2010 PBBY SALANGA PRIZE CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library.
2011 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Jose Rizal. To commemorate this event, all 2011 PBBY-Salanga entries should be inspired in part or in whole by the life or works of Jose Rizal. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children's Book Day in July 2011.
CONTEST RULES
The contest is open to all Filipino citizens except those who are related to any PBBY member up to the third degree of consanguinity.
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.
Entries may be in Filipino or English.
Entries must be in hard copy, double-spaced, on short bond paper. Maximum length is five (5) pages.
Each entry should be accompanied by a brief note explaining how the story was inspired by Rizal, as well as the source of the said information (i.e. title of book/article on Jose Rizal).
A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.
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.
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.
All entries must be sent through snail mail to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House, Inc., Scout Torillo cor. Scout Fernandez Sts., Barangay Sacred Heart, Quezon City.
All entries must be received by the PBBY Secretariat no later than 5:00 p.m., November 15, 2010.
Winners will be announced no later than December 17, 2010. Non-winning entries may be claimed at the PBBY Secretariat until January 10, 2011.
The winning story will be the basis for the 2011 PBBY-Alcala Prize. For more details, interested parties may contact the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, at Telefax 372-3548 or email pbby[at]adarna.com.ph.
KUTING OPENS MEMBERSHIP TO WRITERS FOR CHILDREN
Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (Kuting), a private, non-stock, non-profit organization of Filipino writers for children, is inviting all writers who are at least 18 years old and interested in writing for children to apply for membership.
The Kuting orientation seminar will be held on September 18, 2010 (Saturday) from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at Room 309, CAL Building, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
Interested parties must prepare four (4) copies of their sample work for children (18 years old and below), published or unpublished, in English or Filipino. The sample work can be any of the following: one fiction or non-fiction manuscript (not more than 12 pages), five poems, one TV/film script, one one-act play, or one comic script/book.
The sample work should be set in Times New Roman, 12 points, double-spaced on letter-sized bond paper with one-inch margin on each side. It must be submitted together with two copies of the applicant's 2 X 2 photo and CV/resume.
All these requirements should be submitted in a legal-sized brown envelope during the Kuting orientation seminar on September 18, 12:00 noon. The applicant's full name must be boldly printed on the upper right-hand corner of the envelope.
For inquiries send an e-mail to membership@kuting.org or log on to www.kuting.org .
LIRA AND NCCA'S POETRY EDUCATION SERIES VISITS LIPA
The Filipino poetry group Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) held the fifth leg of the "Sining ng Tugma at Sukat (STS; Art of Rhyme and Meter) 2010" in De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas last August 22, 2010.
The STS is a series of free seminar-workshops on poetry in Filipino in nine towns across nine provinces of Luzon from March to December 2010. Teachers of Filipino from public high schools are the intended beneficiaries. The STS is on its second year, with the first edition being held in 2008 when around 430 delegates in ten towns across Luzon attended.
This year's first beneficiaries were San Fabian in Pangasinan, Baguio City, San Antonio in Zambales, and Vigan in Ilocos Sur. For STS Lipa, award-winning poet Dr. Michael M. Coroza of LIRA and Ateneo de Manila University will be the lecturer. DLSU Lipa is the event's host.
The other beneficiaries of STS 2010 are Bataan province; Naga City, Camarines Sur; City of San Fernando, Pampanga; and Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
The STS 2010 is one of the fifteen projects for LIRA's year-long 25th anniversary celebrations. Founded in 1985 by the National Artist for Literature Virgilio S.Almario (alias Rio Alma), LIRA is the premier institute of poets in Filipino. In pursuance of its mission of enriching and promoting Filipino poetry, the organization holds a yearly five-month-long poetry clinic held for the most part in UP Diliman. The STS 2010 is an effort to bring part of this clinic outside of Metro Manila.
