May 26, 2008

Nat'l Artist Rio Alma lectures at UP

Pormal na bubuksan ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) ang kanilang taunang klinika sa pagtula sa isang panayam na pinamagatang "Reklamasyon sa Pambansang Gunita."

Ito ay ibibigay ng tagapayo at tagapagtatag ng LIRA, ang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining Para sa Panitikan, na si Virgilio S. Almario o Rio Alma. Ang panayam ay magsisimula dakong 1:30 ng hapon, Hunyo 7, 2008 sa Room 201 ng College of Arts and Letters sa UP Diliman.

Ang pagtatala ay magsisimula ng 1:00 ng hapon. Ang nasabing panayam ay libre at bukas sa publiko.

Simula pa noong 1985, nagbibigay na ang LIRA ng kanilang taunang klinika sa pagtula. Nagiging lunsaran ito hindi lamang sa pagsulat ng mahusay na tula bagkus maging ng pagtatalakay at pagbibigay-puna sa mga tulang Filipino. Ilan sa mga produkto ng LIRA ay sina Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, Roberto at Rebecca Anonuevo, Vim Nadera, Romulo Baquiran, Jr. at Edgar Samar.

Para sa karagdagang detalye maaring makipag-ugnayan kay En Villasis sa numerong 09224596365 o bisitahin ang kanilang website, http://liraonline.org.

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May 16, 2008

UP Writers Club offers free workshop

The UP Writers Club is proud to present its Summer Writing Workshop for Young Adults!

The workshop will be held from May 26 to 30, 9am to 5pm everyday at the College of Arts and Letters in the University of the Philippines. Participants will get to explore such genres as Sudden Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Creative Nonfiction/Online Writing, Poetry, and Comic Book Writing/Screenplay Writing.

Registration is open to all high school students aspiring to be great writers.

Please contact 0921 459 0514 (Bernadete) or 0927 443 2092 (Sierra) or visit http://upwritersclub.wordpress.com for registration details.

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May 6, 2008

15th Iligan National Writers Workshop fellows announced

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), the Mindanao Creative Writers Group, Inc. in cooperation with the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technologyâ’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (MSU-IIT-OVCRE) announce the 15 writing fellows to the 15th Iligan National Writers Workshop on May 26-31, 2008 in Iligan City .

Luzon: Fiction (English): Samantha G. Echavez, UP Diliman/Marikina City; (Filipino): Sarah Jane D. Sebastian, UP Diliman/San Mateo, Isabela; Poetry (Filipino): Erick Dasig Aguilar, UP Diliman/Quezon City; Poetry (English): Evangeline B. Gubat, Ateneo de Manila University/Makati City; and, John Lorenz S. Poquiz, University of Santo Tomas / Manila .

Visayas: Poetry (English): Fred Jordan Mikhail T. Carnice, Silliman University/Tagbilaran City; Nino Manaog, Ateneo de Naga University/Iloilo City; (Waray): Leonilo D. Lopido, Leyte Institute of Technology/Tacloban City; Luciano L. Abia IV, UP College Tacloban/Basey, Samar; and, Fiction (Cebuano): Efmer E. Agustin, UP Visayas/Abuyog, Leyte.

Mindanao: Fiction (English): Krisza Joy P. Kintanar, UP Mindanao/Davao City; Marius Angelo G. Monsanto, UP Mindanao/Davao City; Poetry (English): Ma. Elena L. Paulma, UP Diliman/Cagayan de Oro City; John Philip A. Baltazar, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan/Cagayan de Oro City; and, Xer Jason D. Ocampo, UP Mindanao/Davao City.

Panelists this year are Ma. Rosario Cruz Lucero, Leoncio P. Deriada, German V. Gervacio, Victor N. Sugbo, Merlie M. Alunan, Jaime An Lim, Steven Patrick C. Fernandez, keynote speaker, Antonio Reyes Enriquez and Christine Godinez-Ortega, the 15th INWW Director.

Highlights of this year’s workshop include the launching of the 14th INWW Proceedings titled, Fire and Faith in Writing edited by Godinez-Ortega and published by the MSU-IIT OVCRE; a lecture by INWW alumnus, Ralph Semino Galan; the Jimmy Y. Balacuit Literary Awards; and, the launching of the Manuel Buenafe Writing Fellowship and the Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen Writing Bursary.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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February 26, 2008

Adarna House summer activities for kids and adults

Book-making and field trips for kids, storytelling and teaching beginning reading workshops for adults, and a reading camp for parents and children — these are just a few of the activities Adarna House has lined up for summer! For details, fees, and reservations, please contact 3723548 local 122, or text 09173722639. You may also e-mail ergoe@adarna.com.ph to request for the e-brochure. Activities will be facilitated by Adarna House authors, illustrators, storytellers, and educational consultants.

Raya School Summer Workshops

Let your kids have fun while learning, at the Raya Summer Workshops. The following workshops are offered this summer: experimental dance, poetry, storytelling and art, theatre and art, junior scientists and engineers, as well as cultural field trips. For more information, email info@raya.org.ph, call 3762184 or text 09176287546. All workshops shall be held at the Raya School, 73- A Scout Limbaga Street, Quezon City.

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February 20, 2008

UP ICW names 12 fellows for 2008 writers workshop

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) has selected 12 fellows to attend the 47th UP National Writers Workshop to be held at the Igorot Lodge in Camp John Hay, Baguio City, from April 6 to 13, 2008.

The fellows are: (Fiction in English) Tara Sering, Luis Katigbak, Ian Casocot; (Poetry in English) Ana Maria Katigbak; Vincenz Serrano; (Creative Non-Fiction in English) Rica Bolipata Santos; (Drama in Filipino) Nicolas Pichay, Rodolfo Lana Jr.; (Poetry in Filipino) Roberto Añonuevo, Frank Cimatu; (Fiction in Filipino) Abdon Balde Jr., Allan Derain.

As in the past two years, the workshop—one of the major annual projects and the most important outreach program of the ICW—will engage writers in mid-career who have already published or are about to publish their first books, and who have received previous writing awards and distinctions.

