January 30, 2007

Pagpupugay: Homecoming tributes to National Artists
by Arvin Abejo Mangohig

Living and breathing literature legends will be coming to their hometowns for the entire month of February. From Silliman to Cagayan de Oro and Batangas to Pampanga and Pangasinan, National Artists Edith Tiempo, Alejandro Roces, Bienvenido Lumbera, F. Sionil Jose and Virgilio Almario are set to be celebrated by the places which shaped their childhoods. Music, dances and tributes from other writers will be part of each program. Each National Artist will also deliver lectures on topics close to their hearts.

Part of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts’ National Arts Month, Pagpupugay sa Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan is coordinated by the Pambansang Samahan sa Wika Inc. and the UP Institute of Creative Writing.

National Artist Edith Tiempo will share her expertise in poetry in her talk entitled “Sharpening the Two Poetry Basic” at the Luce Auditorium, Silliman University, Dumaguete City on February 2.

A talk on “Short Stories” will be delivered by National Artist Alejandro Roces at the Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City on February 3.

National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera will share his reminiscence of his hometown in “Ang Lipa sa Aking Paglikha.” It will be held at the Cultural Center of Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas on February 15.

Hometown influence is also the center of National Artist F. Sionil Jose’s talk entitled “A Hometown as Literature.” This will be held at the Rosales Presidencia in Rosales, Pangasinan on February 23.

National Artist Virgilio Almario will explain the functions of poetry as history in “Ang Tula Bilang Pagbuhay ng Pambansang Gunita” at the Holy Angel University, Angeles Pampanga on February 28.

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January 30, 2007

International Conference at ADMU

In February 1 to 3, 2007, the Philippines plays host, through the Ateneo de Manila University, to Reading Asia, Forging Identities in Literature: Policy, Research, and Practice. This international conference locates the ground where literature and the region's concern for plural yet pronounced Asian identities interact as concurrent discourses. It looks at the reading experience across Asia---what Asia reads, the languages and forms in which its literatures flower, the collective interests that the region projects on the literary screen, and intriguing analogues of culture, politics, and the postcolonial struggle that Asia gleans from literature.

Through cultural encounters in literature, the conference pursues how Asia manages new expressions of ethnic diversity while closely guarding its mainstreams of tradition, belief, and practices. Panel presentations focus on examining the role of language and translation, forms of spoken and written English in the classroom, emerging genres and new voices in the region. Special attention to Asian approaches to the principled practice of literature makes Reading Asia the apt venue for policy makers, researchers, educators, and artists in exchanging notes on how literary studies leads to the responsible management of Asia's many cultures.

Plenary speakers include Suchen Christine Lim (Singapore), Nobuko Takagi (Japan), Romesh Gunesekera (UK), Soledad Reyes (Philippines), and Bienvenido Lumbera (Philippines).

Please address all queries to Isabel Pefianco Martin, the conference director, at litconf@admu.edu.ph or the Department of English, telefax (632) 426-6120.

This conference is co-sponsored by the British Council of the Philippines, Japan Foundation, Philippine Airlines, and Anvil Publishing, Inc.

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January 26, 2007

Second Annual Book Harvest: Year of the Pig

You are invited to a mass launch of Bikol Books on Friday 16, 2007 at the Museum of Legazpi (at the back of the city hall of the City of Legazpi, Plaza Peñaranda, Old Albay).

The book to be sold are books about Bikol (by authors of any nationality) and/or by Bikol authors (on any subject, in any language), the lieks of Maren Kilates, Elmer A. Orodoñez, Zeus A. Salazar, Luis Cabalquinto, Francisso V. V. Peñones, Jr., Merlinda Bobis, Abdon M. Balde, Jr., Kristian S. Cordero, Malcolm W. Mintz, Ma. Lilia F. Realubit, Estelito B. Jacob, Raffi banzuela, Norman G. Owen, Juan Rafael Belgica, Jr., Marianne Moll, Paz Verdaddes Santos, Bienvenido N. Santos, Eduardo Olagure, Luis C. Dery, Merito B. Espinas, Paulino Lim, Socorro Federis Tate, Higino Ables, Jose Jason L. Chancoco, Edgar E. Escultura, Juan V. Pancho, G.B. Calleja, Azucena Grajo Uranza, Delfin Fresnosa, Francisco Mallari, Jason Lobel, William Tria, Carlos Ojeda Aureus, Jose Calleja Reyes, Elias M. Ataviado, Noe de los Santos, James J. O Brien, and many more. A veritale one-stop shop.

