August 28, 2006

Call for Submissions: Tinggayad

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na mag-ambag ng inyong mga tula, maikling kwento o sanaysay para ilathala sa seksiyong kultura ng pinoy weekly. Bukas ito sa anumang paksa, mas mainam kung napapanahon.

Ipadala lang po sa tinggayad@yahoo.com ang inyong mga kontribusyon.

August 28, 2006

Farewell, Paolo Manalo at Conspiwriters' Tuesday

Tomorrow night, Conspiracy Garden Cafe will play host to Despedida, a poetry reading by the fellows of the 45th UP National Writers Workshop. This event will also be a sort of send-off party for poet Paolo Manalo, also a workshop fellow, who will leave the country next month to study abroad.

The program will run from 7 to 9 in the evening.

Upcoming events during Conspiwriters' Tuesdays are as follows September 5 (Artpaper Re-launch), September 12 (Novo Concert 1), September 19 (Novo Concert 2) and September 26 (TCF).

Conspiracy Garden Cafe is located at 59 Visayas Ave., Project 6, Quezon City, across the street from a Shell gas station. For inquiries call 453-2170.

August 25, 2006

A review of Beyond the Great Wall
by Romulo P. Baquiran

BEYOND THE GREAT WALL
by Mario, Alma, Maningning, and Banaue Miclat
Anvil Publishing, Inc., 250 pp., P500

THE MICLATS—Mario, Alma, the late Maningning, and Banaue—are children of two upheavals of the late 20th century Asia, the Philippines’ student activism era and China’s Great Cultural Revolution. At the height of the first, the young couple were shanghaied from Manila to Beijing and, for 15 years, served as foreign specialist at Radio Peking. Two beautiful daughters were born out of the romantic union. Right after Edsa 1, the family returned to the Philippines to get reunited with kin, friends, and their beloved, beleaguered nation.

They have come out with a book about their journey through history narrated in terms up close and personal. The stories told by the Miclats are engaging and inevitably weave a resonant whole, much like music composed in the same style, with each one expressing a distinct voice in this family literary concert.

Straddling the northern boundary of a vast territory, the Great Wall is the icon of China, sometimes vilified for its barbaric toll in human lives yet enshrined as an _expression of the soul of a most civilized nation.

In the minutiae of daily living, individual experiences could be considered as mere pieces of brick in the great wall. But the personal is also historical. Mario realizes this for himself and his family.

China is no utopia. The proletarian hegemony had caused pains to many, including Mario who was punished with solitary confinement after committing an alleged political sin against the state. Maningning, young as she was, also felt the pain from the experience that from then on she looked at the world no longer with innocent eyes but with an inward gaze that knew how reality could be a source of inexorable heartbreak.

She became an artist like her father. She was a painter, polyglot writer, translator, and more. Her essays show her refined sensibility and intelligence. She can be whimsical as in her piece “Morning Is a Bit Cold” or scholarly in “Visual Poetry in Chinese Bamboo and Xieyi Painting.”

Alma Miclat is a witness to the vicissitudes of her family. She’s a writer in her own right, producing lucid, evocative prose. Her narratives are imbued with the maternal touch and have a deep understanding of the places, events, and characters she chooses to be her subject. One particular lady Alma met at the radio station, Yuan, had a poignant story to tell. She studied music in the Philippines and had a most beautiful voice yet she was banned from practicing her
art.

In Alma’s words, “She was forced by the Red Guards to wear a dunce cap and paraded around the Radio compound with head bowed and with Chinese script in front and at the back of her body declaring her ‘political crime.’ She was accused of cultural decadence for possessing a ‘Western voice.’”

Banaue’s only piece in the collection tells of her sojourn in New York as a theater student and how much she misses Maningning (who took her own life in 2000) in a loving and thoughtful poem.

In his piece “Learning My Fist Mandarin Words,” Mario demonstrates his wry sense of humor as he tells how he learned topsy-turvy in the Chinese language. One gets a dose of his witty storytelling in “The Movies in Our Mind.” A most funny thing happened to his mother-in-law who visited the Miclats in Beijing and watched Atsay, which was showing then in the public theaters. But she could not understand one word from Nora Aunor nor Eddie Garcia. Why? Because the Filipino film was dubbed in perfect Mandarin. As a matter of course, he experienced the bitter Beijing winters; the first time being the most serious as it almost cost him his life. At another time, he volunteered to live in a commune and witnessed firsthand the unremitting facts of peasant life.

Mario played the judicious father to his wise daughter. When one day Maningning came home crying after her teacher told her not to write about beggars, Mario told her not to heed the adult’s advice. She must instead always “look into her heart and write.” From such an event, one can glean that what saved the Miclats from the arrows and slings of the times were writing and love of the arts. Aside from a literary passion, the book shows photographs that tell a thousand tales. Most of these were taken by Mario who learned the dramatic style of taking pictures from his Turkish friend—Ahmet Türkistanu—to whom the book is dedicated. Alma and Maningning posed a la Madonna and Child many times in pictures that capture the beauty and magnificence of the spirit of the Miclat family.

From Newsbreak

***

Entries to the 2006 Maningning Miclat Art Competition is now open. Visit their website for more details.

August 25, 2006

Call for Submissions: Timog Poetry Collective

Timog Poetry Collective, a group of poets from the Southern tagalog region is asking for submissions for our first ever literary folio.

