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March 26, 2008
Katext Mo sa Katotohanan week two winners
The Filipinas Institute of Translation, Inc. (FIT) announces the second week winners of “Katext Mo Sa Katotohanan” (Your Text Mate For Truth) text poetry writing contest.
Chaired by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, the judges who include Vim Nadera, and Joey Baquiran chose the Gervacio poem for its amusing yet rueful take on the widespread Filipino practice of buying pirated and cloned products.
Payreted ang dvd ko,
iPhone ay gawa ng Tsino;
pero maniwala kayo,
hanap pa rin ay totoo.
-German Gervacio
By using the sms vocabulary, acrostics, and most of all humor, the other winning poems evade the didactic tendencies of most of the entries. By doing so, these texting poets are modernizing the traditional and strict mode of the dalit (quatrain of monorhyming eight syllabic lines).
May A-B-Z-T-E-F-G
Sa alpabeto ni Neri,
Walang I-O-U-P-S-G
Kung RP sa ‘yo’y 1-4-3.
-Mario C. Lamar
N-apakasinungaling mo
E-hemplo ka ng demonyo
R-imarim kami sa iyo
I-siwalat ang totoo.
-Tata Raul Funilas
Bata ni Ma’m iwas-pusoy;
Bakit takot sa Senado?
Matulad ba kay Pinokyo
At humaba rin ang ilong?
-Fernando Gonzalez
Di bubukol kung di ukol.
Pero ang mga komisyon
Sa kontrata’y bumubukol
Sa bulsa ng mga baboy.
-Alexander Martin Remollino
Thousands of texters sent entries via sms cellphone technology from as far away as Hongkong and Guam. Hundreds more opted to use the email.
FIT encourages more texters to join this contest which has a very contemporary theme—the value of telling the truth. Non-winning entries from previous weeks do not qualify anymore for consideration for the current week. The contest skips the Holy Week and will resume by March 24 until April 4, 2008.
Contestants can text their poems at 0915-7832810. Or email them at dalitext@yahoo.com. Poems must strictly follow the dalit rhyme and meter. Cut-off time is at 5pm every Friday. Weekly winners gets a prize of P2,000.00 Consolation prize winners will receive certificates. For details, call 9221830 or email at mentioned address.
Tag: CONTESTS
March 26, 2008
Kabuwanan poetry competition
The Kabuwanan sa Cubao Expo: A Full Moon Artists’ Fair, to be held on April 5, 2008 (Saturday, 1pm onwards) is calling for poetry submission with a theme “Kabuwanan” or full moon.
The competition is open to all ages and must be a Filipino citizen. The entry must be submitted on or before April 1, 2008 to: Sandy Allan (soulcardreader@gmail.com) and Danny Sillada (dsillada@gmail.com)
Mechanics
Phase I:
* Submit a poem no more than 24 lines, minimum of 18 lines with a theme “Kabuwanan” (full moon) related to art, culture and Filipino values. It must be written in English or Filipino rhymed, blank verse or free verse.
* The entry must be the individual work of the author with name, e-mail address and contact numbers below the poem.
Phase II:
* Among the entries, only 10 poems will be chosen to the final competition, which will be recited or performed, not read, by the poets on April 5, 2008, 4pm at Cubao Expo, Quezon City.
* The judges will chose only one winner with monetary price and a plaque or trophy. Other 9 finalists will receive a certificate of recognition and their poems will be published at Dalityapi, an online literary publication.
Criteria of Judging
Phase I:
1. Relevance to the theme
2. Style and originality
3. Coherence of form and structure
4. Clarity of imagery and language
Phase II:
1. Stage presence and presentation
2. Poise and spontaneity of recitation
3. Intonation, poetic expression and a clear insight into the poet’s intention
4. Clarity of spoken words and diction.
Tag: CONTESTS
March 18, 2008
Gawad Likhaan deadline extended
The deadline for submission of entries to Gawad Likhaan: The University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize has been extended to April 30, 2008, Wednesday, at 5 p.m.