Grantees are required to make a presentation of their respective works-in-progress during the workshop, based on a manuscript to be submitted to the ICW.

The teaching staff will be composed of ICW Director Vim D. Nadera, Workshop Director Dr. Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., National Artist and Dean Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist and Professor Emeritus Bienvenido Lumbera, University Professor Emeritus Gémino H. Abad, Dr. Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Professor Jun Cruz Reyes, and Mr. Charlson Ong.

The fellows should call the UP ICW at 922-1830 or call/SMS Ms. Eva Cadiz at 0927-924-5242 to confirm their attendance and other related matters.

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February 16, 2008

DFPP 2008 creative writing workshop

The U.P. Department of Filipino will hold the 2008 DFPP Creative Writing Workshop on May 15-18, 2008 in Angono, Rizal.

It is open to college level, beginning writers in Filipino who write in one or more of the following genre: poetry, short story, story for children, play, or creative non-fiction (essay).

Applicants are required to submit five copies of the manuscript in 12 point-sized font, double-spaced, 8½ x 11 bond sized paper, along with the digital file. The manuscript may consist of at least one of the following: five (5) poems, two (2) short stories of at least 10 pages each, two (2) stories for children of at least 5-7 pages each, one (1) short play, and one (1) creative non-fiction of at least ten pages. Also, a short essay about the author and photo must be submitted along with the manuscripts.

Application forms are available at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman. Deadline of submission is on March 31, 2008. For further details, please get in touch with Prof. Jimmuel Naval or Prof. Vlad Gonzales at 9244899. Or email at palihanan2008@yahoo.com .

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February 6, 2008

Alitaptap storytelling workshop slated

Let children enjoy your stories. Animate your storytelling style. Put emotions in your face. Use a more enthusiastic voice. Show some comic touches in some scenes. Be an effective storyteller.

JoinActing and Reading Techniques In StoryTelling (ARTIST) Workshop on
March 1-2, 2008, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Executive Lounge, 6th Floor, National Library of the Philippines, T. M. Kalaw Ave., Ermita, Manila , Philippines

The workshop fee is Php 500.

For confirmation and more details, please contact 0917.539.2630 or (02) 535.4689. Email us at alitaptap_storytellers@yahoo. com

Log on to www.storytellersphilippines.com

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January 21, 2008

Be one of the 15 fellows with multi-awarded writers Iyas Writing Worshop

Applicants should submit original work: either 6 poems, 2 short stories, or 2 one- act plays using pseudonym, in five (5) computer-encoded hard copies of entries, font size 12, bound or fastened, in separated folders with a diskette (MSWord).

These are to be accompanied by a sealed size 10 business envelope with the author’s real name and pseudonym, a 2x2 ID photo, and a short resume, which
must be mailed on or before March 14, 2008.

Entries in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog or Filipino may be submitted. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language.

Grant will cover board and lodging and a partial transportation subsidy.

The panelists will be Dr. Carlo Bautista, Ms. Genevieve Asenjo, Dr. Marjorie Evasco, Prof. Danny Reyes, Dr. Elsie Coscolluela and Dr. Antonio Tan. The workshop proper is on April 20-26, 2008 at the Balay Kalinungan Complex, University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City.

It is sponsored by: the University of St. La Salle, the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, the Benvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center, De La Salle University, and Negrence Studies Development Center.

For submissions and inquiries, email: glofuentes2003@usls.edu or glofuentes2003@yahoo.com; or mail

Dr. Gloria Fuentes Asst. Vice
President for Academic Affairs Office
University of St. La Salle
La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City

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January 21, 2008

UST-CCWS now accepting applicants for its writers workshop

The University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Studies (UST-CCWS) is now accepting manuscripts for the 9th UST-CCWS National Writers Workshop to be held in Baguio City this summer. The workshop is open to writers who have not been awarded fellowships to any national writers workshop.

Entries should consist of six poems, or three short stories, or three creative non-fiction pieces in either English or Filipino. They must be submitted in five copies (one original) in short bond paper, together with a soft copy in MS Word format stored in a CD or a diskette. In lieu of the applicant’s name, a pen name should appear in the manuscript. In a separate legal envelope (marked with the applicant's pen name, the category and genre he/she has joined) should contain his/her resume with complete contact details, a 2x2 ID photo, and a certification duly signed by an institution/company senior that the manuscript is authentic. Entries can be mailed or hand delivered to UST-CCWS, 1st Floor, St. Raymund’s Bldg, University of Santo Tomas, Espana, Manila.

The panel of critics is composed of the UST-CCWS staff which include Dr. Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta (director); Dr. Cirilo Bautista (senior associate); Eros Atalia, Carlomar Arcangel Daoana and Manolito Sulit (junior associates for poetry). For this year, they will be joined by guest panelists who are themselves established writers.

Fifteen fellowships are available. Writers from the Dominican network of schools, colleges and universities are encouraged to apply. Deadline is on February 29. Interested parties may call 406-1611 loc. 8281 (Tuesday to Saturday), text 0915-3228404 or e-mail aldimalanta@gmail.com.

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January 11, 2008

KUTING (Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting) workshops presents The Art of the Magic Weavers

Resource persons: Dr. Luis Gatmaitan, Prof. Heidi Abad and Ms. Lara Saguisag
When and where: January 12, 2008 , Room 204, College of Education , Benitez Hall, U.P. Diliman.

Dr. Gatmaitan, TOYM and Palanca Hall of Fame awardee will talk about the life of a writer whose audience are children and young adults. Though glamorized and sometimes, sanitized, writing for children is not what it seems to be. Learn from "Tito Dok's" experiences as he recounts his humble beginnings as reader and writer for children. Indeed, the road to Palanca glory is not strewn with rose petals.

Prof. Heidi Emily Eusebio-Abad, award-winning author and teacher of children's literature at UP Diliman, will provide a basic lecture on the writing process and how it can be practically applied on writing for children. She will also share her expertise and experience as writer, teacher and judge in many story writing contests that may fuel one's desire to take on the challenging but exciting task of weaving magic for the young reader.