What we need:

a) English and Filipino poetry. Please write on subject line POETRY SUBMISSION- ENGLISH or POETRY SUBMISSION- FILIPINO
b) Essays on poetry/ poetics (English/ Filipino). Please write on subject line ESSAY SUBMISSION
c) A reading of a Tagalog poet from the region. Some ideas include Diego Moxica, Carlos V. Ronquillo, Tomas Tirona, Lorenzo Paredes, Alejandro Abadilla, Teo S. Baylen, David Mamaril, Vic de la Cruz, Teo S. Buhain, Ambassador Ed Libid, Rogelio Ordoñez and Jimmuel Naval. (English/ Filipino) Please write on subject line CRITICISM SUBMISSION
d) An interview of a poet from the region. (English/ Filipino). Please write on subject line INTERVIEW SUBMISSION.
e) Artworks, whatever medium. Please write on subject line (ART SUBMISSION)

We will be bidding for the cover design. The cover design should be able to embody the heart of Timog, the place, the people, the poetry. From all the submissions, the editors will choose the cover. Please write on subject line COVER SUBMISSION.

Submissions MUST include the following

a) a 5-sentence bio of the artist.
b) Full name, address, contact numbers, and affiliation to Timog, if not currently residing in the region. Ex. I used to live in Laguna, or I studied in La Salle Dasma.

The deadline for entries is on IS September 31, 2006.

Please e-mail to timog_poetrycollective@yahoogroups.com if you are already part of our e-group. If not please e-mail to bastet24@yahoo.com.

August 25, 2006

Call for Submissions: Cozyreads

A new publishing company is on the lookout for original short works of fiction in English that are light, straightforward, and make for enjoyable reading to be published in a short story collection.

The theme for their first collection is "Heartbreak." Send your contributions to cozyreads[at]gmail[dot]com, or email us for more information. The publishers encourage stories that will approach the theme in other, less obvious, directions such as through humor.

Themes for other upcoming collections aree: (1) the joys and woes of "First Love" and (2) finally getting into that much-coveted relationship--and maybe finding out that it's a "Match Made" in heaven, or in hell, or, even worse, in relationship limbo.

Submission guidelines: All contributions must be encoded in 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced on an 8 1/2 x 11 inches page with one-inch margins on all sides. Minimum no. of pages is 6, maximum is 10. Authors of the selected stories will be duly
compensated.

The deadline for submission of "Heartbreak" stories is Sept. 30, 2006.

On your email message, please give us your full name and contact number, and a little background information in the format below:

Name:
Age:
School/Company:
Degree/Field:
Hobbies and interests:
Quirks:
Pet Peeves:
The worst break-up line you've ever heard:

For details, please log on to: www.cozyreads.blogspot.com

August 25, 2006

American Firm Needs Writers of Children's Stories in English

The National Book Development Board (NBDB) is inviting all interested writers to work for American Institutes for Learning, LLC. Managing Director Mr. JJ Reyes explained through a letter that AIL projects involve “producing adaptations of American, British and European classic literature as supplementary reading materials for English learners.”

To facilitate this endeavor for more gainful employment for Filipino authors, Reyes through the help of NBDB, will be conducting a forum during his visit to the philippines for the 27th manila International Book Fair to further explain the details of the project to interested participants. The said forum is scheduled on 30 August 2006, 5:30-8:00 pm at
the Function Room B, World Trade Center, Gil Puyat Ave., Pasay City.

For more information, contact Salvador Briola, Jr. at 929-3887 or email NBDB through aid@nbdb.gov.ph.

From The Philippine Star, August 21, 2006

August 24, 2006

"Lobat" is Word of the Year

"Lobat" is declared word of the year during the Sawikaan 2006: Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Salita ng Taon, an annual language
conference sponsored by the Filipinas Institute of Translation, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Blas F. Ople Foundation.

Sawikaan 2006 looked at the development of Filipino as a national language and focuses on new words or phrases that were popular in the local socio-cultural scene in the preceding year.

An article by Ateneo professor Jelson E. Capilos, "lobat" is chosen by the the conference participants as one of the five finalists that included "botox," "toxic," "spa," and "orocan." The first runner up is "botox" by Dr. Luis Gatmaitan and second is "toxic" by UP instructor Michael Andrada.

"Lobat" made it as top choice because of its interesting and relevant review of literature, clear presentation, and the startling conclusion that Filipinos nowadays are much like the cellular phones—the ubiquitous machines that symbolize modernity—that rely so much on the mini batteries that discharges energy in no time. Filipinos go "lobat" because of personal, social, and global pressures.

"Botox," a brand name of a toxin injected into faces to erase wrinkles, easily made it as second choice, being popular among many beauty conscious Filipinos who can afford the expensive treatment.

"Toxic" refers to periods when operators in call centers receive excessive number of calls. Or it can be used as a tag to any irksome person, thing, or experience.

"Spa" of course is what you need when things go "lobat" or "toxic." "Orocan," a plastic product brand, refers to
hypocrites and liars.

The lone entry from Mindanao, "kudkod" refers to internet chatting, particularly the kind that aims to find a potential
mate. The other word of the year entriies include "chacha," "birdflu," "meningococemia," "karir," and "payreted,"

Now on its third year, Sawikaan is held at the University of the Philippines and attended by teachers, linguists, and students who come from all over the country. It aptly celebrates the Buwan ng Wika.

August 24, 2006

List of winners of the Pinoy Haiku contest

The Awarding Ceremonies will held at CME Auditorium, UST, Manila on September 2, 2006 1:00-5:00 PM, Saturday.

1st place Gian Carlo B. Dizon
2nd place Rodrigo V. de la Peña
3rd place Emmanuel V. Dumlao

Honorable Mention

1. Cristina A. Montes
2. Raymond T. Calbay
3. Gilbert Jacob S. Que
4. Peter G. Pagsuyuin
5. Armando G. Miclat Jr.
6. Amy L. Lee
7. Adrian Gener S. Mangui-ob
8. Adam Cornelius B. Asin
9. Lester C. Yee
10. Antonio C. Go

August 24, 2006

Philippine PEN Fiction Anthology Call for Submissions

The Philippine PEN is now accepting submissions for an anthology of short fiction in English to be published in 2007.

