Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition (in Indonesia: Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta) is a biennial novel competition held by Jakarta Arts Council in Indonesia. It was first known as the 'Romance Writing Competition' and was discontinued in 1980 due to the decline in the quality of submissions according to the Abdul Hadi WM, the Chairman of the Jakarta Arts Council Literary Committee at the time. It was changed to a literary prize award in 1981–1984, but no literary or novel competitions were held between 1984 and 1996. The novel competition was held again in 1997-1998 and 2003 and 2006 before being regularly held every two years from 2016 on.
The competition is considered prestigious, with first prize of twenty million rupiah (approximately US$2,000).
Year Title Author Prize 1974Astiti RahayuIskasiah SumartoFirst Prize Dari Hari ke HariH. Mahbub DjunaidiFirst Prize QisasC. M. NasFirst Prize Sisa-Sisa Hari KemarinSuparta BrataFirst Prize 1975Mencoba Tidak MenyerahYudhistira Ardi NugrahaFirst Prize RaumanenMarianne KatoppoFirst Prize 1976UpacaraKorrie Layun RampanSecond Prize PembayaranKowil Daeng NyonriThird Prize 1977JembatanEyhaSecond Prize Tiga Lagu DolananIsmail MarhiminSecond Prize Aku Bukan KomunisYudhistira Ardi NugrahaRunner-up NakhodaEdiruslan AmanrizaRunner-up Stasiun Bukit GundulArswendo AtmowilotoRunner-up 1978KeYudhistira Ardi NugrahaThird Prize 1981BakoDarman MoenirFirst Prize Harapan Hadiah HarapanNasjah DjaminSecond Prize Den BagusSuharmonoRunner-up Dicari Hari yang CerahE. NohbiRunner-up Ketika Lampu Berwarna MerahHamsad RangkutiRunner-up MerdekaPutu WijayaRunner-up Panggil Aku SakaiEdiruslan AmanrizaRunner-up 1998SamanAyu UtamiFirst Prize Api Awan AsapKorrie Layun RampanSecond Prize Dikalahkan Sang SapurbaEdiruslan AmanrizaThird Prize 2003DadaismeDewi SartikaFirst Prize Geni JoraAbidah El KhalieqySecond Prize Tabula RasaRatih KumalaThird Prize Ular KeempatGus tf SakaiRunner-up Tanah BiruPandu AbdurarahmanRunner-up 2006HubbuMasuhriFirst Prize Mutiara KaramTusiran SusenoSecond Prize JukstaposisiCalvin Michel SidjajaThird Prize GlonggongJunaedi SetiyonoRunner-up LanangYonathan RahardjoRunner-up 2008Tanah TabuAnindita S. ThayfFirst Prize 2010PersidenWisran HadiFeatured LampukiArafat NurFeatured JatisabaRamayda AkmalFeatured Memoar Alang-alangHendri TejaFeatured 2012SemusimAndina Dian Dwi FatmaWinner DasamukaJunaedi SetiyonoFeatured KeiErni AladjaiFeatured Simpul WaktuSulfiza AriskaFeatured Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun CahayaDewi Kharisma MichelliaFeatured 2016Semua Ikan di LangitZiggy ZezsyazeoviennazabrizkieFirst PrizeLengking Burung KasuariNunuk Y. KusmianaFeaturedTanah Surga MerahArafat NurFeaturedCurriculum VitaeBenny ArnasFeatured24 Jam Bersama Gaspar: Sebuah Cerita DetektifSabda ArmandioFeatured2018Orang-orang OetimuFelix K. NesiFirst PrizeAnak Gembala yang Tertidur Panjang di Akhir ZamanAhmad MustafaSecond PrizeBalada SupriMochamad NasrullahThird Prize2021Kereta Semar LembuZaky YamaniFirst PrizeBeratAmalia YunusSecond PrizeLantak La (Dramaturgi Anonim-Anonim)Beri Hanna alias Syawal PebrianThird PrizeMustika Zakar CelengAdia Puja PradanaFeaturedLauk DaunHartariFeaturedGagarasuk dan Dunia Roh SeniBernardin AndaraFeaturedNona JepunSinta YudisiaFeaturedRacun PuaNi Nyoman Ayu SuciartiniFeaturedapai dan JazzMellyanFeatured
References
External links Jakarta Art Council official website (English and Indonesian)