May 31, 2007

Conversations “Over a Cup of Ginger Tea”

The title of the book reads like an invitation, and this is precisely what writer Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo intends with Over a Cup of Ginger Tea: Conversations on the Literary Narratives of Filipino Women. Hidlago says what she wishes to do is “start a conversation with the reader… much as I try to do with my students when I teach literature. I try to interest them in stories, which for different reasons have fascinated me all these years.”

Published by the University of the Philippines Press, Over a Cup of Ginger Tea is a collection of “literary essays” in that they are about literature and written in a style that makes reading them “as a pleasant experience for the readers as the reading of other types of literature.” The essays range from the narratives of several generations of women writers, from Maria Paz Mendoza and Edith Tiempo to FH Batacan and Tara Sering; cover conventional realist novels and short stories, as well as fairy tales, chick lit, crime fiction and war memoirs.

Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo has worked as a writer, editor and teacher in different countries and has received many awards for both her fiction and nonfiction. She is a professor of creative writing and literature, and has been the coordinator of the UP Creative Writing Program. A former director of the UP Creative Writing Center (now the UP Institute of Creative Writing) and director of the UP Press, she is at present vice president for Public Affairs of the UP System.

Over a Cup of Ginger Tea: Conversations on the Literary Narratives of Filipino Women is published by the UP Press and available at Aeon Books on Katipunan Avenue, Popular Bookstore on T. Morato, Solidaridad, Powerbooks, National Book Store, Bound Bookshop, Fully Booked and at the UP Press bookstores in UP Diliman, Baguio and Davao.

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May 25, 2007

6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop

Adarna House, in partnership with the Filipinas Heritage Library, is now accepting entries for the 6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop. All submissions must target readers within the age range of 12-18 years old.

Entries may be sent to Adarna House, 2nd floor, FSS Building, 20 Scout Tuason corner Scout Castor Sts., Quezon City no later than 5pm on July 2, 2007. The workshop shall be help on September 6 and 7, 2007. Only ten fellows shall be chosen on the basis of their literary work. The submission guidelines are available at the Adarna House website (http://www.adarnahouse.com)

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May 25, 2007

LIRA Workshop Starts

On June 2, the poetry clinic held annually by Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) will be kicked off with a lecture by their founder and workshop director, National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, also known as poet Rio Alma. The lecture, Reklamasyon ng Pambansang Gunita, will start at 1:30 pm at Room 201 of the College of Arts and Letters in UP Diliman. Registration starts at 1 p.m. This lecture is free and is open to the public.

LIRA, an organization of poets who write in Filipino, has been around since 1985 and has given now-respected poets like Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Vim Nadera, and Romulo Baquiran, Jr. a venue for the discussion and critique of poetry.

For details, visit www.lira.tk or text Mr. Nanoy Rafael at 0918-2442553.

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May 25, 2007

High Chair book launch

High Chair unveiled three new collections by poets Marc Gaba, Jose Perez Beduya, and Mesandel Virtusio Arguelles. It was held on May 25, 5pm, at the UP Press Bookstore, Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman.

Titles launched include Gaba's How Sound Becomes A Name, Beduya's Seem, and Arguelles' Hindi man lang nakita.

A founding member of High Chair, Gaba received his MFA in Creative Writing from the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop. Last year, he won the Boston Review Poetry Prize.

Beduya finished his MFA in Creative Writing at Cornell University and currently holds a residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute.

Arguelles is the author of two previous collections of poetry, Menos Kuwarto and Ilahas. He won a Palanca award for his poetry in 2005.

The event will also coincides with the launch of seventh issue of High Chair's online poetry journal (www.highchair.com.ph)

Featured are new poems by American poet Frank Bidart, Rosmon Tuazon, Oliver Ortega, Kristine Domingo, Alex Gregorio, as well as critical essays on poetry by Marc Gaba, Conchitina Cruz, and Mabi David.

High Chair is a non-profit small press that aims to promote genuine interest in poetry in the Philippines. Apart from maintaining an online poetry website, it
regularly publishes full-length books and chapbooks.

For more information, email highchair@gmail.com.

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April 29, 2007

UP Centennial Gawad Likhaan launched

Likhaan: the UP Institute of Creative Writing is formally launching the UP Centennial Gawad Likhaan, a literary contest, as part of the celebrations of the UP Centennial in 2008, with the approval of the UP Centennial Commission.

Six awards—each one worth P200,000—will be offered for original, book-length works in the following categories: a novel or short story collection in English in English; a novel or short story collection in Filipino; a poetry collection in English; a poetry collection in Filipino; a full-length work or collection of creative nonfiction in English; and a full-length work or collection of sanaysay in Filipino.

The competition is open to all Filipino citizens (including Filipinos holding dual citizenship), except for the members of the UP-ICW and its staff. There will be only one prize per category. Authors may submit only one (1) entry per category. Works which have already been awarded a prize in other contests are not eligible. Subject or theme is open. The complete rules are available at the UP-ICW office in UP Diliman. They will also be uploaded on the UP-ICW website and on www.panitikan.com.ph, the literary portal hosted by the UP-ICW.

The UP Centennial Gawad Likhaan is being held in commemoration of the important role that the University of the Philippines has played in the shaping and nurturing of the country’s literature. To date UP has produced six National Artists for Literature and numerous other writers who have achieved recognition both nationally and internationally. In keeping with its mandate of taking the lead in the development of a national literature, the UP-ICW serves, not just the faculty and students of the UP, but the larger community of writers and the country itself. Almost all writers, established and emerging, have been fellows of the annual national writers’ workshops conducted by the UP-ICW or students in its creative writing and malikhaing pagsulat programs.

