Call for Entries: The Lockdown Poems (Journal)

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS! Time to let your quarantined verses see the light. Break that cabin fever and let the world know how we can in fact Imagine a new world—better than what we left before lockdown. 

Celebrate Día del Libro at Ayala Triangle, Makati on April 27, 2019

On April 27 (Saturday), Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain, will once again be abuzz with exciting activities to celebrate the Día del Libro (International Book Day) at the Ayala Triangle in Makati City. As in the previous years, thousands of books will be up for grabs. Top bookstores and publishing houses will be selling a wide array of books at a 20% discount. Following the tradition in Spain, everyone who buys a book will also be given a rose.

Call for Submission: CCP accepts literary works for ANI 40 journal

The Cultural Center of the Philippines Intertextual Division is accepting contributions to Ani 40 on the theme of “Katutubo.”

     

Nick Joaquin Literary Awards 2016 winners and finalists announced

The Nick Joaquin Literary Awards of the Philippines Graphic magazine has announced its winners and finalists for 2016. Congratulations to Fiction winners Sarge Lacuesta, "Coral Cove" (First Prize), Kate Osias, "Silang" (Second Prize), and Celestine Marie Gaspar Trinidad, "Giving Lives" (Third Prize).

Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon 2016 calls for entries

Ang TALAANG GINTO: MAKATA NG TAON ay timpalak sa pagsulat ng tula na itinataguyod ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng Araw ni Balagtas tuwing Ika-2 ng Abril taon-taon.

Nilalayon ng timpalak na lalo pang pasiglahin at pataasin ang uri ng panulaang Filipino sa pamamagitan ng pagkilala sa mga batikan at baguhang talino.

18 Writing Fellows to 22nd Iligan National Writers Workshop | May 25-29, 2015

The Office of Publication & Information (OPI), the Mindanao Creative Writers Group, Inc., funded by the OPI and the National Commission for Culture & Arts (NCCA) released the names of 18 writing fellows for the 22nd Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 25-29, 2015.

The 18 Iligan workshop fellows, the literary genres, geographic area and schools are:

LUZON
Poetry (English): Joel Donato C. Jacob/Sto. Domingo, Laguna/UP Diliman; Mark Joseph Natividad Rafal/Manila/Polytechnic University of the Philippines; Ana Felisa E. Lorenzo/Quezon City/UP Diliman; FICTION - Short Story (Filipino): Danilo Nino R. Calalang/Manila/UP Diliman; Excerpt of Novel (Filipino) Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III/Quezon City/UP Diliman; and, Play (Filipino) Maynard G. Manansala/Makati City/Miriam College.

March 21 is World Poetry Day

A decision to proclaim March 21 as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.

One of the main objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.

New poetry book & talk by Carlomar Arcangel Daoana at DLSU | February 2, 2015

DLSU Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and the UST Publishing House present the book launch of Loose Tongue. Poems: 2001-2013 by Carlomar Arcangel Daoana and his talk on "Love Letters as Poetry." This will be held on February 2, 2015, Monday (4:15 – 5:45 pm) at the 13th Floor Exhibit Area, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University in Manila.

Call for Submission: Write Green: Premio Ambahan 2015

The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC) announces Write Green: Premio Ambahan 2015. This competition seeks to promote the writing of ambahan as a contemporary expression deep-rooted in our tradition. 

Ambahan is a short poetic form indigenous to the Hanunuo Mangyans of Mindoro. It consists of seven-syllable lines, mono-rhyme scheme, and images illustrating people’s lives in relation to their natural habitat. Its original language uses an ancient syllabary or a writing system Indic in origin.

Call for Submission: Likhaan Journal Issue #9

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The UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) is now accepting submissions for the 9th issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature.

The Philippines' leading literary peer-reviewed journal, the Likhaan Journal is published annually with funding from the Office of the Chancellor of UP Diliman. It features the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino. Submissions to the journal undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by both the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside UP.

Call for Submission: 54th UP National Writers Workshop | Extended to February 6, 2015

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LIKHAAN: The University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) is now accepting applications for the 54th UP National Writers Workshop to be held in Baguio City in April 2015.

Craft Lecture: "Reinventing the Lyric" by Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta / Premio Ambahan 2014 Winners | September 22, 2014

The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University (Manila) cordially invites everyone to a craft lecture and reading called "Reinventing the Lyric" by Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta on 22 September 2014 (Monday) at 9:30-11:00 am. This coincides also with the Awarding Ceremony of Write Green: Premio Ambahan 2014. Both will be held at the 13th floor Exhibit Lobby of Henry Sy Sr. Hall, DLSU Manila.

Call for Submission: Subprimal Poetry Art's Spring 2014 issue

Subprimal Poetry Art is open for submissions for its upcoming Spring 2014 issue. They are looking for poetry and flash fiction that are crafted, urgent, compelling, mythical, concerned with spiritual revelation, uses rhythmic sensual, vivid imagery and deals with fundamental truths. They like pieces that use language in new ways. They have a special fondness for prose poems. Voices outside of the status quo keep people awake at night.

