May 18, 2008

Call for papers for Theorizing Asian American Fiction

Upcoming Special Issue: Theorizing Asian American Fiction

Guest Editors: Stephen Hong Sohn, Paul Lai, and Donald C. Goellnicht

Deadline for Submission: 30 January 2009

The topic of this special issue of MFS stems from the exponential growth in Asian American literary production over the past few decades and the ongoing need to understand how these texts function within the framework of ethnic and Asian American Studies. This issue seeks to account for and further the important changes that have taken place in the last decade since Susan Koshy (1996) observed that Asian American literary studies “has been weak in theoretical work,” especially in its assumptions of a coherent body of texts defined by the ethnicities of the authors.

More recently, Colleen Lye (2007) argues that scholars continually problematize the discursive production of Asian America without asking why we continue to lean on “Asian America” as an organizing principle for literary study. Her project instead offers: “the sense of the theoretical generativity of speaking not of identity but of form, of trying to investigate race and nation through the relationship between aesthetic and social modalities of form.” While Lye’s project usefully focuses on literary and narrative forms of Asia, its attempts to distance the formation of a textual coalition from authorial bodies drifts somewhat from other Asian American literary studies’ political project of recognizing and revaluing Asian American authors’ work.

Is there a way to privilege the identities of authors even while focusing on form in defining a tradition of fiction? If existing rubrics of Asian American literature problematically collect texts under the eye of biology, what other ways might Asian Americanists approach, categorize, and consider their objects of study? For example, how does thinking of Asian American literature as a “subjectless discourse,” as Kandice Chuh (2003) has espoused, enable new representational and taxonomic configurations to emerge? If a panethnic, nationally-determined category of persons is insufficient for defining a textual body, how might interrogating the geopolitical boundaries of the field look in turning more directly to Asian North American or Anglophone Asian fictions without simply adding more racialized bodies to the fold?

To address these questions, MFS solicits articles that have broad implications for theorizing Asian American fiction as a whole while paying attention to specific texts. Papers might investigate: how the field must be reconstructed or redefined through discursive intersectionalities with queer studies, gender studies, class critique, post-ethnicity/post-race critical theory, area studies, diaspora, transnationalism, globalization, and/or postcolonialism; authors and texts that arguably fall out of disciplinary boundaries and/or authors and texts that have spawned debates within the field (e.g. Ha Jin’s Waiting, Chang-rae Lee’s Aloft, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s Blu’s Hanging); canon formation in Asian American literary studies and its East Asian focus; how the field can read contemporary texts alongside earlier ones; poststructuralist and postmodern discourses which de-stabilize essentialist Asian American literary definitions (”real vs. fake”); conceptions of ethnic/racial heritage and mixed-race bodies within Asian American literature; the possibilities for claiming as Asian American literature the work of non-Asian American writers (e.g. David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars, Deborah Iida’s Middle Son); regionalism in Asian American literature (South Asia/East Asia/Southeast Asia/Pacific Islands, regional differences within the US and Canada, connections across the Americas); nationalism as a continuing organizing principle in Asian American (including or excluding Asian Canadian?) fiction; the (re)turn to aesthetics, genre, and form and/as politics; or how Asian American literature is defined outside academic criticism (e.g. in publishing and marketing discourses).

Essays should be limited to 9,000 words, including all quotations and bibliographic references, and should follow the MLA Style Manual for internal citation and Works Cited. Please submit two copies of your essay to The Editors, Mfs, Department of English, Purdue University, 500 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038.

Queries should be directed to Paul Lai (plai2@stthomas.edu).

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April 19, 2008

Humanities Diliman 2nd issue deadline

The Humanities Diliman is still accepting contributions for its second issue for the year. The deadline is June 15. For more details, visit the Humanities Diliman page.

Author Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must have a high degree of scholarship and social impact. They will have to be approved by the editorial board and by selected national and international referees for publication.

2. Reviews of current scholarship, art exhibits, literary and theatrical work, concerts, architectural and clothing designs, etc. are welcome. Manuscripts written in languages other than English must be accompanied by an abstract in English.

3. Manuscripts should not be less than 5,000 words but not more than 10,000. Reviews should be not more than 1,500 words. All manuscripts must be typed and must use double-spacing.

4. All contributions must be accompanied by a soft copy in Microsoft Word, in a diskette, or CD.

5. All contributions must be original and must not have been published previously.

6. Research procedures must be strictly followed. Citations or other forms of acknowledgment of sources are a must. Manuscripts must use the MLA style sheet. References must be listed at the end of the manuscript.

7. It is the author’s responsibility to secure permission for the use of copyrighted materials.

8. Photographs should be of good quality, black and white or color prints. Color slides and digital photographs (300 dpi and above) are also acceptable. Line drawings or maps should be original in black waterproof ink on separate sheets. All illustrations should be numbered on the reverse, with the numbered captions on a separate sheet. Photographs and drawings will be returned to the authors after publication.

9. Contributions must be free of jargon. If technical terms cannot be avoided, a glossary must be supplied.

10. Contributions should be accompanied by approximately five lines of bio-data. These can include the author’s present position, area of expertise, previous publications and other relevant information.

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February 18, 2008

Likhaan Journal 2008 call for submissions

After the launch of the first Likhaan Journal at the last Writers Night, the UP Institute of Creative Writing is again calling for submissions for this year’s volume. The journal is open to fiction, poetry, essay and graphic novel submissions in English and Filipino.

The first Likhaan Journal was edited by Dr. Jose Dalisay, with Drs. J . Neil Garcia and Lilia Quindoza Santiago as poetry and fiction editors, respectively. The volume featured fiction from Alwin Aguirre, Mayette Bayuga, Catherine Bucu, Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio, Charlson Ong and Socorro Villanueva; poetry from Raymond de Borja, Mikael de Lara Co, Francis Arias Montesena and Joel Toledo; essays by Gemino Abad, Exie Abola and Reuel Molina Aguila; a photo essay by Vim Nadera, drama from Rene O. Villanueva and an interview of National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera.

The Likhaan Journal is available for P250.00 at the UP ICW and at UP Press Bookstores.

The deadline for this year’s submissions is May 31.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. For its second issue, Likhaan will accept submissions in the following genres, in both English and Filipino:
   
   a. Short stories ranging from about 12 to 30 pages double-spaced (in 11-12 points Times Roman, New York, Palatino, Book Antique, Arial or some such standard font). A suite of short prose pieces will be considered.
   
   b. A suite of four to seven poems, out which the editors might choose three to five. Long poems will be considered in lieu of a suite.
   
   c. Essays (critical, scholarly, and/or creative nonfiction), subject to the same length limitations as short stories, above.
   
   d. Excerpts from graphic novels, or full short graphic stories, for reproduction in black and white on no more than 10 printed pages, 6” x 9”. Excerpts should be accompanied by a synopsis of the full narrative.
   
