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

For inquiries pls. email this address akiras_nightmare@yahoo.com
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Contact numbers
Landline: 6822404
Mobile: 09215081060

Look for Mhelchor. Registration ongoing.

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September 12, 2006

Adarna House and AILAP Award 9 Barlaya Fellowships

Adarna House and the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) of the Ateneo de Manila University have awarded nine (9) fellowships for the 5th Barlaya Writing for Children Workshop to be held at the AILAP Conference Room, Kagawaran ng Filipino, Horacio de la Costa Hall, ADMU on September 14 and 15, 2006.

The nine writing fellows are Joshene Bersales, Catherine Bucu, Frederic Declaro, Edilberto Epalan, Rhandee Garlitos, Wilgrace Maglalang, Alice Mallari, Ella Orbiana, and Jeanette Patindol.

Joshene Bersales is an AB Literature (English) 2005 graduate of ADMU, and Frederic Declaro is a 1993 graduate of the Ateneo Law School.

Some speakers and members of the panel are distinguished writers and experts from the Ateneo--Dr. Honey Carandang, Ramon Sunico, Christine Bellen, and Edgar Samar.

September 12, 2006

Workshop: Comedy Writing for TV

Comedy Writers' Television Workshop (CWTW)
(Level 1)

Coverage:

1 Comedy Writing: concept construction, development, and management (3 sessions)
2 Comedy Writing: script development and management (3 sessions)

Schedule:

Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 2-5 pm
Starts second week of October

Registration: on-going

For more info and registration scheds contact:

Mel Escarcha (09215081060/6822404) or Jhune Lauro Cainñaa (09208793237)

Workshop Fee: P 7,000
Early Registrants: P 6,000

Venue:

Future Prospects Gallery
62-63 Marikina Shoe Expo
Gen. Romulo Ave.
Cubao, QC

September 2, 2006

Sining Galing! At PETA

You can still be part of the very first non-summer theater and arts classes to be held at the PETA Theater Center open to Filipino participants!

Sessions will begin this September and will end with performance showcases in November. Enrollment is still going on for the following courses.

For Inquiries, please contact the secretariat at 7256244, 7226911, 4100822, 09175609917 and look for Ian Segarra.

You may also visit us at the PETA THEATER CENTER, No. 5 Sunnyside Drive, Bgy. Kristong Hari, Quezon City or email us at: peta_theaterschool@ yahoo.com. ph. Or go to our website: www.petatheater. com

August 16, 2006

4th Annual Manila Comics Creation Seminar

Learn various advanced techniques and practical details for a profitable career in comic book and newspaper strip creation from comic book professional writer/agent David Campiti; artists lecturing at the Seminar will include Rainier Beredo, Jinky Coronado, Tina Francisco, Jeffrey Huet, Jonathan Lau, Carlo Pagulayan, Wilson Tortosa, and others, including some special guests.

October 14-15, 2006
10:00am-7:30pm
SM Megamall, Megatradehall, Conference Hall
Function B

Limited Capacity Only!

So hurry up and sign up now! P1000 per ticket. Good for 2 days with free meal and drinks, free drawing supplies, limited ashcan memorabilia and lots of giveaways. Personal one-on-one portfolio review by the professionals.

For more details: Pls. call our office (02) 365-2974
or mobile number, 09198436312 and look for Michelle Calanog

Send us email of your inquiries and ticket reservation
at azrael@gmail.com or Michelle@glasshousegraphics.com

Official Website Visit www.glasshousegraphics.com

August 10, 2006

Cinema Laboratory Registration Ongoing

3rd SINELAB WORKSHOP SERIES
3-6 pm Saturday (whole month of August)

No age or academic requirements and open to all individuals who are interested as long as you are willing to go through the workshop with an open and experimental mind. The workshop will begin September. The workshop fee is for the lectures only. Students are required to finish their short films before graduation. Limited slots available; only committed students will be accepted.

Coverage of the Workshop:

6 sessions : basic screenwriting (experimental application)
6 sessions : alternative production (producer's course)
Schedule: Saturdays 3pm to 6pm

Venue:

PABLO
Space 7, Marikina Shoe Expo, Araneta Center
Cubao, Quezon City

Fee:

PhP5,000 / 12 Sessions

E-mail Address For Registration/Inquiries:

sinelab_workshop@yahoo.com
Contact number : 09202573776

August 3, 2006

PETA Theater Courses

As PETA celebrates year one in its new home, the PETA THEATER CENTER, the desire to make this a center for theater education escalates, prompting us to start offering regular courses. We hope to make this center a vibrant venue for theater and education. The 39 years of providing training in theater have given us time to hone and practice our pedagogical and aesthetic capabilities. The last five years have seen us doing curriculum discussion and conferences, trying them out in our outreach and partnership programs and during regular summer workshops. Thus the PETA curriculum have been tested, PETA wishes to offer these courses this last quarter of 2006 as the beginning of another decade in its creative life.

We invite you and other theater enthusiasts to experience the PETA pedagogy at The PETA Theater Center at #5 Sunny Side Drive, Brgy. Kristong Hari, Quezon City.

Courses:

Children’s Theater Production Class

Saturday and Sunday
(September 30, October 7,8,14-15,21-22,28-29,30-31, and November 4-5)
9:00 am – 12:00 nn

A twelve-session class (8:00 am –12:00 nn) open to all children, ages 8-13, with background experience in theater workshops or productions in schools or communities. The class can accommodate 12-15 participants. There will be sessions on acting, singing and dancing for children. The artistic products will be based on themes relevant to the perspective of the children participants. The course will culminate with a full production to be premiered at the PETA-Phinma Theater.

