Call for Entries: Mindanao Creative Non-fiction Writing Competition

The celebration of National Literature Month continues in May as the Call for Entries for the first-ever Mindanao Creative Non-fiction Writing Competition persists.

Led by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in collaboration with the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) and the National Book Development Board (NBDB), participants are invited to explore the theme of "Literature and Peace" or "Panitikan at Kapayapaan." Encouraging and empowering Mindanaoan writers, the competition comprises two categories: Senior High School and College levels, welcoming students currently enrolled in any public or private educational institution in Mindanao.

Panawagan ng Aplikasyon: Ika-2 Palihang Rene O. Villanueva

Panawagan sa mga Manunulat ng Panitikang Pambata

Deadline: Hunyo 11, 2024

Palihan: Hulyo 11-13, 2024

Lunan ng Palihan: UP Diliman

Nananawagan ang Larangan ng Malikhaing Pagsulat ng UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) at ang International Board on Books for Young People Philippines (IBBY Philippines) sa mga manunulat ng panitikang pambata, partikular sa mga anyo ng tula at maikling kuwentong pambata.

Pagpupugay ang palihang ito kay Rene O. Villanueva, naging guro, mentor at kaibigan ng DFPP. Sa kanyang buhay, nagkamit siya ng mga parangal para sa kanyang mga akdang pambata tulad ng Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit, Kung Bakit Umuulan, at Nemo, Ang Batang Papel na pawang nanalo sa Palanca Memorial Awards. Siya ang kauna-unahang Pilipinong nominado sa Hans Christian Andersen Award. Naging head writer siya ng Batibot, na umabot sa higit na dalawampu’t limang taon sa ere, naging palagiang kaibigan ng mga batang Filipino ang mga nilakhang tauhan dito tulad nina Pong Pagong at Kiko Matsing. Isa rin sa mga nilikha niyang kahalina-halina, ubod ng talinong pagkukuwento ang Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Lola. Nagtataguyod at kumilala sa katapangan at kabayanihan ng mga Pilipina na naisantabi ng kasaysayan. 

Call for Submissions: 6th Valenzuela Writers Workshop

The Valenzuela Arts and Literary Society, in cooperation with the Valenzuela City Cultural Affairs and Tourism Development Office (CATDO) is now accepting applications to the 6th VALENZUELA WRITERS' WORKSHOP which will be held this August 2023!

The VWW is a community-based and LGU-funded writing workshop and is envisioned to be an annual creative writing fellowship of new and emerging writers from Valenzuela. It is aimed to make the city a haven for creative writers. The fellows will be entitled to free registration and certificate of completion at the end of the workshop. Fellows will receive a continuing mentorship program online from the core group of the panelists and VALS membership. The revised works of the fellows will also be digitally published in the next issue of “Ang Pulo”, its official arts and literary journal.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a resident of Valenzuela City and 18 years or older. The workshop is open to students, professionals, workers, and out-of-school youths. Fellowships are open for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and play/screenplay in Filipino or English.

Requirements:

1. A digital word file (.doc or.docx) of their original and unpublished manuscript. The manuscripts shall be composed of any of the following:

a. For Poetry: 2 poems of any kind

b. For Fiction: 1 short story, 1 children's story, or 2 flash fictions

c. For CNF: 1 personal essay/CNF

d. For script: one-act stage play, or a screenplay for a short film

2. A brief bionote with contact details (email address, Fb account link, contact number, and home address) in a separate word file

3. Most recent photo (jpg or png).

All entries must be original, unpublished, and not previously submitted to other creative writing workshops. Submissions must be sent via email at val.arts.lit.society@gmail.com

Please follow the subject line and filename format: [Language], [Genre], [Title], [Author’s Last Name]. (e.g., English, Fiction, “Young Dr. Pio”, Gracio)

Deadline is on March 15, 2023.

Kindly wait for further announcements regarding the workshop through the official Facebook page of the Valenzuela Arts & Literary Society.

For inquiries, please contact val.arts.lit.society@gmail.com or through their Facebook page.

Open for Applications: NBDB Translation Grant

The National Book Development Board of the Philippines (NBDB) offers translation grants to Filipino publishers who wish to translate and publish their books in other Filipino and international languages.

The NBDB will subsidize the book's translation, design/redesign, and five (5) copies of international standard print. The publisher will be responsible for the concept, approval of translations, and publication design.

The publisher will also be responsible for the translation, design, production, and retail pricing of the book. At least five (5) international standard print copies will be provided to the NBDB and associated trade collateral, such as pricing and marketing materials. 

