VIRGILIO ALMARIO GOES HOME TO BULACAN FOR PAGPUPUGAY 2009

For the third leg of Pagpupugay 2009, Virgilio Almario will be feted in San Miguel, Bulacan. This will be on October 30. A mini-conference on Almario, also known as Rio Alma, will be held by renowned scholars like Rogelio Mangahas from C&E Publishing Company, Mike Coroza from Ateneo de Manila University, and Roberto Añonuevo from University of Santo Tomas . Groups will also be performing works of Almario as special numbers.

Mayor Roderick Tiongson will be on hand as well as Vim Nadera, the coordinator for Pagpupugay as well as its creator, to grace the occassion of Almario's homecoming.

Virgilio Almario casts a long shadow on Philippine literature. Prolific and inspiring, Almario founded the annual poetry clinic of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo or LIRA, which has produced a stellar generation of young Filipino poets. The earliest pieces of Almario's literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata Sa Panahon ng Makina (1972), now considered as the first book of literary criticism in Filipino. He has published other influential titles. Among his most recent works are Huling Hudhud and Si Rizal: Nobelista (Pagbasa ng Noli at Fili bilang Nobela). He has served as executive director of the NCCA, director of the UP ICW, and dean of the UP College of Arts and Letters.

Pagpupugay sa Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Literatura is a centerpiece project of the UP Institute of Creative Writing and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts. It brings National Artists to their home towns and alma maters. F. Sionil Jose will go to Bohol for his Pagpupugay leg and Alejandro Roces will be honored in turn at the Far Eastern University on December 1.

2009 PBBY SALANGA PRIZE CALL FOR ENTRIES EXTENDED

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2010 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library.

There will be two winners, one for Poetry in English and another for Poetry in Filipino. Each winner will receive P20,000 in cash, a gold medal, as well as an opportunity to be published. The deadline for submissions has been extended to November 25.

CONTEST RULES

The contest is open to all Filipino citizens except those who are related to any PBBY member up to the third degree of consanguinity.

There are two categories: a) English and b) Filipino.

Each entry should consist of five poems in either English or Filipino.

Poems should be directed at readers ages 8-12 years old.

Adaptations of poetry published by other poets, whether in whole or in part, are not accepted.

Entries must be in hard copy, on short bond paper.

A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.

Each entry must be signed by a pen name only. Three (3) copies of each entry should be placed in an envelope, on the face of which only the pen name of the contestant should appear.

Together with each entry, contestants must submit a second envelope, on the face of which the pen name shall appear. This must contain the contestant's full name, address, contact numbers, a short literary background, and a notarized certification from the author, vouching for the originality of the entry and for the freedom of the organizers from any liability arising from the infringement of copyright in case of publication, and affirming that the entry or any variant thereof has a) never been published nor b) won any other contest i.e. that it has never won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention in any other contest or otherwise been awarded a medal, a citation, or included in a publicized list of meritorious entries to a literary contest.

All entries must be sent through snail mail to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House, Inc., 2nd Floor, FSS Building, 20 Scout Tuason Street, Quezon City.

There will be two winners, one for Poetry in English and another for Poetry in Filipino. Each winner will receive P20,000 in cash, a gold medal, as well as an opportunity to be published. Non-winning entries may be claimed at the PBBY Secretariat until December 22, 2009.

For more details, interested parties may contact the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, at 2/F FSS Bldg. 20 Scout Tuason cor. Scout Castor Sts., Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City 1103, Telefax 372-3548 or email pbby[at]adarna.com.ph.

FORUM ON LESBIAN LITERATURE SET AT UP DILIMAN

Rainbow Rights Project (R-Rights), Inc. would like to invite you to its latest Dyke Dialogues, "Lesbian Calligraphy: a Forum on Philippine Lesbian Literature and Erotica". It will be held at the Bernal Gallery, UP Film Institute, Diliman, QC from 1-5PM, on November 7, 2009, Saturday.

UP Sappho founder Libay Linsangan-Cantor will give an overview on Philippine Lesbian Literature, while freelance writer Roda Novenario will share some insights on erotica and pornograpy. There will also be a legal discussion on pornography and censorship by R-Rights' Germaine Leonin.

ORTIGAS FOUNDATION LIBRARY HOSTS AUTHOR VIRGINIA HANSEN-HOLMES

The Ortigas Foundation Library invites the public to a talk by Virginia Hansen-Holmes, author of Guerrilla Daughter. This will be on Thursday, November 5 at 6pm.