Community Theater Workshop

Oct. 25- Nov. 4
1:00-5:00 pm

Nine sessions will be open to adults from the communities. Members of community theaters a re most welcome. The class can accommodate 14-24 participants. There will be sessions on various theater disciplines (movement, drama, writing, visual arts, music and sound) which will be done through creative group processes. The activities will focus on different theater forms coupled with the necessary production processes, culminating with a full production to be premiered at the PETA-Phinma Theater.

Creative Pedagogy for NGO Trainers

October 9-13
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Five (5) sessions (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) will be open to NGO trainers which will focus on the integrated theater arts approach for advocacy training of various NGOs. Philosophy of
Education, Principles of Teaching, Filipino Psychology, Syllabus Making,
Issue Advocacy through theater and actual production and a teaching practicum will be the highlights of the training. Participatory processes through improvisational theater will serve as a creative challenge to NGO trainers. There will be a follow-up communication to the graduates of this course for further honing of the trainers’ craft.

Basic Acting for Theater

Mondays and Wednesday (September 27)

Theater-in-Education (TIE) - This program is aimed at encouraging teachers of all subjects to use creative drama in the service of education. The integrated arts approach has always been part of the PETA pedagogy. The TIE modules prepared for teachers use this creative pedagogy and this, in turn, may be used in the teaching of all subjects.

Module One

Saturday (October 7,14,21,28)
1:00 – 5:00 pm

The first module focuses on the integrated arts approach preparing teachers for a Creative Pedagogy that may be used in their teaching. Each session is designed to show how art disciplines may flow from one to another in order to come out with holistic learning.
In this module, the session is designed to focus on one discipline and move on to a final exercise in Creative Drama.
Ideally, the session includes as many art disciplines as possible so students may learn in whole rather than in parts.

Module Two

Saturday (November 11,18 and 25, and December 2)
1:00 – 5:00pm

A module that will focus on Asian Theater: Japanese Theater Traditions, Mask and Movement, Creative Pedagogy and Asian Theater. This focus was planned to coincide with the Asian theme of the MAKABAYAN curriculum of the Department of Education, Secondary School Curriculum.

Gender Sensitivity Through Theater

This five-day workshop makes use of creative arts to sensitize and enhance capacities of women (or participants) in understanding gender-related issues. The workshop provides for a dynamic space for participants to sharpen their analysis of these issues and share experiences in creative ways. Topics include gender and sex, women’s oppression, institutions promoting gender bias, women’s empowerment. Creative outputs can be utilized in promoting gender empowerments and development.

Women’s Theater for Advocacy

A twelve-day course that aims to equip women in organizations and theater groups with women’s agenda the capacities in utilizing theater for advocacy performances. Through the Integrated Arts Approach, participants are provided with the venue to develop their capacities in music, dance, writing, drama and visual arts. The use of the creative process will allow the women to relate their own stories and experiences, while deepening their understanding and analysis of women’s issues. The workshop will culminate with the development of an advocacy performance that promote gender empowerment, which the organization can utilize in their advocacy work.

July 17, 2006

Fundamental Comic Book Scriptwriting Workshop

A good comic book always has a good story and a set of interesting characters. If you want to learn how to construct comic book stories and characters, then join the first ever Cadaver Lover Fundamental Comic Book Scriptwriting Workshop.

If you are interested, send e-mail to this address (cadaver_lover@yahoo.com.ph). Details of the Workshop will be forwarded to you through e-mail.

June 22, 2006

5th Barlaya Writing for Children's Workshop

Adarna House, the country's leading children's book publisher, is mounting the 5th Barlaya Writing for Children Workshop. Barlaya is designed to help aspiring writers for children enhance their craft.

Ten writing fellows will be chosen based on the merit of their submitted stories. Interested parties should submit three copies of one (1) original, unpublished story to Adarna House at Room 102 JGS building, 30 Scout Tuazon St., Quezon City.

Entries should be typewritten, double-spaced, and should not exceed five pages. All entries should be accompanied by a one-page backgrounder on the writer.

The deadline of submission is 5:00 PM, Friday, August 11, 2006.

June 13, 2006

Ateneo National Writers Workshop now accepting submissions

The Ateneo Institute for Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is now accepting applications to the sixth Ateneo National Writer's Workshop to be held on October 23-28.

Applicants must submit a portfolio of any one of the following in Filipino or in English: five poems, three short stories, or two one-act plays, together with a title page indicating the author's pseudonym and a table of contents. The portfolio must be accompanied by a file of the document(s) saved in a diskette in rich text format (.rtf).

All submissions must also include a sealed envelope containing the author's name, address, contact numbers, and a one-page biodata with a 1x1 ID picture.

Address all entries to Dr. Benilda Santos, Director, Ateneo National Writer's Workshop, c/o Filipino Department, Horacio de la Costa Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Deadline of submissions is August 4.

For inquiries, please call workshop coordinators Mr. Jelson Capilos and Mr. Yol Jamendang at 426-6001 local 5320-5322.

May 17, 2006

UNESCO ITI World Congress in RP for first time

The UNESCO International Theatre Institute World Congress, a major cultural event gathering theater directors, writers, playwrights and actors from all over the world, simultaneous with the with the World Festival of Drama Schools, will be held in the Philippines for the first time this summer.

ITI World Congress will be held in Manila from May 16 to May 30, 2006.

Festival Director Nick Lizaso of the World Festival of Drama School also announced that a workshop component, to be participated in by foreign theater professionals, will also take place simultaneously.

The workshop will be open to Filipino theater practitioners.

Professor Andrey Andreyev, of the theater Academy of St. Petersburg in Russia will handle a workshop on Russian dramatist Anton P. Chekhov that will include the production of his play The Wedding Proposal , as a workshop showcase. The workshop will be open to local playwrights, actors and directors.