Ms. Lara Saguisag, award-winning author, KUTING founding member and a Rutgers University Presidential scholar (PhD in Childhood Studies), will show participants the bedrock of poetry writing for children. Be prepared as she wields rhyme and reason to weave a tapestry of magical words in free verse and metered poems.

There will also be a "Writers' Rigodon" wherein participants will get the chance to interact with KUTING writers who have published a children's book or two. It's like speed dating but with writers for children this time. Ask questions and discuss issues with KUTING writers as they in return, interface with more mature readers and other professionals.

Workshop Fee: Php1,000.
For details, pls. contact AGAY (09178116961) or ZARAH (09209602884) or email them at the ff. addresses: zarah.gagatiga@gmailcom; allanera@yahoo.com

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November 18, 2007

Creative journal writing workshop offered

The Baguio Writers Group will conduct a creative journal writing workshop Nov. 23-24 at the Episcopal Church in the Philippines Mission Center's conference hall on 356 Magsaysay Ave., Baguio City.

The workshop, which starts Nov. 23 at 1:30 p.m. and resumes on the 24th at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., is open to college students and adults who would like to learn the discipline of keeping a journal and drawing writing and other artistic ideas from it.

Facilitators are Prof. Grace Subido, who teaches literature and writing courses at the University of the Philippines Baguio, and Merci Javier Dulawan, a teacher-writer enrolled in advanced studies to enable her to teach the Ira Progoff method of journal writing.

Twenty slots are open for participants. Workshop fee of P1,200 covers handouts, snacks, lunch and certificates. To reserve call or text Babeth Lolarga at 0916-242-1637.

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November 1, 2007

UP ICW issues guidleines for writers' workshop

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) is now accepting applications for the 47th UP ICW National Writers Workshop to be held in Camp John Hay, Baguio City , from April 5 to 12, 2008.

UP ICW Director Vim Nadera also announced that four (4) fellowships are available for open competition and that these are open only to advanced writers. Following the "Kumustahan" workshop concept, the other eight slots will be awarded by the ICW by invitation only to qualified, highly meritorious writers in mid-career. The ICW reserves the right to reapportion the number of reserved and open slots, depending on the responses and the quality of applications received.

The 2008 workshop will be chaired by Dr. Jose Dalisay Jr.

Nadera also announced the submission guidelines:

QUALIFICATIONS - To qualify, applicants: (1) must be writers in English or Filipino; (2) must have attended at least one creative writing workshop (national/regional, including the UP National Writers' Workshops), or earned a degree in Creative Writing/Malikhaing Pagsulat, or won at least 1 national/international literary award; (3) must have published at least three (3) poems or two (2) short stories or two (2) pieces of creative nonfiction (e.g., essays, memoirs, profiles) in reputable collections or anthologies, journals, magazines (including campus publications), or refereed Internet web magazines, or have had a play staged. Writers who have been fellows at any of the UP National Writers' Workshops are eligible. Some of these qualifications may be waived in exceptionally meritorious cases, with the unanimous concurrence of the UP ICW Associates, Advisers and Resident Fellows.

REQUIREMENTS - Applicants must submit the following: (1) five copies plus digital file (12 points, double-spaced, 8 x 11) of one original unpublished manuscript (short story, poem, or creative nonfiction, play) to be discussed during the workshop - this manuscript should not have been submitted to any other workshop; (2) a two-paragraph description of a work-in-progress in any of the above genres, in English or Filipino (also 12 points, double-spaced, 8 x 11); and (3) photocopies of the applicant's published work, including publication details; and (4) application form (available at the UP ICW office in UP Diliman, on the ICW website: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~icw , and on http://www.panitikan.com.ph).

During the UP workshop, fellows will be expected to make a presentation of a chapter or draft of the work-in-progress referred to above, and an essay on an aspect of their writing or of the genre in which they work. They must be present for the full duration of the workshop period.

The deadline for submission is January 15, 2008. For inquiries, call 922-1830 and ask for Ms. Eva Cadiz.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM HERE!

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November 1, 2007

4th Lamiraw Workshop Fellows Named

The 4 th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop is slated on November 8-10, 2007 at TTMIST, Calbayog City , Samar . This year's NCCA fellows from Samar, Leyte and Biliran are Reynaldo Garnace, Lemuel Zaldariaga, Joderic Navarette, Genevieve Tasan, Leonilo Lopido, Cheenee Gahuman, Nica Daguman, Jerry Gracio, Arthur Macabasag, Nimfa Quirante, Luciano Abia, Sunray Balasbas, Hermie Sanchez, Jaime Sagayap, Nemesio Baldesco, Isabel Eman, Joel Monteron, Reah Rosales, Jhoanna Arocha, and Francis Senolos.

Based on the approved MOA, the said NCCA fellows will avail themselves of free registration, accommodation, food, and workshop materials and their works will be critiqued by the following panelists: 1) Prof. Merlie Alunan, grand slam winner of Don Carlos Palanca Awards; 2) Dr. Victor Sugbo, Waray literature scholar and UP Tacloban faculty; 3) Dr. David Genotiva, seasoned literary critic and editor of PAGSUBAY-the Official Publication of the Graduate School of Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU); 4) Mr. Dante Rosales, graphics artist and member of Ibabao Arts Council of Calbayog; and 5) Mr. Voltaire Oyzon, faculty member of Leyte Normal University and Champion of the 2007 Waray Poetry Contest sponsored by Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino

The workshop is a joint project of Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

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October 7, 2007

4th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop Call for Submissions

Entries are now being accepted for the Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop to be held on November 8-10 at the TTMIST, Calbayog City. Writers in Waray, Cebuano, Hinabaknon, English, or any other Visayan Language whose works pass the Lamiraw evaluation process are encouraged to join, especially writers from Region 8.

Teachers teaching high school or college Literature or Panitikan courses who write in signifying their desire to attend the workshop will also be considered. The first ten teachers who write in will automatically be allowed to attend the Workshop for free.

