Events to Keep a Lookout for !!

IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Yound Malaysians 2009


Topic: "The Best Things In Life"
(Write either a factual or fictional account inspired by this topic)
Essay language: English
Length of essay: 800 - 1,200 words
Eligibility: All Malaysian students aged between 14 to 18 (as of 31st March 2009)
Closing date: 31st March 2009


Prizes:
• Best Overall Essay Trip to Dublin, Ireland (1 winner & parent)(to attend the gala ceremony for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world's richest book prize and associated events)
• 9 Merit Awards
• 1 Special School Prize
• 10 Consolation Prizes
• Certificates for 20 short listed entries and the winning school.

For more contest details, please visit this page at theStar Online.
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Revisiting Your Short Story by Daphne Lee

Date : 7 March 2009 (Sat)
Time : 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Venue: Booker Room, MPH Megastore 1 Utama
For participants aged 13-18 years old only.
Note :This is especially helpful for those who are taking part in the MPH Alliance Bank National Short Story Competition.


Making Your Story Move by S H Lim

Date : 22 March 2009 (Sun)
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Booker Room, MPH Megastore 1 Utama

For further details on these two events and how to sign up, please visit the MPH event webpage here.
Scroll all the way down. It's the last two events on the list.

That's all for now. Enjoy!!

Regards,

Alin and June

Poetry:Within You by May

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Malaysia License.

Poetry:Within You by May

Name: May
Pen name: -
Title of Poetry: Within You
Genre: General,Reflections
Summary: A poem about looking deep within yourself to find the blossom of spring.

When you plant a seed,
Water it,
Take care of it,

So,
As it Grows,
You must Love it
and Cherish it,

So...
When it blooms,
you will smell
the blossoms of the most beautiful flower ever.
Deep within you...

Appearance is not a factor.
Be proud of who YOU are.

©May2008

KAP wishes a Happy Belated Chinese New Year and Valentines Day!

Yikes! We seemed to have missed much of the celebrations in the past few weeks! First off would be Chinese New Year! It's the Happy Year of the Ox! May the coming year be prosperous for all despite the words tossed in the wind.

We are welcoming stories especially in regards of this celebration. If you have a tale to tell, do share! Colour it, describe it, soak it in angst, joy or any tone you wish. It would be wonderful to allow the congregation of different interpretations of this festival on this page.

Another would be Valentines. Well, Happy Valentines to those who are celebrating, Single Awareness Day to those who aren't and well, Happy Merrymaking for those who can hardly care less. Express your thoughts through words and do share them with us. It would be our honour to place them here.

Onto news of updates. We are currently in the process of revamping the site. We realize the basic look has served its purpose and now wish to expand the possibilities of the site. If there are any suggestions or perhaps volunteers, do drop us a line. We would be more than happy to receive aid!

The third is a reminder that the Short Story for MPH is due on the 31st of March. It isn't too late for a last minute rush of 2000 words! All the best to those who are trying!

That's it for now. Thank you for your patience!

Alin and June


Details

A Short Note....

Hey everyone!!

How are things? We hope the New Year has been treating you well. :)

First of all, we would like to remind everyone that the deadline for the MPH Short Story Writing Competition is coming up - 31st of March 2009. So for those who have not started, don't worry. There is still time!! So pick up your pens and start writing!!

Next up, we would be tweaking the layout slightly. So, do expect some minor changes in the coming weeks. If by any chance at all you are prohibited from reading the blog, don't worry.Check back again in a few days time. Just know it's us working on the blog. :D

Also, we would like to encourage all of you to join our Forums. We know that it's slightly tacky as you would require authentication from the administrator after registering. But this is only to avoid spam and to protect our users from online scams and redirections to inappropriate websites.

Last but not least, we are looking for more stories from YOU!! We, from Kayu Api are working on publishing a newsletter soon. We can't confirm the exact date of publication or where it is going to be publish as of yet. But, in regards to the date, we can tell you this- It's going to be in the near future (reasonably near.....) So, do send us your stories. We would love to hear from all of you. You can choose to submit a story to us through the submit story button at our sidebar or you can directly email it to us at kayuapiproductions(AT)gmail.com. Replace the (AT) with @.

To cap it all off, since the Chinese New Year holidays are coming, we at Kayu Api would like to wish everyone out there a Happy Chinese New Year!! May this year be prosperous and bountiful for all!!

Sincerely,

Alin and June

Kayu Api is Looking for Staff Members for the Forums!!

Hey!!

Kayu Api is looking for Staff Members for the forum!! We are looking for someone who is passionate, responsible and able to meet deadlines. Also, the person must at least be able to spend a reasonable amount time online. WE understand that each one has many other dedications to attend to as well so we do not expect you to sit in front of the computer all day long.What we mean by reasonable is at least a couple of hours per week, at your own discretion. :) So without further ado, the specific positions we are looking for are listed as below:-

Graphic Designer -Someone to work with Graphics at the Forums- our Banner etc..... If you have sufficient "photoshopping" skills, do drop us an email with maybe a sample of your work!!

Coder/Designer - A person with sufficient html skills and can help work with the forum layout....design. This person must work with the Graphic Designer since the Graphic Designer will be providing the graphics for use in the forums.

Moderator/Publicity - Since the forums are pretty inactive now, the moderators won't have much to do yet. So, initially, those that apply would do some publicity work which would be spreading the word around on Kayu Api and the Forums. It's a pretty easy job. You can send emails out to your friends and we would provide the introduction note and everything. When the forum starts working, then the moderators can start moderating. I'm pretty sure I need not explain the jobs of a moderator since the name "Moderator" itself is self-explanatory.

So, if you feel like to joining the team and you fufill the criterias listed above or if you want to make any further enquiries, do drop us a note at kayuapiproductions(AT)gmail.com. Remember to replace the (AT) with @. We would love to hear from you!!

Regards,

Alin and June