Japanese stage actress and directress Sayoko Shirotani will handle a demonstration workshop on Japanese Traditional Culture to be capped by a final demonstration at the end of the workshop. Local dancers, actors and directors are invited to participate in this dance/movement workshop.

Professor Maria Horne from Buffalo University of New York will also conduct a five-day workshop that will be of particular interest to film actors and directors, as the workshop will focus on American Method Acting.

The 30-hour workshops will be held from May 17 to 21 at the St. Paul University in Quezon City with a minimum number of 25 participants per workshop.

Another workshop will have US-based international Filipino director and Onassis award-winning playwright, Dr. Anton Juan, focusing on Creative Theater which will discuss the creative techniques to achieve through theater the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals.

The development goals are envisioned to eradicate poverty and hunger by eliminating corruption; provide education for all; effect environmental sustainability; empower women; ensure material care; enable reproduction of child morality; enforce health requirements; and encourage partnership from development through debt relief to protect cultural diversity.

This 30-hour workshop will be held from May 17 to 21 at the Lyceum of the Philippines and will accommodate 25 participants, made up of actors, directors and writers.

A minimal workshop fee of P3,000 will be charged all participants to cover meals, snacks and materials. Interested participants are requested to submit their resumes on or before May 9, 2006 at the World Festival of Drama Schools Secretariat, St. Paul University, Quezon City. Inquiries can be made at 726-7986 to 88, local 144.

May 3, 2006

15 Fellows to 13th Iligan National Writers Workshop Named

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), Mindanao Creative Writers Group, Inc., and MSU-IIT Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension (OVCRE) announce the 15 writing fellows to the 13th Iligan National Writers Workshop on May 22-25 to be held at the Elena Tower Inn, Iligan City.

Fiction in English: Anna Felicia C. Sanchez, Marikina City (UP Diliman); Catherine C. Bucu, Caloocan City (UP Diliman); Monica S. Macansantos, Baguio City (UP Diliman); Erwin A. Martinez, Caloocan City (UP Diliman); and Romel Tomaring Villaflor, Cotabato City (UP Mindanao).

Other fellows in fiction: (Filipino) Piya Cruz Constantino, (UP Diliman); (Cebuano) Josua S. Cabrera, Cebu City (University of Cebu); (Waray) Hermenigildo A. Sanchez, Catbalogan, Samar; (Chabacano) Linda Cababa Espinosa, Zamboanga City (Western Mindanao State University).

Poetry in Filipino: Mark Anthony Angeles, Manila (PUP); Carlos M. Piocos III, Quezon City (UP Diliman); Reggy C. Figer, Tacloban City (UP Diliman); and Hilda Rosca Nartea, Quezon City (UP Diliman);

Poetry in Cebuano: Greg Fernandez, Cebu City (University of Cebu); (Hiligaynon): Lester Mark P. Carnaje, Iloilo City (West Visayas State University).

Panelists this year are: Ma. Rosario Cruz Lucero (UP Diliman), Erlinda Kintanar Alburo (University of San Carlos), Merlie M. Alunan (UP College of Tacloban), Jaime An Lim (FEU), Steven Patrick C. Fernandez (MSU-IIT), Leoncio P. Deriada (UP in the Visayas) and Michael U. Obenieta, 1996 writing fellow of the 3rd INWW and keynote speaker this year. Workshop director is Christine Godinez Ortega.

The 12th INWW proceedings titled "The State of Constant Beginnings" edited by Godinez Ortega and published by the MSU-IIT OVCRE will be launched during the last day of the workshop.

May 2, 2006

Dumaguete National Writers Workshop fellows announced

National Artist for Literature Edtih L.Tiempo, co-founder of the National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, has announced the list of Writing Fellows for the 45th edition of the longest-running writing workshop in the country.

For Poetry, the fellows are Darwin Chiong and Michellan Christine Sarile of De La Salle University, Andrea Teran of Ateneo de Manila University, and Ana Escalante Neri of UP Manila.

For Creative Nonfiction, they are Patricia Evangelista of UP Diliman and Noel Pingoy of Davao Medical Center.

For Short Fiction, the fellows are Douglas James Candano and Antonio Adrian Habana of Atebeo de Manila University, Erika Jean Cabanawan of UP Los Baños, Larissa Mae Suarez of Philippine National High School for the Arts, and Dominique Cimafranca of University of San Carlos.

Sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and coordinated by the Dumaguete Literary Arts Services Group or DULA Inc. headed by Atty. Ernesto Superal Yee, the workshop will be held at the CAP Building in Dumaguete City from May 8 to 26.

Among the panelists expected to assist Dr, Tiempo are Dumaguete-based writers Yee, Bobby VIllasis and Cesar Ruiz Aquino, as well as guest panelists Dr. Rowena Torrevillas from the University of Iowa, R. Zamora Linmark from Honolulu and San Francisco, NCCA Literature Arts committee chair Lito Zulueta, Dr. Gémino H. Abad, Dr. Marjorie Evasco, Susan Lara, DM Reyes, Dr. Anthony Tan and Krip Yuson.

May 2, 2006

The 5th Tagaytay Film, Broadcast and Creative Workshop

The Creative Media Professionals Guild of Asia and the Pacific (CMPGAP), a non-stock, non-profit organization composed of active media professionals, would like to invite you to join the fifth summer edition of The Tagaytay Film, Broadcast and Creative Workshop on May 8-12 and May 22-26, 2006 at the Development Academy of the Philippines Conference Center in Tagaytay City.