Filipino writers under 45 years of age are invited to submit one recent, unpublished short story of no more than 8,000 words to the:

Philippine Center of International PEN
531 Padre Faura Street, Ermita,
Manila

E-mail address: philippinepen@yahoo.com
CC to penfictionantho@gmail.com

Deadline of submissions is December 31, 2006.

Address all inquiries to the above addresses as well. Submissions must be typeset in double-spaced 12-pt Times New Roman. The title page must contain the author's name and complete contact information. The last page must be author's bio of no more than 150 words.

Hardcopy submissions must be printed on letter-size bond paper and be accompanied by softcopy in Rich Text Format (*.rtf) on floppy disk or CD. E-mail submissions must be sent as Rich Text Format attachments.

August 23, 2006

Blog Your Novel Month at WriteLit.Com

If you have been inspired by Dean Alfar's novel "Salamanca," which was written during last year's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.com) and you can't wait for November to come? Then WriteLit.Com invites yout to their first Blog Your
Novel Month (BlogYoNoMo). This event will be held the whole month of October 2006.

For more details visit the BlogYoNoMo page at WriteLit.Com:
http://www.writelit.com/blog-your-novel-month.

August 22, 2006

List of Nominees and Awardees for this year's National Book Award

ANTHOLOGY

Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume I, edited by Dean Francis Alfar. Kestrel IMC.

ART / ALFONSO T. ONGPIN AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON ART (P10,000)

Anita Magsaysay-Ho: In Praise of Women, by Alfredo Roces. Crucible Gallery.
Tanaw: Perspectives on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Painting Collection, edited by Ramon E. S. Lerma. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Bababa Ba? … Bababa: Anecdotes of a Foreign Service Officer, by Jose Abeto Zaide. Academic Publishing Corporation.
Don't Ever Tell Me You Can't, by Celia Ruiz Tomlinson. DLSU Press.
John F. Hurley S.J.: Wartime Superior (1941-1945) in the Philippines, edited by Jose S. Arcilla, S.J. ADMU Press.
The Last Full Moon: Lessons on My Life, by Gilda Cordero Fernando. GCF Books.
Light a Fire: Confessions of a Jesuit Terrorist-Son, by Eduardo B. Olaguer. Edolaguer Family Publishing House.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

The Bangko Sentral & the Philippine Economy, edited by Vicente B. Valdepeñas Jr. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Making Your Money Work: Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo! 2, by Francisco J. Colayco. Colayco Foundation for Education.
Pwede Na!: The Complete Pinoy Guide to Personal Finance, by Efren Ll. Cruz. Platypus.
Setting Frameworks: Family Business and Strategic Management, by Elfren Cruz. Anvil.
The Way We Work: Research and Best Practices in Philippine Organizations, edited by Ma. Regina M. Hechanova and Edna P. Franco. ADMU Press.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Baha!, by Eugene Y. Evasco. LG&M Corporation.
Elias and His Trees / Mga Puno ni Elias, by Augie Rivera and Mike Rivera. UST Publishing House.
The Yellow Paper Clip with Bright Purple Spots, by Nikki Dy-Liacco. Adarna House.

COMIC BOOKS

Mars Ravelo's Lastikman, by Gerry Alanguilan, Arnold Arre and Edgar Tadeo. Mango Comics.
Siglo: Passion, edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Vincent Simbulan. Kestrel IMC, Mango Books, and Quest Ventures.

COOKBOOKS AND FOOD

Gabay sa Pagkain ng Gulay-Dagat, by Paciente A. Cordero Jr. Far Eastern University Publications.
Slow Food: Philippine Culinary Traditions, edited by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio and Felice Prudente Sta. Maria. Anvil.

DRAMA

10x10x10: Sampung Tigsasampung Minutong Dula ng Sampung Mandudula, edited by Rody Vera and Alfonso I. Dacanay. UST Publishing House.
Mga Piling Dulang Pambata, edited by Arthur P. Casanova. UST Publishing House.

EDITING

Tandoz and Other Stories, by Delfin Fresnosa, edited by Teresita E. Erestain. Far Eastern University Publications.

EDUCATION

Edukasyong Pampubliko: Ang Karanasan ng Kabite, 1898-1913, by Emmanuel Franco Calairo. Cavite Historical Society .
University Traditions: The Humanities Interviews, edited by Ramon C. Sunico. Ateneo de Manila University.

ESSAY

The Cardinal's Sins, The General's Cross, The Martyr's Testimony and Other Affirmations, by Gregorio C. Brillantes. ADMU Press.
The True and the Plain: A Collection of Personal Essays, by Kerima Polotan. UP Press.

FICTION (SHORT STORIES)

Calvary Road: Mga Kuwento sa Balighong Panahon, by Abdon M. Balde Jr. UST Publishing House.
Jungle Planet and Other Stories, by Lakambini A. Sitoy. UP Press.
Selected Stories, by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. UP Press.
White Elephants, by Angelo Lacuesta. Anvil.

FICTION: NOVEL / JUAN C. LAYA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE (P20,000)

May Tibok ang Puso ng Lupa, by Bienvenido A. Ramos, edited by Roberto T. Añonuevo. ADMU Press.

FICTION: NOVEL / JUAN C. LAYA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (P20,000)

Banana Heart Summer, by Merlinda Bobis. Anvil.
Out of Doors, by Ernesto Superal Yee. Giraffe.

FILM / FILM CRITICISM

Making Documentaries in the Philippines, by Isabel Enriquez Kenny. Anvil.

FOLKLORE

Literature of Voice: Epics of the Philippines, edited by Nicole Revel. ADMU.
Myth, Mimesis and Magic in the Music of the T'boli, Philippines, by Manolete Mora. ADMU Press.
Tales from the Land of Salt: A Glimpse into the History and the Rich Folklore of Pangasinan, by Emmanuel S. Sison. Elmyrs.