Guerrilla Daughter is a memoir of a family's extraordinary struggle to survive the Japanese occupation of Mindanao from the spring of 1942 until the end of the war in September 1945. The men in the family fought as guerrilla soldiers in the island's resistance movement , while Holmes, her mother, and her older sister were left to their own resources to evade the Japanese, who had been given orders to execute Americans. The Hansen women, faced with immediate death if found and suffering from hunger, disease, and barely tolerable living conditions, hid out in the Philippine jungle and remote villages to remain just ahead of the growing Japanese presence and avoid capture.

Using original documents and papers belonging to her father, as well as her own vivid recollections and the reminiscences of her siblings, Virginia Hansen Holmes presents this gripping and compelling account of extraordinary survival.

Virginia Hansen Holmes graduated from the Colegio de Jesus-Maria in the Philippines when the war ended and came to the United States in 1954. After her marriage to Kent Holmes in 1958, several of his foreign assignments with the U.S. government took them back to the Philippines. They now live in Virginia .

The Ortigas Foundation Library is located at the 2 nd Floor of Ortigas Building, Ortigas corner Meralco Avenues. Ortigas Center , Pasig City . For more information and to register please call 631.1231 to 38 local 222 or email: ortigasfoundation@ortigas.com.ph

The Arcellana clan is inviting literature lovers to the book launch of Regarding Franz, edited by Dr. Elizabeth Arcellana-Nuqui and Prof. Lydia Rodriguez-Arcellana and published by the University of the Philippines Press.

The volume is a rich collection of memories of National Artist Franz Arcellana from colleagues like fellow National Artists Nick Joaquin and Virgilio Almario; writer-friends like Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo , Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., and Gemino Abad; former students; and family members as well, including a loving tribute from his widow Dr. Emerenciana Arcellana. Regarding Franz also features poems written for Franz, incisive interviews, and photographs provided by the Arcellana family.

The book is a solid testament to the art and life of one of the most beloved National Artists and perhaps one of the most influential fictionists the country has ever produced, according to novelist Charlson Ong. Anecdotes of generosity and flashes of his personality provide glimpses into Arcellana, the founding director of the UP Creative Writing Center (now Institute), the man and the artist.

Regarding Franz will be launched on October 27, 2009 (Tuesday), 3 p.m. at the Bulwagang Rizal ( Faculty Center ) in UP Diliman. Visit uppress.com.ph or call its Marketing division at 926-6642 for more details.

Writer's block? No Inspiration? You should join Inkblot!

Inkblot is a creative writing workshop intended to get uninspired writers writing.

Handled by 3-time Palanca Award Winning Writer, Author, and University Instructor Joem Antonio, it will tackle the writing process from pre to post.

Anybody can join the workshop, so don't worry about just starting out. It teaches you to how to write stories if you don't have any ideas, or how to continue with yours if you find yourself stumped. Participants can be sure to walk away with lessons learned, new experiences, and a new story to tell.

Inkblot registration costs P3,000. However, students only have to pay P2,500.* But there's an early bird promo that gives P500 off.

Registration and payment is at the Customer Service Counter at FullyBooked, Highstreet. For Inquiries, you may email us at siningbodega@gmail.com or call Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street Customer Service at 8587000-8587036to38 to register. Workshop is on November 7, 14 and 21, 2009.

*Valid School ID is required for Student Discount.

6TH LAMIRAW WORKSHOP FELLOWS NAMED



The 6th Lamiraw Regional Creative Writing Workshop (LRCWW) is slated on November 4-7, 2009 at the Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST), soon to be North-West Samar State University (NwSSU), in Calbayog City, Samar .

Twenty writers have been awarded fellowships which include a certificate, workshop materials, board and lodging, a proportionate stipend, and the opportunity to learn from a pool of writers and critics in Eastern and Central Visayas . They are as follows:

