Fellows to the Davao Writers Guild Workshop

(happy happy happy!)

Got this from Dominique Cimafranca of the Davao Writers Guild, the list of fellows to the Davao Writers Guild Workshop:

Fellows for Fiction
Alpha Fortun (UP Mindanao)
Aaron Jalalon (UP Mindanao)
Edmund Julian de la Cerna (San Pedro College)
Eric John Villena (Xavier University)
Jeffrey Javier (UP Mindanao)

Fellows for Creative Nonfiction
Mary Ann Tarusan (Ateneo de Davao)
Jamie Villarosa (Ateneo de Davao)
Karen Quinones (University of Southeastern Philippines)
Rowena Rose Lee (UP Mindanao)

Fellows for Poetry
Allen Samsuya (UP Mindanao)
Jobelle Obguia (Ateneo de Davao)
Hannah Enanoria (Ateneo de Davao)
Henrietta Diana de Guzman (UP Mindanao)
Paul Randy Palua-Gumanao (Ateneo de Davao)
Vanessa Almeria (UP Mindanao)

Workshop proceedings will be opened to a limited number of observers to benefit Davao writers. Details to follow later, according to villageidiotsavant.

The workshop takes place at La Storta Retreat House, Shrine Hills, Matina, from May 4 to May 8. Panelists are Marjorie Evasco, Tim Montes, Macario Tiu, and Don Pagusara.

Opening ceremonies for the workshop will be on May 4, 9:00 am, at Ateneo de Davao University.

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Congratulations to Alpha, Aaron, Jepoi, Allen, Diana and Ate Weng. WEEEEE!
See you all there! :D

16th Iligan National Writers Workshop

The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) in cooperation with the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)-Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension’s Multimedia Information & Dissemination Unit and the Mindanao Creative Writers Group, Inc., announce the 16 writing fellows to the 16th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 25-29, 2009 in Iligan City. The writing fellows are:

LUZON:
FICTION (English): Timothy James M. Dimacali, UP Diliman/Pasay City; (Filipino): Ma. Fe de Guia, UP Los Banos/Caloocan City; POETRY (Filipino): Jason G. Tabinas, Ateneo de Manila University/ Pasig City; Arvin T. Ello, De la Salle University/ Paranaque City; PLAY(Filipino): Marianne Mixhaela Z. Villalon, UP Diliman/Quezon City.

VISAYAS:
POETRY (Waray): Phil Harold Mercurio, UP Tacloban/Calbayog City; Jhonil C. Bajado, UP Tacloban/Maydolong, Eastern Samar; (Cebuano): Russ Raniel A. Ligtas, UP Cebu/Cebu City; Cindy A. Velasquez, University of San Carlos/Cebu City; and (Hiligaynon): Sam S. Prudente, UP Diliman/Iloilo City.

MINDANAO:
FICTION (English): Gabriel P. Millado, UP Mindanao/Davao City; Justine May R. Torregosa, Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU)/Zamboanga City; Paul Alfonse J. Marquez, ADZU/Zamboanga City; POETRY (English): Anderson V. Villa, Ateneo de Davao University/Davao City; (Chabacano): Edgar Darren G. Bendanillo, Zamboanga State College of Marine Science & Technology, Zamboanga City; and, the Manuel E. Buenafe Writing Fellow (poetry-English): Everlyn T. Jaji, ADZU/Zamboanga City.

Panelists this year are: Ma. Rosario Cruz Lucero, Jaime An Lim, Merlie M. Alunan, Victor N. Sugbo, Antonio Enriquez, Leoncio P. Deriada, German V. Gervacio, Steven Patrick C. Fernandez, Macario Tiu, this year’s keynote speaker, Ralph Semino Galan and the INWW Director Christine Godinez-Ortega.

Evaluators of INWW manuscripts this year: Bro. Karl Gaspar, CSsR; C. Godinez-Ortega, Arlene Yandug, Ed P. Ortega, German Gervacio, Steve Fernandez and Zola Gonzalez Macarambon.

Highlights this year include the launching of the 15th INWW Proceedings, ‘About Us’ edited by Godinez-Ortega and the Special Issue of the Mindanao Forum containing 15 INWW Keynote Lectures [from Lumbera to Enriquez] also edited by Godinez-Ortega. Both are published by the MSU-IIT OVCRE.