Grantees will receive subsidies ranging from PHP50,000.00 to PHP200,000.00 depending on the genre. Apply now! 🇵🇭

📖 Read the full application guidelines here: https://booksph.my.canva.site/translation-grant-2023-guidelines

🚨 Submissions are accepted until MARCH 3, 2023.

𝗖all for Applications: 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

The Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP), in collaboration with the journals 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘒𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 and 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯, is now accepting applications for the 20th Ateneo National Writers Workshop (ANWW20), to be held at the Ateneo de Manila University campus on June 9-12, 2023.

This year’s workshop will focus on the possibilities of the form and practice of research, engaging across disciplines such as the humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences. In particular, the workshop proposes to reconsider the essayistic spirit in research work, and thus invites projects that attempt to traverse between the scholarly and the poetic, and the critical and the creative. 

#ANWW20 seeks submissions that dare to rethink forms and methods of scholarly research, and thus encourages critical projects that are not confined in the typical classification of forms and genre, moving across the boundaries of visual, aural, digital, or performative modes. Moreover, ANWW20 is open for submissions from collaborations among artists (up to two representatives for a collective), as well as from fellows of previous iterations of ANWW. 

For this year’s workshop, fellows are expected to deliver short presentations based on their works-in-progress. After the workshop proper, revised versions of the fellows’ works may be considered for publication in 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘒𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 or 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯. 

Interested applicants must submit an essay of 5,000 to 7,000 words in length, inclusive of bibliography and footnotes/endnotes; in the case of hybrid essays, the word count may be waived or adjusted to suit the form of submission. The essay should not have been previously published, nor should it be under consideration for other publications. This should be accompanied with an abstract, approximately 200-250 words, explaining the critical concerns of the essay. Projects to be submitted may take any of the following concerns as their points of departure: 

• Climate change, anthropocene, posthumanism, post-history, post-______;

• Translation and decolonization, translation studies;

• Geopolitics, the archipelago, island and tropical studies;

• Folklore, mythocriticism, the supernatural and the gothic; 

• Auto/ethnography, representations and practices of identities; 

• Audio-visual, cinematic, and other extra-textual modes of research; and

• Other propositions on forms and methods of inter-/multi-/transdisciplinary research.

Submitted works must be computerized on A4 bond paper, with 1” margins on all sides, in Garamond, size 12, and double-spaced (with exception to instances when it is necessary for the work to be in different format, in the case of which must be noted at least in the submission). The portfolio must have page numbers at the center of the footer, and a cover page bearing the title and the abstract of the essay. The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the submission. 

Portfolios, as well as the accomplished application form (which can be downloaded from nolog.link/s/ANWW20AppForm) should be submitted in PDF. Applications must be sent through nolog.link/s/ANWW20Submit. The deadline for submission is on April 1, 2023, Saturday.

As with the previous iterations of ANWW, submitted portfolios will not be evaluated according to genres (poetry, short story, essay, and play) or languages (Filipino and English). From all the applications to be received, eight (8) fellows will be chosen from all over the country. The names of the chosen fellows will be announced in late April. For further information and other inquiries, send a message through the AILAP Facebook page. 

ANWW is a yearly workshop organized by AILAP. Since 2001, in its nineteen versions, the workshop has given over 200 fellowships in creative writing to young writers from different parts of the country. ANWW focuses on the craft of such young writers, honing the crucial elements in their writing as a practice, art, and philosophical encounter that enables them to further partake in the literary community in the Philippines with the desire to deepen and give directions to national cultural practices. Furthermore, the AILAP also takes into consideration the intellectual tradition of Atenean education to encourage writers to initiate projects related to the history of ideas and cultural traditions in the country.

#ANWW20 is coorganized with 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘒𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢, the international refereed journal of language, literary, and cultural studies of the Department of English, ADMU; and 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯, the refereed journal of language, literary, art, and cultural studies of the Department of Filipino, ADMU.

Call for Submissions: 2nd Caloocan Writers Workshop

Inaanyayahan ang lahat ng manunulat na anak ng Kalookan na maging bahagi ng 2nd Caloocan Writers Workshop na gaganapin sa Abril 22-23, 2023.

Sa pangunguna ng Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association, Inc. (CHCSA), binuksan ang palihan sa mga naninirahan, nag-aaral, o nagtatrabaho sa Lungsod ng Kalookan. 