List of Fellows

•  Roel H. Manipon (UST) – Pasig City Luzon Fellow

•  Jesus C. Insilada, (UP Iloilo ) – Iloilo City Visayas Fellow

•  Paul Alfonse Marquez (Ateneo de Zamboanga) - Zamboanga City Mindanao Fellow

Region 8 Fellows

•  Jerry Gracio (UP Diliman) – Mondragon, Nothern Samar

•  Marlon Mente (Lyceum) – Capul, Northern Samar

•  Rhea Sauro (UEP) – Capul, Northern Samar

•  Jethro Magdaraog (UP Diliman) – Capul, Northern Samar

•  Jinnebeth R. Loro (UP Tacloban) – Ormoc City

•  Rizza A. Cusi (UP Tacloban) – Barugo, Leyte

•  Paul James Ancao (LNU) – Tacloban City

•  Timoteo Avellana (LNU) – Tacloban City

•  Jhonil Bajado (UP Tacloban) – Maydulong, Eastern Samar

•  Mary Grace Abogado (LNU) – Borongan, Eastern Samar

•  Joji Awagesh (NIT) – Naval, Biliran

•  Ana Baldesco (CALAO ) – Calbayog City

•  Jessie Baldomaro (CALAO) – Calbayog City

•  Emmanuel Sapinit (CALAO) – Calbayog City

•  Alex Montano (TTMIST-Lamiraw) – Calbayog City

•  Allyn Casin (TTMIST-Lamiraw) – Calbayog City

•  Marlvien Caranzo (TTMIST-Lamiraw) – Calbayog City

The resource speakers and panelists this year are Prof. Merlie Alunan and Dr. Victor Sugbo from UP Tacloban; Dr. David Genotiva from EVSU ( Eastern Visayas State University ) , Tacloban City ; Prof. Daryll Delgado from Ateneo de Manila University; Mr. Januar Yap from CNU ( Cebu Normal University ), and Mr. Dante Rosales from Calbayog City . Guest panelists include Mr. Harold Mercurio from TTMIST, Ms. Janis Salvacion from NMP (National Maritime Polytechnic), Mr. Voltaire Oyzon from LNU ( Leyte Normal University ), and Mr. Jethol Paanod from NIT (Naval Institute of Technology).

Lamiraw Workshop is managed by the TTMIST's Office of the Arts, Social and Cultural Affairs (ASCA) and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension and External Affairs. This is annually funded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

PHSA WANTS NEW FILIPINO TALENT

The Philippine High School for the Arts is inviting talented young students to join the 2010 Annual Nationwide Search for Young Arts Scholars.

Applicants must - be Filipino citizens with no pending application as immigrant to a foreign country; have an outstanding ability in an art discipline; have an above-average general intelligence; be graduating Grade VI or VII pupils at the time of application (Important: current HS-I students may apply subject to evaluation by the ANSYAS Committee); be able to take up the scholarship in the School Year for which it is granted; not be older than 15 years upon enrolment in PHSA; be proficient in oral and written Filipino and English; be willing to study in a boarding school; identify a Legal Guardian residing in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, or Batangas; have no debilitating illnesses or systemic and/or communicable diseases such as serum sickness, congenital heart disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, hepatitis A and/or B, untreated primary complex, chronic otitis media, malaria, bronchial asthma, and/or seizures/involuntary tremors.

They must be determined to pursue a college degree in Dance, Creative Writing, Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, Theater Arts, Journalism, or any related course upon graduation from the PHSA.

Application forms are downloadable from the PHSA website at www.phsa.edu.ph or contact them:

Philippine High School for the Arts

National Arts Center, Mt Makiling, Los Baños 4030, Laguna

Website: www.phsa.edu.ph

Email: phsa@laguna.net

Tel/Fax: (049)-5365971 to 73 and (049)-5362862

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The NBDB and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) are pleased to announce the finalists for this year's National Book Awards. The winners will be announced during the awarding ceremonies that will be held on November 14 at the Ayala Museum.

LITERARY DIVISION

Fiction
The Trail of the Chop-Chop Lady of Makati, Wilfredo Garrido (Giraffe Books);
Awit ni Kadunung, Abdon M. Balde, Jr. (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
Soledad's Sister, Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
Stories From Another Time, Benjamin Bautista (Ateneo De Manila University Press).

Literary Criticism/Literary History
From Globalization to National Liberation: Essays of Three Decades, Epifanio San Juan, Jr. (University of the Philippines Press);
Our Scene So Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905 to 1955, Gémino H. Abad (University of the Philippines Press);
Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines, Patricia May B. Jurilla (Ateneo De Manila University Press); and
The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature, Roderick G. Galam (Ateneo De Manila University Press).