The project directors are Phillip Kimpo Jr., president of LIRA, and Beverly W. Siy, immediate former president and creator of the STS. The overall project coordinators are Mariane A.R.T. Abuan and Deborah Rosalind D. Nieto, while Maria Crecelda D.Roldan is the local coordinator for STS Lipa. To contact the STS team, email them at pamunuan@liraonline.org.
TEN PASADULA FELLOWS NAMED
Renowned dramatists Bonifacio Ilagan, Al Santos, Manuel Pambid, Glecy Atienza, and Reuel Molina Aguila will mentor 10 Metro Manila writing fellows to an intensive playwriting workshop beginning 21 August in UP, Diliman.
Called Pandayan sa Dula or Pasadula, the 10 participants to the three-month workshop are Eric Aguilar, Ma. Stephanie Joy Andaya, Tyron Judes D. Casumpang, Noel Galon de Leon, Arvin Tiong Ello, Mari Joyce Villanueva Laspuña, Cara Cristina B. Red, Joshua Lim So, Ted Jan C. Rubio, and John Romeo L. Venturero.
The workshop has three phases: a lecture series, one-on-one mentoring, and the staging of the new plays.
Pasadula is sponsored by the UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
Dr. Jimmuel Naval, DFFP Chair, and Prof. Reuel M. Aguila serve as Workshop Directors. Dr. Glecy Atienza heads the NCCA National Committee on Dramatic Arts.
UST HOSTS TWO-DAY LITERATURE AFFAIR
The UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and VisPrint Inc. in collaboration with the Dept. of Literature, Thomasian Writers Guild, The Literary Society and The Varsitarian present "Literature From Shakespeare to Bob Ong: Bridging the Divide Between the Popular And the Canonical." This two-day affair features National Artist Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, Prof. Jun Cruz Reyes, Dr. Ophelia Dimalanta, Dr. Efren Abueg, and Dr. Isagani Cruz on the first day.
On the second day, Jun Balde will talk about "Ang Pagsusulat Bilang Propesyong Pagkakakitaan at Ang Libro Bilang Produktong Komersyal." The following younger writers will also be featured:
Siege Malvar:
Alan Navarra: "Bad Ideas Are Great"
Karl De Mesa: "News of the Shaman" or "Horror Stories as Shamanic Remedy & Psychic Self-Defense for th 21st Century"
Eros Atalia: "Magbiro Ay Di Biro"
Budjette Tan, David Hontiveros and Bart Coronel: Horror Panel
Manix Abrera & Freely Abrigo: "Comic Strip(ped?)"
Carlo Vergara & Kajo Baldisimo: Graphic Novel
The Spirit of Bob Ong: Book 8's latest trailer and then some...
Nida Ramirez: "How To Not Get Published"
This will be at the Thomas Aquinas Research Center Auditorium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
TIMPALAK TULAAN SA FACEBOOK
Bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika at ng ika-25 anibersaryo ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA), inihahandog ng grupo ang Tulaan sa Facebook.
Ang Tulaan sa Facebook ay isang paligsahan ng mga tulang nasa katutubong anyo ng Filipinas. Sa paligsahang ito, itatampok ng mga lahok sa patimpalak ang anyong diyona – isang tulang may iisang saknong, may isahang tugma, binubuo ng tatlong taludtod, at may pitong pantig sa bawat taludtod.
Sumali na sa FB group ng Tulaan sa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138210462868601
MGA TUNTUNIN:
1. Bukas ang patimpalak mula 1 Agosto 2010 hanggang 25 Agosto 2010 sa lahat ng mga Filipino na naninirahan sa Filipinas o sa labas ng bansa.
2. Kailangang orihinal at nasa wikang Filipino ang mga lahok. Kailangang nasa anyong diyona - may iisang saknong, may isahang tugma, binubuo ng tatlong taludtod, at may pitong pantig sa bawat taludtod.