HISTORY

Davao: Reconstructing History from Text and Memory, by Macario D. Tiu. Ateneo de Davao University.
Malacañan Palace: The Official Illustrated History, by Manuel L. Quezon III, Paulo Alcazaren, and Jeremy Burns. Studio 5.
Patterns of Continuity and Change: Imaging the Japanese in Philippine Editorial Cartoons, 1930-1941 and 1946-1956, by Helen Yu-Rivera. ADMU Press.
To Love and to Suffer: The Development of the Religious Congregations for Women in the Spanish Philippines, 1565-1898, by Luciano Santiago. ADMU Press.
Tsinoy: The Story of the Chinese in Philippine Life, edited by Teresita Ang See, Go Bon Juan, Doreen Go Yu, and Yvonne Chua. Kaisa para sa Kaunlaran.
Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination, by Benedict Anderson. Anvil.

LINGUISTICS

Sawikaan 2004: Mga Salita ng Taon, edited by Galileo S. Zafra and Romulo P. Baquiran Jr. UP Press.

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

The Truth about Coconut Oil: The Drugstore in a Bottle, by Conrado S. Dayrit. Anvil.

MUSIC

Tunugan: Four Essays on Filipino Music, by Ramon Pagayon Santos. UP Press.

PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY

Jose Rizal: Iba't Ibang Pagtanaw, by Frank G. Rivera, edited by Arthur P. Casanova. National Book Store.
Sakit ng Kalingkingan: 100 Dagli sa Edad ng Krisis, by Rolando B. Tolentino. UP Press.

POETRY

Dark Hours, by Conchitina Cruz. UP Press.
Days of Grace: Selected Poems and New, 1984-2002, by R. Torres Pandan. University of St. La Salle Press.
Misterios and Other Poems, by J. Neil C. Garcia. UP Press.
Pana-panahon: Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot at iba pang Tula, by Aida F. Santos
Saulado: Mga Tula, by Rebecca T. Añonuevo. UP Press.

REFERENCE

100 Questions Filipino Kids Ask, by Liwliwa Malabed and Emylou Infante. Adarna House and Liwayway Marketing.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Authentic Though Not Exotic: Essays on Filipino Identity, by Fernando Nakpil Zialcita. ADMU Press.
Kapwa: The Self in the Other: Worldviews and Lifestyles of Filipino Culture-Bearers, by Katrin de Guia. Anvil.
The Making of the Igorot: Ramut ti Panagkaykaysa dagiti taga Cordillera/Contours of Cordillera Consciousness, by Gerald A. Finin. ADMU Press.
The Star-Entangled Banner: One Hundred Years of America in the Philippines, by Sharon Delmendo. UP Press.
State and Society in the Philippines, by Patricio N. Abinales and Donna J. Amoroso. Anvil.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Huling Ptyk: Da Art of Nonoy Marcelo, by Pandy Aviado, Sylvia Mayuga, and Dario Marcelo. Anvil.
Ngalang Pinoy: A Primer on Filipino Wordplay, edited by Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz. Tahanan Books.
Mga Panibagong Kulam sa Pag-ibig, by Tony Perez, edited by Susie Baclagon-Borrero. Anvil.

THEOLOGY & RELIGION

Pagsubok sa Ilang: Ikaapat na Mukha ni Satanas, by Tony Perez. Anvil.
A Pilgrim's Notes: Ethics, Social Ethics, Bioethics, by Fausto B. Gomez, OP. UST Publishing House.

TRANSLATION

Fr. Francisco Coronel's Arte y Reglas, Kapampangan Grammar and Rules, circa 1621, translated by Edilberto V. Santos. Holy Angel University Press.

TRAVEL

Ciudad Murada: A Walk Through Historic Intramuros, by Jose Victor Z. Torres. Intramuros Administration & Vibal Publishing House.
A Pilgrim's Diary: Passages and Inner Landscapes, by Angela Blardony Ureta. Treehouse Creative Village.

BEST DESIGN

Huling Ptyk: Da Art of Nonoy Marcelo, by Pandy Aviado, Sylvia Mayuga, and Dario Marcelo, designed by Pandy Aviado and Carminnie Doromal. Anvil.
The Last Full Moon: Lessons on My Life, by Gilda Cordero Fernando. GCF Books, designed by M. G. Chaves.
A Pilgrim's Diary: Passages and Inner Landscapes, by Angela Blardony Ureta, designed by Ige Ramos. Treehouse Creative Village.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Esther Pacheco

CITATIONS

Angono, Rizal 6: Pagtatala ng Gunita: Panimulang Dokumentasyon ng mga Bayan sa Pilipinas, by Ligaya G. Tiamson-Rubin and P. T. Martin. UST Publishing House.
Angono, Rizal 7: Doon Po sa Amin, by Ligaya G. Tiamson-Rubin. UST Publishing House.
Angono, Rizal 8: Lahat ay Bida, by Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin. UST Publishing House.
Angono, Rizal 9: Kakambal ng ibang mga Bayan, by Ligaya G. Tiamson-Rubin. UST Publishing House.
Angono, Rizal 10: Itanghal ang Bayan, by Ligaya G. Tiamson-Rubin. UST Publishing House.
Kultura Mangya, edited by Antoon Postma. 5 vols. Mangyan Heritage Center.
Makata sa Cellphone: Mga Dalit, Diona, Tanaga, at iba pang Tulang Sari-Sari't mga Bersong Sala-Salabid, by Frank G. Rivera. UST Publishing House.
Makata sa Cellphone (Ikalawang Aklat): Iba't ibang Pindot na Dalit, Diona, Tanaga, at iba pang Tulang Sari-Sari't mga Bersong Sala-Salabid, by Frank G. Rivera. UST Publishing House.
Makata sa Cellphone (Ikatlong Aklat): Pinindut-pindot na mga Dalit, Diona, Tanaga, at sari-saring Tula't iba pang mga Bersong Sala-Salabid, saka mga Katha ng Text Poets' Society, by Frank G. Rivera. UST Publishing House.