General Nonfiction
Everyday Warriors: The Faces and Stories of Breast Cancer, eds. Cathy Paras-Lara and Jay Lara (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
Ah, Wilderness! A Journey Through Sacred Time, Simeon Dumdum, Jr. (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
A Taste of Home: Pinay Expats and Food Memories, eds. Edgar B. Maranan and Len S. Maranan-Goldstein (Anvil Publishing, Inc.);
Belonging: Stories of Relationships, ed. Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
The Flip Reader: Being a Greatest Hits Anthology from Flip: the Official Guide to World Domination, ed. Jessica Zafra (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Graphic Literature
Trese: Unreported Murders, story by Budjette Tan and art by Kajo Baldisimo (Visual Print Enterprises).

Poetry
Kalahati at Umpisa Mga Tula, Rebecca T. Añonuevo (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
Chiaroscuro: Poems, Joel M. Toledo (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
The Gods We Worship Live Next Door, Bino A Realuyo (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
The Proxy Eros, Mookie Katigbak (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Autobiography/Biography
The Cinema of Manuel Conde, Nicanor G. Tiongson (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
Afro-Asia in Upheaval: A Memoir of Front-line Reporting, Amando Doronila (Anvil Publishing, Inc); and
A Country Not Even His Own, Steve E. Psinakis (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

NON-LITERARY DIVISION

Science
Diabetes is BitterSweet: A Guide to Understanding Diabetes, ed. Dr. Estrellita V. Fernando-Lopez, et. al ( SweetStar Publication);
Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practices, Filemon A. Uriarte, Jr. (University of the Philippines Press); and
Selected Essays on Science and Technology for Securing a Better Philippines, Volume I, eds. Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion, Eduardo A. Padlan, and Caesar A. Saloma (University of the Philippines Press).

Professions
Sine Gabay: A Film Study Guide, Nick Deocampo and the Center for New Cinema (Anvil Publishing, Inc.);
Running A Bureaucracy: A Guidebook for Local Government Unit Admistrators, Other Public Managers, and Elected Officials, Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita (Center for Local & Regional Governance and UP); and
Becoming A Guru: An Introduction to Advanced Research, Ramon K. Katigbak (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Social Sciences
American Empire and The Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism, Julian Go (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform, Volume I: International Perspective and Volume II: Philippine Perspective, Saturnino M. Borras, Jr. (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
A Lemery Archaeological Sequence , Cecilia Y. Locsin, Maria Isabel G. Ongpin and Socorro Paz P. Paterno (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
People of the Middle Ground: A Century of Conflict and Accommodation in Central Mindanao 1880s-1980s, Ronald K. Edgerton (Ateneo De Manila University Press); and
Halo-Halo, Hardware and Others: The Story of the Japanese Commercial Community of Manila 1900-1945, Augusto V. De Viana (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House).

Arts
The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines, Grace Nono (Anvil Publishing, Inc. and Fundacion Santiago)

Leisure
Café by the Ruins: Memories and Recipes, Lia Llamado, Adelaida Lim and Feliz Perez (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine, ed. Michaela Fenix (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Design

1. Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine, Guillermo Ramos, designer Anvil Publishing, Inc.);

2. Elsewhere Held and Lingered, Adam David and Oliver Ortega, designers ( High Chair);

3. Herencia: A Legacy of Art and Progress: Appreciating Art Through the BPI Art Collection, Dopy Doplon, designer (BPI Foundation, Inc.);

4. Everyday Warriors: The Faces and Stories of Breast Cancer, Rachel and Sheree Ti, designers (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House); and

5. The Philippines Through European Lenses: Late 19th Century Photographs from the Meekamp Van Embden Collection, Karl Frederick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo De Manila University Press).

28th NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

BOARD OF JUDGES

MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE
Dr. Virgilio Almario
National Artist for Literature

Dr. Cirilo Bautista
Professor, De La Salle University

Dr. Isagani Cruz
Professor, De La Salle University

Prof. Ruel De Vera
Professor, Ateneo de Manila University

Dr. Ophelia Dimalanta
Chair, Manila Critics Circle

Mr. Danton Remoto
Associate Professor, Ateneo de Manila University

NBDB-APPOINTED JUDGES
CATEGORIES
NBDB-APPOINTED BOARD OF JUDGES

LITERARY DIVISION

Autobiography/Biography
Mr. Joselito Zulueta, National Secretary, Poets, Essayists and Novelists (PEN)

Fiction (Novel & Short Fiction)
Mr. Charlson Ong, Professor, UP Institute of Creative Writing

Literary Criticism / Literary History
Dr. Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Director, The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC)