Gawad Likhaan was created by the UP Centennial Commission to celebrate the University’s 100th year. It is administered by Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW).
There are six awards, each one worth Php 200,000, for original, book-length works in English or Filipino in three categories: the novel or short story collection; poetry collection; and full-length work or collection of creative nonfiction or sanaysay.
The competition is open to all Filipino citizens (including Filipinos holding dual citizenship), except for members of the UP-ICW and its staff.
Only one prize per category will be awarded. Authors may submit only one entry per category. Works which have already been awarded a prize in other contests are not eligible. Subject or theme is open.
The complete rules are available at the UP-ICW office in UP Diliman. They have also been uploaded at Likhaan’s website, http://upd.edu.ph/~icw/ and http://panitikan.com.ph, the Philippine literary portal hosted by the Institute.
All entries to the contest are to be submitted to the Board of Judges, Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative Writing, Faculty Center, UP Diliman. The names of the winners and the members of the board of judges will be announced towards the end of June 2008.
Tag: CONTESTS
March 17, 2008
15th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) accepting applications
The Iligan National Writers Workshop is accepting manuscripts on its 15th year this year.
Fifteen (15) slots, five each from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are available for writing fellowships to the INWW.
Applicants are required to submit five poems, or, one short story, or, a one-act play in Filipino, English or in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Waray (with translations) and Chabacano along with the applicant’s biodata, two 2X2 photos and a certification that his/her work is original. For short stories or plays, please submit a hard copy and a 3.5 diskette with the manuscripts encoded in MS Word 7.0.
Unpublished works are preferred. Writing fellows will be given free board and lodging, honoraria and a travel allowance. Applications must be postmarked on or before April 15, 2008.
No applications or manuscripts will be accepted if sent by fax or e-mail. Applicants are also advised to keep copies of their manuscripts since these will not be returned.
Send all applications to the 15th INWW Director, Christine Godinez-Ortega c/o OVCRE, MSU-IIT, Iligan City. For more information call Pat Cruz tels. (063) 3516131; or e-mail: ovcre-mepc@sulat.msuiit.edu.ph or cherlyadlawan@yahoo.com.
Tag: WORKSHOPS
March 14, 2008
Success for Pagpupugay 2008
by Arvin Abejo Mangohig
On its second year, Ang Pagpupugay sa Pambansang Alagad ng Sining was once again successful. Bringing the five living National Artists for Literature to various cities across the country, Pagpupugay is the centerpiece program of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Philippine Arts Festival. The brainchild of UP Institute of Creative Writing Center director Vim Nadera, it aims to bring our great writers closer to the reading public.
Edith Tiempo, the first and only female National Artist for Literature, spoke at the Marcelo B. Fernan Cebu Press Center, DECS Compound, Lahug Cebu City on February 7. Her lecture was entitled “Enhancing the Poetic” and the Cebu Arts Council “performed” some of her poems for the audience composed mainly of students and teachers.
Virgilio S. Almario went to the UP Visayas Auditorium and spoke on “Sino ba ang Filipino?” The February 13 lecture also featured a performance of UP CAL Dean Almario’s poems by students of the UP Visayas. An audience estimated at 1,000 was there for the rare treat.
The University of Makati Grand Theater saw Alejandro Roces gracing its halls on February 20. Mr. Roces spoke on music and the audience was fortunate to enjoy the performance of UST Lithurgikon Choir.
UP ICW Board of Advisers member Bienvenido Lumbera was hosted by Laoag Ilocos Norte National Highschool. His lecture was “National Artist for Literature Mula sa Rehiyon Naman!” The Dulaang UP performed excerpts from the gargantuan Lumbera musical “Hibik at Himagsik ni Victoria Laktaw.”
Last but not least, F. Sionil Jose visited Ateneo De Naga and spoke on “Literature as Memory, as Ethics.” The CCP Tanghalang Pilipino performed excerpts from Mr. Sionil Jose’s novel Pragress.
The five events were ably coordinated by the UP ICW, also the coordinator of panitikan.com.ph and the country’s premiere writing workshop, the UP National Writers Workshop.