Interested parties, should send in a collection of any of the following: three (3) poems, one (1) short story, 2 essays, 1 one-act play, or any reasonable combination of the above in hardcopy and a diskette containing the manuscripts and your application form in Microsoft Word, font 12. Entries may also be sent through e-mail.

Include a one-page curriculum vitae with your submission, indicating your name, address, educational background, and writing experience if any. Also include a statement from one person of authority attesting to the originality of your creative works. Application forms are available at the TTMIST website or simply email us to get a copy.

Deadline of submission is on October 15, 2007. For more information call (055) 209-3657.

"An padayon nga pagsurat sa aton pinulongan paghinumdon san aton tinikangan!"

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October 7, 2007

UP Film Institute offers basic scriptwriting

Film viewing does not only give us momentary switches of emotions, but also allows us to explore our creativity, to engage in a fictional world and interact with characters who somehow serve as shadows of ourselves. Oftentimes, we find ourselves imagining our favorite characters in different situations; all the what-ifs and whatnots trail our creative minds. Sometimes we even wonder what if we give life to the one character we have always been thinking about? Or play God and create new worlds? Or better yet, write a script that a filmmaker may actually translate on screen?

Basic Scriptwriting: Visualizing from Scratch is a workshop intended for the absolute beginner, who has no background whatsoever in film, writing, or media, but who wants to discover the possibilities of scriptwriting. It introduces participants to the "real basics" of writing for film, from the "translation" of written-abstract concepts into visual-moving images (and vice versa "translation of perceived cinematic images into the written word"), to a hands-on discovery of the essential concepts and components of a script that works.

The workshop facilitator, Libay Linsangan Cantor, is a faculty member of the UP Film Institute, teaching courses like Scriptwriting and Language and Grammar of Film. An experienced TV scriptwriter of children's educational shows, she has garnered local & international awards for her full-length screenplay, photography, and video productions, and has received a Palanca-award for her literary work. She also directs for TV.

Basic Scriptwriting

Dates: October 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Cine Adarna Conference Room
Fee: P 6,000 inclusive of light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

For inquiries, call 926-6340 / 920-6863, look for Avie Felix or Mr. Patrick Campos.You may also send SMS to 09175685939 (AF) or email upfi_workshops@ yahoo.com.ph

The University of the Philippines Film Institute is a member of the CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools.

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September 25, 2007

7th Ateneo Writers Workshop fellows named

The 7th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop wil be held Oct 22-27 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City. This year's fellows are Ernanie Francisco Rafael, Sonny Corpuz Sendon, Enrique Sia Villasis (poetry in Filipino); Joy Anne Icayan, Camile May C. Ocumen, Miguel Antonio Lizada (poetry in English); Mary Anne Claure M. Umali, Joanne Rose T. Laddaran, Anna Levita Macapugay (short fiction in Filipino); and Catherine Flores Alpay, Andrew S. Robles and Katherine Gae T. Yamar (short fiction in English).

Award-winning poets and fictionists will be the workshop's panelists: Dean Alfar, Marjorie Evasco, Mookie Katigbak, Susan Lara, Allan Popa, Jun Cruz Reyes, Joseph Salazar, Benilda Santos, Luna Sicat, Angelo Suarez, Joel Toledo, Roland Tolentino, Kimie Tuvera, Larry Ypil, Michael Coroza, Jema Pamintuan, Edgar Samar and Alvin Yapan.

The workshop is organized by the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices headed by acting director Marco Aniano V. Lopez, with the help of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts.

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June 12, 2007

Call for submissions for the 7th Ateneo National Writer’s Workshop

The Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is now accepting applications for the 7th Ateneo National Writer’s Workshop to be held on October 22-27, 2007.

Each applicant should submit a portfolio of any of the following works: five poems, three short stories, or two one-act plays, written in Filipino or English, with a title page bearing the author’s pseudonym and a table of contents.

The portfolio must also be accompanied by a diskette/CD containing a file of the documents saved
in Rich Text Format.

All submissions should include a sealed envelope containing the author’s name, address, contact numbers, and a one-page resume including a literary curriculum vitae with a 1x1 ID picture.

Twelve (12) fellows will be chosen from all over the country. Food and lodging accomodations will be
provided.

Please address entries to: Marco A.V. Lopez, Acting Director, AILAP, c/o Filipino Department, Horacio de la Costa Hall, Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Deadline of submissions is on August 3, 2007.

For inquiries, please contact workshop coordinators Ms. Bong Oris and Mr. Yol Jamendang at 426-6001 local 5320-22. You may also e-mail Mr. Lopez at mvlopez@ateneo.edu.

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June 12, 2007

14th Iligan National Writers Workshop successful

Fifteen writing fellows selected from 85 aspirants from all over the country completed the 14th Iligan National Writers Workshop. The workshop was held at the Elena Tower Inn in Iligan City last May 21 to 24.

A distinguished panel of writers critiqued the fellows’ works in poetry, drama, and fiction.

The Iligan Workshop administered by the Mindanao Creative Writers Group (in cooperation with the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology) is one of three institutionalized writing workshops in the country. It is distinguished as the only workshop that publishes its proceedings, a documentation of writing in progress by the fellows in interaction with the panelists. It accepts works in the regional languages, besides English and Filipino, to draw its true national character. It is also the only workshop that honors its graduates with the invitation to have them keynote the opening. This year’s keynote speaker was poet Rebecca Anonuevo.

Last year’s proceedings are collated in the book Writing Against the Current (ed. Christine Godinez-Ortega) launched during the culminating program.

ighlight of the program was the Jimmy Y. Balacuit Awards named after the late Vice Chancellor for Research who assured by his support the continuance of the workshop. The awardees were:

Fiction

Rommel B. Rodriquez
Short Story “Phil”

Douglas James L. Canadano
“A Reply to a Query”

Poetry

Peter Paul D. Villasin
“Hi Demetria Ngan An Adlaw”

Play

Joshua L. Lim So
“Portraits”

Honorable Mention:

Mary Louise G. Dumas
"Kilometro Biente Sais" (Poetry)

Raquel Tomasa R. Ho
"El Mensajero" (Fiction)

Ma. Celeste F. Coscolluela
"No Umbrella" (Fiction)

Bernadette V. Neri
"Parada ng mga Alingawngaw" (Fiction)

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) supports the workshop with an annual endowment.

