Entries and voting for the Kilat! Flash Fiction Challenge closed on Friday, 24 September. The Kilat! Team has reviewed the voting, confirmed the popular vote finalists and selected the 2 Grand Prize winners. The Festival is amazed and delighted by the response we have had. What we expected would be a small but fun project turned into an extraordinary vibrant and exciting one. We were overwhelmed by the entries and enthusiasm of the people from all over the world who entered.
We are also struck by the fact that there are so many talented Indonesian writers out there, producing work of such a high quality.
We will be back, bigger and better, and maybe even shorter, in 2011. We’ve learnt a lot this year, and thank everyone who has sent in suggestions of how we could improve the competition.
But now to what you’ve all been waiting for. There are 24 finalists; 12 in Bahasa Indonesian and 12 in English. They finalists are:
12 Popular Vote Finalists in the Bahasa Indonesia Category
- Merindu Bintang, by Joan (score: 738)
- Kado untuk Tomi, by Ve (score: 596)
- Cinta Tengah Malam, by juniper (score: 451)
- Dua Pasang Kekasih, by nitasellya (score: 407)
- Roh Penari, by gibb (score: 349)
- Usai, by KeziaRenata (score: 294)
- Cerdas 24 Jam, by RAMA (score: 288)
- Kerajinan Putra Bali, by juniper (score: 264)
- PENDOSA, by Gie777 (score: 260)
- Atlantis, by eliabintang (score: 257)
- Setia, Ayu, Ranum dan Cinta, by Kelmi Budiprasetio (score: 248)
- Kucing Perempuan Gila, by Annisa F Rangkuti (score: 245)
12 Popular Vote Finalists in the English Category
- Actus Dei, by JAP (score: 374)
- Flying Jaguar, by ouda (score: 301)
- Polaroids, by kartikadumasari (score: 188)
- Budi’s Back, by neldendj (score: 133)
- The Cherry Blossoms, novenia (score: 111)
- A Gorgeous Stranger, by starl1ght79 (score: 88)
- Perhaps Today, by jumppuppyjump (score: 81)
- The Line, by lusisuwandi (score: 80)
- Different, by Andi Gunawan (score: 74)
- Alley Cats, by Dorte H (score: 74)
- Black Box from Hell, by miamalik (score 68)
- NSA (no Strings Attached), by figliol (score: 63)
The top 24 most popular entries, 12 in English, 12 in Indonesian, are currently being collated and laid out for the Kilatzine, whose special Festival issue will be dedicated to this project. If you’re in Bali, come up to Ubud and have a look. If you’re not, we’ll upload a pdf to our website and you can print, copy and circulate yourselves.
From the list of finalists, our judging panel has selected two Grand Prize winners, one from each category. The Grand Prize winners receive full 4 Day Passes to the Festival and are invited to be part of the judging panel for next year’s Kilat! Flash Fiction Challenge. The Grand Prize Winners are:
Bahasa Indonesia Grand Prize Winner: nitasellya, for Dua Pasang Kekasih
English Grand Prize Winner: neldendj, for Budi’s Back
Our congratulations go out to all winners (special note to ‘juniper’ who had not one, but two entries in the final 12 of the Bahasa Indonesia Category!). Our thanks go out to the more than 50,000 people who took part in this contest in some fashion — either by entering, voting or visiting to read the submissions.
Voting and comments have closed, but please keep reading and enjoying the stories here. And to the writers, we hope you continue to benefit from this opportunity to connect with your readers.
For those of you coming to Ubud, have a very happy Festival.
Until next year.
The Kilat! Team
Note that there is a special event at this year’s Festival, just for Kilat participants and fans. The details can be found here:
http://ubudwritersfestival.com/events/kilat-flash-fiction-challenge-ubud-writers-festival-2010
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