Awarding will held be during the 27th Manila International Book Fair at the World Trade Center, Metro Manila. (see events calendar for more details)

August 16, 2006

4th Annual Manila Comics Creation Seminar

Learn various advanced techniques and practical details for a profitable career in comic book and newspaper strip creation from comic book professional writer/agent David Campiti; artists lecturing at the Seminar will include Rainier Beredo, Jinky Coronado, Tina Francisco, Jeffrey Huet, Jonathan Lau, Carlo Pagulayan, Wilson Tortosa, and others, including some special guests.

October 14-15, 2006
10:00am-7:30pm
SM Megamall, Megatradehall, Conference Hall
Function B

Limited Capacity Only!

So hurry up and sign up now! P1000 per ticket. Good for 2 days with free meal and drinks, free drawing supplies, limited ashcan memorabilia and lots of giveaways. Personal one-on-one portfolio review by the professionals.

For more details: Pls. call our office (02) 365-2974
or mobile number, 09198436312 and look for Michelle Calanog

Send us email of your inquiries and ticket reservation
at azrael@gmail.com or Michelle@glasshousegraphics.com

Official Website Visit www.glasshousegraphics.com

August 10, 2006

UP Writers Club Issues Calls For Submissions

After coming out with the first issue of The Literary Apprentice in twelve years, the UP Writers Club is once again preparing for the next issue. Submissions to their folio The Literary Apprentice Light must be submitted on or before September 30, 2006 (see parameters below).

Submissions to The Literary Apprentice must be sent in by January 15, 2007. Fictionists may submit in English or Filipino manuscripts no more than fifteen pages double-spaced. Poets may submit suites of three poems each. Mixed genre submissions are also welcome. Author profiles of 200 words and contact data must be included. Those who submit must be under 35 years old.

Arvin Abejo Mangohig, Anna Sanchez, Mikael Co and Regina Marcos will be the issue’s section editors.

E-mail works to upwc_publications@yahoo.com.

August 10, 2006

Cinema Laboratory Registration Ongoing

3rd SINELAB WORKSHOP SERIES
3-6 pm Saturday (whole month of August)

No age or academic requirements and open to all individuals who are interested as long as you are willing to go through the workshop with an open and experimental mind. The workshop will begin September. The workshop fee is for the lectures only. Students are required to finish their short films before graduation. Limited slots available; only committed students will be accepted.

Coverage of the Workshop:

6 sessions : basic screenwriting (experimental application)
6 sessions : alternative production (producer's course)
Schedule: Saturdays 3pm to 6pm

Venue:

PABLO
Space 7, Marikina Shoe Expo, Araneta Center
Cubao, Quezon City

Fee:

PhP5,000 / 12 Sessions

E-mail Address For Registration/Inquiries:

sinelab_workshop@yahoo.com
Contact number : 09202573776

August 8, 2006

Bikolano writers celebrate literature, culture in ‘Kabanggihan’
by Vic Nierva

CONSPIRACY Garden Café along Visayas Avenue will speak Bikol on the evening of Tuesday, August 15 as Bikolano writers come together and celebrate their native culture. In a fete dubbed as “Kabanggihan: rawit-dawit, awit, orolay-olay, asin iba pa (Bikol Writers Night),” a long list of writers will be around to read their works while a handful of Bikol songs will also be presented.

“Kabanggihan: rawit-dawit, awit, orolay-olay, asin iba pa” is held annually, and is a part of Likhaan: U.P. Institute of Creative Writing’s project called ‘Conspiwriters Tuesday.’ The main program starts at 7pm and ends at 9pm. Books and other published materials by Bikolano authors will be on display at the venue.

For inquiries, please contact Likhaan: U.P. Institute of Creative Writing at (02)9221830, look for Mr. Vic Nierva, or send text message at 09103296040.

August 8, 2006

Call for Submissions: ANI 33 Literary Yearbook

THE Cultural Center of the Philippines Literary Arts Division is now welcoming contributions to its ANI 33 Literary Yearbook.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the publication, the theme of the issue is “Nature and the Environment.” Works accepted are prose and poems on the protection or destruction of the environment, the relationship of human beings and nature, harmony or disharmony in any given space or location, as well as recent events related to these topics.

Works may be in Filipino, English or any Philippine language with translation in Filipino or English. Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced in 8½ x 11 and accompanied with a three to four sentence biographical note on the author. Contributors must indicate their TIN for payment purposes. Deadline for submission is September 29, 2006.

Contributions may be received by the CCP_LAD through the following e-mail addresses: aniyearbook@yahoo.com and literature@culturalcenter.gov.ph

August 8, 2006

Call for Entries: Timpalak DFPP

Mga Tuntunin

Ang Timapalak DFPP ay kontes sa pagsulat ng tula, maikling kuwento, maikling kuwentong pambata, at sanaysay. Bukas ito sa lahat ng mag-aaral na di-gradwado ng Sistemang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Diliman. Para sa pagsusumite, mangyaring sundin ang mga sundin ang mga sumusunod na gabay:

1. Nararapat na hindi pa nailalathala ang akdang isusumite.

2. Nakasulat ang akda sa wikang Filipino.

3. Apat ang bilang ng kopyang isusumite(isang orihinal at tatlong kopya).

4. Ang bawat lahok ay kailangang makinalyado o kompyuterisado, may 2 o dobleng espasyo sa bond paper na may sukat na 81/2 x 11, at may palugit na isang pulgada sa itaas, ibaba at magkabilang tabi. Lagyan ng bilang ng pahina ang papel. Maaaring gamitin ang alinman sa mga front na Times New Roman, Garamond o Book Antiqua at font size 12.