Get to know the writers. No speeches, no ceremonies, no special guests. Instead, there will be roses, beer, baduya. And peotry will be read. Drop in between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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January 25, 2007

Filipino poets wins again

Luisa A. Igloria has just won first prize in the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize with poet-essayist Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate2004-2006, as judge. Her poem "Venom" won USd 1,000 and will be published along with the finalists in the North American Reviews's "National Poetry Month" March-April issue.

Patrick Rosal’s poem “The Blue Room” meanwhile, was also selected as one of the “Best of the Net 2006."

Rosal has come out with poetry collections published by Persea Books: Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive, winner of the 2003 Asian American Writers' Workshop Members' Choice Award, and My American Kundiman.

His poem appeared in Boxcar Poetry Review, and was chosen for 2006 Best of the Net Anthology of Sundress Publications. Paul Guest was judge.

Meanwhile, Joel Toledo continues his winning streak. He won first and third prizes in the 2006 Meritage Press Holiday Poetry contest. His "Atonement" and "Contact" gained him the gold and bronze finish. Last year, he also won the NCCA Writers Prize for Poetry and garnered an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Meritage Press Poetry Prize.

Michelle Bautista, a Filipino-American poet, selected the winning poems. They will be published in Meritage Press' online magazine next month.

Source: The Philippine Star

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January 25, 2006

Book commemorates Martial Law heroes

On Tuesday, January 30, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Ateneo de Manila University Press will launch Living and Dying: In Memory of 11 Ateneo Martial Law Activists, at the AudioVisual Room of the Social Development Complex.

The book features the life stories of Ateneo student leaders who were killed during martial law: Ferdie Arceo, Bill Begg, Jun Celestial, Sonny Hizon, Edjop Jopson, Eman Lacaba, Dante Perez, Ditto Sarmiento, Lazzie Silva, Nick Solana, and Manny Yap.

Friends and relatives of the eleven activists will be at the book launch.

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January 25, 2006

Tribute to Edith Lopez Tiempo slated

National Artist for Literature Edith Tiempo will be honored on 2 February 2007, 10 a.m. at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium, Silliman University, Dumaguete City.

The tribute is part of Pagpupugay sa Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan series, a program that brings National Artists to their hometowns. Sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Likhaan: The University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing, and the Silliman University Department of English and Literature, the Silliman leg of the series tribute features dances by the Silliman University Kahayag Dance Troupe, based on literary pieces written by the Tiempo. It will also feature tributes by writers Ernesto Superal Yee, Myrna Peña-Reyes, Cesar Ruiz Aquino, Bobby Flores Villasis, Ian Rosales Casocot, and Vim Nadera Jr. Tiempo will deliver her lecture “Sharpening the Two Poetry Basics” as the tribute’s centerpiece.

National Artists Alejandro Roces, F. Sionil Jose, Bienvenido Lumbera and Virgilio Almario will also be feted in their own Pagpupugay programs. Cagayan De Oro, Batangas, Pangasinan and Angeles, Pampanga will see their homegrown artists be feted.

For more details, e-mail Ian Rosales Casocot at icasocot@gmail.com.

Click here for panitikan.com.ph’s feature on our National Artists.

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January 22, 2007

Chromatext Reloaded at the CCP Main Gallery

Some sixty Filipino poets and writers from here and abroad, representing several generations, get together for a rare visual cum textual art exhibit billed as “Chromatext Reloaded” from January 25 to February 28 at the CCP Main Gallery. The show turns a page from the Chromatext I & II shows in the 1980s that assembled visual artworks by poet-members of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC).

This time curated by Sid Gomez Hildawa, Jean-Marie Syjuco and Krip Yuson, "Chromatext Reloaded" by PLAC & Friends celebrates the 25th anniversary of PLAC, with its founders Jimmy Abad, Cirilo Bautista, Ricky de Ungria and Krip Yuson leading the poet-exhibitors.

