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 Unpublished works are preferred.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