General Nonfiction
Dr. J. Neil C. Garcia, Professor, UP Institute of Creative Writing

Graphic Literature
Mr. Carlo Vergara, Graphic Designer & Writer, Summit Media

Poetry
Dr. Gémino Abad, President, Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC)

Permanent Judge
Dr. Priscelina P. Legasto, Professor, UP Dept. of English & Comparative Literature

NON-LITERARY DIVISION

Arts
Ms. Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Curatorial Consultant, Lopez Museum

Professions
Dr. Alex B. Brillantes, Dean, UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG)

Science
Dr. Merle Tan, Director, UP National Institute for Science and

Mathematics Education Development (NISMED)

Social Sciences
Dr. Grace Gorospe-Jamon, Executive Director, Philippine Social Science Council, Inc. (PSSC)

Leisure
Ms. Emily A. Abrera, Chair, Cultural Center of the Philippines

Board of Trustees (CCP)

Design
Mr. John Marin Flores, Graphic Designer & Creative Director,

DOUBLESLASH/Media, Inc.

Permanent Judge
Dr. Zosimo E. Lee, Dean, UP College of Social Science & Philosophy

28th NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

PRESCREENING ORGANIZATIONS

CATEGORIES
ORGANIZATIONS

LITERARY DIVISION

Autobiography/Biography
Poets, Essayists and Novelists (PEN)

Fiction (Novel & Short Fiction)
The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC)

Literary Criticism/Literary History
The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC)

General Non-fiction
LIKHAAN: Institute of Creative Writing

Graphic Literature
LIKHAAN: Institute of Creative Writing

Poetry
Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC)

NON-LITERARY DIVISION

Art
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)

Professions
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH), Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), Ateneo School of Government (ASG), and UP College of Education, Reading Department

Science
UP National Institute for Science and

Mathematics Education Development (NISMED)

Social Sciences
Philippine Social Science Council, Inc. (PSSC)

Leisure
Center for Culinary Arts (CCA ), Manila and UST College of Tourism and Hospitality Management

JOIN THE 4TH TANGHAL FESTIVAL, AN ANNUAL UNIVERSITY-BASED FESTIVAL



TANGHAL, an annual theater festival for university-based theater groups in the Philippines , is the flagship project of the National Committee on Dramatic Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts as its contribution to the Philippine International Arts Festival in February 2010. Planned as a festive harvest of contemporary university theater practices and a coming together of prolific theater groups, memorable productions, and student performing artists from the different universities, the festival highlights representative outstanding performances from the various university theater companies all over the country.

The 4th TANGHAL is projected to be a creative and dynamic platform for university theater groups to meet, share and showcase their most exciting works and experiences. To consciously describe, recognize and situate the past to present remarkable contributions of student theater movements/practices into the national socio-cultural contexts, the festival provides venues and avenues for productive discussions that will in broad strokes float, surface, assess, document and thereby gather realizations, inspirations and adoptable/adaptable learning from the dynamic multi-cultural realities (artistic narratives/concepts/forms/styles/sources/discourses, local production processes/methodologies/resources, regional approaches/perspectives, creative technologies/innovations, organizational orientations/strategies, and regional networking/engagements) of the national university theater conditions and systems. With all these in great consideration, the 4th TANGHAL as well hopes to be a proper locus in the initial discussions on the propositions, feasibility assessments, mechanisms, formulations of establishing a formal national network of university/college-based theater groups.

This year's festival, as co-presented by the University of Makati, Makati City and the Alyansa, Inc. (a network of cultural groups from schools, churches, communities and workplaces in Metro Manila), will be held from February 1 to 5, 2010. The final venue will be announced soon. (Target venue: De La Salle University and DLSU College of St. Benilde, Taft Avenue , Manila .)

To characterize the college-based theater sector that actively works to contribute in the development and transformation of education through the medium of theater, the theme for 4th TANGHAL is fittingly:

“Dulaan ng Kabataan para sa Mapagpalaya at Mapagpabagong Edukasyon”

TANGHAL Festival Components

• iTANGHAL : Outstanding theater production entries

• TANGHALin : Regional theater events, exhibits, mini-performances, and a market of theater souvenir items and/or regional products

• TANGHALan: National University Theater Conference

FESTIVAL MECHANICS AND REQUIREMENTS

A. iTANGHAL: Outstanding Theater Production Entries

1. The festival is open for applications from any university/college-based theater group in the country with a past/present production that can readily and practically be staged in the festival venue in the National Capital Region.