The Workshops is dedicated to the honing of capabilities of serious students career people in the fields of cinema, television, radio and print media. The courses are separate one-week intensive, experiential workshops conducted by renowned, multi-awarded and respected practitioners in their respective fields who generously shares their know-how to guide the participants expand their vision, sharpen their skills and reveal their potentials. In addition, the weeklong live-in set up of the workshops provides myriad of interaction with other groups.

Course fee of Php 15,000++ covers the cost of course instruction, food and shared lodging, learning materials, shuttle service within Tagaytay, technical facilities (when applicable) and workshop kits. Check payments addressed to the Guild will also be accepted as long as they are paid one week before the course schedule. Enclosed is our brochure for your reference.

We are confident that you as enthusiast in film and media would continue to find this offer a rare opportunity to be exposed to the most respected names in media practice and at the same time have a first hand experience with the technology and equipment that they will be working with in the communication industry.

For further questions about The Workshops, please call 892-9421 or 0915-9471308. You can also visit our website at www.tagaytayworkshops.com.ph or email us at tagaytayworkshops@inbox.com

April 28, 2006

The 1st Akira's Nightmare Basic Animation Scriptwriting Laboratory

NARRATIVE SHORT & FEATURE FILM APPLICATION  LECTURE SERIES
  
Calling all professional, amateur and student animators! Do you want to create your own material for a narrative short or feature animated film? Then join the 1st Akira's Nightmare Basic Animation Scriptwriting Laboratory (Narrative Short and Feature Film Application).
  
The laboratory is slated for June 2006. The venue will be announced after the organizer is able to achieve a viable number of participants. Register in the e-mail address below and join our e-group.
  
  Schedule & Tuition Fee
  Saturdays & Sundays
  8 sessions: 2 hrs per session
  20-30 slots are available
  P6,000 pesos
  
  E-mail Address: akiras_nightmare@yahoo.com
  
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April 19, 2006

Alitaptap Storytellers Philippines Summer Workshops

Alitaptap Storytellers Philippines will hold a series of workshops designed for children's storybook writing:

May 6-7  Writing Stories for Children
Facilitator: Christine Bellen

May 13-14  Illustrating Storybooks for Children
Facilitator: Panch Alcaraz

May 20-21  The Acting and Reading Technique of Storytelling
Facilitator: Manolo SIlayan

The whole course (Writing, Illustrating and Telling) costs only 2,000.00. Or you may just choose which one you want to take. Venue will be at the Executive Lounge of The National Library of the Philippines. All from 9am-5pm.

For inquiries and reservations, please contact Ayo Noval at 5354689 or 0917539230. Limited slots only.

The 1st ROUND EYEGLASS KAPE
Malate Workshop Series

Calling All Professional, Amateur and Student Filmmakers...

No age or academic requirements and open to all individuals who are interested as long as you are willing to go through the workshop with an open and experimental mind. The workshop will begin first week of May.

Coverage of the Workshop

6 sessions : basic scriptwriting experimental application (basic scriptwriting version x)
6 sessions : alternative production (short producer's course)

Schedule & Fee

Venue : THE ROUND EYEGLASS KAPE 1774 M. Adriatco St., Malate, Manila (in front of Starbucks)

Months : May-June Sessions : 12 sessions (Saturdays and Sundays : 2-5 pm) (3 hrs per session)

Tuition Fee :5,000 pesos 20-30 /participants

Email us at larrys_army@yahoo.com to register. Please pass the word to your friends who might be interested.

Organizers : THE ROUND EYEGLASS KAPE The Malate Workshop Series

April 12, 2006

UST Announces successful applicants for 7th writers workshop

The UST Center for Creative Writing and Studies announces the names of the successful applicants to its 7 th National Writers Workshop.

The successful applicants for English poetry are Alexie Renz M. Cruz (UST), Ainnie Frances de la Cruz (UP), Jennifer U. Macapagal (UP Manila), Margaux Dominique R. Dimanlig (UST), and Tim Nubla (UST). The successful applicants for English fiction are Heizel L. Mainar (DLSU), Jonathan Siason (DLSU), and Chuck D. Smith (UST). The successful applicants for Filipino are Roxanne Herce Belan (UPLB), Hazel E. Caasi (Ateneo), Nia Catherine P. Calleja (UPLB), and Sarah Jane B. Grutas (UP).

The 7 th National Writers Workshop will be held from May 2 to 6 at the UST Creative Writing Center. It will focus on poetry, fiction, one-act play, and creative non-fiction in English and Filipino. To conduct the workshop are Ophelia O. Dimalanta, Cirilo F. Bautista, Michael M. Coroza, Lourd de Veyra, Jose Victor Torres, Nerisa del Carmen Guevara, Eros Atalia, and Carlos Luz.

April 12, 2006

Summer Workshops at the ORTIGAS FOUNDATION LIBRARY

WRITING

Introduksyon sa Pagsulat ng Tula

Facilitator: Beverly Siy (TEXT ME FOR DISCOUNT 0919-3175708)

Tatalakayin ang depinisyon ng tula, katangian, tradisyon sa panulaang Tagalog, mga halimbawa ng katutubo at kolonisadong anyo ng tula; paraan, antas, at uri ng tugma, sukat, tinig at himig, at iba pa.

. 18 years old and above
. 3 sessions, 4 hours per session
. Saturdays, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
. April 22, 29, May 6
. No. of students: 15 min, 30 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P2,500.00
. Contact Beverly Siy: 09193175708

Introduksyon sa Pagsulat ng Sanaysay

Facilitator: Ferdinand Jarin

Tatalakayin ang depinisyon ng sanaysay, ang mga katangian nito, ang pagsulat ng pormal o impersonal na sanaysay at ng impormal o personal na sanaysay, at mga gabay sa pagsulat ng epektibong sanaysay.