3. Upang maglahok ng tula , kailangang sumali sa Facebook Group na Tulaan sa Facebook.
4. Ipapaskil sa Wall ng Tulaan sa Facebook ang bawat lahok na tula . Maaaring maglahok ng ilanmang bilang ng tula ngunit isang tula lamang ang maaaring ilagay sa bawat wall post.
5. Ang unang linya ng wall post ay ang pamagat wallpost at susundan ng tatlong taludtod ng tula . Wala nang ibang maaaring ilagay sa wall post maliban sa mga nabanggit.
6. Ang inampalan ay pipili ng isang (1) magwawagi na magkakamit ng premyong P7,000, at ng tatlong (3) karangalang banggit na magkakamit ng tig-P1,000.
7. Lahat ng magwawaging tula ay mananatiling pag-aari ng may-akda, subalit may karapatan ang LIRA na ilalathala ang mga ito.
8. Ipaaalam sa mga mananalo ang resulta ng patimpalak bago ihayag ang mga magwawagi sa publiko.
Sumali na sa http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138210462868601%EF%BB%BF
10TH TEACHER-LIBRARIAN SEMINAR AT ORTIGAS FOUNDATION LIBRARY AND LOPEZ MUSEUM
The 10th Teacher-Librarian seminar will be held at the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library and the Ortigas Foundation, Inc in the morning and in the afternoon of August 18 respectively. A free seminar for selected public elementary and high school teacher-librarians, this aims to to help the participants develop skills that will allow them to care for their library collections, harness resources and develop lifelong users of libraries. Focus for this year's seminar is cataloguing, fundraising and library aesthetics.
The Robinson's Children's Library, the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library and the Ortigas Foundation Library, Inc, with support from Jollibee, Venture for Fundraising, the National Book Development Board, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, created a whole-day program.
Among the speakers are Atty Andrea Pasion-Flores of the National Book Development Board, Arch Mico Manalo of Escuela Taller in Intramuros, Mr Louie Baclagon of Venture for Fundraising, and a representative of the National Library. Pre-registration is required. Walk-ins are accepted but will be charged a fee. For more information, call 3952112.
FICTION-WRITING CONTEST IN BISAYA NOW OPEN
Deadline: 15 September 2010
Geographical coverage: Mindanao, Philippines
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): short stories
Prize/Payment: P10,000, etc.
Contact: davaowritersguild@yahoo.com.ph
In line with the thrust of the National Commission on Literary Arts to help develop creative writing in the regional languages, the Davao Writers Guild is holding a literary contest, the “Fiction-Writing Contest in Bisaya”.
The contest is open to all residents of Mindanao. Deadline for submission is September 15, 2010.
Prizes are as follows: first prize, P10,000.00; second prize, P7,000.00; and third prize P5,000.00.
Each contestant is allowed only one (1) entry. The story should be original (written by the contestant), unpublished (not printed in any newspaper, magazine or book), must not have won any awards. It must be printed between 10 to 20 pages in length (double-space, using Letter-size paper, using Times New Roman, 12pts).
A hard copy of the entry (with complete contact information on a separate page) should be delivered to the following address: UP-Mindanao, F. Iñigo (formerly Anda) St., Davao City 8000, c/o Rene Estremera. Soft copy should be sent by email to .
Non-compliant entries will be automatically disqualified.
The criteria are: Language (25%), Technique (25%), Relevance (25%), and Overall Impact (25%). Judging will be from September 16 to 26 and the winners will be notified. Members of the Davao Writers Guild are prohibited from joining the contest.
THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK DIGITAL PUBLISHING CONFERENCE SET
The National Book Development Board (NBDB), Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), Filipinas Heritage Library and Vibal Foundation, Inc. will hold the country's first-ever digital publishing conference aptly titled, ‘The Future of the Book', with the theme: “Book Publishing in the Global Digital Arena” on 13 and 14 of September 2010 at the UP-Ayala Technohub in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.