Tag: WORKSHOPS

May 25, 2007

6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop

Adarna House, in partnership with the Filipinas Heritage Library, is now accepting entries for the 6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop. All submissions must target readers within the age range of 12-18 years old.

Entries may be sent to Adarna House, 2nd floor, FSS Building, 20 Scout Tuason corner Scout Castor Sts., Quezon City no later than 5pm on July 2, 2007. The workshop shall be help on September 6 and 7, 2007. Only ten fellows shall be chosen on the basis of their literary work. The submission guidelines are available at the Adarna House website (http://www.adarnahouse.com)

Tag: WORKSHOPS

May 25, 2007

LIRA Workshop Starts

On June 2, the poetry clinic held annually by Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) will be kicked off with a lecture by their founder and workshop director, National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, also known as poet Rio Alma. The lecture, Reklamasyon ng Pambansang Gunita, will start at 1:30 pm at Room 201 of the College of Arts and Letters in UP Diliman. Registration starts at 1 p.m. This lecture is free and is open to the public.

LIRA, an organization of poets who write in Filipino, has been around since 1985 and has given now-respected poets like Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Vim Nadera, and Romulo Baquiran, Jr. a venue for the discussion and critique of poetry.

For details, visit www.lira.tk or text Mr. Nanoy Rafael at 0918-2442553.

Tag: WORKSHOPS

March 4, 2007

Call for Submissions to the 46th Dumaguete National Writers Workshop

National Artist for Literature Edith L. Tiempo has announced a March 31 deadline for applications for fellowships to the 46th National Writers Workshop to be held in Dumaguete City from May 7 to 25.

Panelists this year are Gemino Abad, Alfred Yuson, Susan Lara, Anthony Tan, DM Reyes, Marjorie Evasco, and others. They will compose the revolving panel of writers together with National Artist for Literature Edith Lopez Tiempo, and resident panelists César Ruìz Aquino, Bobby Flores Villasis, and Ernesto Superal Yee.

Fifteen (15) fellowships are open for young writers all over the country.

The first screening panel, composed of the workshop's resident writers, selects the writing fellows for the summer based on the manuscripts submitted by the applicants. These selected manuscripts are forwarded to the Director of the Workshop, who does the final screening and formally approves the final lineup of writing fellows.

The writing fellowship covers lodging for the full 22 days of the duration of the entire workshop, a modest stipend, one-way fare reimbursement, and workshop manuscripts and reading materials.

The applicant must submit original manuscripts consisting of at least three to five short (3-5) stories, or three to five (3-5) essays/creative non-fiction, or two (2) one-act plays, or seven to ten (7-10) poems. Stories, poems, plays, and essays in English are preferred. Only unpublished manuscripts are accepted. Works which have previously won in literary contests will not be accepted.

Other requirements include an application letter addressed to Workshop Director Dr. Edith Tiempo; a diskette or CD containing the various submitted literary works encoded in Microsoft Word; a recommendation letter from a renowned writer or literature teacher; two 2x2 pictures; and a brief biodata or résumé.

These must be sent before the 31 March 2007 deadline to Dr. Edith Lopez Tiempo, National Writers Workshop Director, c/o College Assurance Plan, 2nd Floor, CAP Building, Rizal Boulevard, 6200 Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

Accepted fellows are usually notified by postal mail, or email, or by phone call, although the announcement is usually published by major Philippine dailies.

Interested parties may also apply for sit-in or auditing privileges.

The National Writers Workshop was established by Edith and Edilberto Tiempo in 1962, making it the longest-running creative writing workshop in Asia. The 2007 edition is sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Silliman University, and College Assurance Plan, in coordination with the Creative Writing Foundation Inc. and the Dumaguete Literary Arts Service Group, Inc. Donors to the fellowship program include Senators Edgardo J. Angara and Mar Roxas as well as former NCCA Chairman Jaime Laya and Ms. Erlinda Panlilio.

Tag: Workshops

February 19, 2007

12 Fellows for the 46th UP National Writers Workshop named

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing has selected the 12 fellows for the 46th UP National Writers Workshop to be held at the AIM Lodge, Camp John Hay, in Baguio City on March 25 to April 1, 2007.

The fellows are: Katrina P. Tuvera and Daryll Jane Delgado (fiction in English); Conchitina Cruz and Mark Anthony Cayanan (poetry in English); Lawrence Ypil, Sandra Nicole Roldan, and Adam David (creative nonfiction in English); Eugene Evasco and Eros Atalia (fiction in Filipino); Jerry Gracio and Edgar Samar (poetry in Filipino); and Jose Dennis Teodosio (drama in Filipino).

Like last year’s successful revitalized workshop, the fellows for this year are advanced writers with previous workshop experience, publications and degrees in literature. Not only will the fellows have to face the rigor of their works being discussed but will, themselves, make a presentation about their poetics.

The teaching panel for this year’s workshop will include UP ICW Director Vim Nadera, Dr. J. Neil Garcia (this year’s Workshop Director), University Professor Emeritus Gémino H. Abad, National Artist and Prof. Emeritus Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist and Dean Virgilio S. Almario, Dr. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Dr. Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr., Mr. Charlson L. Ong, Ms. Carla Pacis, Prof. Jun Cruz Reyes, Dr. Lilia Quindoza Santiago, former UP Mindanao Chancellor Ricardo M. de Ungria, Prof. Roland Tolentino, and Prof. Rene O. Villanueva.

The fellows are advised to call the UP ICW at 922-1830 or call/SMS Ms. Eva Garcia-Cadiz at 0927-924-5242 to confirm attendance and other related matters.