. 16 years old and above
. 4 sessions, 3 hours per session
. Saturdays, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
. May 6, 13, 20, 27
. No. of students: 10 min, 15 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P3,000.00
. Contact Ferdie Jarin: 09062531228

Scriptwriting for Film

Facilitator: Libay Linsangan Cantor

The workshop will tackle the basic-basics of writing for film. This is a scriptwriting workshop for absolute beginners. Focus is on the Classical Hollywood Narrative Cinema style of scriptwriting. Topics to be discussed are story/plot structure, anatomy of the screenplay, etc.

. 16 years old and above
. 5 sessions
. M, T, W, Th, 6-8 pm; Sat, 9am to 4pm
. May 22, 23, 24, 25, 27
. No. of students: 6 min, 10 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P3,750.00
. Contact Libay Cantor: 09192224259

Introduction to Poetry

Facilitator: Aldus Santos

This course should enable the student to read poetry critically, detect poetic devices in varying genres of poetry, and, finally, write his own poems with a heightened sensitivity for the language of modern verse. A quick survey of popular poetic forms from the later half of the century-from the confessional poems of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, to the beat poems of Allen Ginsberg, to the more contemporary prose poems of Aaron Shurin and Anne Carson, among others-will also be included.

. 16 years old and above
. 7 sessions, 3 hours per session
. Saturdays, 9:30am - 12:30pm
. April 22, 29 May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3
. No. of students: 10 min, 20 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P3,500.00
. Contact Aldus Santos: 09193984469

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Arts and Crafts Workshop for Superhero Kids

Facilitator: Art Adventures

This workshop covers a wide variety of mixed media art and emphasizes on creativity and techniques. Big kids will develop a meaningful connection with art and the ability to create 'out of the box'. Through this 10-session workshop, children learn cooperation, decision-making and socialization in a relaxed atmosphere. Projects include acrylic painting, t-shirt designing, tie-dyeing, stamping, perfume and lip balm making, jewelry making, and lots of cool creativity exercises.

. 7-12 years old
. 10 sessions, 2 hours per session
. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am to 12:00nn
. April 18, 20, 25, 27, May 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18
. No. of students: 10 min, 20 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P4,250.00
. Contact Alessa Libongco: 0917-7371376

Art Exploration and Creativity for Teens

Facilitator: Art Adventures

Art Adventures offers this 8-session program designed for teens who want to take a dip into a different kind of art each week. This workshop covers a wide variety of mixed media art and emphasizes creativity, skill, and techniques. With more advanced projects like silk-screening, photography, comic illustration, graphic design, jewelry making, and songwriting, teens will be challenged to create art that is both enjoyable and functional.

. 13-18 years old
. 8 sessions, 3 hours per session
. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
. April 25, 27, May 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18
. No. of students: 10 min, 20 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P4,500.00
. Contact Alessa Libongco: 0917-7371376

Basic Jewelry Making Workshop

Facilitator: Art Adventures

Try your hand at beginner jewelry. Learn jewelry making techniques and create fashion accessories using many different metal and non-metal materials. Students will learn wire crocheting, beading, making beads and pendants with polymer clay, and creating jewelry from recycled and found materials. You imagination and creativity will be tested, as you will be tasked to create your own jewelry collection!

. 13 years old and above
. 5 sessions, 3 hours per session
. Saturdays, 9:30am to 12:30pm
. April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20
. No. of students: 8 min, 15 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P3,750.00
. Contact Alessa Libongco: 0917-7371376

Free Art Day (for Ortigas Foundation, Inc. beneficiaries)

Facilitator: Art Adventures

. 3-6 years old (20 max) or 7-12 years old (20 max)
. 1 session, 3 hours . Sunday, April 30, 1:30 - 4:30pm

Write and Illustrate your own storybook

Facilitator: Munting Daliri

Write and illustrate with the masters of Book Illustration from UP Illustrador ng Kabataan. Learn new ways to make your own book and fill them with fantastic illustration. We'll make images with paint, oil pastels, collage, printmaking and more.

. 8 years old and above
. 12 sessions, 2 hours per session
. Mondays to Fridays, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
. May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23
. No. of students: 8 min, 15 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P5,000.00
. Contact Mary Ann Uy: 09283744324

Free Hand Illustration and Digital Art Animation

Facilitator: Munting Daliri

Cartoons are among the most popular visual art forms of our time. Explore the origins of the moving picture beginning with how to draw a character to making an animation cell using simple mechanical means. Students are encouraged to invent their own characters.

Module 1: Basic foundation for illustration, free hand drawing and preparation for building of your very own character (6 sessions, to be held in Ortigas Foundation)

Module 2: Introduction to digital art. Basic free hand and 2d lecture, story boarding and storyline. (3 sessions, to be held in Academy of First Future Arts in Makati) . 8 years old and above

. Module 1: 6 sessions, 2 hours each; Module 2: 3 sessions, 4 hours each
. Module 1: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am - 12nn; Module 2: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, time to be announced
. May 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24
. No. of students: 8 min, 15 max
. P5,000.00
. Contact Mary Ann Uy: 09283744324

THEATER ARTS

Children's Theater 1

Facilitator: KC Camposuelo from Care and Counsel Wholeness Center

Introduction to acting and theater for toddlers with a play production at the end of the workshop. This workshop aims to instill and develop discipline, confidence and creativity among very young children through theatre and body movements. A bit of psycho-emotional processing will also be part of the program so that these children will learn how to handle their emotions properly and channel their expressions and energy towards positive outputs such as the arts.

