joined IWW recently, and they are - Laxmi Goparaju, Preeth Ganapathy, Nishu Bagdwal, Abhinanda Datta, Anee Gogoi, Shabeer T S, Dr. Kathakali Bandopadhyay, Rakhi Wadhwani, and Vikas Sharma. There were many 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 Oct 2018.

Short Stories
(a) Memorable Experience of College Days(b) Day of the Superhero(c) From a Petite Girl to a Cadet(d) A Reminiscence(e) Into the Woods in Winter Mornings (f) These stories can be read on the main page. IWW Short Stories

Poems

(a) In the Night(b) Birthday Wishes of a Grandmother - 2 poems(c) A Beautiful Mind(d) Draupadi is being Sued(e) Signature(f) A Birthday Wish(g) Metamorphosis and Loneliness(h) Hope and 3 Other Poems(i) Feelings of Silence and Another Poem
These can be read on the main Poems page. IWW Poems

Book Reviews
Freefall by Jana Williams

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

Perspective
Size XXL Please

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

Travelogues
a) Trip to Yelagiri

b) Seraphic Pink Rendezvous

These can be read on the main Bedtime Stories page. IWW Travelogues

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4. Literature News
a) Man Booker Prize Selection - Part 1 https://bit.ly/2SM2YIV and Part 2 https://bit.ly/2F4FdJA

b) Freedom for writers in India - an interview with Ruskin Bond https://www.newkerala.com/news/read/63692/you-find-more-freedom-for-writers-in-india-ruskin-bond-interview.html

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

a) Short Story Competition Last date - 15 Nov 2018 -http://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/short-short-story-competition

b) Glimmer Train Contest Last date - November 30, 2018 - https://glimmertrainpressinc.submittable.com/submit/123331/standard-submission-nov-2018

c) Urban YA competitionLast date - 30 Nov 2018 -http://www.everythingwithwords.com/urban-ya-competition-short-list-judged-patrice-lawrence/

d) The Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition -http://munsterlit.ie/Gregory%20ODonoghue%20International%20Poetry%20Competition.html

e) RWL Short story contestLast date - Nov 30, 2018 - https://www.dystopianstories.com/events/rwl-short-story-contest/

f) ServiceScape Short Story Award 2018Last date - 30 Nov 2018 -https://www.servicescape.com/short-story-award

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5. Charity work.
Take a moment to check out Pratham Mysore

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6. 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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