2. All submissions must be original, and unpublished anywhere else.
   
3. All submissions must be accompanied by a biographical sketch (no more than one or two short paragraphs) of the author, including contact information (address, telephone number, e-mail address).
   
4. Submissions may be e-mailed to likhaanjournal@gmail.com, or posted to The Editors, Likhaan Journal, UP Institute of Creative Writing, Rizal Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101.
   
5. All submissions should be received (whether by e-mail or post) no later than May 31, 2008.
   
6. All submissions will undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside the University of the Philippines.
   
7. Writers whose work will be accepted for publication will receive a substantial cash payment and a copy of the published journal.
   
8. The editors reserve the right to edit any and all materials accepted for publication.
   
9. The editors may also solicit or commission special, non-refereed articles for publication outside of the aforementioned genres and categories to enhance the editorial content and balance of the journal.
   
10. Please direct any and all inquiries to the editors at likhaanjournal@gmail.com.

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February 19, 2008

Likhaan Journal 2008 call for submissions

After the launch of the first Likhaan Journal at the last Writers Night, the UP Institute of Creative Writing is again calling for submissions for this year’s volume. The journal is open to fiction, poetry, essay and graphic novel submissions in English and Filipino.

The first Likhaan Journal was edited by Dr. Jose Dalisay, with Drs. J . Neil Garcia and Lilia Quindoza Santiago as poetry and fiction editors, respectively. The volume featured fiction from Alwin Aguirre, Mayette Bayuga, Catherine Bucu, Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio, Charlson Ong and Socorro Villanueva; poetry from Raymond de Borja, Mikael de Lara Co, Francis Arias Montesena and Joel Toledo; essays by Gemino Abad, Exie Abola and Reuel Molina Aguila; a photo essay by Vim Nadera, drama from Rene O. Villanueva and an interview of National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera.

The Likhaan Journal is available for P250.00 at the UP ICW and at UP Press Bookstores.

The deadline for this year’s submissions is May 31.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. For its second issue, Likhaan will accept submissions in the following genres, in both English and Filipino:

• Short stories ranging from about 12 to 30 pages double-spaced (in 11-12 points Times Roman, New York, Palatino, Book Antique, Arial or some such standard font). A suite of short prose pieces will be considered.
• A suite of four to seven poems, out which the editors might choose three to five. Long poems will be considered in lieu of a suite.
• Essays (critical, scholarly, and/or creative nonfiction), subject to the same length limitations as short stories, above.
• Excerpts from graphic novels, or full short graphic stories, for reproduction in black and white on no more than 10 printed pages, 6” x 9”. Excerpts should be accompanied by a synopsis of the full narrative.

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

3. All submissions must be accompanied by a biographical sketch (no more than one or two short paragraphs) of the author, including contact information (address, telephone number, e-mail address).

4. Submissions may be e-mailed to likhaanjournal@gmail.com, or posted to The Editors, Likhaan Journal, UP Institute of Creative Writing, Rizal Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101.

5. All submissions should be received (whether by e-mail or post) no later than May 31, 2008.

6. All submissions will undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside the University of the Philippines.

7. Writers whose work will be accepted for publication will receive a substantial cash payment and a copy of the published journal.

8. The editors reserve the right to edit any and all materials accepted for publication.

9. The editors may also solicit or commission special, non-refereed articles for publication outside of the aforementioned genres and categories to enhance the editorial content and balance of the journal.

10. Please direct any and all inquiries to the editors at likhaanjournal@gmail.com.

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January 12, 2008

Panawagan para sa mga Kontribusyon para sa Malay

Dr. Fanny A. Garcia, Editor
Prof. Winton Lou G. Ynion, Tagapamahalang Editor

Ang Malay, isang interdisiplinaryong journal na peer-reviewed ng Pamantasang De La Salle (DLSU) – Maynila, ay tumatanggap ng mga lathalain tungkol sa mga usapin at dalumat kaugnay ng wika, kultura, at midya sa/ng Filipino. Ang panawagang ito para sa tatlong isyu sa taong 2008.

Ang tema ng nasabing dalawang isyu ay suporta sa limang pangunahing tuon sa riserts na inilatag ni Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC, presidente ng Sistemang DLSU: kapaligiran (environment), pamamahala (governance), kabataang nasa panganib (youth at risk), globalisasyon at teknolohiya (globalization and technology), at pagsugpo sa kahirapan (poverty alleviation). Sa limang ito, ang tuon muna ay ang mga sumusunod:

Pamilyang Filipino at Kabataang nasa Panganib
Ikalawa’t Huling Panawagan para sa mga Kontribusyon
Dedlayn: Enero 31, 2007

Abril 2008

Mga panukalang paksa: pamilyang transnasyonal, mga pamilya at kabataan sa iba’t ibang midya, mga nakaambang ‘panganib’ sa pamilya at kabataang Filipino, panitikan/naratibong pambata tungkol sa pamilya, ang Internet at ang pamilya’t kabataan, pang-aabuso sa kabataan (pisikal, sekswal, verbal, at emosyonal), isyu ng paggawa sa kabataan, art therapy sa mga kabataang nasalanta ng ‘panganib’, ang kabataan at kulturang fastfood, ang Enchanted Kingdom at ang kabataan, ang pamilya at ang AIDS, ang premarital sex at family planning, at iba pang katulad na paksa.

Pagsugpo sa kahirapan at Publikong pamamahala
Unang Panawagan para sa mga Kontribusyon
Dedlayn: Pebrero 25, 2007

Agosto 2008
Guest Editor: Dr. Antonio P. Contreras

Mga panukalang paksa: dalumat ng dusa/hirap/tiis sa kulturang Filipino, mga biktima ng trahedya, diskurso sa mga likha/akdang sining tungkol sa kahirapan, mga panukala para maagpawan ang kahirapan, ang mga game show at ang konsepto ng suwerte, ang cooperative at ang kultura ng pag-iimpok, ang OFW at ang iskema ng pamumuhunan sa Pilipinas, politikal na iconograpiya sa iba’t ibang midya, diskurso sa mga poverty alleviation program ng gobyerno, at iba pang katulad na paksa.

