Posted by Romulo Baquiran Jr. at the UPFI yahoogroup:

We are delighted to invite you to the formal launch of
the UP Centennial Commission’s Gawad Likhaan: The
University of the Philippines Centennial Literary
Prize on Friday, June 29, 2007, 3:45 pm at the
Bulwagang Recto, Faculty Center, UP Diliman. This
Contest is administered by The UP Institute of
Creative Writing (UP-ICW) as part of the celebrations
of the UP Centennial in 2008.

There are six awards, each one worth P200,000, for
original, book-length works in 3 genres in either
English or Filipino: the novel or short story, poetry,
and creative nonfiction or sanaysay. Only one prize
per genre in either language will be awarded.

The complete rules here attached are also available at
the UP-ICW office. They have also been uploaded at
Likhaan’s website, www.upd.edu.ph/~icw/, and at
www.panitikan.com.ph, the Philippine literary portal
hosted by the Institute.

All entries to the contest are to be submitted to the
Board of Judges, Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative
Writing, Faculty Center, UP Diliman. Deadline for
submission is Monday, March 31, 2008 at 5 pm. The
names of the winners and the members of the board of
judges will be announced in June 2008.

We are likewise pleased to invite you to two other
events taking place on the same day as the launch.
First is the inauguration of the UP Likhaan Centennial
Lecture Series, commencing with the lecture of Dr.
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, titled “Fiction as Response
to History: Philippine Fiction in English.” At 6 pm
on the same day, the UP Press will launch at Balay
Kalinaw, UP Diliman, among ten other titles, The
Children’s Hour, a two-volume anthology of stories on
childhood by Filipino writers in English, edited by
Gémino H. Abad and Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo.

We shall be deeply honored by your presence in all
three events. Moreover, we shall truly be heartened
if you could join the UP Centennial Literary Contest.
Please help us get the word out to our fellow writers
about this Contest.

Thank you and warm regards.

Sincerely,

(SGD) GÉMINO H. ABAD
UP Centennial Literary Contest Project Director
jimmyhabad@yahoo.com