. 4 to 6 years old
. 8 sessions, 2 hours per session
. Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00am - 11:00am
. April 17, 19, 24, 26, May 3, 5 (Fri), 8, 10
. No. of students: 10 min, 15 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P5,500.00
. Contact KC Camposuelo: 09198286184

Children's Theater 2

Facilitator: KC Camposuelo from Care and Counsel Wholeness Center

Introduction to acting and theater for children with a play production at the end of the workshop. This workshop aims to instill and develop discipline, confidence and creativity among children through theatre and body movements. A bit of psycho-emotional processing will also be part of the program so that these children will learn how to handle their emotions properly and channel their expressions and energy towards positive outputs such as the arts.

. 7 to 12 years old
. 8 sessions, 2 hours per session
. Mon and Wed, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
. April 17, 19, 24, 26, May 3, 5 (Fri), 8, 10
. No. of students: 10 min, 15 max (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P5,500.00
. Contact KC Camposuelo: 09198286184

Teen Theater (Summer Drama Workshop on Filipino Values)

Facilitator: Everyman Presents

The workshop aims to develop in its participants an increased awareness and understanding of traditional Philippine values, using the medium of drama and theater. There will be a culminating performance at the end of the workshop series.

. 13 to 19 years old
. 14 sessions, 3 hours per session
. Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:00am - 12:00nn
. April 18, 21, 25, 28 May 2, 6 (Saturday), 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 June 2
. No. of students: 12 min, max 20 (+ 5 free slots for OFI beneficiaries)
. P4,500.00
. Contact Monica Llamas: monicallamas@axti.com

For inquiries and enrolment concerns, kindly contact the FACILITATORS or the ORTIGAS FOUNDATION LIBRARY (look for KIEL), 631-1231 local 228.

Come to the Cast/LUK4 Powerbooks Summer Workshops!

This summer, Nautilus Comics and Directories Philippines Corporation present the Cast/LUK4 Powerbooks Workshop series!  If you're an aspiring writer and/or artist, or maybe you're just curious about the process of creating comic books, then drop by during our summer workshops and get some tips from the professional comic creators of Nautilus Comics.  And that's not all! Since this is our third year doing these workshops, we've decided to add some special activities this year. And all of these activities are absolutely FREE!

COMIC ART WORKSHOPS AND TALENT SEARCH

This April, learn the basics of comic illustration and some professional techniques from experienced comic artists.  Afterwards, you can enter the Cast/LUK4 Talent Search! We're looking for two artists to pencil two 2-page Cast comics that will promote the LUK4 cellphone directory service.  These two artists will be paid P3000 each for their work and have their comics published in Cast and distributed in free mini-comics by DPC Yellow Pages. If you want to join the search, bring your portfolio and samples (both pin-up art and sequential/comic) that can be submitted to Nautilus Comics.  You must be at least 18-years-old to join the talent search (but everyone can join the workshop and have their works reviewed by our artists).  
Application forms will be available during the workshop.  Even if we don't select you to work on the comic, if we like your work we will keep you on the Nautilus Comics roster for possible future projects.  
So gather up your samples and bring them to the following venues:

Powerbooks Greenbelt: 4-7 pm April 20 Thursday
Powerbooks Megamall: 4-7 pm April 29 Saturday

COMIC WRITING WORKSHOPS AND LIVE COMIC READING

For May, learn the secrets of the writers of Cast and other Nautilus Comics books.  Discover the techniques of plot development, characterization, dialogue writing and other literary skills.  
Afterwards, experience a comic book story come to life as we present live comic readings of Cast issues 7 and 8!  Cast creator Jamie Bautista, along with professional voice talents will do a live reading of Cast as the comic panels are projected on a screen. See what happens when the comic about acting is actually acted out!  This is a rare comic event you don't want to miss!  Be sure to drop by on these dates:

Workshop and Cast issue 07 performance: Powerbooks Greenbelt, 4-7 pm  
May 11, Thursday
Workshop and Cast issue 08 performance: Powerbooks Megamall, 4-7 pm  
May 19, Friday

April 3, 2006

Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop Rescheduled

The schedule of the UP Film Institute's Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop was moved on April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2006 (Sundays, 1 to 6 pm).

Targeting professional screenwriters or teleplay writers, the workshop challenges participants to construct culturally meaningful subjects for their scripts. It has been designed for experienced witers to cover the advanced topics: the grammar of the film narrative, time modes in rendering the narrative subject, blocking designs to structure the plot, rhetorical devices to articulate narrative arguements and various mechanisms to heighten dramatic scenes.

The workshop will be conducted by multi-awarded screenwriter Armando "Bing" Lao, one of the juror for this year's Cinemalaya scriptwriting contest.

Interested applicants may call 9263640 or 9262722 or email bjorki71@yahoo.com for registration.

March 15, 2006

Seminar-Workshops on Teaching Creative Writing in Filipino and English

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing and the UP Baguio College of Arts & Communications will hold a three-day seminar-workshops for college and high-school teachers who teach Creative Writing or use literary works in teaching their subjects. The seminar-workshop will be held at the UP Baguio Multipurpose Hall, 4 - 6 April 2006.

The seminar-workshop will be conducted by the Associates of LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing who are also part of the Teaching Staff of the 45 th UP National Writers Workshop at Pines View Hotel, Baguio City, 1-8 April 2006. University Professor Emeritus Gémino H. Abad will deliver a paper on the teaching of Creative Writing and its importance in the development of Philippine literature. A panel of writers and teachers from Baguio City, to be led by poet Francis Macansantos, will discuss writing literature from the Cordilleras. The Associates of the Institute will facilitate workshops on the short story, poetry and creative nonfiction in both English and Filipino. A public forum on the creativity of the Filipino writer will feature National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and UP Mindanao Chancellor Ricardo de Ungria.