Kalikasan, ekolohiya at turismo
Unang Panawagan para sa mga Kontribusyon
Deadline: Abril 30, 2007

Disyembre 2008

Mga panukalang paksa: araling pangkalikasan at pangekolohiya; mga isyu hinggil sa kalikasan tulad ng pangangalaga, konserbasyon at pagtataguyod; ang kalikasan sa bansa at sa komunidad; legal, pulitikal at pang-ekonomiyang implikasyon ng mga isyung pangkalikasan; kamalayan sa kapaligirang luntian o green environment dito sa at sa buong mundo; global warming at iba pang panganib pangkalikasan; pagpaplano’t pagkilalang pang-ekolohiya; kalinangan at ang kalikasan at ekolohiyang Filipino; eko-kritisimo at mga dalumat na pampanitikan at pangkultura; kalikasan, ekolohiya at turismo sa media; ang wika ng/sa kalikasan, ekolohiya at turismo, at at iba pang katulad na paksa.

Impormasyon para sa mga Kontribyutor

1. Ang mga papel (riserts, artikulo, revyu) ay kailangang nasusulat sa Filipino. Kailangang hindi pa nailalathala o naisumite para sa konsiderasyon sa ibang publikasyon o journal.

2. Isang 200-250 salitang abstrak ang hinihiling na kalakip sa papel na may 5,000 hanggang 7,000 salita (25-40 pahina). Hindi na kailangan ang abstrak sa revyu na may maximum na 3,000 salita.

3. Ang papel ay kailangang kompyuterisado sa maikling bond paper na may isang pulgadang palugit sa lahat ng bahagi, double-spaced, gamit ang font na times new roman at may laking 12-puntos, at maayos na naidokumento gamit ang MLA Fifth Edition. Kailangang minimal ang mga dulong tala.

4. Kung sakaling may larawan o ilustrasyong bahagi ng submisyon, ang file ay kailangang nasa format na jpeg. Hinihiling ang malinaw na kopya. Kailangan ding may kapsyon at karampatang pagkilala sa pinaghiraman o may-ari/maylikha ng larawan/ilustrasyon.

5. Ang pangalan ng awtor, adres, adres-email, at iba pang mahahalagang kontak ay kailangang nakasulat sa hiwalay na papel. Anumang pagkakilanlan sa identidad ng awtor ay kailangang wala sa manuskrito.

6. Tatlong kopya ng papel ang kailangang isumite (kasama ang soft copy sa diskette o cd). Ang isang kopya ay sa patnugutan habang ang dalawa ay ibibigay sa mga referee.

Maipapadala ang submisyon kina Dr. Fanny A. Garcia, editor, at Prof. Winton Lou G. Ynion, tagapamahalang editor, William Hall 401, Departamento ng Filipino, Pamantasang De La Salle – Maynila, 2401, Taft, Maynila. Tinatanggap din ang mga submisyon sa pamamagitan ng email sa garciafa@dlsu.edu.ph at ynionw@dlsu.edu.ph. Para sa iba pang impormasyon, maaaring tumawag sa Departamento ng Filipino sa (632) 524-4611 loc 509 at 552.

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January 3, 2008

Call for submissions for 100 Kwentong Peyups

As part of UP's 100th year celebration, we are putting together '100 Kwentong Peyups', a series of columns which will appear in PDI and Philippine Star throughout the year. We invite all past students of any of the University of the Philippines' units to submit their stories. Submissions should:

1. Be a maximum of 1,000 words
2. Be a personal experience and written in the 1st person
3. Emotionally engaging---funny, sad, scary, etc.
4. Make the connection between the story and a life lesson that serves you well today
5. If possible, please include an old photo/scanned memento

Please include your name, College or Unit and Course, and year you entered UP as well as your email address. If you remember your Student Number, even better.

Send your submissions to: 100kwentongpeyups@campaignsandgrey.net. You will be notified via email if your story has been selected for publication or for use in other Centennial celebrations.

Submissions will be accepted starting January 1, 2008.

Please feel free to forward this to UP alumni who might be interested or re-post this in your blogs.

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December 11, 2007

Call for submissions for Coming Soon

Coming Soon, an anthology of erotic poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction on the loss of virginity. The piece must specifically address a first (human, as opposed to something like bestial) sexual experience.

What we are looking for are pieces that depict an initiation into the sexual act, therefore we will not consider works that try to be coy: for instance, please don't send a piece on how some character/persona discovers there is such a thing as fornication, yet doesn't engage in it. We'd consider that a cop-out. Neither are we looking for pieces on, er, giving one's self sexual pleasure. No, no, no. Works submitted should involve at least two conscious people (no corpses, please!), with an exchange of bodily fluids or whatnot. (If there is no exchange of bodily fluids, the work should address the question: But why the heck not?)

Open to Philippine writers in English and Filipino. Past published works are welcome as long as they have not yet appeared in an anthology.

Deadline: 31 January 2008.

Editors: Conchitina Cruz, Edgar Samar and Katrina Tuvera.

Please send submissions as MSWord documents to comingsoonantho@gmail.com. On the subject line of your e-mail, please indicate your genre (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction) and language (English/Filipino).

Multiple submissions are welcome, but each entry must be sent seperately. Inquiries should be sent to the same e-mail address.

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December 11, 2007

Call for submissions for CFP: The Commons

The editors of Currents in Electronic Literacy (an MLA-indexed, peer-reviewed, e-journal) seek manuscripts that address the role or the relevance of the cultural commons for those working, teaching, or living in a mediated age. The term itself has received attention from those on the far left, such as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, to those defending free-market economics, such as Lawrence Lessig. As new media enable us to collaborate, share information, disseminate texts, and pull from the collective and creative resources that the humanities have traditionally celebrated, we face new challenges on a variety of fronts. What are the legal implications of sharing copyrighted (or copylefted texts)? What constitutes "fair use" in an age when most cultural artifacts can quickly be scanned and posted for public consumption? (How) are we ethically and scholastically obligated to evaluate or cite sources that have been read and reviewed by a worldwide community of arguably critical and invested readers? (How) do profit (or exploitation) work when users determine content willfully and energetically?

We encourage submission of scholarly articles and review essays (including reviews of books, software, websites, and conferences) that relate any of the above questions or others not mentioned to the task of teaching and studying literacy.

Submissions for reviews should be approximately 1500 words for individual reviews and 2500 for omnibus reviews of multiple texts or applications and 5000 words for scholarly articles. Submission deadline is December 15, 2007. For questions or to submit reviews email ejournal@lists.cwrl.utexas.edu.

Currents in Electronic Literacy is an online publication of the Computer Writing and Research Laboratory at the University of Texas, Austin. Currents strives to provide a forum for the scholarly discussion of issues pertaining to electronic literacy, widely construed. In general, Currents publishes work addressing the use of electronic texts and technologies for reading, writing, teaching, and learning in fields including but not restricted to the following: literature (in English and in other languages), rhetoric and composition, languages (English, foreign, and ESL), communications, media studies, and education.

Currents in Electronic Literacy (ISSN 1524-6493) is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography and EBSCO.