Target na gawing hybrid ang palihan sa susunod na taon. Ang tema ay “Klima, Kalusugan, at Karapatan.” Maaaring magpasa ng alinman sa mga sumusunod:

▪ 3-5 tula o isang 3-5 pahinang tula

▪ 1 maikling kuwento (10-20 pahina)

▪ 3 dagli (3-5 pahina)

▪ 1 kuwentong pambata (5-10 pahina)

▪ 1 dulang may isang yugto (10-30 pahina)

▪ 1 personal na sanaysay (10-20 pahina)

▪ 1 papel pananaliksik/kritisismo (10-20 pahina)

Magpasa ng orihinal at 'di pa nalalathalang sariling akda sa wikang Ingles o Filipino. Tiyaking malinaw na naglalaman ang inyong akda ng sensibilidad ng isang mamamayan ng Kalookan. Iugnay ito sa tema para sa 2023.

Lahat ng manuskrito ay nasa Times New Roman o Arial, 12 points; MS Word format, doble espasyo, sa 8 1/2 x 11 pulgadang papel. Lagyan ng pahina sa ibaba (Halimbawa: Pahina 1 ng 12).

Ipasa ang file, kasama ng hiwalay na bionote (3-5 pangungusap na binabanggit ang inyong koneksiyon sa lungsod) sa palihangkalookan@gmail.com, at i-cc ang caloocanhistoryculture@gmail.com. 

Gamitin ang sumusunod na pormat sa subject line at filename: (APELYIDO) (WIKA) (GENRE) (“PAMAGAT”). Halimbawa, Agapito Filipino Tula “Si Ka Andres”

Ang deadline ng pagpapasa ay sa Enero 30, 2023. ---> Extended: Pebrero 10, 2023.

Call for Submission: SEA Lit Circle Writers Workshop

The SLC Writers Workshop is now open for submissions. If you have a poem, short story, script, or any other literary work you want to improve on or get people's honest and constructive feedback on, SEA Lit Circle can help. Our community is composed of experienced writers, aspiring writers, and avid readers that are committed to helping other people tell their stories and produce stronger literary works.

The SLC Writers Workshop is a special program of the Writers Club, and it will workshop all submitted entries on our website. To get the feedback you're looking for, as well as a supportive group of writers behind you, join SEA Lit Circle and submit to the Writers Workshop.

DEADLINE OF SUBMISSIONS: July 10, 2022

WORKSHOP WEEK: July 17 onwards (to be scheduled based on each author's availability).

Call for Applications: 3rd La Salle National CNF Writers’ Workshop for Doctors

The Third La Salle National CNF Writers’ Workshop for Doctors of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC) is open for applications from physician-writers.  The workshop will be held during Thursday and Friday evenings (6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) from July 7 to 22, 2022 via Zoom.

The workshop is part of BNSCWC’s efforts to boost collaborations and critical/creative exchanges between scientists and artists; to train medical practitioners (who have the potential to write or who already have manuscripts) in the art of life-writing; and to help immortalize the stories and contributions of our front-liners to this nation especially during these precarious times.

Marjorie M. Evasco, DLSU’s Writer-in-Residence and Professor Emeritus of Literature, is the project director.  She will be joined by doctor-writers Dr. Lance Isidore Catedral and Dr. Joey A. Tabula in the panel.  The workshop shall consist of six synchronous sessions on Thursday and Friday evenings across three weeks.   Fellows will be given craft lectures by physician-writers, and will be offered writing prompts for possible writing projects that may be taken up on the last session.

Applicants are asked to submit at least one nonfiction narrative or personal essay ranging from 2500 to 3500 words in either English or Filipino. 

Ten fellows shall be chosen for this workshop.

Application requirements are as follows:

A PDF of a short resume, with a page containing applicant’s ID photo and complete contact information (residence address, email address, contact number).

DOCx file of the CNF piece following this file format:  surname and first key word of the work.

Please submit the application portfolio by May 15, 2022 via Google Forms: https://tinyurl.com/BNSCNF-WorkshopforDoctors

Chosen fellows shall be informed about their selection by June 5, 2022 and must confirm their participation by June 15. Press release for the final list of fellows shall be sent out by June 30, 2022.

For inquiries, please email bnscwc@dlsu.edu.ph.

Furious Fiction Writing Challenge: 55 hours. 500 words. $500 cash prize!

On the first weekend of every month, Australian Writers' Centre invites you to put your storytelling skills to the test in the ultimate writer-takes-all short story competition. Armed only with our simple brief, your job for the Furious Fiction Challenge is to race the clock to come up with your best 500 words-or-fewer story and be in to win a tasty $500 – every single month. 

It’s fast, it’s fun and it’s free!