Saya tidak menyangka, ada lomba cerpen yang hadiahnya bisa sampai 20 juta. Juara tiganya saja mendapat 10 juta. Wow! Biasanya kan lomba novel yang mampu mencapai angka itu. Tapi wajar juga sih, ini Kemenparekraf (Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif) yang punya gawe. Continue Reading →
Tag: literary
5 Cents per Word for Speculative Fiction
Feel like writing good speculative fiction? This is for you, then. Founded in September 2000, Strange Horizons is a weekly web-based magazine of and about speculative fiction. The term “speculative fiction” refers to what is more commonly known as sci-fi, but which properly embraces science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, slipstream, and a host of sub-genres. They want:
- Stories that have some literary depth but aren’t boring.
- Styles that are unusual yet readable.
- Structures that balance inventiveness with traditional narrative.
- Characters we can care about.
- Settings and cultures that we don’t see all the time in speculative fiction.
- Stories that address political issues in complex and sensitive ways. Continue Reading →
Write for Ears Opportunity in PodCastle
PodCastle is looking for fantasy stories. PodCastle opens to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between. Fantastical or non-real content should be meaningful to the story. Continue Reading →
How to Characterize Your Heroes
Characterization. Portrayal of fictional characters. That is one of the most important parts in fiction writing. All writers can create characters. But not all of them can create characters who will spawn emotion within the readers. Continue Reading →
FAQ (Frequently Accused-Questions) to Fiction Writers
Have you, as a fiction author, ever been asked by people pretended to know everything about work of writing and publishing? Were you boxed into a corner by those questions? I was. I have ever faced few “judges” like that. But I never give a damn, ha-ha. I have a list of what did my friends negatively say about work of fiction. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to translate those into English. But I bet you already knew things like: all fiction writers are liar, a words waster, ones who live in imagination without seeing the real world, blah. Insignificant accusations that can be easily countered. Continue Reading →