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November 23, 2007

Call for Submissions: Growing Up Filipino II

This is a call for submissions of short stories for an anthology tentatively titled, Growing Up Filipino II - Stories for Young Adults. The book will be edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and will be published by both Anvil and PALH. Contributors will receive copies of the book as compensation for the use of their work.

The manuscript should be approximately 8-10 pages long, typed, double-spaced (approximately 1,800-2,300 words). This should be emailed to CBrainard@aol.com. You may also send it by air mail to:

Cecilia Brainard
c/o PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409
USA

This book project is a follow-up of an earlier short story collection entitled Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults (published by PALH 2002, and Anvil). The following review describes the 2002 collection:

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-These 29 short stories offer a highly textured portrait of Filipino youth and an excellent sampling of creative writing. Thematically arranged, most of the pieces have been written since the turn of the 21st century. Each story is introduced by a thumbnail sketch of the author and a paragraph or two about some element of Filipino culture or history that is relevant to the story. Authors include those born and continuing to live in the Philippines, emigres, and American-born Filipinos. Tough but relevant topics addressed include a gay youth's affection for his supportive mother, the role of religious didacticism in the formation of a childhood perception, consumer culture as it is experienced by modern teens in Manila, and coping with bullies of all ages and stations in life. … The high caliber and broad but wholly accessible range of this collection, however, makes this title a solid purchase for multiple reasons.

The 29 stories in the 2002 edition of Growing Up Filipino were written before 9/11 (September 11, 2001). The editor would now like to collect a second volume that continues to address the young adult audience. The stories in the collection will still be about the Filipino experience in the Philippines or any part of the world. But in this second volume, the editor is seeing contemporary stories, or post 9/11 stories. The editor is seeking the best stories about growing up Filipino. The editor is not looking for stories written by young adults, but about Filipino young adults. The editor envisions the stories dealing with relationships, family, falling in love perhaps, and other issues that the young adults deal with. Character-driven stories are encouraged. Those interested in submitting are encouraged to read the first volume of Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, to get an idea of the kind of stories the editor is looking for.

Deadline for submission has been extended. Please send your bio (approx. 150 words) in people-friendly narrative form. Make sure your contact information is included with the story.

ABOUT THE EDITOR: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the author/editor of over a dozen books. She has a website at www.ceciliabrainard.com and a blog at cbrainard.blogspot.com

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November 23, 2007

Ladlad 3 finally coming out

Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto are inviting the reading public to the book launching of Ladlad 3 on December 1, Saturday, at 5 pm, Bestsellers Bookstore, 4th floor, Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas, Pasig City.

The anthology that helped push the LGBT movement in the Philippines into the literary limelight will feature book signing, singing, dancing, food and drinks. Writers in the long-awaited anthology are sure to be there. The series boasts of colorful covers and Ladlad 3’s own features striking graphics, signifying the colorful and transformative Ladlad lifestyle.

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November 18, 2007

Call for Submissions for Tanglaw

Tanglaw - the quarterly publication of the Filipino-Australian Teachers Association of Queensland, Inc. is currently accepting short stories: in English or in Filipino, 1000-1500 words, speculative or literary, published or unpublished, exploring any aspect of Filipino contemporary life.

If you story has been published, please include details where it appeared, your short profile, and a short declaration, allowing FATAQ to reprint the story.

When the story is published, the author will receive certificate of Merit from he Editor as well as a copy of the publication.

Tanglaw's readership include Filipino expatriates in Queensland, Australia and Australian stakeholders.

Deadline: 1 December 2007. Send your submissions to: the FATAQ Editor, erwincabucos@yahoo.com.au.

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October 17, 2007

Call for submissions to Alley Cat Publications/Pusang Kalye

Alley Cat is an international web-based journal that currently accepts prose and poetry in English, Filipino, Spanish, and Zambal. It is based in the Philippines. Alley Cat publishes two issues a year, January and July, and will archive back issues in the website.

General Guidelines

1) We accept previously unpublished work for consideration.
2) Simultaneous submissions are welcome, although we should be informed upon acceptance elsewhere.
3) We ask for one-time publication rights, with copyright reverting back to the contributor upon publication. In case, of republication, alley cat should be cited as first publisher. We reserve the right to re-publish your work in a future “Best Of” or print anthology.
4) We cannot pay you in this lifetime, however, we will do all we can to promote the works of our contributors in the News section of our website. In case of print publication, contributors will receive one complimentary copy of the issue.
5) We can only accept one submission per genre per author, however, you may submit to the other genres.
6) Our reply will take from 1-5 months depending on the number of submissions received.
7) Please write on subject line of your e-mail the genre to which you are submitting to ex. POETRY SUBMISSION.
8) Please include your bio and contact information.
9) No attachments please, except for art.
10) The deadline for submissions to the first issue is on DECEMBER 15, 2007.

General Editor- Dr. Efren Abueg
Managing Editor- Ayn Frances dela Cruz
Publisher- Francisco dela Cruz

Literature

Poetry- there is no theme, no word count, no form, you can send us haikus or narrative poems or lyric poems, or prose poems, or any combination of these just as long as they’re really good.
Send 2-10 poems in the body of an e-mail to alleycat_publicatio ns@yahoo. com.

Editor –Ricardo de Ungria (English)
Nestor Barco (Filipino)

Fiction- for fiction you can send flash fiction, fables, fairytales, graphic novels, or self-contained novel excerpts, again there is no theme, you can send us futuristic works or realist works just as long as they’re really good.
Send 1-5 stories in the body of an e-mail to alleycat_publicatio ns@yahoo. com

Editors- Eros Atalia and Enrique Villasis (Fantastic Fiction)

Creative non-fiction- we are looking for personal essays, autobiographies, memoirs, food essays, and any other non-fiction narratives that deal with your own life. Again, we are looking for high quality work.
Send 1-5 essays in the body of an e-mail to alleycat_publicatio ns@yahoo. com
Editor- Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Drama- we are looking for one-act plays or self-contained excerpts from full-length plays. We are especially on the look-out for zarswelas, street theatre, and balladic versions of plays.

Editor- Ronald Verzo

Theories/ Criticism

Poetics- we are looking for essays that deal with writing, whether poetry or prose; we would like essays to tackle any or all of the following: how it is written, how it is read, how it affects the lives of people. We are especially on the look-out for new theories on poetry, fiction, essay, theatre, and art.

Editor

Ecology- we are looking for essays that deal with the relationship of art and the environment and sustainable development. Examples would include environmental installation art or leaf art (which started in Japan ) as a regular part of art instruction in schools, etc.

Editor- Kris Llanot Lacaba

Interviews- we are looking for memoirs or transcripts or literary essays of interviews with artists and how their art is read/ misread/ constructed, etc.