Their works — from holographs to photographs, illustrations with poems to oil paintings, sculptural installations and video — will be joined by those of other distinguished writers, among them National Artists Edith L. Tiempo and Virgilio Almario, Raul Ingles, Gilda Cordero Fernando, Tita Lacambra-Ayala, Sylvia Mendez-Ventura, the late Lilia Amansec, Ophelia Dimalanta, Merlie Alunan, Marjorie Evasco, Butch Dalisay, Pete Lacaba, Cesare A.X. Syjuco, Jun Cruz Reyes, Juaniyo Arcellana, RayVi Sunico, Danton Remoto, Frank Rivera, Margot Marfori and Sid Gomez Hildawa.

From abroad, PLAC members and friends have sent in their contributions, such as from David Cortes Medalla in London and Eric Gamalinda, Nick Carbo, Luisa Igloria, Eileen Tabios, Zack Linmark and Melissa Nolledo-Christoffel s in the U.S.A. From Baguio City, the participating poet-artists include Butch Macansantos, Babeth Lolarga, Del Tolentino and Frank Cimatu.

Special guest artists who happen to be close friends to writers, if not writers themselves, include National Artists Napoleon Abueva and Benedicto Cabrera (Bencab), Danny Dalena, Pandy Aviado, Manny Baldemor, Rock Drilon, Fil Dela Cruz, Jean-Marie Syjuco, Judy Sibayan, Heber Bartolome, Beaulah Taguiwalo, Erlinda Panlilio, Bheng Dalisay, Marivic Rufino, Lorena Javier, Raul Funilla, Boy Yuchengco, Gerry Cornejo, Pancho Villanueva and Igan D'Bayan.

Among the younger generation of poets and writers joining the exhibit are Jovi Miroy, Vim Nadera, Fran Ng, Lourd de Veyra, Jessica Zafra, Sarge Lacuesta, Joel Toledo, Ana Escalante Neri, Ginny Mata, Carlomar Daoana, Mookie Katigbak and Angelo Suarez.

Performance art, readings and musical works will highlight the exhibit opening at 6pm on Thursday, January 25, to which the public is invited, as well as the closing ceremonies at 7pm on February 27.

Copies of the revived poetry journal Caracoa and special commemorative editions of CD albums featuring the recorded readings of PLAC poets will also be on sale for the duration of the exhibit. Gallery hours are from 10am to 6pm daily, except Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. For particulars, call 8323702.

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FULL LIST OF "CHROMATEXT RELOADED" PARTICIPANTS

Gemino H. Abad
Napoleon Abueva
Virgilio S. Almario
Merlie Alunan
Lilia Amansec
Agnes Arellano
Virgilio Aviado
Manuel Baldemor
Heber Bartolome
Cirilo F. Bautista
Benedicto Cabrera
Nick Carbo
Gilda Cordero-Fernando
Gerry Cornejo
Frank Cimatu
Danny Dalena
Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
Igan D'Bayan
Carlomar Daoana
Fil Dela Cruz
Rock Drilon
Ophelia A. Dimalanta
Marjorie Evasco
Hilario M. Francia
Eric Gamalinda
Nona Garcia
Sid Gomez Hildawa
Luisa A. Igloria
Raul Ingles
Lorina Javier
Raul Funilas
Barbara Gonzalez
Jose F. Lacaba
Tita Lacambra-Ayala
Angelo Lacuesta
R. Zamora Linmark
Babeth Lolarga
Francis Macansantos
Antonio Manuud
Ginny Mata
David Cortes Medalla
Sylvia Mendez-Ventura
Jovi Miroy
Vim Carmelo Nadera
Fran Ng
Melissa Nolledo-Christoffel s
Erlinda Panlilio
Piolo Pascual
Beaulah Pedregosa-Taguiwalo
Danton Remoto
Frank Rivera
Thelma Rivera
Alfredo Roces
Marivic Rufino
Judy Freya Sibayan
Danny Sillada
Angelo Suarez
Ramon C. Sunico
Cesare A.X. Syjuco
Jean-Marie Syjuco
Maxine Syjuco
Eileen Tabios
Joel Toledo
Delfin Tolentino
Emmanuel Torres
Ricardo M. de Ungria
Lourd de Veyra
Pancho Villanueva
Boy Yuchengco
Alfred A. Yuson
Jessica Zafra

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January 22, 2007

Panawagan para sa mga papel para sa Unang Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Panitikang Pambata

Iniimbitahan ng Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas ang mga mananaliksik, mag-aaral, at iskolar na lumahok sa Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Panitikang Pambata na natakdang isagawa sa Hulyo 25-27, 2007. Ito ang kauna-unahang pagtitipon ng mga edukador, manlilikha, kritiko, at mga nagmamalasakit sa aklat pambata upang suriin at pag-aralan ang nasabing anyong pampanitikan.