All entries for the contest should be submitted to the Board of Judges, Likhaan: the UP Institute of Creative Writing, Faculty Center, UP Diliman. Deadline for submission is March 31, 2008 at 5 pm. The names of the winners and the members of the Board of Judges will be announced in June 2008.

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April 29, 2007

U.P. Gawad Centennial Likhaan Rules of the Contest

1.) The Contest is open from February 2007 to March 2008. It is open to all Filipino citizens of all ages (including Filipinos holding dual citizenship), except members of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW) and its staff.

2.) There are six categories for the Awards:

1. Novel or Short Story Collection in English
2. Nobela o Koleksiyon ng mga Katha sa Filipino
3. Poetry in English
4. Tula sa Filipino
5. Creative Nonfiction in English
6. Malikhaing Sanaysay sa Filipino

3.) Only original works, not published in whole or in part, in print or online, may be entered. Any translation or adaptation of another author’s work is not eligible.

4.) Authors may submit only one (1) entry per category.

5.) A translation of one’s own work submitted as an entry in one (1) category shall not be eligible in the corresponding linguistic category.

6.) A work which has been awarded a prize in another contest is not eligible.

7.) In submitting an entry, the author warrants that the work is his/her own and that he/she has absolute ownership of all intellectual property rights thereto. Together with the entry, the author should submit the Official Entry Form and the Authorization Form for the Contest.

8.) All entries shall consist of a soft copy (CD in Word or Text Format) and three (3) hard copies.

(a) Each entry must be encoded, double space, on 8-1/2 by 11 bond paper, about one-inch margin on all sides of the page. Font should be Arial, Times New Roman, or Book Antiqua, and font size 12.
(b) Page number must be consecutive at the right-hand corner, bottom of the page.
(c) Author’s real name and address must not appear on any entry; rather, the author should seal in a letter envelope both the prescribed Official Entry Form and Authorization Form, together with the author’s bio-note or brief résumé; and this envelope should be submitted together with the entries. On this sealed envelope should be written or typed the title of the entry, its category, and the author’s pen name.

9.) All entries should be legible and neat. They are all to be submitted to the Board of Judges, U.P. Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW), College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines , Diliman, Quezon City . The said Institute is on the second floor of the Faculty Center (FC), UP Diliman campus.

10.) All entries must be accompanied by the author’s written consent to abide by the rules of the Contest, duly signed by the author.

11.) The deadline for submission is March 31, 2008, Friday, 5 p.m. The office of the UP-ICW closes at 5 p.m. Entries sent by mail or courier should be postmarked no later than the same date of the deadline.

12.) Winning entries shall remain with, and become the property of, the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing which shall have prior right to its publication. Copies of non-winning entries may be claimed by their authors at the same Institute no later than one (1) month from the date of the announcement of the winners.

13.) In all categories for the Awards, the subject or theme is open and free. Neither is there any limit to the maximum number of pages of the entry.

(a) In the FICTION category (NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION) in English or Filipino, what is required is a book-length NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION; book-length, that is, about 200 pages or more when printed out, double space, on 8-1/2 by 11 bond paper, or as the Board of Judges for this category may determine.
(b) In POETRY in English or Filipino, what is required is also a book-length work or collection, that is, about 50 poems or more, or about 100 pages or more, or as the Board of Judges for this category may determine.
(c) As with FICTION, what is required for the category of CREATIVE NON-FICTION is a book-length work. By this category is meant biography, autobiography, or the personal essay (talambuhay o personal na sanaysay).

14.) In order that the winning entries may be accessible to the reading public, the author grants, assigns and transfers to the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing the following rights without any necessity of any payment other than the prize already awarded: (a) to publish from time to time any winning entry or selection or portion thereof as it may at its discretion determine; (b) to designate or appoint editors to edit the work or any portion thereof to suit the demands of publication; (c) to furnish a reasonable number of copies of the work to the National Library or other libraries; (d) to make the work available for downloading on the Internet or other electronic medium; and/or (e) allow scholars and students to make copies for their research.

In making the works accessible to scholars, students, and lovers of literature, the Institute only intends to promote a wider literary appreciation of the works.

15.) The exercise of the rights of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing as regards the winning entries, such as the right to publish the work, shall not be deemed a waiver of any right of action which the Institute may take against an author should it be discovered later on that the author is not the creator or owner of the copyright to the award-winning work. Moreover, the said author likewise undertakes to indemnify the Institute for any and all damages, fees, costs and expenses that the Institute may incur on account of the said author’s violation of the intellectual property rights of another writer.

16.) The prizes for each contest category are as follows:

NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION in English P200,000.-
NOBELA o KOLEKSIYON NG MGA KATHA (sa Filipino) P200,000.-
POETRY in English P200,000.-
TULA sa Filipino P200,000.-
CREATIVE NONFICTION in English P200,000.-
MALIKHAING SANAYSAY sa Filipino P200,000.-

17.) The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has the sole right to designate the persons who shall constitute the Board of Judges for each contest category.

18.) The decision of the majority of the Board of Judges for each contest category is final. The same majority of the Board for each contest category may decide not to award any prize if, in its judgment, no entry deserves the prize.

19.) There is only one grand prize for each category; no prize shall be divided or reduced.

20.) The names of the winners and the members of the Board of Judges for each contest category shall be announced on June 1, 2008 .

21.) All parties submitting entries to the UP Centennial Gawad Likhaan literary contest are deemed to have accepted all the rules of the contest, and agree to abide by them.

For contest forms please visit the Likhaan website at http://www.upd.edu.ph/~icw

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