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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)

10 fellowships open for 4th San Agustin Writers Workshop

is now accepting applications for writing fellowships in the 4th San Agustin Writers Workshop to be held on May 15-19, 2006 at the President’s Conference Room, University of San Agustin main campus, Iloilo City.

The fellowships are open to writers in Western Visayas who are willing to learn the rudiments of the craft of creative writing from the panelists led by Palanca Hall of Famer Cirilo F. Bautista. Other panelists are award-winning writers Marjorie Evasco, Alice Tan Gonzales, Shirley O. Lua, Glenn Sevilla Mas, Isidoro M. Cruz, John Barrios, and FLCWI Coordinator John Iremil E. Teodoro.

San Ag opens creative writing grants '06

To support the flowering of writings in Aklanon, Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon and Filipino, the Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Institute (FLCWI) of the University of San Agustin is announcing the availability of the two Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Grants 2006. The grants are competitive and are open to all writers in Western Visayas.

Applications must include the following: 1) application letter stating that the submitted manuscript is an original work of the author, 2) one-page concept paper of the book manuscript, and 3/14; of the manuscript (15 out of 60 poems; 2 out of 8 short stories, essays, or one-act plays; 1 out of 4 full-length plays; and 50 pages of the novel)