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na magpadala ng abstrak ng isinasagawang pananaliksik at pag-aaral para mailahok sa isinasagawang programa. Layunin ng kumperensiya ang mga sumusunod: (1) mapaunlad at mapagyaman ang iba’t ibang aspekto sa produksiyon ng panitikang pambata; (2) matukoy ang mga kasalukuyan at panghinaharap na hamon sa produksiyon ng panitikang pambata; (3) maging lunsaran ng mga rekomendasyong pampatakaran tungo sa lalong ikasisigla ng produksiyon ng panitikang pambata; at (4) makabuo ng sandalan (network) ng mga organisasyon at indibidwal na magtataguyod sa panitikang pambata.

Sakop ng kumperensiya ang mga sumusunod na paksain:

1. Paglikha at Pagsulat ng mga Tekstong Pambata
2. Kritisismo at Kasaysayang Pampanitikan
3. Pagtuturo ng Panitikang Pambata
4. Produksiyon ng Panitikang pambata (e.g. ilustrasyon, pagsasalin, paglalathala)
5. Salaysayan sa Iba’t Ibang Midyum
6. Aralin ukol sa Bata, Kabataan, at Pagkabatang Filipino

Mangyaring magpadala ng isa hanggang dalawang talatang abstrak ng isasagawang pananaliksik at pag-aaral bago o sa ika-7 ng Pebrero, 2007. Aabisuhan ang mga mapipiling aplikante sa ika-24 ng Pebrero, 2007. Nararapat na linawin ng abstrak ang isasagawang proyekto, ang materyales na susuriin, at ang gagamiting framework sa proyekto. Pipiliin ang mga abstrak na may bagong kontribusyon sa pag-aaral ng panitikang pambata sa Pilipinas.

Mangyaring ilakip ang inyong pangalan, institusyong kinabibilangan, maikling tala sa sarili, email address, at iba pang impormasyon.

Ang mga mapipiling aplikante ay nararapat isumite ang kanilang papel sa ika-9 ng Mayo, 2007.

Isumite ang mga abstrak sa kumperensiya_pambata@yahoo.com.

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January 22, 2007

LIRA Poetry Workshops now accepting applicants

The Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) is now accepting entries for its annual poetry workshop. The workhop will be held every Saturdays and Sundays of June and July at the College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman, Q.C. National Artist for Literature, Virgilio S. Almario, would direct the said workshop.

All interested applicants are to pass five poems in Filipino together with a short bio-data and a 1x1 picture. Kindly send entries to:

LIRA Workshop
c/o Dir. Vim Nadera
UP Institute of Creative Writing,
2/F Bulwagang Rizal, UP Diliman,
Quezon City, 1101

They could also send it through email at liraworkshop@gmail.com before April 30, 2007.

LIRA is an organization of poets writing in Filipino. It conducts annual poetry writing workshops, spanning topics from traditional Filipino poetry to post-modernism. From these workshops sprung respected and award-winning poets like Vim Nadera, Romulo Baquiran, Michael Coroza and siblings, Rebecca and Roberto Anonuevo. LIRA celebrated its 21st anniversary last December 2006. Beverly Siy is its current president.

Click here for LIRA’s organization profile.

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January 12, 2007

Charlson Ong launches new book

"It's not only the finest novel of the last ten years, or since Charlson Ong's own centennial Prize classic Embarrassment of Riches. It's the grandest, richest, most compelling and rewarding novel celebrating the Chinese-Filipino ever written in these isles of migrant marvels.... Banyaga: A Song of War gives with enormous generosity, and does it all extraordinarily well: a novel of formidable art and prose, heart and passion, power, illumination, beauty, jubilation. humanity."

This is what the Gregorio Brilliantes had to say about Charlson Ong’s new book. Anvil Publishing, Inc. in cooperation with UP Institute of Creative Writing will be launching Banyaga: A Song of War on January 23, 2007, 6-10 pm, at the Conspiracy Bar, 59 Visayas Ave., Quezon City

Ong is a multi-awarded writer. He teaches at the UP Diliman and is a fellow of the UP ICW. Among his other books are Men of the East and Other Stories (1990 and 1999), Woman of Am-Kaw and Other Stories (1993) and Conversion and Other Fictions (1996).

