Walan pa ring tatalo sa Q&A portion ng Bb. Pilipinas 1982 sa pagitan ng dalawang diva, sina Rita Gomez at Maria Isabel Lopez:
Rita Gomez: Here’s your question hija: Are you still a virgin
Maria Isabel Lopez: If I say I still am, can I bring home the crown tonight?
Rita Gomez: Good answer!
Maria Isabel Lopez: How about you, ma’am, are you still a virgin?
Rita Gomez: Hija, I have five different children with five different fathers. What do you call that, Immaculate Conception?
Ikatlong Palihang Rogelio Sicat:
DFPP 2010 Pambansang Palihan sa Malikhaing Pagsulat
Petsa: 28 Abril – 2 Mayo 2010
Lugar: Baler, Aurora
Kwalipikasyon: Bukas sa lahat ng nagsisimulang manunulat sa wikang Filipino; sa alin mang anyo: tula, maikling kuwento o maikling kuwentong pambata.
Mga Kakailanganin:
1. Akda (12 points, doble-espasyo, 8x11) ng alin man sa mga sumusunod:
- limang (5) tula; o
- dalawang (2) maikling kuwento (10 - 20 pahina kada kuwento); o
- dalawang (2) maikling kuwentong pambata (5-7 pahina kada
kuwento).
2. Maikling tala sa sarili.
3. Larawan (2x2, may kulay).
4. Application Form (punta ka dito).
Tutustusan ng palihan ang lahat ng gastusin mula UP Diliman hanggang sa pagdarausan ng palihan. Gayon din, pagkakalooban ng modest stipend ang lahat ng mapipiling kalahok.
The Silliman University National Writers Workshop is now accepting applications for the 49th National Writers Workshop to be held 3-21 May 2010 in Dumaguete City.
This Writers Workshop is offering fifteen fellowships to promising young writers who would like a chance to hone their craft and refine their style. Fellows will be provided housing, a modest stipend, and a subsidy to partially defray costs of their transportation.
To be considered, applicants should submit manuscripts in English on or before 19 March 2010 (seven to ten poems; or three to five short stories; or three to five creative non-fiction essays). Manuscripts should be submitted in hard copy and on CD, preferably in MS Word, together with a resume, a recommendation letter from a literature professor or a writer of national standing, a notarized certification that the works are original, and two 2X2 ID pictures.
Send all applications or requests for information to Department of English and Literature, attention Dr. Evelyn F. Mascuñana, Chair, Silliman University, 6200 Dumaguete City.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Ateneo Institute for Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) have finalized the list of accepted new authors for the project entitled UBOD: The New Authors Series II. This creative endeavor had its first inception back in 2005, when the chapbooks of forty (40) new authors from different parts of the country were launched at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
For this year, fourteen (14) authors from different regions were chosen to have their literary works published as chapbooks. These new authors are: Sherma Espino Benosa (Short story, Iluko), Aida Campos Tiama (Poetry, Iluko), Christoffer Mitch Cerda (Short Story, Tagalog), Mar Anthony Simon dela Cruz (Short Story, Tagalog), Marlon Hacla (Poetry, Tagalog), Francisco Arias Montesena (Poetry, Tagalog), Jerome Hipolito (Poetry, Bikol), Adrian V. Remodo (Poetry, Bikol), Jay Gallera Malaga (Poetry, Hiligaynon), JV Perez (Short Story, Hiligaynon), Leonilo Lopido (Poetry, Waray), Phil Harold Mercurio (Poetry, Waray), Janis Claire B. Salvacion (Poetry, Waray), and Noel P. Tuazon (Poetry, Binisaya-Sugbuanon).
The authors were selected by a prestigious pool of readers/editors/translators and themselves, accomplished writers, such as, Cles Rambaud, Eli Rueda Guieb III, Michael M. Coroza, Kristian S. Cordero, Timothy R. Montes, John Iremil Teodoro and Merlie M. Alunan. Dr. Soledad Reyes will be the general editor of the collection. Details on the launching of the chapbooks are to follow.
For inquiries, please contact the AILAP Director and UBOD Project Coordinator, Ms. Christine Bellen, at telephone number 426-6001 local 5320, or email csbellen@yahoo.com.
Nagpadausdos sa hagdan ng foot bridge sa Tandang Sora kanina. Putikan ang katawan ko. Lessons:
1) Wag magsusuot ng Banana Peel na tsinelas kapag umuulan.
2) Kumapit sa hawakan, kahit na marumi (maghugas na lang nang mabuti later).
3) Tingnan ang nilalakaran, huwag dumaldal sa kasama kapag bumababa sa madulas na foot bridge.
Sa MMDA: Please lang, lagyan na ng bubong ang mga overpass!
