Dear friends,

After having discussion with the juries -Bang Wimar, Kang Enda, and Mbak Fira Basuki- we finally got three best bloggers who are entitled to be winners of this first period (Intercultural Dialogue). They got the highest scores among all those 19.

Participants are judged based on four criterias, those are: theme exploration, originality of the story, creativity in delivering story, and interaction with readers.

And here are the three best bloggers for the first period of this competition:

1. Ahmad Fauzi Ridwan
2. Ika D
3. Oscar Prajnaphalla

Congratulations to all winners! Prizes will be available within next week. Please contact us before you come to British Council’s office to take your prizes.

We encourage other participants to also take part in the second and third period of our Blog Competition!

Happy continue blogging!! 

-the bcnow60 team-

Rekan sekalian,

Mohon maaf jka kami akan terlambat mengumumkan pemenang kompetisi blog periode pertama ini, karena dewan juri dan British Council masih menilai siapa blogger yang paling layak menjadi juara pertama, kedua, dan ketiga.

Kami informasikan dahulu hadiah pemenang untuk tiap periode:

1. Pemenang I : sebuah PDA
2. Pemenang II: sebuah handphone 3G
3. Pemenang III: sebuah handphone non 3G

Pada akhir kompetisi di bulan Agustus nanti pemenang pertama dari tiap periode akan kami nilai kembali untuk menentukan siapa yang berhak mendapat grand prize berupa satu unit laptop.

Terima kasih atas pengertiannya dan tunggu informasi dari kami selanjutnya.

Salam,

-the bcnow60 team-

Rekan-rekan yang baik,

Hingga hari terakhir pendaftaran kompetisi blog periode pertama (30 April 2008) kami menerima 55 blogger yang mendaftar, namun sayang dari ke-55 blogger tersebut hanya 19 blogger yang benar-benar membuat entri tentang ICD.

Data ke-19 blogger tersebut kami dapat dari balasan email yang menyertakan link ke masing-masing postingan (entri), mohon lihat kembali entri kami terdahulu mengenai hal ini. Jadi memang hanya mereka yang membalas email kami dengan link tersebut-lah yang kami pertimbangkan untuk dinilai.

Berikut adalah nama ke-19 orang tersebut:

Abu Mufakhir

Adi Wirasta

Agus M. Ustad

Agus Ramada

Ahmad Fauzi Ridwan

Andriyansyah Suherman

Deisy Wong

Friska Simanjuntak

Ika D

Itang Sanjana

Kristanta Riyadi

Maria Margaretta V. Nisiho

Niken Wulandari

Oscar Prajnaphalla

Pertampilan S. Brahmana Kawar

Roesmijati Suprapto

Samuel Jeffry Siregar

Sinta Ridwan

Tuhu Nugraha Dewanto

Melalui informasi ini, kami medorong semua rekan untuk memberi komentar yang membangun terhadap postingan atau blog-blog di atas, kemudian kirimkan komentar tersebut ke email kami bcnow60@britishcouncil.or.id  disertai link ke blog yang bersangkutan.

Ada sebuah hadiah menarik berupa USB flash modem untuk satu pemberi komentar terbaik tiap periodenya; dan ‘kontes komentar’ ini kami buka sejak 14 hingga 23 Mei 2008.  

Ayo segera berikan komentar-komentar terbaik kalian!!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

Big thanks to all of you who have participated in the period one of this blog competition. All of your entries are now being reviewed by juries; and we will announce the winners through this blog at 26 May 2008.

Here, we announce that the second period of this blog competition is opened with the theme: Knowledge Economy (KE).

Bloggers who participate in this competition should post entries which related to the KE theme,  those could be articles, comments on BC programmes, photos, or anything else. Don’t forget to add a specific tag ‘BC blog competition - KE’  to your entries.

Registration for this blog competition period two is open from 13 May to 8 June 2008; and the competition itself will be running from 13 May to 15 June 2008. Please click here to register.

We encourage you to always visit British Council’s corporate website to get more information about our activities and programmes.

Here is a list of our programmes related to the KE issue:

Creative Industries

EducationUK

Scholarship Management

Primary Innovations Project

p.s: participants who participated in the first period are not automatically registered as participants for the second period. Therefore you need to re-register yourselves through this weblog.

Happy Blogging!!  

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

We are proud to announce the names of juries for our blog competition. They are:

1. Enda Nasution
2. Wimar Witoelar
3. Fira Basuki

The names above will decide winners of this competition.

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

To avoid confusion about series of emails we sent you (all registered participants) this week, here is the explanation:

please reply the email and do not forget to put link(s) to the articles you have posted in your blog

And for those who have replied the earlier email but still received the same email notification after that; we’re very sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Happy Blogging!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

We want to inform you a good news: the first period of Blog Competition is being extended until May 11th, 2008.

So you can still post your entries until the said date.

Hurry up!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

Apart from the blog competition, but also inline with the 60th anniversary celebration, we open competition for all TV broadcasters to join the British Council Broadcast Competition.

Please read the complete information here, or send your questions via email to bcnow60@britishcouncil.or.id

Closing date for application is July 31st, 2008.

Thank you,

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

For your eyes only; until today, we have approved 46 participants for the first period of the BC Blog Competition raising the issue ‘Intercultural Dialogue’.

To all of you who have registered, we encourage you to start writing about the theme NOW! And do not forget to add a special tag ‘BC Blog Competition - ICD’ in your entries.

The closing date for registration is April 30th, 2008; and the last day of this first period will be May 6th, 2008.

Happy Blogging!

-the BCnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

Please read below terms and conditions of the blogging competition.

1. this competition is open for all Indonesian Bloggers who reside in Indonesia or outside the country
2. only those who are 18 years and above can join this competition
3. the competition is divided into three different period. The first period (6 April – 6 May 2008) fits the theme of Intercultural Dialogue; the second period (6 May – 6 June 2008) will cover the theme of Creative Economy; and the third period (6 June – 15 July 2008) will cover the issue of Climate Security
4. participants may join one period only, but it is suggested to join the whole period
5. participants who have joined the first period and are willing to join the next period should re-register their blogs through this page
6. First winners of every period will be taken into account as the grand prize winner (one laptop)
7. winners of each period will be announced two weeks after the closing date at the latest; winner of grand prize will be announced in August 2008.
8. postings can be written both in English and in Bahasa Indonesia
9. one participant should only register one blog for this competition
10. this competition is a serious-but-fun competition, so we don’t encourage you to use ‘slang’ words in your postings.
11. the postings will be judged based on originality, clarity of message, creativity, and interaction with readers
12. plagiarism is strictly prohibited
13. the decision of the judges is final
14. if there are quotations in your postings, do not forget to also mention sources where the quotations are taken from
15. no correspondence will be allowed or will be entered into before, during, and after the competition
16. always update yourself with information posted by the-bcnow60-team at this official weblog.

Happy blogging!!

-the bcnow60 team-