Tag: NEWS
March 13, 2008
Call for entries for Pinoy Haiku: Mga Taludtod mula kay Inang Daigdig
With the success of two preceding contests, the Embassy of Japan, in conjunction with the UST Haiku Group, is holding the third Haiku Contest with the theme “Pinoy Haiku: Mga Taludtod mula kay Inang Daigdig (Verses from Mother Earth).”
The contest is open to all Filipinos living in the Philippines or abroad. The message of the haiku must deal with the appreciation of the environment, respect towards nature, or any observation about the natural world. Contestants may submit a maximum of two entries in either Filipino or English. However, entries written in Filipino or Tagalog must have an English translation. The entry form may be downloaded from the Embassy of Japan website.
Deadline for submission of entries is on June 12, 2008. Entries may be submitted by mail to:
2008 Haiku Contest
Japan information and Cultural Center
Embassy of Japan, 2627 Roxas Boulevard
Pasay City, 1300
Or via fax: (632) 551-5784
Or through e-mail to: jicc-mnl@japanembassy.ph or jiccmanila@yahoo.com
Top three poems and ten honorable mentions will be awarded at the award ceremony, which will be held at the Embassy of Japan in July.
For more information, please contact the Japan information and Cultural Center, Embassy of Japan at (632) 551-5710 or visit the website: http://www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp to download the entry form.
Haiku is a form of poetry that developed in Japan from about 400 years ago. It is a short verse of 17 syllables, divided into units of five, seven, and five syllables. Pinoy haiku has 19 syllables divided into units of three lines having seven, five, and seven syllables each. This fixed-form with rhyming the first and the last lines is ideal for Filipino poetic tradition considering its similarity to tanaga and ambahan in versification.
Tag: CONTESTS
March 13, 2008
LIRA opens poetry clinics
LIRA is now accepting sign-ups for its next poetry clinic. All those who are interested must submit five (5) poems in Filipino along with a short bio-data and one 1×1 ID picture, sent to liraworkshop@gmail.com or dropped off c/o Prof. Vim Nadera at the UP Institute of Creative Writing, 2/F Faculty Center, UP Diliman, 1101 Quezon City.
All submissions should be in on or before April 30, 2008.
The regular clinic period is from June to August and will be held every Saturday and Sunday from 9: 00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Tag: WORKSHOPS
March 13, 2008
Gantimpala Theater summer workshop
Budding thespians will surely have their most unforgettable summer as Gantimpala Theater, invites them to their Acting in Musical Theater for Teens and Adults – a special designed workshop course where singing, movements and acting classes are combined to prepare workshoppers/actors in musical theater productions. A musical recital will be the culminating production of the workshop.
Gantimpala Theater is a thirty-one year old professional theater company devoted to curriculum-oriented productions such as Ibong Adarna, Florante at Laura, Kanser (Noli me tangere), and El Filibusterismo; the staging of literary and theatrical works by National Artists for Literature and Theater (most recent of which are F.Sionil Jose’s The God Stealer/Nick Joaquin’s The Queen’s Jewel, 2006 ALIW Awards Best Play and Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero’s Forever/Call Me Flory, 2007 ALIW Awards Best Play Nominee); popular English classics (William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was the season-ender play); revivals of contemporary dramas (Katipunan, Mga Anak ng Bayan, Ramona Reyes ng Forbes Park, Bombita and Taluktok were all staged during the Pearl Theater Festival), and special events that are of national and global scale.
“For the past 31 years, Gantimpala Theater has been conducting workshops. I always tell our workshoppers that the one month of intensive workshops involving acting, singing and dancing are but the beginnings of a bigger world where one continuously educates himself, that the summer workshops are but introductions to the pursuit of a lifelong passion for creativity, excellence and sharing one’s talents with one’s co-artists as well as the discerning audience. I guarantee you that this workshop would be the beginning of your love affair with the theater,” says artistic director Tony Espejo.
