Lomba Menulis Cerita Pendek Perempuan Dalam Cerita
Tanggal 21 April bagiku memiliki makna lebih. Selain Hari Kartini, tanggal 21 April juga ulang tahun ibuku, hari perayaan sekaligus mengingatkan betapa aku beruntung dibesarkan dan didukung oleh seorang ibu yang bagiku perempuan terkuat dan tidak ada tandingannya.
Tahun ini, aku ingin merayakan Hari Kartini bukan hanya dengan mengenakan pakaian daerah seperti yang umum dilaksanakan oleh sekolah maupun institusi, tapi dengan Lomba Menulis Cerita Pendek, yang aku beri tajuk ‘Perempuan Dalam Cerita’. Cerita pendek fiksi ini dapat ber-genre apa saja, asalkan mengambil tokoh dan kehidupan perempuan sebagai anchor ceritanya. Dapat tentang profesinya, kehidupannya, perjuangannya, maupun pergolakan batinnya.
Syarat Peserta
Lomba ini dapat diikuti oleh seluruh Warga Negara Indonesia, tanpa batasan usia, tanpa batasan jenis kelamin. Setiap peserta juga dapat mengirimkan lebih dari 1 (satu) tulisan. Penulis juga dapat mengirimkan karya kolektif (misalnya satu cerpen ditulis oleh dua orang).
Syarat Cerpen
Cerita pendek ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia minimal 1.000 kata dan maksimal 3.000 kata (ekuivalen 10 halaman A4), diketik rapi dalam file Microsoft Word dengan font ukuran 11pt. Cerita pendek berupa karya fiksi yang belum pernah diterbitkan dalam media mana pun, dan merupakan karya asli penulis. Dengan mengikuti lomba ini, berarti penulis menyatakan bahwa karya tersebut adalah murni karya aslinya dan jika ada tuntutan pelanggaran hak kekayaan intelektual maka akan menjadi tanggung jawab penulis.
Judul cerpen bebas, dengan tema seputar perempuan, tentang profesinya, kehidupannya, perjuangannya, ataupun pergolakan batinnya.
Periode Lomba
Lomba dibuka mulai hari ini, 10 April 2013 dan ditutup pada pukul 23.59 tanggal 30 April 2013. Karya dikirimkan melalui email ke cerpenperempuan@gmail.com. Harap mencantumkan nama lengkap, alamat lengkap, tanggal lahir, pekerjaan sekarang, dan No. KTP.
Pemilihan Pemenang
Pemenang terdiri dari 1 pemenang utama dan 14 finalis. Seluruh tulisan yang masuk akan dinilai berdasarkan faktor-faktor sbb:
- Kesesuaian isi tulisan dengan tema.
- Originalitas.
- Plot dan diksi.
- Teknik penulisan yang menarik dibaca.
Pemenang akan dipilih oleh juri yaitu saya sendiri, Ika Natassa dan Aulia Halimatussadiah, penulis, tokoh perempuan, dan juga founder @nulisbuku.
Pengumuman Pemenang
Pemenang dan 14 finalis terpilih akan diumumkan melalui Twitter @ikanatassa paling lambat tanggal 31 Mei 2013.
Hadiah Pemenang
Pemenang pertama akan memperoleh hadiah berupa e-Money Bank Mandiri senilai Rp. 500 ribu beserta voucher senilai Rp. 50.000 dan t-shirt dari @nulisbuku. Cerpen pemenang pertama beserta cerpen 14 finalis akan diterbitkan secara self-published oleh @nulisbuku dengan tajuk Perempuan Dalam Cerita. Atas penerbitan ini, para penulis tidak menerima kompensasi dalam bentuk apa pun karena seluruh royalti hasil penjualan buku akan kita sumbangkan ke lembaga pemberdayaan/perlindungan perempuan korban kekerasan dan perkosaan. Detail mengenai penyerahan sumbangan royalti ini akan dikelola oleh www.nulisbuku.com.
Lain-Lain
Lomba ini aku adakan sendiri, namun jika ada pihak yang berminat menjadi sponsor, dapat menghubungi aku di ika@ikanatassa.com.
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”
Having no facility for speech-making and no command of oratory nor any domination of rhetoric, I wish to thank the administrators of the generosity of Alfred Nobel for this Prize.
No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is no need to list these writers. Everyone here may make his own list according to his knowledge and his conscience.
It would be impossible for me to ask the Ambassador of my country to read a speech in which a writer said all of the things which are in his heart. Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.
Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.
I have spoken too long for a writer. A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it. Again I thank you.
* from Ernest Hemingway’s Noble Prize acceptance speech
Honestly, I am still in awe how a simple high school project could turn out to be one of the most endearing short movies I’ve ever seen. This is an adaption of my second novel, Divortiare. Kudos to these talented kids!
PS: If you love it too, show your love by commenting on their YouTube site, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it too :)
I’ve used this Macbook Titanium Unibody (released by Apple in late 2008) since 2009 (purchased it for IDR 16.5 million back then), and wrote almost the entire first draft of Antologi Rasa on it. Now that I’m working with a Macbook Air, I’ve decided to let this baby go so it may find new fingers to stroke more stories and creativity.
The late 2008 Macbook Titanium Unibody looks like the 2012 Macbook Pro, and specs are as follows:
- Hard disk capacity: 160 GB, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, speed 2 GHz, memory 2 GB.
- 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors.
