LIRA Poetry Workshop, now accepting applicants

The Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) is
now accepting entries for its annual poetry workshop.
The worshop will be held every Saturdays and Sundays
of June and July at the College of Arts and Letters,
UP Diliman, Q.C. National Artist for Literature,
Virgilio S. Almario, would direct the said workshop.

All interested applicants are to pass five poems in
Filipino together with a short bio-data and a 1x1
picture. Kindly send entries to: LIRA Workshop
c/o Dir. Vim Nadera, UP Institute of Creative
Writing, 2/F Bulwagang Rizal, UP Diliman, 1101 Q.C.
They could also send it through email at
liraworkshop@ gmail.com before April 30, 2007.

LIRA is an organization of poets writing in
Filipino. It conducts annual poetry writing
workshops, spanning topics from traditional Filipino
poetry to post-modernism. From these workshops sprung
respected and award-winning poets like Vim Nadera,
Romulo Baquiran, Michael Coroza and siblings, Rebecca
and Roberto Anonuevo. LIRA celebrated
its 21st anniversary last December 2006. Beverly Siy
is its current president.

--
Maureen G. dela Cruz
UP College of Law/UP International Center
University of the Philippines
purple.maven@gmail.com
mao_delacruz@yahoo.com __.