2. The production entry shall have the following characteristics:

(a) The production shall be in Filipino or in any national dialect/s;

(b) The production narrative/s and/or form/s shall manifest the realities of the region where the performing group and the production come from;

(c) The production shall be any of the following: an entirely original work, based

on/used ready-made scripts by local/regional playwright/s, or an adaptation into local/regional language/dialect(s) and narratives/forms/situations of a foreign material/script. Any production that is entirely a staging and/or translation of a foreign material/script shall not be considered.

(d) For the Festival to truly showcase the different regional niche-marking theater works and practices, the production entry is preferred to be the most or one of the most memorable, outstanding, remarkable and/or historic performances of the group in terms of production value, artistic forms/styles, narratives, theater technology, and/or production process/methodology/practice.

(e) The production shall be produced by a single university theater circle or a collaboration of two or more university-based and/or regional theater groups as long as one member group of the collaborating theater team shall be based in any university in the region.

(f) The production shall have a performance running time of forty-five to ninety minutes (45 to 90 min.). In case the performance running time is more than 90 minutes, the production group shall edit/reduce the performance to meet the festival running time requirement.

(g) The production shall be staged at least once before or after the TANGHAL festival at any venue in the region or local university. Any previously performed production shall also be allowed.

(h) The production team shall be generally composed of students, employees, and/or faculty members of the university where the theater group is based. Although non-students and/or guests who are part of the cast and staff of the production is allowed.

(i) The production shall have a cast and staff team composed of not less than ten (10) but not more than twenty (20) members.

3. The deadline for applications: September 30, 2009

4. From all the applications received, the Festival Selection Committee will deliberate and choose only six (6) theater productions that best represent the theater works and practices from the four major regions: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region.

5. The criteria for selecting the final six (6) official theater production entries are the following:

• Production value and qualities (30%)

• Manifestation/representation of local/regional realities (30%)

• Adherence to the festival theme (10%)

• Company profile: background, credentials, impact on the regional and/or national theater particularly in the development of theater in education, and capacity of the theater company to find counterpart funding/resources for its production to be staged in the NCR (30%)

6. The Festival Secretariat will send the final six (6) performing groups official letters of confirmation via email/fax/snail mail.

B. TANGHALin: Regional theater events, exhibits, short performances, and theater and/or local products market

1. REGIONAL THEATER EVENTS

a. Those productions/performing groups which are not selected for the iTANGHAL component, if they still have performances in February 2010, may still be part of the festival via the TANGHALin component. They may write a letter to the Festival Secretariat if they wish the Tanghal Festival to include their productions as part of the TANGHALin component of the festival. Their productions shall only be given free publicity through inclusion of their performances details in the omnibus posters/email/web publicity of the festival.

b. Those theater groups with performances in February 2010, but failed to submit applications to the festival, may also be part of the TANGHALin component by submitting a letter containing the details of their performances to the Festival Secretariat. Their productions shall only be provided free publicity through inclusion of their performances details in the omnibus posters/email/web publicity of the festival.

2. THEATER EXHIBITIONS

The selected six (6) productions may display their theater group profile, production details, pictures, posters, audio-visual presentations, and any materials about their group, activities and productions in a space to be provided by the festival. The details of this will be communicated to the groups.

3. THEATER MARKET

The selected six productions may also display and/or sell their regional products and theater souvenir items in a space to be provided by the festival. The details of this will be communicated to the groups.

4. MINI-PERFORMANCES

Due to accessibility to the festival venue, selected university productions from the National Capital Region may be featured as performers in the TANGHALin component. These groups will stage their short performances (8 to 10 minutes only) like skits, monologues, production excerpts (scenes/songs/dances) before the scheduled performances of the official production entries. These groups shall not receive any financial grant from the festival but they shall be provided venue and schedule for their short performances. The application details for this will be communicated to the NCR groups.

The six official production entries shall also perform 8 to 10 minute excerpts of their performances as part of this component.

3. TANGHALan: National University Theater Conference

(Details to be communicated to all university theater groups soon.)

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

September 20, 2009 Call for Applications

September 30, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Applications

October 2-3, 2009 Selection Period by the Festival Selection Committee

October 9, 2009 Announcement of the Official Six (6) Production Entries via email and fax.