Editor- Maureen Gaddi dela Cruz

Cultural Criticism- we are looking for essays that deal about, well, practically anything. The whole world is your arena, whether it be politics, your lame right foot, or your neighbor who hallucinates and sees the ghost of Mozart or something. Yep, just as long as it deals with culture.

Editor- Alexander Martin Remollino

Art- there is no restriction and no format. Collages, photos, paintings, graffitis, T-shirt art, leaf art, and any other new kinds of art that we don’t know about. Enlighten us. Send us 1-10 slides in jpeg format.
Editor- Lirio Salvador

Spanish editor- Michael Francisco
Zambal editor- Amor dela Cruz

Cats- please send us vignettes, cat stories, drawings, cat graffiti, poems, factoids, myths about cats.

ALLEYCAT POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES

Alleycat is currently accepting poems for its poetry pamphlet series. Poetry pamphlets are an inexpensive way of publishing, distributing, promoting, and buying contemporary poetry. If chosen, we will publish the pamphlet in pdf. format. All rights revert to the authors.

Guidelines:
1) Please send 10-20 poems.
2) The individual poems may be published but the pamphlet as a whole should not be published.
3) Include a table of contents, and acknowledgements page.

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October 7, 2007

Call for Submissions for Corpus

Desire is powerful. What is forbidden is powerful. Desire between men is often forbidden. Desire between men is powerful.

Corpus is a journal from the AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) which uses art, cultural criticism, poetry, short stories and humor to reveal the challenges of HIV prevention in gay and bisexual communities.

The theme of its 7th issue, due for publication in mid-2008, is "Desire Between Men: Voces Mundial". This issue of Corpus seeks to provide a space for a range of both established and new artists to speak about or illustrate desire between men. As gay men in Western countries have published widely, the focus for this issue is on global voices -Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean - voices that too rarely have an opportunity to speak with one another across geography and through a critical global means. This issue of Corpus hopes to be just such a means.

In some regions, like Latin America, HIV and AIDS provide back - or foreground for desire between men. In other regions, it is established that gay and bisexual men are vulnerable to HIV infection and need to be reached by HIV prevention services. Still in other locations, silence is being broken. A recent report showed how governments, donors, and NGOs are denying a basic set of human rights protections to same-sex practicing Africans, and how this denial impacts efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic.[1] Meanwhile, in Bangkok, while the government focused on its heterosexual epidemic, rates of infection among Thai gay men rose from 10% early this decade to more than 28% by mid-decade.

At the same time, at regional and world AIDS conferences and fora, attention to HIV infections through sex between men is increasing, resulting in events such as a pre-conference at the Toronto International AIDS Conference in 2006, and a global MSM (men who have sex with men) forum in Delhi that took place soon after. These are moments of fragile but promising global organizing around men who have sex with men and HIV, at the same time in which there has been extraordinary progress in gay rights and visibility around the world (albeit instances of violence and human rights abuses).

Corpus is looking for submissions of writing: short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, essays, articles, or interviews; and graphic art (photography, visual art work) that addresses desire between men. It is not required to address HIV, but we are interested in the ways that HIV and AIDS affect the lives of gay and other men who have sex with men, and the way that HIV and AIDS affects our desire for each other, the evidence of both risk and resilience in our lives.

Responding to HIV is not about a condom or a poster or a pill. It is about understanding our desires, our sexual lives, how we take care of ourselves and others. Moving beyond the language of science or research, art, in the form of words or images, can play an important role in this understanding, stories of shared experiences that move us beyond statistics, a revelatory photo or phrase that brings enlightenment at the level of spirit or soul.

It would be impossible to fully represent or define desire between men in any location of the world. What is aimed for with this issue of Corpus is a snapshot of the diversity of our desires, dialogue, discussion, conversation and exchange about gay, bisexual and transgender identities in the context of a world where these identities make us vulnerable to HIV infection and where we are more aware of each other and more connected across borders and cultures.

The final deadline for submissions will be the 15 Oct 2007 but please submit or contact me beforehand.

Word length under 1,200 words is preferred, as are shorter rather than long poems. Photos and graphic art must be high resolution (300 dpi, 8.75" w x 8.75" max., CMYK tiff files): please submit up to 8 images for consideration.

Please send work as an attached electronic file(s) [either a word document or graphics files]. Include your name, title(s) of work, word length if applicable, contact details, and a biographical sketch (50 words or less). The subject line should read, "Corpus Submission."

Address all correspondence, including queries, to: andykeoquan@gmail.com

PAYMENT: $150 for your submission and 10 copies of the journal.

The publication will feature bilingual content and a print circulation of 5,000 copies. The publication will have local, U.S. national and some international distribution and will also be available in electronic form on the APLA website (www.apla.org).

If you would like to see past issues of Corpus, they can be found here.

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

September 8, 2007

Call for Submissions: Malay

Ang Malay, isang interdisiplinaryong journal na peer-reviewed ng Pamantasang De La Salle (DLSU) – Maynila, ay tumatanggap ng mga lathalain tungkol sa mga usapin at dalumat kaugnay ng wika, kultura, at midya sa/ng Filipino. Ang panawagang ito para sa huling dalawang isyu sa taong akademikong 2007-2008.

Ang tema ng nasabing dalawang isyu ay suporta sa limang pangunahing tuon sa riserts na inilatag ni Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC, presidente ng Sistemang DLSU: kapaligiran (environment), pamamahala (governance), kabataang nasa panganib (youth at risk), globalisasyon at teknolohiya (globalization and technology), at pagsugpo sa kahirapan (poverty alleviation). Sa limang ito, ang tuon muna ay ang mga sumusunod:

Migrasyon at Diaspora sa panahon ng globalisasyon
Disyembre 2007 (Tomo 20, Bilang 2)
Dedlayn: Oktubre 15, 2007

Pamilyang Filipino at Kabataang nasa Panganib
Abril 2008 (Tomo 20, Bilang 3)
Dedlayn: Enero 31, 2007

Impormasyon para sa mga Kontribyutor

1. Ang mga papel (riserts, artikulo, revyu) ay kailangang nasusulat sa Filipino. Kailangang hindi pa nailalathala o naisumite para sa konsiderasyon sa ibang publikasyon o journal.

2. Isang 200-250 salitang abstrak ang hinihiling na kalakip sa papel na may 4,500 hanggang 6,000 salita. Hindi na kailangan ang abstrak sa revyu na may maximum na 1,500 salita.

3. Ang papel ay kailangang kompyuterisado sa maikling bond paper na may isang pulgadang palugit sa lahat ng bahagi, double-spaced, gamit ang font na times new roman at may laking 12-puntos, at maayos na naidokumento gamit ang MLA Fifth Edition. Kailangang minimal ang mga dulong tala.