All writing fellows are asked to confirm their attendance to the INWW with the INWW secretariat (call Alice) on or before April 24, telefax: (063) 3516131; email: aliciabartolome@yahoo.com & patpcruz@yahoo.com.


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Congratulations to my oldest friend and BA English blockmate, Kid. It's about time bai. :D
Do tell what adventures you stumble into, as you no doubt have heard about those that fellow hipons at the 15th had. ;D

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Davao Harvest 2

(reposted from dom)

Edited by Ricardo M. de Ungria and Tita Lacambra Ayala
(Davao Writers Guild)
Exterior: Glossy softcover
Interior: 353 pages book paper with color prints
Price:P300.00 (excl. shipping and handling, if necessary)

DAVAO HARVEST 2, an anthology of short fiction, essays, poetry, drama, and art from Davao City, is now available from the Davao Writers Guild.

Covering nearly thirty years of literary and artistic activity in the city, DAVAO HARVEST 2 features more writers and artists than its predecessor. Literary works in Bisaya, Filipino, and English come from a stellar cast of award-winning Davao-based writers. Paintings from artists are reproduced in color. At 353 pages, DAVAO HARVEST 2 is a comprehensive view of the best of literature and art in Davao City.

Poke me through 09196116007 for orders...
or contact me through camptheyas@gmail.com.

Computer Vision Syndrome

I got a new pair of glasses last December after months of squinting through computer monitors whenever filing my reports.

I chose to go back to my old doctor to monitor if there was any change in my eyesight - I had last had my eye checked at this clinic when I was in high school.

Not surprisingly, my condition had gotten worse with more exposure to computer screens.

I still had astigmatic vision, no biggie. I just got re-acquainted with the condition. Apparently, things both too close and far are blurry around the edges, my eyes not refracting enough light to form more solid images.

It was in that visit, however, that I was introduced to CVS or Computer Vision Syndrome: that burning sensation in the eyes known to frequent desktop/laptop users everywhere.

My doctor told me to monitor if there was pain in my eyeballs and get some rest when they do. (aside from prescribing eye drops to increase the moisture of my eyes.)

I left the clinic with a new pair of glasses and a newfound respect for a vision that I had abused my eyes all these years especially through the sleepless days of high school and the parties of college.

Of course there's the academic work.

During the jeepney ride home, I just stared outside the vehicle's window and watched the street scenes play.

I was missing this all the while: the depths in the various distances of things.

Davao Writers Guild-Ateneo de Davao Writers' Workshop now open for applications

DAVAO CITY (Davao Writers Guild/07 January) -- The Davao Writers Guild and the Humanities Division of the Ateneo de Davao University, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, will hold a Writers Workshop on May 4-8, 2009 in Davao City.

Any resident of Mindanao is qualified to apply to the DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009. Applicants are required to submit five poems, or one short story, or essay, or one-act play; or any combination. The works may be in Filipino, English, or Cebuano.

Please submit the application form and three copies of the manuscripts to Prof. Jhoanna Cruz, Department of Humanities, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City. Do not write your name on the manuscripts. Then please send the files as attachment to davaowritersguild@yahoo.com.phThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject “DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009 Application.”

Application forms may be downloaded from dagmay.kom.ph.

Fifteen writing fellows will be selected and provided free board and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Five slots are allotted to fellows from outside Davao, if any, who will receive a transportation allowance.

This year’s panelists are: Macario D. Tiu, Ricardo de Ungria, Don Pagusara, Timothy Montes, and Marjorie Evasco.

The deadline for application is March 15, 2009. Successful applicants will be posted on the website on April 15. (Davao Writers Guild)

Call for Submissions: The Farthest Shore: Fantasy from the Philippines

Secondary fantasy worlds are well-written fantasy stories that take place
in a self-contained and self-consistent fantasy world created by the
writer. These can be epic fantasy, high fantasy, or even dark (horror)
fantasy.

“The Farthest Shore: Fantasy from the Philippines, edited by Joseph Nacino
& Dean Francis Alfar” will be published electronically to make this
collection of stories available to a wider international audience. Through
this anthology we will be able to show the world that the Filipino writer
can create worlds with the best of them.

