Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bahana Creative Writing Award DBP-BSP 2007


Happy faces at Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah Kreatif Bahana DBP-BSP 2007. My friend writers Haji Ahmad Arshad (wearing white) received his award in Cerpen catogery while Pg Haji Metassan won both in Cerpen and Sajak Categories.


Female audience of the Majlis held at Balai Sarmayuda DBP on 16 August 2008. Why so serious ? Could it be because of the content of Sesirat Alunan Pengerusi. No, the chairman, Dr Metaim, DBP Director was in fact happy that this project continued for a long time and supported by Brunei Shell.


312 modern poems (sajak) from 93 penyair (both male and female) and 16 tradational puisi (syair and pantun) from 11 writers were selected. The sajak, pantun and syair had variety of themes. There were sajak which had "balasungkawa" element (meaning: as the remembrance of a writer friend who had pass away)


It was not a deklamasi sajak, rather it was a lakunan from a poem written by Camar Putih. Malek and friends succeeded in capturing the audience attention ...


Haji Ahmad Arshad, a veteran writer received his award from Deputy Permanant Secretary Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport.

One of the judges Hajah Sariani bte Haji Ishak. According to panel of judges "situasi kehidupan masyarakat kita sehari-hari kalau dilihat dan diteliti dapat dijadikan bahan pemikiran dan renungan dalam cerpen"


Prolific non-Malay writer Chong Ah Fok who beat many writers in sajak category.
Congratulations.

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