Tag: WORKSHOPS

February 19, 2007

Joey Reyes to hold scriptwriting workshop

Director/writer Jose Javier Reyes will launch the first two of a series of scriptwriting workshops in his newly formed media training center named Imagine Nation. This center is dedicated to the training of aspiring and professional writers and media practitioners in various fields of filmmaking and broadcasting.

For its initial course offerings, Imagine Nation will offer the following workshops:

1. Basic Television Writing: (12 Sessions = 10 lecture sessions + 2 viewing sessions )

An introduction to television writing inclusive of format development, gapping, structure formation and professional presentation.

2. Basic Film Writing: (12 sessions = 10 lecture sessions + 2 viewing sessions)

Introductory course in film writing including development of concept, presentation of story line, sequence treatment and rudiments of formal and professional screenwriting formats.

Both courses will be handled by Direk Joey Reyes.

Schedule of sessions will be determined on the general availability of selected participants. Workshops will be held from 7:00 - 9:00 PM on weekdays or 10:00AM - 12:00 PM on Saturdays at the Imagine Nation office at the JGS Building, 30 Scout Tuazon Street, Diliman Quezon City.

Interested participants must submit:

1. Biodata
2. 2 ID size photos
3. A sample of their creative writing not exceeding 2 pages in prose or script form.

Final list of accepted participants will be further screened through a personal interview with Direk Joey at an appointed time and date. Fee is P6,000.00 for the sessions. A maximum of 15 participants will be accepted per workshop module. For more details, please call 412.1469 between 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Look for Jeremy Santiago.

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February 12, 2007

14th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW)

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), the Mindanao Creative Writers Group, Inc., and the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Reseach and Extension (OVCRE) are accepting applications from writers to the 14th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 21-24, 2007 in Iligan City.

Panelists this year are Rosario Cruz Lucero, Erlinda Kintanar Alburo, Jaime An Lim, Leoncio P. Deriada, Merlie M. Alunan, German V. Gervacio, Steven Patrick C. Fernandez, Victor N. Sugbo and this year’s keynote speaker, the poet Rebecca Anonuevo, 3rd INWW Fellow (1996)

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 English or Filipino translations) along with the applicant’s bio data, two 2X2 photos and a certification that his/her work is original. For short stories or plays, please submit a hard copy and a CD with the manuscripts encoded in MS Word Unpublished works are preferred.

Writing fellows will be given free board and lodging and a travel allowance. Applications must be postmarked on or before March 30,2007. 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 14th 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.

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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.

Tag: WORKSHOPS

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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December 11, 2006

Irish Patatas Workshops

Fantasy Writing

January 30, 31 & February 1
Workshop Fee: P 3,000

Food Writing and Cooking Show Development

January 27 to February 10. Three Saturdays, 1-6 pm.
Workshop Fee: P 4,000

Melodrama and Korean Dramas

January 14, 21, & 28, Sundays, 2-9 pm
Workshop Fee: P 5,000

Mainstream Fiction Writing Workshop

January 14, 21, & 28, Sundays, 9am-2pm
Workshop Fee: P 4,000

For Registration & Inquiries Contact:

Email: artzy_chips@yahoo.ie
+639208793237

For more details click: http://the-chips1.tripod.com

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November 30, 2006

Be one of the 15 fellows of the Iyas Creative Writing Workshop

Date: April 23-28, 2007
Venue: Balay Kalinungan, University of St La Salle, Bacolod City

Applicants should submit original work: either 6 poems, 2 short stories, or 2 one-act play using a pseudonym, in five (5) computer-encoded hardcopies of entries, font size 12, bound or fastened, in separate folders with a diskette (MS Word). These are to be accompanied by a sealed size ten business envelope with the author's real name and pseudonym, a 2 x 2 ID photo, and short resume, which must be mailed on or before March 16, 2007.

Entries in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog or Filipino may be submitted. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language.

Submit to:

Dr. Gloria Fuentes
College of Arts and Sciences
University of St. La Salle
La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City

Grant will cover board and lodging and partial transportation subsidy.

Panelists: Dr. Cirilo Bautista, Dr. Marjorie Evasco, Dr. Elsie Coscolluela, Dr. Antonio Tan, Ms. Susan Lara, and Dr. Malou Jacob

Inquiries may be sent to glofuentes2003@yahoo.com and/or glofuentes2003@usls.edu

Sponsored by: USLS NSDC, DLSU BNSCWC and NCCA

Tag: workshops

November 30, 2006

Food writing and cooking show development workshop

Combine your culinary passion with your desire to write about good food.

A special program for chefs, cooks and food enthusiats & writers. Know the magic recipe for food writing and learn how a cooking show is develop. Find out about its sub-genres: educational/informative, celebrity-talk, kiddie and reality cooking show. Learn why cooking and
food are essential parts of Travel & Leisure and Home & Lifestyle shows.

COMING JANUARY 2007.

For registration and more information
Contact: 09208793237
E-mail: irish_patatas_entertainment@yahoo.com
Click: http://the-chips1.tripod.com

November 30, 2006

Writing for kids workshop

Whether you dream of becoming a children's author, or just a parent who wants to write for own kids, or a kid who has creative writing potential, this is the workshop to join.

Write short stories, rhymes, draw picture books, create short plays that impart good values, and share them with loved ones on the culminating "Activity Day."

Parent & child (6-11 yrs old): enrol at 1.5% workshop fee rate. Bond with your kids on joint and separate creative activities.

COMING FEBRUARY 2007.

For Inquiries and Registration
Contact: +6390-8793237
E-mail: artzy_chips@yahoo.ie
Click: http://the-chips1.tripod.com

November 20, 2006

Experimental manga workshops at the Cubao Expo

The Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Future Prospects Art Space and the Artists Den, presents “Experimental Manga at the Expo”, a series of manga drawing workshops at the Future Prospects Art Space, Marikina Shoe Expo, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City on November 18, 25, and December 2 & 9, 2006, January 13 and 20, 2007, from 2-5 pm.