Combining these two ideas—the short story and secondary fantasy worlds—is
well-within the Filipino author’s ability. As a guideline though, we are
not looking for treatise or travel guide books of the secondary fantasy
world. In the end, a good story and the humanity of the characters in them
must take precedence over the well-formed setting.

In keeping with the concept of fantasy secondary worlds, stories based on
Filipino mythology are acceptable.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Only works of secondary worlds in the mold of epic or traditional
fantasy will be considered for publication. As works of the imagination,
the theme is open and free.

2. Stories must cater to an adult sensibility. However, if you have a Young
Adult story that is particularly well-written, send it in.

3. Stories must be written in English.

4. Stories must be authored by Filipinos or those of Philippine ancestry.

5. We will accept only original unpublished stories.

6. First time authors are welcome to submit. Good stories trump literary
credentials anytime.

7. No multiple submissions. Each author may submit only one story for
consideration.

8. Each story's word count must be no more than 7,500 words.

9. All submissions must be in Rich Text Format (.rtf – save the document
as .rft on your word processor) and attached to an email to this address:
estranghero@gmail.com. Submissions received in any other format will be
deleted unread.

10. The subject of your email must read: F2W Submission: (title) (word
count); where (title) is replaced by the title of your short story, without
the parentheses, and (word count) is the word count of your story, without
the parentheses. For example – F2W Submission: The Sword of Ivatan 4500.

11. All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter that includes
your name, brief bio, contact information, previous publications (if any).

12. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2009. After that date, final
choices will be made and letters of acceptance or regret sent out via email.

13.This anthology will be made available online via PDF file. Target
publishing date is May 2009.

14. Compensation is Php500 for every accepted story.

Kindly help spread the word. Feel free to cut and paste or link to this on
your blogs or e-groups – and send your story in.

16th Iligan National Writers Workshop

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 Research
and Extension (OVCRE) are accepting applications from writers to the
16th Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 25-29,
2009 in Iligan City.

Sixteen (16) slots, five each from Luzon and Visayas and six from
Mindanao are available for writing fellowships to the INWW. Of the
slots for Mindanao, one (1) is for the Manuel T. Buenafe Writing
Fellowship for Muslim or Lumad applicants.

Applicants are required to submit five poems; or, one short story; or,
for the novel, a summary and 2 chapters for the work-in-progress; and,
a one-act play in Filipino, English or in Cebuano.

For entries in Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Waray and Chavacano,
translations in English are required. Please submit along with the
application form two, 2X2 photos. The application form may be
downloaded here. Please submit a hard copy and a CD with the
manuscripts encoded in MS Word97. Unpublished works are preferred.
Applicants must have attended at least one regional/local writers
workshop, no exceptions.

Writing fellows will be given free board and lodging and a travel
allowance. Applications must be postmarked on or before February 15,
2009. No applications or manuscripts will be accepted if sent after
postmarked dates or 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 16th INWW
Director, Christine F. Godinez-Ortega c/o OVCRE, MSU-IIT, Iligan City.
For more information contact Pat Cruz or Alice Bartolome or Cherly
Adlawan, tels. 063-3516131 ; or e-mail: patcruz@yahoo. com /
cherlyadlawan@ yahoo.com / aliciabartolome@ yahoo.com

Calling UP Min Student Writers!

This is a repost from the dagmay googlegroups, addressed to UP Min BA English students.
I agree.

Tara ui! Mangadto ta. :)

Nung last poetry reading nabanhaw ang mga extinct: Yas, Chi, and Shiela of the BAE Prog.
Kitakits sa next! :)


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Hi, all,

One of the complaints I received from the last Poetry Night was that
the students of UP Mindanao never received the invitation. Of course,
that's strange because I do have UP students on this mailing list; or
I think I do.

I put in the email addresses here based on the emails they used to
submit stories to Dagmay. It could just be that they used throwaway
addresses, in which case I can't do anything about it.

It could be, too, that these emails are so bothersome to read they
automatically get trashed. Nope, can't do anything about that,
either.

But for those of you who actually receive these messages -- and think
they're helpful -- you can help by reminding your UP friends about
this mailing list. Do tell them this is where we send out
announcements for publication and workshop opportunities.
Announcements for poetry nights, too.

Not just UP students, either, but anyone who likes to write and is
looking for a writing community. After all, that's what this group is
supposed to be about.

Thanks.

Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca
http://villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com