As emerging technologies continue to change the landscape of book publishing, the conference aims to introduce the various aspects involved in digital publishing – from authoring, editing and lay-outing, to distribution and consumption. The two-day conference will feature talks by distinguished names from the international and local publishing industry, including Ms. Lynette Owen, copyright director of Pearson Education, one of the world's leading textbook publishers.
On the first day of the conference, publishing professionals and industry leaders will tackle the business aspect of digital publishing in the Philippines. The plenary sessions will discuss the viability of digital publishing as a lucrative and exciting business opportunity for existing and prospective publishers alike.
In addition to perspectives from traditional book publishers, Vibal Foundation, the pioneer digital publisher in the Philippines, is inviting speakers from varied fields to discuss the impact of this new technology on consumers. A total of eighteen unique tracks, with presentations from experts and innovators, are scheduled on the second day, aiming to explore the “Future of the Book” through the eyes of its end-users: the retailers, authors and reader.
Registration fee is for four thousand pesos (PHP 4,000) which will cover admission for the entire conference, a participant's kit, and free meals. The registration fee for the second day is five hundred pesos (PHP 500), which covers only admission to the second day of the conference, a participant's kit and a free meal. Students may avail of a discounted fee of three hundred pesos (PHP 300) by presenting their school IDs upon registration. Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, September 13, 2010.
For further information, please email us at future.book2010@vibalfoundation.org or call us at 416-8460 or 0906-2437714 and look for Ms. Karen Lucero
LIKE/UNLIKE: FACEBOOK STATUS AT ANG POLITIKA NG AGAM-AGAM CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Facebook ang pinakabagong plataporma at daluyan ng virtual na individualismo sa isang networking na komunidad. Agresibo ang asersyon ng individualidad dahil na rin sa agam-agam hinggil sa panahon (nakaraan, kasalukuyan at hinaharap), sa relasyon ng individual sa kontemporaryong panahon. Instrumental ang Facebook at kahalintulad na plataporma sa pagfilter ng anxiedad ng individual. Ang rehimentasyon ng pang-araw-araw na agam-agam ay sinisiwalat sa ritual ng pag-online at pagnetwork. Nakabuo na ng avatar (artifice) ang individual, nakabuo na rin ng naratibo hinggil sa sarili at ang kinukumprontang kontemporaryong panahon ng agam-agam.
Nais namin kayong imbitahan na mag-contribute sa book project para sa makabagong antolohiya ng mga maiikling kuwento o dagli. Layunin nito na magkaluwal ng panibagong anyo ng naratibo na pinagsasanib ang teknolohiya ng internet at malikhaing-isip ng mga gumagamit nito, propesyunal man siyang manunulat o hindi. Gamit ang 15-25 na aktwal na Facebook status, magiging hamon sa kontribyutor na makalikha ng isang buong naratibo na tumatagni sa putol-putol at mistulang hiwa-hiwalay na ideya ng mga status.
Kung sa tingin mo'y makakayanan ang teknikal at malikhaing prosesong ito, inaanyayahan ka namin na makibahagi sa proyektong ito. Tulad ng anumang proyekto sa paglalathala, dadaan sa proseo ng editing ang mga akda na tumutugon sa kabuuang paraan, anyo at kasiningan ng mga malilikhang naratibo.
Narito ang mga alituntunin:
1. Mangolekta ng 15-25 na facebook status na aktuwal na ginamit sa iyong Facebook account.
2. Gamit ang mga status, ayusin ito upang makabuo ng isang buong naratibo na dumudulog sa kabuuang tema ng antolohiya: politikal na komentaryo—individual, sektoral o kolektibo--sa kontemporaryong panahon.
3. Ang porma/presentasyon ay simpleng reorganisasyon at enumerasyon ng piniling Facebook status. Hindi tuloy-tuloy na prosa. Maaring iedit para sa konsistensi at lohika pero hindi mayor ang pagdagdag-bawas.