4. Kung sakaling may larawan o ilustrasyong bahagi ng submisyon, ang file ay kailangang nasa format na jpeg. Hinihiling ang malinaw na kopya. Kailangan ding may kapsyon at karampatang pagkilala sa pinaghiraman o may-ari/maylikha ng larawan/ilustrasyon.

5. Ang pangalan ng awtor, adres, adres-email, at iba pang mahahalagang kontak ay kailangang nakasulat sa hiwalay na papel. Anumang pagkakilanlan sa identidad ng awtor ay kailangang wala sa manuskrito.

6. Tatlong kopya ng papel ang kailangang isumite (kasama ang soft copy sa diskette o cd). Ang isang kopya ay sa patnugutan habang ang dalawa ay ibibigay sa mga referee.

Maipapadala ang submisyon kina Dr. Fanny A. Garcia, editor, at Prof. Winton Lou G. Ynion, tagapamahalang editor, William Hall 401, Departamento ng Filipino, Pamantasang De La Salle – Maynila, 2401, Taft, Maynila. Tinatanggap din ang mga submisyon sa pamamagitan ng email sa garciafa@dlsu.edu.ph at ynionw@dlsu.edu.ph. Para sa iba pang impormasyon, maaaring tumawag sa Departamento ng Filipino sa (632) 524-4611 loc 509 at 552.

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

August 25, 2007

Call for submissions to an anthology of Southeast Asian Literature

Southeast Asia has been a region long divided not only by geographical and cultural boundaries but by the question of identity and belonging. One anthology will attempt to present the shades of contemporary Southeast Asian experiences of cultural/sexual identity, globalization, immigrant/expatriate experience, third culture phenomena, and new technologies, among others.

The call for submissions is open to Southeast Asian writers and translators under 40 years old. The anthology will focus on works dealing with contemporary themes, or employing new forms in poetry; prose (fiction, travelogues, essays, blogs, text, etc); drama (one-act plays, short screen/teleplays); graphic arts and comics (under 30 pages long); and everything in between—literary experiments as well as genre works (horror, sci-fi, fantasy, etc, or combinations thereof). Works must be limited to 8,000 words and must be in English (translations must be accompanied by the original text). Previously published works are also welcome.

Please send submissions to sealitbook@gmail.com, as attachments in MS Word document format. Deadline for manuscripts is September 15, 2007. Contributors will get multiple copies of the book.

The anthology editors are Jerome Kugan (Malaysia) and Mervin Espina (Philippines)

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

August 5, 2007

Fifty years of Things Fall Apart

To mark the half a century milestone of the literary path-breaker in 2008, scholars, researchers, teachers, students, professionals, and general readers are invited to submit articles for a multiple volume critical anthology on Things Fall Apart. Contributors are encouraged to be innovative and adventurous in their exploration, with the singular aim of eliciting the novel's uniqueness, impact, influence, and continuity. Among others, submissions may consider Things Fall Apart in relation to any one of the following: Discourse and theory, Diaspora and alienation, race and globalization, gender and sexuality, and minority, Environment and the animal, Language and linguistics, Influences and historicism, Art and visual culture, Culture and hospitality, Communication and Comparison, Space and Science.

Required: Submissions should be either in English or French language, no longer than 18 pages of A4 paper, in the MLA style, on Microsoft Word, and Emailed as attachment to: tfaat50@yahoo. com.

Each contributor could submit no more than two different essays. Previously published essays are welcome if copyright is with author.

Deadlines: Proposal submissions are due September 15, 2007. Full paper submissions will close at 12 midnight, November 15, 2007.

Publication date: March 2008.

Editors:
Victor O. Aire, Languages & Linguistics, University of Jos, Nigeria
S. O. O. Amali, Vice Chancellor/Presiden t, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Glen P. Bush, English, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL, US
Augustine-Ufua Enahoro, Theater Arts & Communication, Univ. of Jos,
Nigeria
Okey Ndibe, English, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, US
Obiwu, Writing Center, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, US
Olu Oguibe, Art & African American Studies, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT, US
Kanchana Ugbabe, English, University of Jos, Nigeria

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

June 17, 2007

Milflores flash fiction anthology deadline extended

Vicente Garcia Groyon, editor of the projected anthology of flash fiction/sudden fiction (to be published by Milflores Publishing) announces that the deadline for submission has been extended to July 15. All interested writers are therefore invited to send their stories for consideration to the address below.

Stories may be in English or Filipino, and from 500 – 750 words.. Our preference is for stories which have not been previously included in books. Stories published on line or in magazines/journals are acceptable, but please indicate where and when upon submission.

This invitation goes out specially to writers who have been a part of earlier Miflores anthologies (like Sleepless in Manila, and A Book of Maladies edited by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo and Sawi edited by Ada J. Loredo, BJ A. Patino and Rica Bolipata Santos) or have published books of their own with Milflores. But newcomers are welcome (provided they write well).

Submissions should be sent to flashfic.milflores@gmail.com.

Queries may also be addressed to Vince at that address.

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

May 31, 2007

Conversations “Over a Cup of Ginger Tea”

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

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

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

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

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

March 15, 2007

Flash fiction call for submission

Milflores Publishing is inviting writers to submit their best flash fiction/ sudden fiction for possible inclusion in an anthology to be edited by Vicente Garcia Groyon. Stories may be in English or Filipino, and from 500-750 words. Deadline for submission is June 15, 2007.

The preference is for stories which have not been previously included in books. Stories published on line or in magazines/journals are acceptable, but please indicate where and when upon submission

Groyon teaches at the De La Salle University, has won the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize for his novel Sky Over Dimas, and has contributed to two earlier Milflores anthologies: Sleepless in Manila and My Fair Maladies.

Submissions should be sent to flashfic.milflores@gmail.com or queries to cristinaphidalgo@gmail.com.

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

March 15, 2007

Mga romance novelists tinatawagan

Kung intresado magpasa ng resume at cover letter sa arnel.gabriel@psicompublishing.com. I-address ang letter kay Arnel Gabriel.

Mga Pagbabago sa Romance Novels

1. Magiging romance novelettes na siya. Magiging 3 story per libro na (hahatiin n'yo yung 24 thousand words into 3 stories.
2. 4-8 thousand pesos per story ang bayad.
3. Kelangang hindi masyado may sex ang kwento, tipong pwede pa rin siyang basahin ng inyong pamangkin o ng inyong 8-year-old na anak...

Kailangan pa rin namin ng ghost stories in English, 800-1500 words. 700 pesos per story ang bayad. Ipasa ang mga kwento kay bing.ramos@gmail.com. Kung may katanungan, hanapin si Sarah ng PSICOM PUBLISHING sa 0917-9048466.

