søndag den 19. september 2010

Sunday - Status Day

Two weeks ago I told you I had sent two stories off to KILAT; a flash fiction festival in Indonesia. I did not expect much, but perhaps I had expected less confusion, more overview. It is possible to participate in English or in Bahasa Indonesia though it soon becomes clear to visitors of the festival page that most stories are in Indonesia. Besides, even the writers who write in English seem to be Indonesian – except for me, perhaps???

What has puzzled me is the very little information from the Kilat team about what is going on, and that there is apparently no way of finding out how many stories there are (two weeks ago they wrote that there were more than thousand). New stories appear on top of the old one, so to speak, so if you want to find older stories that are not on the ´scoreboard´ on the main page, you will have to move back, page after page, through eternity – unless you know the title of the story.

Well, yesterday they finally gave us a tidbit of information again:

This is the last week of voting in the Kilat! Flash Fiction Challenge. Voting will close at the end of the day on Friday, September 24.

After voting is closed, the Kilat! Team will review the 12 leading entries in both the English and Indonesian categories. The official winners will be announced on Friday, October 1.


So, now is the time to tell your friends — spread the word to vote now. And if you have not yet entered, there is still a chance but you need to move fast.


If you check the main page, you will see that thanks to good blogfriends and Facebook friends, you can find my story "Alley Cats" on the English scoreboard there.

But if I have a friend or two out there who have not voted for "Alley Cats" yet, this is your chance to keep me within the magical “12 leading entries” in English. The other day I reached the 9th place, but recently I have begun slipping down. I wouldn´t mind adding "story published in Kilatzine" to my CV.

And thank you very much to those friends who have already voted!

14 kommentarer:

Anonym sagde ...

Thanks for the instruction how to vote, which I've just done. All the best, Dorte!

Anonym sagde ...

Dorte - That is a great story, and I really wish you well!!

Mason Canyon sagde ...

Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Best of luck. Enjoyed your entry.

Mason
Thoughts in Progress

Unknown sagde ...

I tried going back and voting again but it wouldn't let me. I hope you have success with it.

CD

Dorte H sagde ...

Thank you very much for your support!

Clarissa, I know that people can only vote once ;)

Anonym sagde ...

Hej! Jag har precis givit den här bloggen en Beautiful Blog Award.

iasa sagde ...

I enjoyed your entry, sorry i forgot to vote earlier, but it has been rectified.

Dorte H sagde ...

Tusind tak, bookwitch. Jeg kommer og henter den på tirsdag.

iasa: your vote is much appreciated!

pattinase (abbott) sagde ...

Off to vote.

Kelly sagde ...

I thought both of your stories were great!

Hope yours ends up finishing in first place.

Cathryn Grant sagde ...

I gave you the thumbs up a week or so ago, but didn't realize I as voting. :)

Dorte H sagde ...

Thank you, Patti.

Kelly: well, I don´t *need* a first place (the prize is tickets to the festival - in Indonesia). I just hope to be among the 12 English stories that are published in the festival magazine).

Cathryn: oh? I hope you don´t mind that you have indeed voted for me? ;D

Heather sagde ...

I enjoyed your story. Somehow I missed your earlier post about it. Good luck. Glad to post a vote for you.

Dorte H sagde ...

Thanks a lot, Heather! It is not too late - yet :)