4. Maaring nasa wikang Filipino o kaya'y halong Ingles at Filipino.
5. Lagyan ng isang salitang pamagat.
6. Maging tapat sa pagkolekta ng sariling mga aktwal na status.
Ipadala ang inyong akda sa fbstatusko@gmail.com, kalakip ng tatlong pangungusap na bio ng manunulat, at contact details. Deadline ay Nobyembre 15, 2010. Ang final na desisyon sa pagtanggap ng kontribusyon ay sa press na maglalathala ng antolohiya.
PETA PRESENTS TAGORE'S THE POST OFFICE
PETA's second offering for its 43rd season is "Ang Post Office," a Filipino adaptation of Indian poet and dramatist Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's (1861-1941) play "Dak Ghar" or "The Post Office." It runs August 6-September 12, 2010 at the PETA Center Theatre in New Manila, Quezon City.
In Rody Vera's adaptation, Amal, the 10-year-old ailing child in Tagore's play, is now named Abel. The role is played by child actor Martin delos Santos , who appears alongside stage luminaries Bembol Roco and Bodjie Pascua. The newly-adapted piece transposes early 20th-century rural Bengal into a modern-day Filipino town.
The production also features a live vocal score from multi-award winning children's choirs, the Kilyawan Choir and the Loboc Children's Choir. Included in the cast are Lao Rodriguez, Ian Segarra, Jojo Atienza, Jack Yabut, Lot Lot Bustamante, Abner Delina Jr., Ness Roque, Jason Barcial, Mary Jane Medina, Josh Tecson, Sweet Ramos, and Julia Chua.
"The Post Office" was most recently staged in New York City by a Bangladeshi theater group, Charanik, with five performances at the New York International Fringe Festival in Lower Manhattan in 2001. The production featured a strong multiracial cast with three different young actors playing Amal--a Latino, a South Asian and a Chinese.
On May 7, 2011, the world will celebrate Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. Tagore, the first Asian who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, is also often referred to as Bengal's Shakespeare.
Gardy Labad directs the show. PETA's "Ang Post Office" has received art grants from the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, UNESCO Commission for the Philippines, MISEREOR/KZE, and Zest Airways Inc.
For ticket inquiries and reservations, contact PETA Marketing and Public Relations at (632) 7256244, (632) 410821 or (63)917-8044428. Visit www.petatheater.com.
Playdates: August 6 (3 p.m. and 7 p.m.), 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, September 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 (10 a.m. and 3 p.m.)
CALL FOR PAPERS: ASIAN FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN'S CONTENT 26–29 May 2011
We invite writers, illustrators, preschool & primary school teachers, publishers, libraries, literary agents, distributors & retailers, translators, technology solution providers and other media professionals to take part in this festival.
Deadline: 30 November 2010
Geographical coverage: Worldwide
Content: on Asia for children
Reading Fee: n/a
Accepts (genre): papers
Prize/Payment: n/a
Contact: regina@bookcouncil.sg
The festival aims to:
i) Provide the World's children with quality Asian content for education and entertainment.
ii) Foster excellence in the creation, production and publication of children's materials with Asian content in all formats and to facilitate their distribution and access, first in Asia and then to children worldwide.
Type of Sessions possible:
a) Workshops (60 mins or 180 mins)
The purpose of a workshop is to provide the opportunity for participants to learn by doing and reflection.
b) Roundtable Discussions
The purpose of a Roundtable discussion is to maximise dialogue around a particular idea or project.
c) Paper Session (typically 3 papers will be grouped together)
The purpose of a Paper Session is to provide presenters with an opportunity to present the main ideas and conclusions of their work, whether these are theoretical, programmatic or the results for a study of any kind.
d) Interactive Dialogue
The purpose of an Interactive Dialogue is address a specific topic or problem in a format meant to stimulate focused dialogue.