December 30, 2009 Deadline of Production Details, Profiles, Publicity and other requirements for TANGHALIN at ITANGHAL components

February 1 to 5, 2010 4th TANGHAL: National University Theater Festival

THE 4th TANGHAL FESTIVAL PROVISIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Schedule and venues of performances (1 or 2 shows per official entry)

• Schedule and venues for pick-up rehearsals

• Schedule of technical rehearsals/run throughs before the scheduled performances

• Basic theater sounds and lights (specifications will be sent via email to the selected performing groups)

• Technical assistance and technical staff assistance

• Stage assistance during technical rehearsals and shows

• Ushering staff during the performances

• Performances will be ticketed. Mechanics will be discussed with the groups.

• Promotional and marketing collaterals (i.e. posters, promotional booklets, souvenir programs, website, electronic and print mailers, etc.)

• Venue/space for the TANGHALin exhibits and souvenir items/product selling

• Schedule and venue for TANGHALin component mini-performances

• Storage space for the productions' mobile set , props, and costumes

• Free tickets to all the performances for the 10 to 20 cast/staff

• Waived registration fees of 1 to 2 participants as official representatives of the performing group to the conference

• A grant of P130,000.00 to cover transportation, meals, accommodations and production cost of the selected performances

THE SIX OFFICIAL PRODUCTION ENTRIES RESPONSIBILITIES:

• A well-made production

• Set, props, costumes, make-up and other production materials

• One or two performances at the festival venue

• 8 to 10 minute excerpt of the production to be performed at the TANGHALin component venue

• Other special lighting/sounds/visual/special effects requirements beyond the technical specifications to be provided by the festival (the festival technical team may suggest possible sources/suppliers but the expenses for which shall be shouldered by the performing group)

• Detailed design requirements/specifications i.e. set/stage and lighting design layout/schematics (see deadline)

• Production details, synopsis, script, company profile, list of cast and staff, DVD copy of the production entry, electronic copy of at least five production pictures, publicity materials and other data pertaining to the production (see deadline)

• Theater documents, posters, memorabilia, profile, audio-visual presentations, and other materials for the TANGHALin exhibit.

• Official curator and staff for the TANGHALin exhibit of theater souvenir items and local regional products

• Conference registration fees of other participants (if there are any) beyond the two official

delegates/representatives of the performing group to the conference

• Roundtrip transportation of 10 to 20 cast/staff to/from regions/NCR

• Any freight costs to be incurred for transporting the production materials, set, props, etc. to the festival venue

• Food provisions for the entire production team during the festival

• Housing accommodations of the production team during the festival (The Festival Secretariat may provide a list of possible housing accommodations, i.e. hotels, apartelles, pension houses, inns, etc., near the festival venue and may also pre-arrange the reservations for the groups' preferred housing accommodations prior to their arrival in the NCR. Details of these will be communicated to the groups)

Note: Other details will be communicated to the official performing groups soon.

Please send your application documents to:

THE FESTIVAL SECRETARIAT

4th TANGHAL National University Theater Festival 2010

Rm. 2083 Faculty Center , College of Arts and Letters

University of the Philippines , Diliman, Quezon City , Metro Manila

KAL FAculty Center

(00632) 981 8500 (local) 2101 / 2102 / 2104 / 2106 / 2105

Email address: kal@up.edu.ph

Deadline of Applications: extended to October 15, 2009

TALES OF THE MANUVU PERFORMANCE AT THE CCP

Ballet Philippines second offering for its 40th anniversary season features an exciting musical journey that begins with Venezuelan piano music in the international ballet classic “Our Waltzes” and culminates in a contemporary production of Alice Reyes's groundbreaking pop rock opera ballet “Tales of the Manuvu.”

Written by National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera, Manuvu promises a definite feast for the eyes and ears as we employ multimedia technology in our retelling of the Manobo myth of creation. With vibrant sets and costumes, celebrity singers and musicians make Manuvu folklore meld seamlessly with dance to bring us a tale of our origins, our mortality and with the separation of heaven and earth, the lesson on how one must be the master of his own tale. It also features the music of Dero Pedero.

Performances at the CCP Main Theater are on October 23, 24, and 25. For tickets call ballet Philippines at 551-0221/ 551-1003 or Ticket World at 891-9999.

Let us help you polish the “writer” in travel writer. You may have been to many places all over the Philippines or all over the world. Go back to these places by writing about them–be it on your journal, your blog, or a soon-to-be published article in a travel magazine. After all, “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection,” as writer and diarist Anais Nin said.