Gantimpala Theater’s Acting in Musical Theater for Teens and Young Adults begins Monday, April 14 to Friday, May 18, 2008. Classes are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Registration and enrollment begins on March 24. Tuition fee is P5000.
Instructors for this year’s workshop are 2007 Aliw Awardee for Best Actor Roeder Camañag and tenor Nazer Salcedo.
To enjoy and experience the magic of theater, call: 528-0603/536-5860; cellular phone number – 0921-5286308 or write to: gantimpalaproduction@yahoo.com.ph.
Tag: WORKSHOPS
March 13, 2008
Palm Sunday puppet show
Watch Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio’s Papet Pasyon, the Philippines’ 1st and only children’s senakulo in puppetry, for free. This will be on March 16, 2008, Palm Sunday, 3:00 & 5:30 pm at the Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio Teatro Papet Museo, 64 Mapagkawanggawa St., Teachers Village, Quezon City.
Landmarks are Holy Family School and Aqua Gel Water Station (along Maginhawa St.) and fronting Talleres de Nazaret (on Mapagkawanggawa St.).
For details call 921.9773, 929.0895 or 918.903.2040
Tag: EVENTS
March 11, 2008
Milflores Publishing releases new modern tale collection
Milflores Publishing’s latest release is a collection of modern wonder tales titled Tales of Fantasy and Enchantment.
Edited by prizewinning fictionist and essayist Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, the book brings together some of the most gifted young Filipino writers, in what the editor describes as “the more interesting performances of the modern tale in the country today.” They include modern fairy tales, reworked folk tales, refashioned legends, ghost stories, gothic tales, horror stories, futuristic fiction and fan fiction. The best part of the collection is that many of the stories are not just scary or marvelous, but funny.
Many of the contributing authors are familiar names. Vicente Garcia Groyon and FH Batacan are winners of the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize for the Novel. Prizewinning writers Dean Francis Alfar and Nikki Alfar edit the celebrated Philippine Speculative Fiction series. Marivi Soliven Blanco is the author of several best-selling Milflores essay collections. Tara FT Sering started Philippine chick lit. Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Cyan Abad-Jugo, Ian Rosales Casocot, Karl de Mesa, and Anna Sanchez have all published fiction collections and won their share of awards. Emil Flores, Gizela M. Gonzalez, Bj A. Patiño, Jose Claudio B. Guerrero, Natasha B. Gamalinda, Andrea L. Peterson, Carljoe Javier and Samantha Echavez have been published in other books and magazines, both local and foreign.
Most of these authors are UP alumni. Like the editor, Emil Flores, Butch Guerrero and Anna Sanchez are also teaching in the Dept. of English and Comparative Literature of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters. Guerrero is also deputy director of the UP Press. The rest were writing fellows in the UP National Writers’ Workshop conducted every year by the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
“These are contemporary fables which weave old legends and wonder tales with the new myths growing out of today’s popular culture,” says Hidalgo, who began writing and publishing her own modern tales in the early 90s with Tales for a Rainy Night and Where Only the Moon Rages.
The book’s cover design is by Mary Mariel P. Singson.
Tales of Enchantment and Fantasy sells for P350 in all National Bookstore and Powerbook branches, the UP Press Bookstore, Popular Bookstore, La Solidaridad, and Books for Less. Interested parties may also email milflores@pldtdsl.net or call 7216431.
Tag: BOOK LAUNCH
March 11, 2008
LIRA Lecture: Kababaihang Makata
Bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Kababaihan, inihahandog ng Linangan sa Imahen Retorika at Anyo (LIRA) ang isang panayam ukol sa Panulaan ng mga Kababaihang Makata. Ang panayam ay gaganapin sa Marso 16, 2008, Linggo, 9:30 ng umaga sa Room 201 ng College of Arts and Letters (CAL) Building sa University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City.
Ang pangunahing tagapagsalita ay si Bb. Nikka Osorio, isang kasapi ng LIRA. Nagtapos siya ng AB Literature sa De La Salle University at kasalukuyang kumukuha ng MA Filipino sa Ateneo de Manila University.