If you wish to propose a presentation for this festival, kindly send a proposal to regina@bookcouncil.sg. Please submit a two-page proposal in writing by 30 November 2010.
NCCA OPENS COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR 2011
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting project proposals for the Competitive Grants Program of 2011. Grants are available for cultural and art groups, academic institutions, individual artists, local arts organizations, non-government organizations involved in culture and arts, and other potential grant applicants. Deadline will be on September 15, 2010.
The Priority Projects for 2011 include the seven national committees under the Subcomission on the Arts, namely the National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts, National Committee on Cinema, National Committee on Dance, National Committee on Dramatic Arts, National Committee on Literary Arts, National Committee on Music, and National Committee on Visual Arts.
In addition to these seven, grants are also available for community-based projects of the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts under three committees on Northern, Central and Southern cultural communities.
Under the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage, grants are available for the National Committees on Archives, Art Galleries, Libraries and Information Services, Historical Research, Monuments and Sites, Museums and Cultural Education while under the Subcomission on Cultural Dissemination, grants are available for the National Committees on Education, Communication and Language and Translation.
The NCCA, as a grants-giving agency is tasked to administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and Arts (NEFCA) for the preservation, development and promotion of the Philippine arts and culture. The NEFCA is solely used for the implementation of culture and arts programs in line with the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan for Culture and Arts.
For details on the NCCA Grants Program, click here. For submission of project proposals and queries, please contact MARICHU G. TELLANO, Chief, Policy, Plan Formulation and Programming Division (PPFPD) at numbers 527-2192 / 527-2198 / 522-2084.
For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) at cellphone number 0927-5582656 / 09285081057 or at tel. nos. 527-5529. You can also call us at 527-2192 (loc. 612-615) or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com .
ADARNA HOUSE BAGS 3 OF 6 NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS
Last Saturday, July 24, the children's publishing industry gathered at the Mandarin Oriental for the first ever National Children's Book Awards. The NCBA, organized by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY), is the first award of its kind — recognizing the country's best published children's books, which include both works of fiction and nonfiction.
Publishers were asked to nominate their books with a copyright year of either 2008 or 2009. And we have been grinning from ear to ear since Saturday because, out of our 14 nominations, 3 of our books were given citations! (Click on the images below to see the complete profile of the book and to read the full citation.)
We are so happy with the NCBA, which gives the awards on an even playing field — without ranking and categories — along with written citations that highlight each book's strength and charm.
Congratulations are in order: to our authors and illustrators May Tobias-Papa, Isabel Roxas, Gidget Roceles-Jimenez, Bru, Becky Bravo and Jason Moss; to the NBDB and PBBY; and to the tireless and awesome judges!
ADARNA LAUNCHES FACEBOOK PHOTO CONTEST
The photo contest is open to all Filipinos anywhere in the world, except for: Adarna House authors, illustrators, and storytellers; and relatives of Adarna House employees up to the 3rd degree of consanguinity.
To enter, contestants must have a Facebook account, and must be friends with Adarna House's official Facebook account.
The photo should feature at least 1 Adarna House book and must reflect the theme “Kalaro, Kaeskuwela, Kaibigan.”
The photo should be uploaded to the contestant's Facebook account, labeled with the title of the photograph, and with the book in the photo tagged as “Adarna House.”
Entries must be uploaded during the month of August 2010.
A contestant may enter a maximum of three (3) photos – differing in concept, and not just in angle or composition.
The 5 photos with the most “Likes” by September 5 will make their way into a shortlist of 10 entries. (The other 5 will be chosen by a board of Adarna House staff, authors and illustrators based on the photo's relevance to the theme and technical and artistic merits.)
Shortlisted entries may be used in the backdrop design of Adarna House's 30th anniversary book launch at the Manila International Book Fair on September 18, so contestants are advised to keep a high-resolution copy (300 dpi) of the photo in their files.
The shortlist will be announced by September 6, 2010.