- MacOS X version 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
- Preinstalled software: Adobe Illustrator CS3, Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, iCal, iChat, iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, iWeb, Microsoft Office X 2011, Photobooth, Time Machine, Toast 9 Titanium, and QuickTime among many others.
- Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking2 (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible.
- Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate).
- Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector).
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory.
- Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors.
- Built-in iSight camera.
- Mini DisplayPort.
- Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities.
- Battery life while not charged is around 4.5 hours.
- Physical condition is around 98% (there are a couple of scratches).
- The original Magsafe charger.
As a bonus, I will throw in (for free of course):
- Teal green Helolulu laptop bag.
- An autographed box set of my books.
I’ll let this baby go for IDR 7.5 million only. For IDR 8 million, I will throw another bonus: an original black leather Moleskine laptop sleeve, valued at IDR 860k.
Email me to inatassa@gmail.com if you’re interested. The Macbook is currently with me in Medan, so let’s work out a delivery system if you’re not residing here.
All I do is just write the way I know how, which is without outline, just one sentence at a time. But this is a method, not necessarily what you would call a style. A reader could probably define my style, not me.
How far we get in life is usually determined by how many chances are presented upon us to take us forward. Somebody once said to me that we should pursue opportunities, not luck. Because eventually, luck will follow. In life, we ‘buy’ opportunities with blood, sweat, tears, disappointments, sacrifices, and money. Lucky we still have pasar malam, where we could take a break and buy as many opportunities as we want with coins in our pocket.
Photo was shot by me using Canon EOS 60 D, 17-55mm EFS lens, last night at a nearby pasar malam
bookstores are the least discriminative place in the world
“And don’t you just love the heterogeneity of bookstores? Toko buku itu bukti nyata bahwa keragaman selera itu bisa kumpul di bawah satu atap tanpa harus saling mencela. Yang suka fiksi, komik, politik, masak memasak, biografi, traveling, semuanya bisa ngumpul di satu toko buku and find their own thing there. Bookstores are the least discriminative place in the world. Dan itu keren, Le.”
*an excerpt from my upcoming book Critical 11
real men don’t tweet
“Sekarang coba deh lo jelasin ke gue, laki-laki kayak gimana di Twitter yang menurut lo pacarable selain avatarnya ganteng dan itu muka dia sendiri?”
“Nge-tweet-nya nggak banyak-banyak, paling tentang olahraga. Nggak semua isu sosial harus dikomentarin. Yang dia follow misalnya akun berita, setipe Harvard Business Review, yang jelas bukan akun gosip. Nggak nyepik kemana-mana.”
Agnes menatapku dan geleng-geleng kepala. “Lo mau nyari pacar atau ngerekrut pegawai sih, neng?”
Sialan.
“You know what I think, Nya?” celetuk Agnes setelah menghirup kopinya. “Real men don’t tweet.”
*an excerpt from my upcoming book, currently titled ‘Critical 11’
Truth is, aku tidak tahu tujuanku apa. I have no idea where I’m going in life. And it gets pretty scary sometimes if I let myself think about it. Yang aku tahu hanya menjalani hidup ini one day at a time, bekerja, makan, tidur, tertawa, ngobrol. As long as I got some jobs to do and men to do, I’m fine. I should be fine. Walau sekarang yang bagian men-nya itu sedang musim kemarau. Sudah setahun. So maybe I’m only half fine.
Musim kok setahun toh, nduk.
A 28 year-old aimless, manless girl.
Menyedihkan.
Mungkin karena itu aku suka bandara. Airport is the least aimless place in the world. Everything about the airport is destination. Semua yang ada di bandara harus punya tujuan dan memang punya tujuan. Bahkan tujuan itu tercantum jelas di sebuah kertas. Boarding pass. Setiap memegang boarding pass itu, aku merasa hidupku akhirnya punya tujuan, walau tujuannya hanya berupa tiga huruf. CGK, SIN, ORD, TTE, HKG, LGA, EWR, NRT.
Boarding pass is my mission statement in life.
Ini keren untuk jangka pendek dipamer-pamer di social media, tapi miris jika mengingat bahwa aku tidak punya tujuan pulang.
*an excerpt from the currently titled Critical 11, my upcoming book
John Mayer, handsketched by moi ;)
2013 wall calendar is now available for sale! This 12-month limited edition calendar features pen sketches by Ika Natassa, one sketch for each month depicting scenes from A Very Yuppy Wedding, Divortiare, Antologi Rasa, and Twivortiare.
Calendar displays Indonesian public holidays. Unopened calendar measures 30 cm x 30 cm.
IDR 145.000 (normal price), IDR 130.000 only during preorder period
Shipping cost varies across Indonesia. International shipping is available upon request.
To order, email your name + address + contact number + quantity to inatassa.merch@gmail.com
Preorder opens until December 15th 2012.
Harris. Enough said.
It was a quiet Sunday morning in Jakarta, I was having breakfast at Pastis like usual, and I just had an idea of writing this scene: Beno - the rigid, cold lead character in Divortiare and Twivortiare - writes a love letter on a prescription paper to his wife. Words flow and the iceman melts.
I remember that I listened to Michael Bublé’s ‘Everything’ when I wrote this scene. The ‘I-get-to-kiss-you-baby-just-because-I-can’ scene.
I remember one night when my friends and I talked for hours and hours at Starbucks Skyline building (near Sarinah) and how we loved the place. When I wrote AVYW, the place becomes the escape destination of the confused lead character at the night before her wedding. This sketch, though, does not represent the actual physical architecture of the Skyline Starbucks. It’s just a fragment of my imagination.
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