5. Para sa bawat kategorya:

a. 5 tula (walang takdang bilang ng pahina)
b. 1 maikling kuwento (10-25 pahina)
c. 1 maikling kuwentong pambata (5-10 pahina)
d. 1 personal na sanaysay (10-25 pahina)

6. Kalakip ng isusumiteng akda ang kopya ng Form-5.

Malaya ang mga kalahok sa pagpili ng paksang isusulat. Bukas ang pagsusumite ng mga akda mula Agosto 9 hanggang Agosto 18.

Maaaring makuha sa DFPP ang opisyal na entry form.. Ang mga hindi taga-Diliman Campus ay maaaring humingi ng kopya sa pag-email kay G. Jayson Petras sa jayson23_dgp@yahoo.com.

Ang mga magwawagi sa bawat kategorya ay gagantimpalaan ng:

Unang Gantimpala
Ikalawang Gantimpala
Ikatlong Gantimpala

Gagawaran ng gantimpalang salapi at tropeo/sertipiko ang mga magwawagi. Ipapahayag ang mga nagwagi sa timpalak sa Agosto 28, ika-8-12 n.u., Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Bulwagang Rizal.

Para sa iba pang impormasyon, tumawag sa telepono blg. 9244899 at hanapin si Jimmuel Naval, Joey Baquiran{“, U Eliserio o Vladimeir Gonzales.

August 7, 2006

Agnus Press releases first book by veteran Bikol poet
by Jason Chancoco

Prize-winning writer and Ford Foundation scholar H. Francisco V. Peñones will finally launch his first-ever title. Under a new publishing firm, the Agnus Press, RAGANG RINARANGA will showcase 52 Iriganon poems along with their English translations.

Also a distinguished visual and performance artist, Peñones was a UP National Writers Workshop fellow for Bikol poetry. His works have appeared in Asiaweek, Ani, Mantala, HomeLife, Hingowa, Bangraw, Salugsog sa Sulog and other important publications and journals. He runs a column for the Bikol Reporter and edits its Bikol poetry section. He has won the Pedro Sabido Award for Creative Writing, Sumagang Award, Catholic Mass Media Award and the Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikolnon.

Launchings will be held on August 10, 2pm at the Iriga City Hall and on August 11, 6pm at Lolo's Bar, Avenue Square, Naga City.

August 7, 2006

Tungo sa Isang Edukasyong Filipino
ni Virgilio S. Almario
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan

(Read during the recently concluded Sawikaan 2006)

Isang malaking kapahamakan ng Wikang Pambansa na wala itong kampeong Pangulo ng Filipinas pagkatapos ni Manuel L. Quezon. Wala namang aktibong makawikang Filipino sa mga nahirang na Kalihim ng Edukasyon sa loob ng mahigit kalahating siglo. Lalong lumubha ang sitwasyon ngayon sa magkasabwat na panunungkulan nina Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Kalihim Jesli Lapus, na kapuwa hayagan at ganap na tumatangkilik sa globalisasyon bilang pangunahing patakarang pambansa. Dahil sa buktot na lunggati at dahil sa walang makabansang bisyon para sa Filipinas, hindi kataka-takang palaganapin nila ang isang duling kung hindi man totoong baluktot na mithiin para sa pambansang edukasyon.

Read more at the Sawikaan website

August 7, 2006

Bigger Prizes for My Favorite Book Contest 2006

National Book Store and Philippine STAR are giving away bigger prizes for My Favorite Book Contest Year 5 with new partner Innove Communications.

What You Can Win:
The weekly prize is P5,000 worth of gift certificates from NBS. The grand prizes are P50,000 for the 1st prize, P30,000 for the 2nd prize and P20,000 for the 3rd prize. (all prizes will be given in 50% cash and 50% gift certificates. Five honorable mention winners will receive P10,000 each. Innove Communications will also give Globe Handyphones to the eight grand prize winners.

What You Need to Submit:
You can write about one book, several books by different authors or about one author’s books. Submit an unpublished essay, typed double-spaced and not more than five pages long. Write your name, age, address, contact numbers and two paragraphs of background information. Also send a passport-sized photo.

Submit your entries on a diskette or CD in rich text format for PC and MS Word 4 or 5 for Mac. Mark your diskette and pictures with your name and title of article. Smail mail them to My Favorite Book Contest, Lifestyle Section, The Philippine STAR, 13th corner Railroad St. Port Area Manila.

Entries can also be submitted via e-mail to myfavoritebook@philstar.net.ph.

When You Can Submit:
The last publication date for the year is December 31. Deadline for submission of entries is December 1.

Who Can Join:
Anyone except for employees of NBS, STAR, Innove and the advertising and PR agencies.

Weekly winners may claim their prizes by calling up National Book Store Services Department at 631-8079. Look for Daisy Tuason.

August 7, 2006

Call for submissions: Missing Pulse

Missing Pulse: the Electronic Journal of Great Reads, is still under construction, but we are inviting you to submit your stories to us. Please read the submission guidelines below.

1. Missing Pulse accepts submissions in all genres, but strictly in English only. Of course, the definition of "English" must be taken here at its most pliable.

- Short stories, Long stories, Flash fiction, Essays and anything that resembles prose must be submitted anyway you like as long as it's in .doc form, and has no virus. The author's personal writing font of choice will be noted.

- Poetry. Give me poetry. Even bad ones. There will be a special section called "What Was I Writing" where exceptionally bad poetry will be showcased. Deliberately bad poetry are also welcome, but they must be exceptionally bad, or else, wouldn't that be the saddest thing in the world? To fail even in writing bad poetry?

- Digital Stories: A digital story is a narrative that factors in the medium as an integral part. This includes videos, images, and hypertext works of fiction. Video submissions must be hosted in youtube.com or other video hosting websites that allow embedding. Image Submissions include (a) scans of graphic novels or stories, (b) photographic manipulations, ala post-secret, but less emo. I'm not into emo, and no one should be; (c) a cycle or a suite of digital images accompanied by text; (d) well, it's up to you really, I mean, c'mon, just tell me what you want to do with it, and what's the story, morning glory, and let me worry about presenting it. Hypertext Fiction Submissions must be discussed thoroughly with the editors at misterman@missingpulse.com.