The People's Choice awardee and the Grand Prize winner will be announced at the launch, when the winners will be given their certificates, and books worth Php 3,500.00 and Php 5,000.00 respectively.
BULAKLAK SA TUBIG NI JOI BARRIOS ILULUNSAD
Isa sa pinakakilala nating babaeng makata (matapang pero kikay) si Joi Barrios. Isa sa pinakakilala nating tula niya ay ang "Ang Pagiging Babae ay Pamumuhay sa Panahon ng Digma" na naghawan ng landas para sa mahusay na pagsasanib ng mga isyung pangkababaihan at pampulitika.
Sa darating na Agosto 23, 2010, sa Recto Hall, Faculty Center, UP Diliman, 4-6pm, ilulunsad ang kaniyang bagong koleksiyon ng mga tula, ang "Bulaklak sa Tubig: Mga Tula ng Pag-ibig at Himagsik" na may kasamang salin sa Ingles ni Mark Pangilinan at preface ni Dr. Rosario Torres-Yu. Ang disenyo ng pabalat ay likha ni Fidel Rillo.
Inihahandog ito ng UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas, CONTEND-UP at Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Dumalo at magpadalo!
Ano ang sinasabi nila tungkol sa "Bulaklak sa Tubig"?
"Giving voice to victims of violence, the workers, the women, the disappeared, these are courageous love poems that address the paradoxical nature of nation, of struggle, and of the deeply personal. Often in the voice of woman, Barrios' poems are exquisite guerilla forays into the theater of contemporary cultural wars; we emerge from them having learned that love's secret name is justice." -- Sylvia Tiwon, University of California Berkeley
"Dapat basahin si Joi bilang makata na babae, feminista, aktibista, at nasyonalista. Magkakatuwang ang mga naturang katangian upang ibukod siya sa kasalukuyang hanay ng mga makata sa Filipinas. Magkakatuwang din ang mga ito upang higit siyang maging kapani-paniwalang tinig kaysa makatang babae lamang, feminista lamang, aktibista lamang, o nasyonalista lamang." --Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature
"One of the most influential and major voices in Philippine feminist poetry, Joi Barrios powerfully and tenderly speaks the twin passions of personal desire and social revolt that have propelled the radical national struggles for freedom and justice, in which she has long been an important cultural actor and activist. In bringing together the unforgettable laments and protests, cries of anger and consolation, and songs of love and solidarity that she has penned and performed over the last few decades of feminist and nationalist struggle, Barrios offers us a poignant, vivid and inspiring chronicle of the life force of sentiment that is the hidden and yet indispensable force of political commitment and community." -- Neferi Tadiar, Columbia University
"Laging nakaugnay sa mga batayang isyu ng bayan, tunay na makabuluhan ang pagtula ni Joi saanman siya naroon." Bien Lumbera, National Artist for Literature
"Joi Barrios' metaphors, images and words attempt to capture the impossible — "bare life" as a Filipino condition. In her lush Tagalog verse, we encounter hopeful lovers, murdered farm workers, grieving mothers of missing activists, Jose Rizal's radical but lesser-known sister, and countless Filipino immigrants. There is love and loss, brutality and beauty, history and memory in her elegant poems that beg to be read in both languages." -- Nerissa S. Balce, Stony Brook University
About the Author and the Translator
Joi Barrios teaches Filipino and Philippine literature at UC Berkeley while on leave as Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines. She has won the Palanca Awards for poetry, drama, and the essay; and was a recipient of the TOWNS award (The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service) in 2004. This is her third poetry collection.
Mark Pangilinan is a poet and translator currently in his fourth year of graduate study at the University of California, Irvine. He studies translation, postcolonial and trauma theory with an emphasis on twentieth-century literature of both the US and the Philippines. Pangilinan translates to and from Filipino and Spanish, and hopes to complete his Ph.D in the spring of 2011.
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