Topics to be covered are: 1) Techniques in Expressing Emotions with Drawings by Elmer Damaso; 2) Women, Emotions and Drawing by Joanah Tinio; 3) Techniques in Exploring Emotions by Drawing by Melvin Calingo; 4) Exploring and Expressing the Darker Emotions by Marius Cornelius Funtilar; and 5) Alternative Media in Emotional Drawing by Nelz Yumul. Lyndon Gregorio, head of Artists’ Den, will give the workshop overview and an introduction to humorous drawing. The culminating activity will be an exhibition of the works by the participants on January 27, 2007 at the Future Prospects Art Space.

Workshops are free but participants are required to bring their own drawing materials (sketchpad/ paper, colored pens and pencils and, other coloring materials). Only fifteen slots are available per session, thus, interested workshop participants are encouraged to call and register their attendance on or before Friday, November 17. For inquiries and reservations, please call the Japan Foundation, Manila at tel. no. 811-6155 to 58 or log on to http://www.jfmo.org.ph/.

November 9, 2006

Call for Applications: 9th IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics

The 9th IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics of the International Film Festival Rotterdam offers up to six young (under 30 years), motivated and talented film critics from outside The Netherlands a chance to get acquainted with the festival and the cinema of the world.

The Trainee Project for Young Film Critics was created in 1998 motivated by the fact that young and upcoming film critics get less opportunity to explore this range of cinema and the festivals, like the International Film Festival Rotterdam, that presents it. The IFFR’s CineMart organizes a trainee project for young film producers (Rotterdam Lab) in close collaboration with its partner organizations.

What to expect:

IFFR 2007 press accreditation budget hotel accommodation from January 24 - February 3, 2007 (part of) travel costs according to country of origin. The IFFR wants its trainee film critics to really participate in the festival. Each trainee will take part in a programme of meetings and will be assigned a specific task ranging from attending the FIPRESCI Jury-meetings, covering a festival sidebar or contributing to the IFFR Daily Tiger. Each trainee will also be asked to report on their assignments and experiences in articles, interviews or essays on the IFFR website.

There will be time to explore all aspects of the festival - films, art exhibitions, panel discussions, Q&A sessions and debates.

In addition, the trainees should work on articles to be published in their home country. The trainees will form a team, supported by the IFFR Press Office and Daily Tiger Editorial Staff.

Criteria for application:

1. Age under 30 years
2. Fluent command of the English language (written and spoken)
3. Demonstrable experience in film criticism (printed media, radio/television, online)
4. Not yet established enough to profit from facilities as attending international festivals outside your country.
5. Have agreement(s) with printed and/or online media to publish a report or reports on the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007.

How to apply

Find all application requirements on the IFFR website.
Deadline for applications: Friday November 10, 2006.
Notification before Dec 8, 2006.

For further information, please contact:
IFFR Press Office
contact person Gert-Jan Bleeker
via phone +31 10 8909090 or
e-mail press@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

November 4, 2006

Writing workshops and classes all this month

Classes in colleges and universities might be on hold for sem break, but writing workshops and classes continue all this month.

Award-winning screenwriters Pete Lacaba and Doy Del Mundo, along with Fred Bailey will hold screenwriting master classes at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts as part of The 8th Annual Cinemanila Film Festival. For the budding screenwriters' Pete Lacaba will cover Basic Screenwriting on November 13 at 1 pm, while those who already know the basics but would still prefer to hone their skills can attend Doy Del Mundo's Advanced Screening Class. For the more adventurous and experienced, Mr. Bailey's lecture, which will focus on International Screenwriting Styles, scheduled for the 11th and 12th of November may just be what you're looking for. For more infromation on these classes, go to the Cinemanila website or join their mailing list.

Apart from the Cinemanila screenwriting master classes, Mendiola Underground is offering an Alternative Scriptwriting Workshop with a socio-political approach. The workshop, which is slated for next month will be held at the Marikina Shoe Expo, Araneta Center Complex, Cubao. Registration is ongoing through mendiola_underground@yahoo.com.

If screenwriting isn't your thing and you're more of a fictionist, Irish Patatas Entertainment will hold a Mainstream Fiction writing workshop fiction is your chosen medium. The 18 hour workshop, which is spread over three weekends promises to help you write your own brand of mainstream fiction, be it a young adult novel or your typical romance novel. Call or text for more details on this workshop +63920-8793237.

October 20, 2006

3rd Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop accepts entries

The Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST) in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the UP Tacloban VISWRITE and the City Government of Calbayog, through the Office of Hon. Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento is proud to present the 3rd Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop.

It will be on November 8-10, 2006 at the TTMIST-AVR, Calbayog City, Samar. Deadline for the submission of entries is on October 21, 2006. Entries must be addressed to the TTMIST SARS Office or at lamiraw@yahoo.com.

School publication writers and young local writers are its prospective clientele. This Samar-wide Workshop aims to revive the rich cultural heritage of the Waray people through the different literary genres. It also aims to promote more awareness and understanding of contemporary literature in Waray, Cebuano, Hinabaknon, and English.
The panelists and speakers of said workshop are: Prof. Merlie Alunan and Dr. Victor Sugbo from UP Tacloban; Dr. David Genotiva from EVSSU; Mr. Michael Obenieta, editor of Sun Star Cebu; Mr. Ernesto Lariosa, Cebuano writer; and Mr. Dante Rosales, writer and layout artist.

Submit your sample works now! Hurry! There are only 20 slots available for workshop fellows and ten slots for workshop auditors. For inquiries, call telephone number 209-3657 or email us at lamiraw@yahoo.com.

October 16, 2006

Literatour slated

After the successes of the revamped UP National Writers Workshop and the panitikan.com.ph, the UP Institute of Creative Writing has slated “Literatour: Pagtuturo ng Kontemporanyong Dula.” Set for 24 November 2006 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., it will be held at the Claro M. Recto Hall, Bulwagang Rizal, UP Diliman.

This groundbreaking seminar will equip literature teachers and drama enthusiasts with the necessary tools to teach drama to high school students. Literatour is in line with the UP ICW’s many projects that spread literature throughout the country.

