Hey I have great news! Are you a writer, or you have a brilliant idea that you want to make into a book, or do you even already have a book? Guess what this is your moment to shine! A great opportunity has now come in the form of a pitching competition. Perbadanan Kota Buku, Malaysia’s leading hub for publishers, authors and readers together with Kumpulan Media Karangkraf and the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) are set to organise the world’s first publishing to media pitching competition titled, Page to Pitch (P2P) Media 360. This amazing competition will be able to open up a world of opportunities for budding writers to publish their brilliant ideas and also develop established writers’ property (IP) into diverse digital media content such as games, movies, and more. Do you believe that Malaysia and her neighbouring countries have so many amazing stories to share, yet only 10% of these stories ever made it to the movies. Don’t we have enough of movies set in the Western realm?
The competition will also be held in conjunction with the 9th edition of Kuala Lumpur Trade & Copyright Centre (KLTCC) in concurrent with the annual Kuala Lumpur International Book Fairs. It  is divided into two categories, with the theme of ‘Adapting Books and Ideas into Digital Media.’ The first category, Idea to Publishing is for aspiring writers to be able to publish their ideas into a publication with Karangkraf worth up to RM50,000 in value, apart from RM5,000 grand prize from Kota Buku and an international marketing opportunity once their idea is published. The second category, Book to Development is especially created for established writers to turn their publication into diverse digital media contents such as feature film, TV series, animation, digital comics, games, apps and more. The winner of this category will receive a green lane for their application in the FINAS development grant worth up to RM500,000 in value, apart from RM5,000 grand prize from Kota Buku and an international marketing opportunity.
Sayed Munawar Sayed Mustar, CEO of Kota Buku reiterated, “We are aware that there are many undiscovered talented writers out there. Therefore, P2P is the golden opportunity for them to shine and get the recognition for their talent. We hope the competition will encourage not just our nation’s creative writers, but ASEAN writers as well to boost their talent and strive to enrich the publishing industry as a whole.”
The competition is open to all ASEAN countries for Category 1, whereas Category 2 is exclusively for Malaysian. Shortlisted entries will be invited to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of local and international industry experts from 7th to 8th May 2016 during KLTCC 2016. Submission for both categories is open until 22nd April 2016. Applicants can download the entry form at www.facebook.com/page2pitch or just download it here and send it to p2p360@kotabuku.my
alw thinking to write a book, haha just a dream lah !
hmmm..reading, aint my cup of tea..hahahaha
just can blog as my interest, but write a book, really hard for me…hehe
My grammar all so out
Writing a blog is my max edi.
WOw, this is good as I can publish a book soon. How much I should sell? haha
I am actually writing a book… then I stopped.. its on my desktop “collecting digital dust” right now. Hopefully I get to finish it.
This was a great platform for who are talented in writing! Will share out to friend who like to writes =D
sounds interesting! 😀 good for those creative writers to join!
Great initiative! Good for aspiring writers I must say. Am sure many of them will take part and shine.
good luck for those who are participating. good luck
Really hope to participate in writing contest as life is full of story. I will think a story to share then…
heard of this contest! it’s a good one to encourage writing.
I wish to join next round. Miss it out sob sob 🙁
I dreamt of writing my own book before when I was a kid….but now… let me think… for the next round
Such a great opportunity for the writers, must share this with my friends too 🙂
Such a brilliant opportunities for aspiring writers to have their own book.
It’s a good one to encourage writing. But not for me. =D
Is a good opportunity to have your on idea been published into book. I wish i have the talent to write and been chosen.
Those who dream of becoming full fledged writers should join this! It is a golden opportunity
whoa. i can write, but writing my own book? hahah. not yet i guess.
write a book everything needs to be logik, and useful… give benefits to the readers or let the readers have their own imagination when read the book.. huuu i think write a blog much better can give an idea in a paragraph and people get the point directly with short paragraph..
Shared with my brother as he love to write! And he has a lot of manuscripts, stashed away at home.
its such a great joy to know of opportunities like this, They inspire amateurs and life their confidence, Hope we will have soon, too, in our country.
Interesting! Great opportunities for writers out there! 😀