Tag: PUBLICATIONS

November 22, 2006

Be an Anino graphic novelist

Got a great idea for a graphic novel? Adarna House is currently looking for story proposals for its next graphic novel under the Anino Comics imprint.

Proposals should include:

1. Project brief with the following details:

*Title
*Story genre
*List of the creators to be involved in the project
*Estimated number of pages

2. One page story synopsis

3. Sample pages, character studies

Stories may be in Filipino or in English. Compilations of previously published materials are also welcome.

For inquiries and to get a copy of submission guidelines, call 372-35-48 loc 109 or email Jordan Santos at rjordanpsantos@yahoo.com.

Submissions may be sent to Adarna House, Room 201, JGS Building, 30 Scout Tuason St., Quezon City, or e-mailed to pdg@adarna.com.ph.

Deadline for story proposals is November 30, 2006.

November 13, 2006

Deadline extended for "First Love" stories

They say that love is sweeter the second time around. The same is true for deadlines. Due to insistent public demand, upstart publishing company cozyreads will be accepting First Love stories until January 15, 2007.

For those who were lucky enough to have been inspired by the muses, the people at cozyreads thanks you for your submissions. You might want to start working on stories regarding the ups, downs and roundabouts of relationships for our "Match Made" collection.

Submission guidelines reminder: 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. Don't forget to come up with a catchy title. Authors of the selected stories will be duly compensated.

Please visit http://cozyreads.blogspot.com or email them at cozyreads@gmail.com for more info.

October 2, 2006

Call for Submissions: WASAK! Stories of Pinoy Transgression and Deliverance

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake, you are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

Revolutions are first born in the mind, move to the street, and then rise up like a conflagration to burn the whole catastrophe down.

If you feel the same way, write with an agressive spirit and have kick ass, mind fuck stories that burn like a firebrand, then we want you to give us that cool narrative.

Edited by Norman Wilwayco (author of Mondomanila) and Karl De Mesa (author of Damaged People: Tales of the Gothic-Punk), WASAK! Stories of Pinoy Transgression and Deliverance tracks the same territory that writers like Hunter S. Thompson, Irvine Welsh, Douglas Coupland and Chuck Palanhiuk have explored and mapped in all its brutality, dysfunction and senseless beauty.

This is an anthology that breaks the rules and finds personal salvation in burning the flag of mediocrity.

REQUIREMENTS:

1) Stories must be written in the transgressive fiction vein and must be set in the Philippines (not necessarily Manila).
2) Stories can be either in English or Filipino.
3) Stories must clock in at not more than 30 pages (double spaced, size 11 font, on 8 and a half by 11 paper). There is no minimum word count.
4) Stories must be submitted in RTF format with the subject heading: “Submission to WASAK_title of story_name of author” to pinoytransgressive@yahoo.com
5) Include a short biography with your contact information and a map of your immediate residence along with the person to call in case of medical emergency.
6) Deadline for all submissions is December 30, 2006
7) All accepted works will be paid with contributor’s copies.
8) All accepted authors must prepare for a round in the WASAK! fight club. If you don’t die, we guarantee you’ll come away with a full set of scars, bub.

September 12, 2006

Call for Submissions: Arabesques International Literary and Cultural Review and OV BOOKS

The *Arabesques International Literary and Cultural Review* is now accepting submissions for the October issue "*The New Romance*", November issue "*War and Politics*", December issue "*Colors*" and would be very happy to read and consider your contribution.

Arabesques which is published in Algeria and US emphasizes the deep importance of culture, civilisations dialogue and identity in contemporary writing. The journal is also open to all writers in English and welcomes international writers.

Arabesques is proud of its tradition of featuring the work of established and emerging international artists in its most current issue "*Identities*". Writers such as Bill Teitelbaum, Sheila Murphy, Joseph Farina, Gordon Massman, Brent Powers, Ross Clark, Cortney Bledsoe, Ron Savage, Thomas Aiello, Steve Mayoff, JA Tyler, Nick Bruno, David Taylor, Owen Elmore, Davide Trame, Socorro Venegas, Jai Clare and Gary Lehmann have all make the pages of this cultural anthology. But we also pride ourselves on our publication of new and up-and-coming writers, case in point in this recent book the talented Farrah Sarrafa and Zeina Hashem Beck. Lastly, TAR is dedicated to introducing non-english speaking voices to our audience through the translation of the french version of our journal.

READ | A Review of translations of Socorro Venegas by Toshiya Kamei
<http://arabesquespress.org/journal/node/192>

READ | Contemporary fiction from Thomas Aiello
<http://arabesquespress.org/journal/node/178> and *David Taylor*
<http://arabesquespress.org/journal/node/191>

READ | New poetry from Sheila Murphy.(US)
<http://arabesquespress.org/journal/node/189> and *Les Merton*(UK) <http://arabesquespress.org/journal/node/174>

For more details, see our web site at:
*http://www.arabesquespress.org/*

email: *submissions@arabesquespress.org*

***

OV BOOKS is considering short fiction for A Stranger Among Us, an anthology focusing on cross-cultural collisions/bonds Deadline: December 31.

SASE for response only. No E-mail submissions. Word limit: 8,000. Previously published pieces eligible.

OV Books, Dept. of English (MC 162), 601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607

September 6, 2006

Call for One-Act Plays: Philippine PEN

The Philippine Center of International PEN is now accepting manuscripts for one-act plays in English by young playwrights 45 years old and below.

The works must be unpublished, may or may not have been performed by local and foreign theater groups and may or may not have been awarded in any national or university-wide literary competition. English translations of local works may be submitted provided these have permission from the original playwrights or are already considered as public property.

The works will be published as part of a four-volume collection of literary works to be released in 2007.

Address your manuscripts to:

Dr. Jose Victor Z. Torres (Editor)
Philippine Center of International PEN
531 Padre Faura Street, Ermita
Manila

or email at: philippinepen@yahoo.com

For inquiries, contact the Editor at 5273102 (weekdays only) or at 0917-9153508

Deadline is on December 31, 2006.

September 4, 2006

Call for Submissions: Philippine Genre Stories

We are looking for a few good stories.

Ones that catch a reader’s attention and captivate them so much that they lose sense of time and place in the real world because you, the writer, have drawn them to other times and places, ones of your own creation.

We are a small publishing firm based in Manila, Philippines, and we hope to receive quality stories with something about the Philippines in them. The stories could be set somewhere on any of the archipelago’s 7,100 islands (give or take a few—is it high tide, or low tide?). Or they could be set anywhere else: in another country (real or imagined), in another time, under the sea, in a haunted house, on a plane, on the moon, in outer space,…but they should have something about the Philippine culture or people woven into them.