The seminar-workshops are duly accredited by the Commission on Higher Education and delegates will be awarded certificates of participation and attendance.

For more information, please call or fax 922-1830.

March 14, 2006

Dumaguete Workshop now accepting applications

Applications for fellowship to the 45 th edition of the national Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City are being accepted until March 31.

National artist for Literature Edith L. Tiempo, workshop director, announced that the summer sessions are to be held from May 8 to 27.

Application letters should be addressed to Dr. Tiempo, second floor, CAP Bldg., Rizal Blvd., Dumaguete City together with a resume, two 1x2 photos of the applicant, and manuscripts in English in any of the following genres, with respective quantity: three to five short stories, seven to ten poems, three to five creative non-fiction essays or two one-act plays.

The manuscripts can be sent as hard copy but should also be accompanied by a disk copy, preferable in MA Word, plus a certification that the works are original, and a recommendation letter from a professor of literature or creative writing or a writer of distinction.

Fellowships cover board and lodging and a modest stipend for the duration of the workshop, as well as partial reimbursement of travel fare.

Writers who have already received fellowships in other national workshops for this year are enjoined to apply at another time.

March 13, 2006  

Ateneo Writers Workshop now accepting submissions

The Ateneo Institute for Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is now accepting applications to the sixth Ateneo National Writers Workshop to be held in October 23-28.

Applicants must submit a portfolio of any one of the following in Filipino or in English: five poems, three short stories, or two one-act plays, together with a title page indicating the author's pseudonym and a table of contents. The portfolio must be accompanied by a file of the document(s) saved in a diskette in rich text format (RTF).

All submissions must also include a sealed envelope containing the author's name, address, contact numbers, and a one-page bio data with 1x1 ID picture.

Address all entries to Dr. Benilda Santos, director, Ateneo National Writers Workshop c/o Filipino Department, Horacio de la Costa Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Deadline of submissions is August 4.

March 6, 2006

3rd Juliana Arejola-Fajardo Workshop for Bikol Writing Now Open

Manuscripts are now welcome for the only regional creative writing workshop in the Bicol region. To be held in St. Louis de Marillac School of Pili on May 18-20, 2006, the workshop has the theme: "An Parasurat sa Nagbabagong Panahon: Nagpupublikar, Nadadalan, Nadadangog, Yaon sa Tahaw kan Kasiributan (The writer in the changing times: Published, Seen, Heard and in the Middle of Various Preoccupations)."

Bicolano writers, at least 16 years old, physically fit and able to participate in the pili tree-planting and other workshop activities may submit either 3 poems, 1 short-story or a one-act play written in any of the Bikol languages. English or Filipino manuscripts will be accepted but pieces written in the Bikol language will be given preference. Entries must be original, typewritten, double-spaced, on a short bond paper and submitted together with a bio-data containing the author's brief literary background. It must come with a diskette containing soft copy of the manuscript.

Entries sent by mail or courier must be received on or before April 30, 2006 and must be addressed to the: 3rd Juliana Arejola-Fajardo Workshop sa Pagsurat Bikol c/o The Arejola Foundation for Social Responsibility, 2nd Floor Dabu Building, Elias Angeles St., Naga City. Entries sent via e-mail must be in the form of a word document file sent as an attachment to: SurataBikol@gmail.com and tarusan22@ayahoo.com.

Leading Bicolano writers, all national prize-winners and past fellows to national writer's workshops, have signed up as panelists and lecturers.

For more information, contact Workshop Convenor Carlo Arejola at 09185718616 or 2006 Workshop Director Jose Jason L. Chancoco at 054-473-04-87.

--Mr. Jose Jason L. Chancoco

March 6, 2006

UP 1^st Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop

The UP Film Institute announces its first Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop starting on March 25 and continues every Saturday therein on April 1, 8, 22, 29 and ending on May 1 (6 Saturdays, 1-6pm). 

Targeting professional screenwriters or teleplay writers, this workshop goes beyond the basics in challenging participants to construct culturally meaningful subjects for their scripts. The workshop has been designed for experienced writers to cover the advanced topics: the grammar of the film narrative, time modes in rendering the narrative subject, blocking designs to structure the plot, rhetorical devices to articulate narrative arguments and various mechanisms to heighten dramatic scenes. 

The workshop will be conducted by multi-awarded screenwriter Armando "Bing" Lao who is also one of the jurors for this year's CINEMALAYA scriptwriting contest.  Among Mr. Lao's famous screenplays are "Tuhog" 2000 (Best Screenplay: Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, Philippine Movie Press Club),  "Pila Balde" 1999 (Best Screenplay: Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino and GOLD Award: 2000 Worldfest Film Festival, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.). He supervised several other screenplays (i.e. "Kubrador", 2006 Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian; "Masahista", 2005 Directed by Brillante Mendoza: Golden Leopard Winner, Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland to name a few) and teleplays (i.e. "Walang Bakas", 2002, Docudrama, GMA 7: Best Docudrama, Catholic Mass Media etc.).  He is also a professorial lecturer of the UP Film Institute.

Interested applicants may contact 9263640 or 9250286 ask for Laisa or email Bjorki71@yahoo.com for registration.

February 21, 2006

UP ICW Chooses 12 Writing Fellows

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) has selected 12 Fellows to the 45th UP National Writers Workshop to be held at Pines View Hotel, Baguio City from 1-8 April 2006.