For more details, contact Lina Gutierrez 637-5141 or Joyce Bersales 747-1622

Tag: BOOK LAUNCH

January 12, 2007

Marc Gaba wins Boston Review contest

Boston Review (http://bostonreview.net/), a political and literary forum, has announced Marc Gaba as the winner of its ninth annual poetry contest. His winning works appeared in the Review’s November/December 2006 issue. C.D. Wright will introduce Gaba.

Marc Gaba attended the University of Iowa for his Masters of Fine Arts degree. He is a Palanca award winner and is a member of the High Chair group. Gaba currently teaches creative writing at the UP Diliman.

Click here for his enlightening interview with Conchitina Cruz. Click here for his review of Allan Popa’s book Samsara.

Tag: NEWS | CONTESTS

January 12, 2007

Adarna Books promo

Adarna House has launched a great promo for its faithful patrons. One can win giveaways or digital reproductions of Adarna’s bestsellers in its Stamp Card Promo. Here’s how:

Mechanics of Stamp Card Promo:

1. Any purchase entitles a walk-in showroom client to a stamp card with one stamp mark for his/her initial purchase.

2. Showroom visits shall give the card holder a chance to take home these Adarna freebies:

3rd visit-Adarna pencil, small notebook, stickers
6th visit-Adarna tote bag
9th visit-Adarna corporate notebook
12th visit-Adarna shirt

3. Cardholders who have accumulated P5,000 worth of purchase for the year will get a chance to win one of 5 digital reproductions of Adarna storybook artworks. Draw date: Dec. 15,2007.

4. Promo runs until supplies last.

Tag: NEWS

January 10, 2007

UP ICW welcomes 2007 with Panayam lecture series

The UP Institute of Creative Writing opens 2007 with the return of its Panayam lecture series. Scheduled for the first quarter of the year are lectures from multi-awarded writers Jun Cruz Reyes, Rene O.Villanueva and Charlson Ong.

Panayam Schedule

January 25, 2007, 2p.m.

May Kuwento ang Tula
Jun Cruz Reyes

February 9, 2007, 2p.m.

Saan Nagpupunta ang Araw Kung Gabi
Rene O. Villanueva

March 9, 2007, 2p.m.

TBA
Charlson Ong

The lectures will be held at the Pulungang Claro M. Recto at the Faculty Center, Bulwagang Rizal, UP Diliman, Q.C.

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January 10, 2007

Mads Lacuesta retrospective at the UP Film Institute

This January, the UP Film Institute Cine Adarna presents a retrospective on some of the classic works of Amado L Lacuesta , Jr., noted screenwriter.

Jan 23, 7PM Gala

Working Girls (1984 Viva Films)
Direction: Ishmael Bernal

Jan 24, 2PM

Segurista (1996 Neo Films)
Direction: Tikoy Aguiluz

Jan 24, 5PM

Balweg: the Rebel Priest (1987 Viva Films)
Direction: Butch Perez

Jan 24, 7PM

Mumbaki (1996 Viva Films)
Direction: Butch Perez

Admission is free. Please spread the word to family and friends, and support Philippine cinema.

For synopses and other details, visit www.madslacuesta.com.

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January 7, 2007

UST announces 8th National Writers Workshop

The Center for Creative Writing and Studies of the University of Santo Tomas is accepting manuscripts for the 8th National Writers Workshop to be held from April 22 to 28 in Baguio City.

The workshop iis open to writers who have not been awarded fellowships to any national writers workshop.

An applicant should submit three printed copies (on short bond paper) and a CD or diskette containing soft copies in MS Word format of his/her manuscript (at least five poems or two short stories or five fiction or non-fiction pieces in English or Filipino). He/she should submit a resume, a 2 x 2 ID photo, and a certification duly signed by an institution/company senior that the manuscript is authentic.

Fifteen fellowships are available, a percentage of which will be given to the Dominican Network of Schools, Colleges and Universities. Deadline is on Feb. 23.

For information, call 406-1611 loc. 8281 (from Tuesdays to Saturdays), or e-mail aldimalanta@gmail.com.