- Recipes, Death Threats, Obituaries, and other forms of writing which you deem necessary a venue for your story. The only limit to the form you can take is your imagination.

2. All submissions must be original, and unpublished anywhere else.

3. All submissions must be accompanied by a biographical sketch of the author, including contact information (address, telephone number, e-mail address). Authors published will be included in the database, and in the mailing list for events, and opportunities concerned with the field of writing and of reading.

4. Submissions should be e-mailed to isubmit@missingpulse.com. Submissions will be accepted all year round.

5. All rights remain with the author.

Please direct any and all inquiries to the editors at misterman@missingpulse.com.

Its isubmit@missingpulse.com for submissions, and misterman@missingpulse.com for inquiries and proposals.

August 3, 2006

Creative writing centers celebrate ‘Pistang Panitik’
by Vic Nierva

AS PART of the 27th Manila International Book Fair which will be held on August 30 to September 3, 2006, Likhaan: U.P. Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) with Anvil Publishing Inc., will initiate a festival that will bring the country’s foremost creative writing centers together in a ‘literary Woodstock’ called ‘Pistang Panitik’.

Set on the last day of the fair (Sept 3), Pistang Panitik is a gathering featuring poetry readings, performances, talks, book signings, and other literary events which will be presented by each participating creative writing center from 1pm onwards.

Newly conferred National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera will grace the event as its special guest and his address at 7pm will be the highlight of the festival.

Ateneo de Manila University’s Ateneo Institute for Literary Arts and Practice (AILAP), headed by Dr. Benilda Santos; De La Salle University’s Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center, headed by Prof. Malou Jacob; University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Studies, headed by Dr. Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta; and UP-ICW, headed by Prof. V.E. Carmelo Nadera, Jr. have signified to participate in the festival.

‘Pistang Panitik’ will be held at the Function Room A, World Trade Center, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.

August 3, 2006

Book of the Month: May Tibok ang Puso ng Lupa by Bienvenido A. Ramos

Delved into in this prize-winning novel are the farmers' multiple problems and the prolonged discussions and debates on agrarian reform. Through a creative reconstruction of the locality and its colorful characters, the novel reveals the boundary separating the landowners and the peasants; the contentions on belief and ideology; as well as the authentic dreams and feelings toward unity.

Bienvenido A. Ramos was born on 15 January 1934, in Atlag, Malolos, Bulacan. His works have won primary awards and prizes among which are the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Catholic Mass Media Awards, and the Gawad Dangal ng Lipi sa Bulakan. In 2004, he received the Gawad Balagtas from the Union ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL).

The book is available at the Ateneo de Manila University Press (632-4265984), Solidaridad Bookshop (632-5230870) and Popular Bookstore (632-3722162). For prices and shipping charges, please send an e-mail to msanagustin@ateneo.edu or unipress@admu.edu.ph.

August 3, 2006

PETA Theater Courses

As PETA celebrates year one in its new home, the PETA THEATER CENTER, the desire to make this a center for theater education escalates, prompting us to start offering regular courses. We hope to make this center a vibrant venue for theater and education. The 39 years of providing training in theater have given us time to hone and practice our pedagogical and aesthetic capabilities. The last five years have seen us doing curriculum discussion and conferences, trying them out in our outreach and partnership programs and during regular summer workshops. Thus the PETA curriculum have been tested, PETA wishes to offer these courses this last quarter of 2006 as the beginning of another decade in its creative life.

We invite you and other theater enthusiasts to experience the PETA pedagogy at The PETA Theater Center at #5 Sunny Side Drive, Brgy. Kristong Hari, Quezon City.

Courses:

Children’s Theater Production Class

Saturday and Sunday
(September 30, October 7,8,14-15,21-22,28-29,30-31, and November 4-5)
9:00 am – 12:00 nn

A twelve-session class (8:00 am –12:00 nn) open to all children, ages 8-13, with background experience in theater workshops or productions in schools or communities. The class can accommodate 12-15 participants. There will be sessions on acting, singing and dancing for children. The artistic products will be based on themes relevant to the perspective of the children participants. The course will culminate with a full production to be premiered at the PETA-Phinma Theater.

Community Theater Workshop

Oct. 25- Nov. 4
1:00-5:00 pm

Nine sessions will be open to adults from the communities. Members of community theaters a re most welcome. The class can accommodate 14-24 participants. There will be sessions on various theater disciplines (movement, drama, writing, visual arts, music and sound) which will be done through creative group processes. The activities will focus on different theater forms coupled with the necessary production processes, culminating with a full production to be premiered at the PETA-Phinma Theater.

Creative Pedagogy for NGO Trainers

October 9-13
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Five (5) sessions (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) will be open to NGO trainers which will focus on the integrated theater arts approach for advocacy training of various NGOs. Philosophy of
Education, Principles of Teaching, Filipino Psychology, Syllabus Making,
Issue Advocacy through theater and actual production and a teaching practicum will be the highlights of the training. Participatory processes through improvisational theater will serve as a creative challenge to NGO trainers. There will be a follow-up communication to the graduates of this course for further honing of the trainers’ craft.

Basic Acting for Theater

Mondays and Wednesday (September 27)

Theater-in-Education (TIE) - This program is aimed at encouraging teachers of all subjects to use creative drama in the service of education. The integrated arts approach has always been part of the PETA pedagogy. The TIE modules prepared for teachers use this creative pedagogy and this, in turn, may be used in the teaching of all subjects.

Module One

Saturday (October 7,14,21,28)
1:00 – 5:00 pm

The first module focuses on the integrated arts approach preparing teachers for a Creative Pedagogy that may be used in their teaching. Each session is designed to show how art disciplines may flow from one to another in order to come out with holistic learning.
In this module, the session is designed to focus on one discipline and move on to a final exercise in Creative Drama.
Ideally, the session includes as many art disciplines as possible so students may learn in whole rather than in parts.