The Fellows are: Fiction in English – Bernice C. Roldan (UP Diliman); Fiction in Filipino – Jimmuel C. Naval (UP Diliman), Zosimo E. Quibilan, Jr. (ADMU); Poetry in English – Raymond John A. de Borja (UP Diliman), Joel M. Toledo (UP Diliman), and Lourd Ernest H. de Veyra (UST/UP Diliman); Poetry in Filipino – Ariel Dim. Borlongan (FEATI University) and Paolo M. Manalo (UP Diliman); Drama – Allan B. Lopez (UP Diliman), Lisa Magtoto (UP Diliman); and Creative Nonfiction in English – Mario I. Miclat (UP Diliman) and Virginia M. Villanueva (UP Diliman).

The Workshop, one of the major annual projects and the most important outreach program of the ICW, will have a new format this year to enable UP to continue fulfilling its leadership role in Creative Writing. Former Fellows were allowed to apply in this year’s Workshop. Applicants were asked to submit original unpublished manuscripts (short story, poem, drama, and creative nonfiction) for pre-workshop screening and for discussion during the Workshop. In addition, a two-page description of a work-in-progress in any of the above genres was also required. Grantees are also required to make a presentation of their respective works-in-progress during the workshop.

The teaching staff is composed of ICW Director Vim D. Nadera, Dr. Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (Workshop Director), University Professor Emeritus Gémino H. Abad, National Artist and Dean Virgilio S. Almario, Prof. Emeritus Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio, Dr. Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr., Dr. J. Neil C. Garcia, Prof. Emeritus Bienvenido Lumbera, Mr. Charlson L. Ong, Prof. Jun Cruz Reyes, Dr. Lilia Quindoza Santiago, UP Mindanao Chancellor Ricardo M. de Ungria and Prof. Rene O. Villanueva.

The fellows are advised to call the UP ICW at 922-1830 or call/SMS Mr. Tony Serrano at (0918)512-2314 to confirm attendance and other related matters.

February 20, 2006

All-Visayas Workshop at UPV Tacloban College
by Merlie M. Alunan

The dominance of English and Filipino has already been systematized in academe and in government. All the languages of the country have already been reduced to minority status—it remains for media to complete the rout.

One might well ask, however, But aren’t all our other languages alive and well despite the dominance of English and Tagalog (or Filipino, if one is so minded to call it). Cebuanos continue to speak Cebuano, the Warays have not stopped using Waray, and occasionally Ilocano and Hiligaynon make it to some national ad on TV? You go to the places where these languages are spoken, to the market places, especially, and you will find these languages being used in the thick of the commerce. Doesn’t this prove that our languages are alive. Oh yes, but barely.

All that’s left of most of our languages are in these lively market scenes. Most of the songs and stories told in these languages are forgotten, or vaguely remembered or spoken about glibly or in tones of reverence though no one knows much about them anymore. Or if they are remembered at all, not much thought is being given to them. They have lost their value in the face of more immediate and popular attractions.

These are among the considerations that might have gone into a newly articulated objective of UP in the Visayas: To make UPV a center of excellence in the area of culture and the languages. Among the programs that have been instituted by UPV earlier to realize this objective is the UPV Creative Writing Workshop which operates in the three campuses of the constituent university.

The workshops are nested in the three campuses of UPV: in UPV itself under the helm of fiction writer, Dr. Leoncio Deriada whose work in reviving writing in Kinaray-a is well-recognized. The CWW is UP College Cebu is anchored by artist, art critic and poet, Raymund Fernandez. In UP Tacloban College, it is held down by poet and teacher of Literature, Merlie M. Alunan.

The largest project of UPV CWW this year is the 3rd Panagsugat All-Visayas Creative Writing Workshop which is being hosted by UP Tacloban College. The workshop is open to those who write in the Visayan languages, Cebuano, Hilgaynon, Kinaray-a, Akeanon and Waray. In recognition of the fact that young writers may actually be writing in English or Filipino, the workshop is also open to these languages.

To qualify for the Workshop, prospective fellows are enjoined to send any of the following requirements: five poems, two short stories, a chapter from a novel, a one-act play, or an act from a longer play, two non-fiction, or combinations thereof. The entries must be sent in three copies accompanied by a diskette in 12 pts New Times Roman and an application letter. Send to UPTC VisWrite All Visayas Creative Writing Workshop, UP Tacloban College, Tacloban City 6200. Deadline for submission is February 25, 2006.

February 20, 2006

13th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) Now Accepting Applicants

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) 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 13th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 22-24, 2006 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 and this year’s keynote speaker, the poet Michael U. Obenieta, 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 translations) 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 March 30,2006. 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 13th 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

February 11, 2006

15 Fellowships available for the Iyas Creative Writing Workshop

The Iyas Creative Writing Workshop is now accepting fellowship applicants for this year's workshop, to be held April 25 to May 1, 2006, at Balay Kalinungan, University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City , Negros Occidental.

Fifteen fellowships will be awarded according to genre and language. Grants will cover board and lodging and a partial transportation subsidy. Deadline for application is on March 31, 2006.

Interested parties may send two short stories, six poems, or two short plays for consideration, signed with a pseudonym, along with a sealed business envelope containing the author's real name and pseudonym, a 2x2" ID photo, and a short resumé. Works must be submitted in five hard copies, manuscript format 12 pt Times New Roman, letter-size paper), accompanied by a soft copy (MS Word format) on a diskette. Works may be in English, Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, or Cebuano.

Send applications to: Dr. Gloria Fuentes, college of Arts and Sciences, University of St. La Salle , La Salle Avenue , Bacolod City, Negros Occidental 6100. Inquiries may be sent to glofuentes@yahoo.com .

This year's panelists include Cirilo Bautista, Marjorie Evasco, Elsi Coscoluella, Rayboy Pandan, Genevieve Asenjo, and Malou Jacob.

The Iyas Creative Writing Workshop is sponsored by the University of St. La Salle , the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

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