Don’t settle for writing a story and then throwing in a Filipino character or reference and then submit it to us. Don’t put in sentences like “The man gagged but swallowed the balut, the half-formed duck delicacy from the Philippines. It was either that or go hungry.” and then continue with your story, forgetting about the Philippines the rest of the way, forgetting even to explain why there is a balut in the story, and then sending it to us.

Please, no. Use more skill in writing your story than that. Anybody can do that!

This does not mean we will only accept contributions from Filipino writers. We are looking for good stories, Well-written ones, in fact. As far as we know, good stories can be told by anyone no matter who you are. Maybe you are not from the Philippines, but your forebears are. Or maybe you met a Filipino who made an impression on you. Or maybe you visited the Philippines once-upon-a-time in your life and something about someplace or someone you encountered from here has found occupancy in your memory.

Another thing.

We are looking for genre stories. Fantasy, science-fiction, speculative, crime, mystery, detective, horror, suspense. You can write and submit a very commercial, action-packed, plot-driven story, or a light, funny, and humorous one, or a very moody, artsy tale packed with lyrical prose and a lot of characterization, symbolism, irony, and what have you. Just make sure your story will fall into any of the above genres. And make them good and well-written. We can’t say that enough.

And keep the gore and sex and other touchy stuff to a tolerable level. We know tolerance can be relative, so we have some advice. Pretend you have a teenaged kid. Now pretend you’re taking him or her to a movie. You know he doesn’t like to watch cutesy, kiddie movies anymore, and you know you don’t want him to watch bloody beheadings or barenaked butts and boobies. So you scan the movie list and look for a good film, thinking “Rated PG”, not “Rated R” or “Rated GP”. There. There’s one. You find the right film and that’s the one you watch. You and your teenager are happy. Write a story that falls under that.

We are committed to finding really good and well-written stories (See? We mentioned it again), but we admit that we are just a small publishing firm with an idea (and a hope and a prayer) to grow the readership for Philippine genre stories. So we can’t pay much. A mere pittance, really. Just the contributor’s copy and eight centavos a word. That’s eight centavos, not cents, so the conversion goes to Philippine pesos, not dollars, okay? It’s not much, we know, but we are willing to try out this venture anyway, and we hope that you are writing not just for the money but also for the joy of writing (and seeing your name in the byline). Who knows? If this idea works and the collections sell well, we may be able to pay you more for your stories in future releases. Hope is a good thing.

Some other details: there’s a 6,000 word ceiling but don’t go below 2,500 words. You have to be open to any advice or editing from us. Hopefully, we can come to an agreement to the direction your story will take if any issues come up.

Send files only in Rich Text Format, so we can avoid spreading those nasty viruses that plague our world wide web; double-space your work; and use common fonts like Courier, Arial, Helvetica, or Times Roman.

Don’t forget the cover letter: describe your story briefly, and describe yourself briefly too (but don’t give us your whole life, okay?). Let us know your contact information (any two of the following will do: email address, cellphone number, landline, address).

As of now we can only accept submissions in English. Maybe that will change in the future and we can take in work written in Filipino, but as of now, only stories in English, please. We also can’t acknowledge, reply, or critique what you send in because there are only so many hours in a day and we’re going to use those hours to get these story collections out as fast and as well-printed as we can, but rest assured that if you meet our guidelines, your work will be read and treated as objectively as possible. If your story is chosen for publication, we’ll be getting in touch with you, surely!

We are planning to release the best of the stories we receive in short collections sometime before New Year’s Day, 2007 (for this timeline, we’re keeping our fingers crossed, and so should you, because this will depend on the quality of what gets sent to us).

Thanks very much for taking the time to read this. We’re looking forward to reading your work.

If you’re sending in a fantasy or science-fiction story, send it to: pdofsf@yahoo.com

If you’re sending in a crime or mystery story, send it to: pdocrmy@yahoo.com

If you’re sending in a horror or suspense story, send it to: pdohs@yahoo.com

Summary of Submission Guidelines

Stories must be in English
2,500 to 6,000 words
Rich Text Format (RTF) files only
Cover letter (brief description of your story and yourself)
Your contact details (email address, landline, cellphone number, address)
Use only common fonts (Courier, Arial, Helvetica, Times Roman)
Double space your work

http://philippinegenrestories.blogspot.com/

September 4, 2006

Writers, artists unite for Guimaras.

Check out www.saveguimaras.wordpress.com for announcements. Feel free to post thoughts. Copy of the petition to save guimaras is also available.

The international community is ignoring the Guimaras tragedy. CNN and BBC only covered it for five days, a short attention span for something as tragic as this. 40,000 individuals are affected and it would take years for Guimaras to recuperate. Therefore, like indie cinema, we also have to go UNDERGROUND, and use online tools/digital tools to campaign for awareness.

1. Write articles, post entries in your blogs about Guimaras. (Share it with us at saveguimaras.wordpress.com)

2. Write to editors of news portals like CNN and BBC, International Herald Tribune etc. The editors now have their own blog pages. We will provide all these addresses in the future.

3. Filmmakers = create your own videos, post them at youtube.com and let us know so we can post them at our blog. Photographers, create your album of fotos at flickr and send us the url/rss feed.

4. Submit a statement from your group, include photos that says, Save Guimaras.

5. Sign the Petition.

September 2, 2006

San Agustin calls for poems to help save Guimaras

THE Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Institute at the Coordinating Center for Research and Publications of the University of San Agustin is calling all writers to submit poems to help save the islands of Guimaras province from the oil spill.

Poems celebrating and lamenting the beauty of the beaches and the seas around Guimaras, and other sea wonders in the Philippines will be accepted to form an anthology with the working title, Poems for Guimaras, to be published by the University of San Agustin Publishing House. The poems may be written in English, Filipino, or any of the Philippine languages. Poems in the vernacular must be accompanied with English or Filipino translation. The anthology will be edited by award-winning poet John Iremil E. Teodoro. He will be assisted by a board of referees made up of nationally-acclaimed poets.

Submissions may be e-mailed to libroagustino@usa.edu.ph or iremil@usa.edu.ph. Manuscripts may also be sent to the anthology editor at UCRP, University of San Agustin, General Luna St., 5000 Iloilo City, Philippines. The deadline for submission is on January 15, 2007. The book will be launched in Naoway Island, Guimaras in April 2007. The royalties will go to the rehabilitation of the Guimaras province from the disastrous effects of the tragic oil spill.

The Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Institute is the only center of creative writing in the Visayas. It organizes the San Agustin Writers Workshop every summer, gives the annual Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Grants to Western Visayan writers, sponsors the yearly Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Lecture, and publishes the multi-lingual SanAg Literary Journal every November.

For inquiries please call:
Mr. John Iremil E. Teodoro
(033) 337-7716

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 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 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 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 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