Module Two

Saturday (November 11,18 and 25, and December 2)
1:00 – 5:00pm

A module that will focus on Asian Theater: Japanese Theater Traditions, Mask and Movement, Creative Pedagogy and Asian Theater. This focus was planned to coincide with the Asian theme of the MAKABAYAN curriculum of the Department of Education, Secondary School Curriculum.

Gender Sensitivity Through Theater

This five-day workshop makes use of creative arts to sensitize and enhance capacities of women (or participants) in understanding gender-related issues. The workshop provides for a dynamic space for participants to sharpen their analysis of these issues and share experiences in creative ways. Topics include gender and sex, women’s oppression, institutions promoting gender bias, women’s empowerment. Creative outputs can be utilized in promoting gender empowerments and development.

Women’s Theater for Advocacy

A twelve-day course that aims to equip women in organizations and theater groups with women’s agenda the capacities in utilizing theater for advocacy performances. Through the Integrated Arts Approach, participants are provided with the venue to develop their capacities in music, dance, writing, drama and visual arts. The use of the creative process will allow the women to relate their own stories and experiences, while deepening their understanding and analysis of women’s issues. The workshop will culminate with the development of an advocacy performance that promote gender empowerment, which the organization can utilize in their advocacy work.

August 2, 2006

Cirilo F. Bautista Launches New Poetry Collection
by Tim Nubla

“Happy Birthday” said the cake on Cirilo F. Bautista’s book launch that was held last July 29, 2006 at the Gaerlan Conservatory of the De La Salle University, Manila. It is also the birthday of his latest collection of poems Believe and Betray.

Among the well-wishers who graced the event are DLSU-Manila’s EVP for Academics and Research Dr. Julius Maridable, Dr. Carmelita Quebangco, EVP of DLSU-Manila and Dr. Isagani Cruz and Dr. Marjorie Evasco, University Fellows.

Cirilo Bautista is a winner of the Palanca Hall of Fame award in 1995 and was previously hailed in 1993 as Makata ng Taon by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino for winning the poetry contest sponsored by the Philippine Government. The last part of his epic trilogy The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus, entitled “Sunlight on Broken Stones,” won the Centennial Prize for the Epic in 1998. “

Believe and Betray is a volume composed of four collections of Bautista’s Lyric poems from1960 to 2005, spanning more than fifty years of writing. The book is available at the DLSU Press bookstore.

August 2, 2006

Call for Entries: 2007 PBBY-SALANGA PRIZE

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2007 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library. The winner will be given a cash prize of P25,000.00, a gold medal, and an opportunity to be published. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children’s Book Day (3rd Tuesday of July every year) in July 2007.

Contest Rules:

1. The contest is open to all Filipino citizens except those who are related to any PBBY member up to the third degree of consanguinity.
2. Stories should be intended for children aged 6 to 12 years old. The plot and the sequence must be capable of sustaining an illustrated book of 28 to 32 pages.
3. Entries may be in Filipino or English.
4. Entries must be in hard copy, double-spaced, on short bond paper. Maximum length is five (5) pages.
5. A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.
6. Each entry must be signed by a pen name only. Five (5) copies of each entry should be placed in an envelope, on the face of which only the pen name of the contestant should appear.
7. Together with each entry, contestants must submit a second envelope, on the face of which the pen name shall appear. This must contain the contestant’s full name, address, contact numbers, a short literary background, and a notarized certification from the author, vouching for the originality of the entry and for the freedom of the organizers from any liability arising from the infringement of copyright in case of publication, and affirming that the entry or any variant thereof has a) never been published nor b) won any other contest i.e. that it has never won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention in any other contest or otherwise been awarded a medal, a citation, or included in a publicized list of meritorious entries to a literary contest.
8. All entries must be sent through snail mail to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House, Inc., Room 102, JGS Building, 30 Scout Tuazon St., Quezon City.
9. All entries must be received by the PBBY Secretariat no later than 5:00 p.m., October 16, 2006.
10. Winners will be announced no later than November 13, 2006. Non-winning entries may be claimed at the PBBY Secretariat until December 1, 2006.

The winning story will be the basis for the 2007 PBBY-Alcala Prize.
For more details, interested parties may contact the Philippine Board
on Books for Young People, at Room 102, JGS Building, 30 Scout Tuazon
St., Quezon City, Telefax 372-3548 or email pbby@adarna.com.ph.

August 2, 2006

Free eBooks Until August 4!

July 4th to August 4, 2006 marks a month long celebration of the 35th anniversary of the first step taken towards today's eBooks, when the United States Declaration of Independence was the first file placed online for downloading in what was destined to be an electronic library of the Internet. Today's eBook library has a total of over 100 languages represented.

The World eBook Fair welcomes you to absolutely free access to a variety of eBook unparalleled by any other source. 1/3 million eBooks await you for personal use, all free of charge for the month from July 4 - August 4, 2006, and then 1/2 million eBooks in 2007, 3/4 million in 2008, and ONE million in 2009.

Ten times as many eBooks are available from private eBook sources, without the media circus that comes with 100 billion dollar media mavens such as Google. The World eBook Fair has created a library of wide ranging samples of these eBooks, totaling 1/3 million. Here are eBooks from nearly every classic author on the varieties of subjects previously only available through the largest library collections in the world. Now these books are yours for personal use, free of charge, to keep for the rest of your lives.

This event is brought to you by the oldest and largest free eBook source on the Internet, Project Gutenberg, with the assistance of the World eBook Library, the providers of the largest collection, and a number of other eBook efforts around the world. The World eBook Library normally charges $8.95 per year for online access, and allows unlimited personal downloading. During The World eBook Fair all these books are available free of charge through a gateway at http://www.gutenberg.org and http://WorldeBookFair.com.

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