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January 7, 2007

Pagluwas Launch at Mag:Net

Readers of literature written in Filipino have more cause to celebrate the new year with the release of Zosimo Quibilan, Jr.’s, Pagluwas. The book, the author’s first collection of fiction, will be launched at Mag:net, Katipunan, on January 11, Thursday, with readings by Khavn dela Cruz, Eboy Paez, Missy Maramara, and a performance by local lit scene rockstars Chupacabraz. Program begins at 7 pm.

Prizewinning author and teacher of writing Jun Cruz Reyes describes Pagluwas as belonging to the non-traditional or postmodern stream of writing. Composed of 52 fragmented tales about the passengers who board a bus bound for Manila from the mountain city of Baguio and subsequently get involved in a brutal vehicular collision, Pagluwas is what the author himself calls a “surreal contemporary narrative.” It “tells of what happened before the liquor bottles, hygiene items, vegetables, loves and lives exploded into oblivion…a half-novel, half-anthology of an exploded narrative that gives new meaning to the term ‘we are what we leave behind’ in all its importance and ephemera.”

National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera credits the author’s engaging narrative style, his smooth use of colloquial language, and his ability to hold the reader’s curiosity for the success of Pagluwas, while Reyes hails the book as an invaluable contribution not just to the development of fiction written in Filipino, but also to Philippine contemporary literature in general.

Pagluwas is published by the University of the Philippines Press and is available at Aeon Books on Katipunan, Popular Bookstore on T. Morato, Solidaridad, Powerbooks, National Book Store, Bound Bookshop, Fully Booked, and at the University of the Philippine Press bookstores in UP Diliman, Baguio, and Davao.

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January 3, 2007

The 1st Man Asian Literary Prize

The first Man Asian Literary Prize will be awarded in the Autumn of 2007 for an "Asian novel unpublished in English" and each twelve months thereafter.

Submissions – Works must be submitted in English, electronically through the Prize’s website(www.manasianliteraryprize.org) no later than March 31, 2007 in .txt, .doc or .rtf format. Works may be submitted by the current holder of the rights to the English language version.

Partial submissions of at least 10,000 words will be accepted. However, a complete submission must be made within 30 days of the announcement of the Long List or the work will not be considered.

A long list of up to 20 candidates will be announced on June 1, 2007. The short list of five candidates will be announced on approximately Oct. 1, 2007. The winner will be announced on approximately Nov. 1, 2007.

Award amounts – $10,000 to the winning author; $3,000 to translator (if any and if eligible, details below) of the winning work; and a significant amount at the discretion of the Prize administrators to purchase copies of the work once published, for distribution to regional libraries, schools and other institutions.

Definitions and eligibility:

"Novel" implies a substantial work of fiction, usually a minimum of 30,000 words.

"Asian" means written by an author of 18 years of age or older who is both a citizen and resident of an Asian country or territory, which is defined as one of: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, The People’s Republic of China, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region*, The Macau Special Administrative Region*, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

"In English" means works in the English language, whether originally in English or translations of works already published in other languages. If the work has been previously published in a language other than English, the first publication must be no more than eight years prior to Nov. 1, 2007.

"Unpublished" means that the work’s publication date (if scheduled) must be no earlier than Nov. 15 of the year in which the prize is awarded.

Documentary evidence of citizenship and/or residency may be required. Eligibility of any given submission is at the sole discretion of the prize administration.

Translator eligibility: the submission may also nominate the translator of the work for the prize. The translator may not be the author him/herself, nor a member of the author’s immediate family.

Awarding the prize – authors of short-listed works will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in Hong Kong at the prize’s cost. The author must be present
to be considered for the prize.

Guaranteed publication – should the winning work not have a signed publisher nor be able to secure one in a reasonable amount of time, Chameleon Press, a leading independent Hong Kong publisher (www.chameleonpress.com), will publish the winning novel.

Attendance at the Literary Festival – The winner of the prize will be considered for invitation to the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival in March
2008.

* "Citizenship" in the case of the Hong Kong and Macau SARs shall be taken to mean "permanent residency."

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January 3, 2007

Tamaraw writeshop for children’s lit calls for fellowship applications

The Tamaraw Writeshop for Children’s Literature calls for applications to a 12-day writing fellowship to its second national writeshop to be held in Iloilo City.

As its target tradition, the writeshop tours around the country as part of its objective of enrichment of regional cultures and literatures. Thus, this year, the writeshop goes to Iloilo with three fellowships open for Hiligaynon or Kiniray-a languages.

