IWW Newsletter - Issue 156 - October 2025

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1. Words of Success

"Success is a pile of failure that you are standing on."

- Dave Ramsey

2. Editor's Note

Good afternoon, everyone!

Hope you all are doing well and had a wonderful Navratri festival.

The new writers who joined our writing community are - Garima Kaushal and Surbhi Dadhich. You are welcome to our community of writers. Thank you for joining us.

3. New items published at IWW in September 2025

Perspective

To My Younger Self

This can be read on the main page titled Perspective

Short stories

The Delayed Train

This can be read on the main page titled Indian Short stories

Poems

O Mother in Heaven

This can be read on the main page titled Poems

Book Reviews

Reviving Kipling’s Kim

This can be read on the main page titled Book Reviews

New Videos

https://youtu.be/Q0ps1xnAnnE

https://youtu.be/9rsCugNEYu0

https://youtu.be/dGLdRgtgEdk

https://youtu.be/tXqyiKC4H2U

4. Literature News

1) Mumbai Litfest to honour literary giants Vinod Kumar Shukla and Sitanshu Yashaschandra

https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/mumbai-litfest-vinod-kumar-shukla-sitanshu-yashaschandra-10282042/

2) Finalists revealed for 2025 Booker Prize

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62lej4x148o

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

1) Planet Forward Storyfest 2025 https://planetforward.org/storyfest/ Last date: February 9, 2026 Free entry

2) Commonwealth Foundation Short Story Prize free entry https://commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-prize/ Last Date- 1 November 2025

3) FALL 2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST

and

QUARTERLY CREATIVE NONFICTION ESSAY CONTEST

https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php#EssayContest

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