Call for Submission: 14th UST National Writers Workshop

Applications are open to both Thomasian and non-Thomasian writers. The twelve (12) applicants accepted will receive fellowships covering tuition and a modest honorarium. They will be expected to stay for the duration of the workshop, which will be held in Ridgewood Residence, Baguio City on May 18-24, 2014.

A manuscript must consist of either two short stories, two works of creative nonfiction, or four poems. Manuscripts should be submitted in hard copy and on CD, preferably in MS Word format, together with an updated resume, a recommendation letter from a literary mentor, a certification that the works are original, and two 2×2 ID pictures.

Gantimpala Theater's "Florante at Laura" | August 2-17, 2013

Gantimpala Theater opens its thirty-sixth (36th) season with Francisco Balagtas’ Florante at Laura, the Filipino literary masterpiece considered by many as poetic art that examines the nature of justice, truth and commitment to fairness, made into a theater production  by award-winning and respected playwright Bonifacio Ilagan, with director Roeder Camañag presenting it as a komedya.

 THE DIRECTOR 

Director Camañag says, “Boni Ilagan's script highlights the many facets of love – from the purest to the most damaged. He understood the words of Balagtas so well thus we see on stage Florante’s various encounters with love – love for knowledge, parental love, brotherly love he shares with best friend Menandro, Laura his beloved, and love for Albania.”

2013 NCCA Writers' Prize: Call for Entries

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18 writing fellows (13 new; 5 alumni) to the 20th Iligan National Writers Workshop | May 20-24, 2013

The MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) and the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) announce the selection of 18 writing fellows out of 65 applicants to the 20th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW). The workshop is on May 20-24, 2013 at MSU-IIT.

The Iligan Workshop is one of five national writers workshops in the country but it is the only workshop that publishes its proceedings each year, and promotes the making of the literatures of the regions. 

In celebration of its 20th year, the Iligan workshop invited five alumni for a discussion of their aesthetics or creative process along with their works-in-progress, at the same time they will help mentor beginning writers during the workshop. 

The writing fellows are: 

LUZON: 

Play: Dominique Beatrice T. La Victoria (English), Ateneo de Manila University/Quezon City;

Fiction: Laurence F. Roxas (English), UP-Diliman/Pasig City;

Poetry: Ma. Amparo N. Warren (English), UP-Diliman/Pasig City; Louise Vincent B. Amante (Filipino) UPDiliman/Quezon City. 

2013 NCCA Writers' Prize: Call for Submission

Entries to the 2013 NCCA Writers' Prize are now being accepted, as announced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through its Plans, Project Formulation, and Program Division (P/PFPD) – Institutional Programs.

Download NCCA Writers' Prize 2013 Guidelines and application form. 

The form is also available at the Plan/Policy Formulation and Program Division (P/PFPD), Room 5-B, 5th Floor, NCCA Building, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros 1002 Manila.

Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon 2013 Contest

Ang TALAANG GINTO: MAKATA NG TAON ay timpalak sa pagsulat ng tula na itinataguyod ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng Araw ni Balagtas tuwing Ika-2 ng Abril taun-taon.

Nilalayon ng timpalak na lalo pang pasiglahin at pataasin ang uri ng panulaang Filipino sa pamamagitan ng pagkilala sa mga batikan at baguhang talino.

Bukas ang timpalak sa lahat, maliban sa mga kawani ng KWF at kanilang kaanak.

2. Ang lahok ay kailangang orihinal at nasusulat sa Filipino, hindi salin mula sa ibang wika at hindi pa nalalathala sa alinmang publikasyon. Hindi patatawarin ang sino mang nahuli at napatunayang nagkasala ng pangongopya. Kakanselahin ng KWF ang ipinagwaging lahok nito sa timpalak at hindi na muling makasasali pa sa alinmang timpalak ng KWF.

13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop: Call for Submissions (2013)

The University of St. La Salle-Bacolod (USLS) is inviting young writers to submit their application for the 13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop which will be held on April 21-27, 2013 at Balay Kalinungan, USLS-Bacolod.

Applicants should submit original work: six (6) poems, two (2) short stories, or two (2) one-act plays using a pseudonym, in five (5) computer-encoded hard copies of entries, font size 12, bound or fastened, in separate folders, and soft copies in a CD (MSWord). Short stories must be numbered, by paragraph.

These are to be accompanied by a sealed size 10 business envelope with the author’s real name and a pseudonym, a 2x2 ID photo, and short resume, which must be mailed on or before March 1, 2013.

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

Fifteen (15) applicants will be chosen for the fellowships, which will include partial transportation subsidy and free board and lodging.

This year’s panelists include Genevieve Asenjo, D.M. Reyes, Ronald Baytan, Dinah Roma Sianturi, Grace Monte de Ramos-Arcellana, and John Iremil Teodoro.

Please submit your application to: Ms. Rowena Japitana, IYAS Secretariat, Special Project Office, University of St. La Salle, La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City. For inquiries, please email iyasliterary@yahoo.com.

IYAS is held in collaboration with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University-Manila and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

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