The seminar will have National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera as keynote speaker. Drama veterans Rene O. Villanueva and Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio will deliver their lectures in the afternoon session. Excerpts from the plays of Villanueva and Bonifacio Ilagan will also be performed.

The launch of the Likhaan Book of Drama, co-edited by Villanueva and ICW director Vim Nadera, will be held right after the seminar.

The seminar fee of P1,000 already includes a reading kit, lunch and one copy of Likhaan Book of Drama. For more details and registration, please e-mail literatour.icw@gmail.com or call 922-1830. Look for Eva or Vic.

October 16, 2006

UST-CCWS to hold creative writing seminar-workshop

The University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Studies (UST-CCWS) is holding a seminar-workshop on creative writing for the faculty members of UST. Participating colleges are the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Education, Engineering, Commerce, College of Fine Arts & Design, Architecture and Pharmacy.

The two-day activity will be held from Oct. 19 to 20 at the workshop rooms of the UST-CCWS. The lecturers are UST-CCWS director Dr. Ophelia Dimalanta, senior associate Dr. Cirilo Bautista, and Michael Coroza.

The objective of the activity is not really to teach creative writing as a profession, considering that the participants belong to different disciplines and field of expertise, but simply to bring creative writing to their awareness as a possible tool and aid in their academic experience.

For information about UST-CCWS events, call Ana Nicolas at 405-1611 local 8281 or e-mail ccws@mnl.ust.edu.ph.

October 10, 2006

All-Waray Creative Writing Workshop at UP Tacloban College

In line with its preparation for its first centennial anniversary, the University of the Philippines has set out a series of activities to highlight various aspects of Filipino cultural traditions. In UP Tacloban College, one of these activities is an All-Waray Creative Writing Workshop, which is scheduled on November 17-19, 2006.

The purpose of this Workshop is primary to provide a venue for the discussion of written Waray Literature and to provide an opportunity for people writing in Waray today to meet and present their work to the public. Two practitioners of the Waray siday will be at the workshop, Dr. David Genotiva of Eastern Visayas University, and Dr. Victor N. Sugbo of UP Tacloban College, with Prof. Merlie M. Alunan, a well-known poet and advocate of Visayan writing.

To participate in the Workshop, writers must send in three of their best works, preferably typewritten or in hard copy and encoded in Times New Roman font 12 together with a letter signifying their intention and a one-page biodata which includes their email address, mailing address, telephone and/or mobile phone. The works should preferably be in Visayan (Waray or Cebuano).

Attendance is competitive. Those who will be selected will be granted fellowships which will cover meals and snacks and workshop fee from November 17-19, 2006. Auditors are welcome upon payment of a minimum fee to cover food. Deadline for submission of entries is October 30, 2006.

Call 325-8789 for your queries. Ask for Voltaire Oyzon.

September 21, 2006

LIKHAAN offers workshops, fellowships

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) now accepts application for the 46th UP National Writers Workshop to be held in Baguio City for one week the summer of 2007.

UP ICW director, Professor Vim Nadera, also announced that 12 fellowships for advanced writers are available. Qualifications are: must be writers in English or Filipino; must have attended at least one creative writing workshop (national/regional, including the UP National Writers Workshops), or earned a degree in Creative Writing/Malikhaing Pagsulat, or won at least one national/international literary award; must have published at least three poems or two short stories or two pieces of creative nonfiction (e.g., essays, memoirs, profiles) in reputable collections or anthologies, journals, magazines (including campus publications), or refereed Internet web magazines. Some of these qualifications may be waived in exceptionally meritorious cases, with the unanimous concurrence of the UP ICW Associates, Advisers and Resident Fellows. Writers who have been Fellows at any of the UP National Writers’ Workshops are eligible.

Applicants must submit the following: (1) one original, unpublished story, poem, or creative non-fiction in digital file plus four hard copies (12 points, double-spaced, 8.5" x 11"), not previously submitted to any other workshops; (2) a 2-paragraph description of a work-in-progress in any of the above genres, in English or Filipino (also 12 points, double-spaced, 8.5" x 11"); photocopies of the applicant’s published works, including publication details; and (4) application form available from the UP ICW office in UP Diliman.

During the UP workshop, the original manuscripts will be discussed. Additionally, fellows will be expected to make a presentation of a chapter or draft of the work-in-progress referred to above, discuss an aspect of their writing or of the genre in which they work in particular.

Deadline is December 15. For inquiries, call 9221830.

September 20, 2006

Author McLerrran Flies to the Philippines

American children’s book author Alice McLerran will hold a writing workshop in the country on November 11 at the Filipinas Heritage Library. The day-long event, hosted by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, (SCBWI) will cover everything from Ms. McLerran’s personal journey as an author, to the writing process, to critiquing and revising manuscripts.

The event will also see the launching of the special Philippine editions of Ms. McLerran’s The Mountain That Loved A Bird.

Registration fees vary. For more information please on the event please contact Beaulah Taguiwalo at beaulah.taguiwalo@yahoo.com or 0917-787-4956, or Dominique Garde Torres (Nikki) at nikkigarde@yahoo.com or 0917-667-1267.

September 19, 2006

The Akira's Nightmare Animation Scriptwriting Laboratory

The goal of this laboratory is to develop animators who can create their own materials. This workshop also seeks to develop animation "toon" writers/story editors (primetime or non primetime).

The Laboratory will start : Second Week of October

Fee : PhP 7,000.00 for 6 sessions
Schedule : 6 sessions ; 3hrs. per session
Saturdays and Sundays : 10am-1pm
(Katipunan Area, Quezon City, Philippines)

Basic Animation Writing

(Workshop Outline : 6 Sessions : 3hrs. per session)

I. Understanding the Animation Industry
II. Components: Animation Production
III. Types of Animation
IV. The Character Matrix
V. Building a Character
VI. Creating a Character
VIII. The Story Beats
IX. The Outline
X. The Script
XI. Components of the Script
XII. Writing In Terms of Types of Distribution
XIII. Concept, Presentation and Bible
XIV. Project Development
XV. How to Pitch
XVI. Steps in Promoting Your Product

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