Ang panayam ay libre at bukas sa publiko. Kung may katanungan ukol dito, makipag-ugnayan kay G. En Villasis sa cell no.: 0922-4596365.
Isa lamang ang panayam na ito sa mga serye ng mga gawaing handog ng LIRA bilang ambag sa lalo pang pagpapaunlad ng panulaan at panitikang Filipino.
Tag: EVENTS
March 9, 2008
Katext Mo Sa Katotohanan first week winners
The Filipinas Institute of Translation, Inc. (FIT) announces the first week winners of “Katext Mo Sa Katotohanan” (Your Text Mate For Truth) text poetry writing contest.
Chaired by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, the judges who include Vim Nadera, Joey Baquiran, and Ronald Atilano chose the top poem for its folksy wit and popular allusion that make its social commentary resonate intimately with recent events. This dalit poem deploys cultural tradition to put the tumultuous present in a critical yet hopeful light.
Noon ay bulag na pinya
Ang burukratang Lozada
At nang imulat ang mata
Pati madla’y nakakita.
- Danilo dela Cruz
The consolation prize winning poems were no less sharp and disproving of the corrupt practices of those who wield power. Expressed in tongue-in-cheek humor, truth telling is deemed most important to achieve personal peace and social stability.
Ang magsabi ng totoo
Ay kalaban ng demonyo;
Ang sinungaling na tao
Ay may gloria sa imp’yerno.
- Abdon ”Jun” Balde
Huwag magtago sa saya
Neri, maging totoo ka.
Kakampi ba kay Lozada
O magsusuot ng Prada?
- Frank Rivera
Kuwago sa kampanaryong
Nakadapo sa pulpito,
May diskurso sa kumbentong
Sasama ba si Obispo?
- ”Tata” Raul Funilas
Dear wala akong sikreto.
Tingnan mo pa ang selpon ko.
Naka-save dya’y puro text mo.
‘Wag lang buksan ang inbox 2.
- Adjani Arumpac
Thousands of texters sent entries via sms cellphone technology from as far away as Hongkong and Guam. Hundreds more opted to use the email.
FIT encourages more texters to join this contest which has a very contemporary theme—the value of telling the truth. Writing poems is an effective way of expressing communal feelings and at this time in our national life, communal action.
Contestants can text their poems at 0915-7832810. Or email them at dalitext@yahoo.com. Poems must strictly follow the dalit rhyme and meter. Cut-off time is at 5pm every Friday. Weekly winners gets a prize of P2,000.00 Consolation prize winners will receive certificates. For details, call 9221830 or email at mentioned address.
Tag: CONTESTS
March 4, 2008
Katext Mo Sa Katotohanan poetry contest
The Filipinas Institute of Translation, Inc. (FIT) launches “Katext Mo Sa Katotohanan” (Your Text Mate For Truth), a dalit poetry writing contest through the popular SMS/text messaging. FIT has sponsored similar contests in the past using other indigenous literary forms like the tanaga and diona.
Dalit is a traditional poetic form consisting of four mono-rhyming lines of eight syllables each. It is highly metaphorical and conveys an insight on human life and experience. Here is an example:
Ang sugat ay kung tinanggap
Di daramdamin ang antak
Ang aayaw at di mayag
Galos lamang magnanaknak.
(When one submits himself to wounding,
The intensest pain is bearable;
When one is unwilling,
Even the merest scratch can fester)
Writers and poetry enthusiasts can join the contest which has a very contemporary theme—the value of telling the truth. Writing poems is an effective way of expressing communal feelings and at this time in our national life, communal action.
Ang tunay na Filipino
Nagsasabi ng totoo
Naglilingkod sa totoo
Ilalaban ang totoo.
- Rio Alma
Contestants can text their poems at 0915-7832810. Or email them at dalitext@yahoo.com. Poems must strictly follow the dalit rhyme and meter. Cut-off time is at 5pm every Friday. Weekly winners gets a prize of P2,000.00 Consolation prize winners will receive certificates. For details, call 9221830 or email at mentioned address.
Tag: CONTESTS
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