In “Provisions for a Journey: An Introduction to Travel Writing,” let’s work on your writing skills just before you travel or perhaps, after you’ve traveled the world. The class will be held at the Ortigas Foundation Library on October 17, 2009 from 9:30am-5pm. Workshop fee is just P2,500.

To register, email dbw.workshops@gmail.com and request for a form. For more details, visit designedbywords.wordpress.com.

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IDEYA: JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Volume 11. Number 2 (March 2010).
Special Issue: Contemporary Writing in the Asia-Pacific

Ideya is a nationally-refereed journal publishing both scholarly articles on different fields in the humanities and creative works (poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction).

Published by the College of Liberal Arts of De La Salle University, Ideya was conceived in 1999 to further critical exchange among eminent and upcoming scholars in the fields of humanities in the Philippines and in the Pacific; to disseminate new forms of knowledge about various literary, artistic, and cultural texts in the Philippines and in the southeast Asian region; and to provide an avenue for the publication of the works of established and young creative writers. Ideya is one of the Philippine journals listed in the MLA International Bibliography.

Members of the editorial board include:

 Dr. Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist for Literature
 Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist for Literature
 Dr. E. San Juan, Jr., Director, Philippines Cultural Studies Center
 Dr. J. Neil C. Garcia, University of the Philippines-Diliman
 Dr. Philip Holden, National University of Singapore
 Dr. Dennis Haskell, The University of Western Australia
 Dr. Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, International Islamic University Malaysia

For issue 11.2 (March 2010), Ideya is publishing a special issue on creative writing in the Asia-Pacific. Literary works—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and short plays—are accepted and may be in other languages provided the work is accompanied by a translation in either English or Filipino.

Articles on history, criticism, and theory that are related to any field of the humanities will still be considered, though the bulk of the issue will be devoted to creative writing.

All contributions—creative work or research—are blind refereed.

Creative works and articles should not exceed 30 typewritten or computer-encoded pages, double-spaced on short bond paper (8.5” x 11”).

Scholarly articles should include an abstract and a complete list of works cited using the style prescribed by the Modern Language Association (MLA, 6th ed.).

All contributions should be accompanied by the author's curriculum vitae on a separate electronic file. Contributions can be submitted by email as an MSWord attachment in rich text format (.rtf) or by snail mail in triplicate with an accompanying soft copy in a CD.

Deadline for the submission of creative works and articles is October 31, 2009.

Send your contributions to:

Editor, Ideya, Journal of the Humanities
Department of Literature
College of Liberal Arts
De La Salle University
2401 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila
1004 Philippines

or

ideya@dlsu.edu.ph

PICCA FESTIVAL AT THE SM MEGAMALL



Host:
Philippine International Cartoons, Comics and Animation(PICCA)
Start Time: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 10:00am
End Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:00pm
Location: SM Megamall
Street: EDSA
City/Town: Mandaluyong, Philippines

Description
This is the first! A colorful ambitious event celebrating the arts of cartooning, comics creation, and animation. Four days of exhibits, competition, workshops, talks, caricature sessions, book launching, recognition awards, spiced up with music and dance.
When: October 15-18, 2009
Where: SM MegaMall Atrium, SM MegaMall Art Galleries, PowerBooks, Poveda

DAY ONE, October 15 Thursday
Morning
Opening of Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas and Friends Exhibit
Opening of Competition Entries Exhibits
Start of Talks on Cartooning and Comics
Afternoon
Continuation of Talks on Cartooning and Comics
Cartoon Workshop for Children
Launch of “One Hundred Years of Filipino Comics” coffee table book
Evening
Parangal sa mga Tagapaglikha ng Komiks

DAY TWO, October 16 Friday
Whole Day
Samahang Kartunista and Friends exhibit
Competition Entries exhibits
Caricature Sessions at the Atrium
Talks on Animation and Intellectual Property Rights
Screening of “Urduja: and other animation shorts
Evening
Awards and Culture Night

DAY THREE, October 17 Saturday
Whole Day
Trip to Tagaytay for foreign guests and Cartoon, Comics, and Animation VIPs and friends for a taste of Pinoy cuisine and holding of on-the-spot sketching and caricaturing
The exhibits at the SM Megamall continue

DAY FOUR, October 18 Sunday
KOMIKON More exhibits, comicbook launches, merchandizes
Last day of exhibits at SM Megamall

NOTE: More details to be announced soon. Please expect slight changes in the activities as the Festival days approach.

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