Fifteen fellowships are open nationwide. Applicants may send entries in English, Filipino, or Hiligaynon. Entries written in Hiligaynon/Kiniray-a must bear Filipino or English translation.

Applicants must submit the following: (1) two unpublished short stories for children; (2) one copy of each story plus digital file (12-point, Times-New-Roman font, double-spaced in 8.5x11 bond paper with one inch margin all sides); (3) cover letter address to the writeshop director; (4) two 2x2 recent colored photo; and (5) applicant’s bionote with complete contact information.

The fellows will undergo series of lectures and writing sessions based on the syllabus designed by their respective mentors. The two-week activity will primarily work on the objective of finishing a writing project which is the main target output.

A first national conference on Philippine children’s literature will also be held side by side the writeshop.

Deadline for submission is February 15, 2007. The same is the postmark date for entries that will be sent through mail. Email submissions are accepted with the entry and necessary documents as attached files through wynion@gmail.com and/or tamaraw-writeshop@yahoo.com.

A special transportation arrangement shall be extended to writing fellows.

Send applications to:

Prof. Winton Lou G. Ynion
Director
Tamaraw Writeshop for Children’s Literature
c/o Office of the Dean, Institute of Arts and Sciences
Far Eastern University
Nicanor Reyes Street, Manila.

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January 3, 2007

Call for papers to the first Tamaraw conference on Philippine children’s lit

The Tamaraw Conference on Philippine Children’s Literature invites applications from scholars who are engaged in research on children’s literature to attend the First Conference on Philippine Children’s Literature on April 9-10, 2007.

Scholars working on children’s literature are invited to submit abstracts based either on work in progress that is at an advanced stage, or on completed work.

The conference is an unprecedented opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with researchers and writers from all over the country as well as chosen panelists, experts, and fellows to the Second Tamaraw Writeshop for Children’s Literature.

Registration expenses will be covered by the organizing committee for those whose abstracts are accepted for presentation. Other travel costs shall be at the presenter’s end.

Applicants should submit a 200-word abstract of their paper no later than 10 February 2007. Successful applicants will be notified by 25 February 2007. The abstract must clarify the substantive issue which your paper will address..

Please include your name, institutional affiliation, email address and other contact information.

Those selected have to submit full-length papers, of around 5,000 words in length, by 5 March 2007.

Please send abstracts to tamaraw-conference@gmail.com.

Contact Person: Winton Lou G. Ynion
Emails: wynion@gmail.com, wintonlouynion@yahoo.com

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January 3, 2007

Gantimpala Theater Foundation to stage Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero plays

From Gantimpala Theater Foundation (GTF), the theater company that staged the 2006 ALIW Awards Best Play (non-musical category) F. Sionil Jose’s The God Stealer/ Nick Joaquin’s The Queen’s Jewel, comes Forever/Call Me Flory, another twin-bill of Filipino plays in English written by National Artist for Theater Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero under the direction of ALIW Awards Best Director Tony S. Espejo.

The cast from the Actors Company includes Roeder Camañag (Ernesto/Federico); Monica Llamas (Maria Teresa/Matilde); Kimberly Diaz (Consuelo/Osang); Wilma Doesnt and Lailanie Ann Tejuco (alternately portraying Florencia Aragon de Caracoles also known as Flory); Billy Parjan and Vincent Reyes Kuipers (alternately portraying Oscar); Abner Delina (Ernesting); Troy De Guzman (Gordon) and Jude Sypongco (Capote).

Helping Espejo bring the 50’s glamour of Forever and the psychedelic feel of Call Me Flory are J. Dennis Teodosio (playwright for additional dialogues and characters); Joey Nombres (Lights Designer); Roobak Valle (Set Designer); Albert Figueras (Costumes Designer); Glenda Alday (stage manager) and Pamela Hundana (production manager).

The production is a collaborative artistic venture with the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC). Color Care and Everbilena support the 29th production season of Gantimpala.

Performances are slated in 2007 starting Jan 25, (10am/2pm); January 26 (9am/12nn/3pm); January 28(10am/2pm); and February 3-4 (10am/2pm) at the AFP Camp Aguinaldo Theater in Quezon City. For tickets and booking information, call 899-5745/896-3503; for outreach tours/ sponsorships, call 528-0603/536-5860.

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