Widely regarded as Bicol’s premiere literary prize, the annual writing contest is open to all Bicolano writers and literary enthusiasts based in the region or elsewhere. New, unproduced, and unpublished works written in any of the variations of the Bikol language (e.g. Bikol Rinconada, Bikol Albay, Bikol Naga, etc) that show literary merit and social significance are eligible for the competition. Category winners receive P5,000 and the Premio Arejola medallion, and are eligible for the P10,000 cash prize and the title Parasurat kan Taon (Writer of the Year).

The literary prize is named in honor of a leading member of the Propaganda Movement who was a signatory of the Malolos Constitution, a delegate to the First and Second Philippine Assembly, and president of La Liga Filipina. The PTALB also runs an annual creative writing workshop, the Juliana Arejola-Fajardo Workshop sa Pagsurat-Bikol.   
  
Also up for grabs are prizes for the Rawitdawit para ki Ina (Poems for the Lady of Peñafrancia), a special category open to pupils of the elementary level, high school students and out-of-school youth not more than 18 years old. The category was inaugurated in 2008 to engender the creation of literary works that articulates a young person’s devotional sentiments to the Lady of Peñafrancia and states, in poetic manner, the significance of such devotion in today’s world. Private catholic schools, universities, and public high schools have participated in the category, which awards a specially-designed medallion and cash and prizes worth P3,000 for the winner and his/her coach.

Likewise being accepted are entries for the Premio Bibiano Sabino para sa Librong Bikol, now also in its 3rd year. The category is open to book authors, book designers/ illustrators, anthologists/editors and publishers of Bikol literary titles. To qualify, the book must be written in the Bikol language, edited/ anthologized, designed/illustrated by a Bicolano native or resident. Titles published and distributed between September 2009 and August 2010 are eligible for the said book prize. The winner will receive a testimonial plague, P5,000, and shall be listed in the roster along with the winners of the regular and special categories and Lifetime Achievement Awardees.  
  
All short-listed entries will be awarded Diplomas of Merit in an awards ceremony on October. Entries for all categories must be received on or before August 31, 2010. For full contest rules, please log on to www.panitikan.com.ph or email SuratBikol@gmail.com.

FOR GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS (Gr.4-7)

1st Prize: P15, 000.00, 2nd Prize: P10, 000.00, 3rd Prize: P5,000.00

- Write a 200-word essay answering the following question: What did you learn about OFWs in the movie, EMIR?

- The winning student’s principal/headmaster or their duly appointed representative(s) will also get 10,000.00 for the 1st prize, 5,000.00 for the 2nd prize and 2,500.00 for the 3rd prize.

FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

1st Prize: P20, 000.00, 2nd Prize: P15, 000.00, 3rd Prize: P10,000.00

- Write a 700-word paper on how the movie, EMIR, helps promote the heroism and dignity of our OFWs, thereby giving them a better, more positive image.

- The winning student’s principal/headmaster or their duly appointed representative(s) will also get 10,000.00 for the 1st prize, 5,000.00 for the 2nd prize and 2,500.00 for the 3rd prize.

GS & HS Rules and Regulations:

1. The competition is open to all public and private school students.

2. Essays can either be in Filipino or English. FORMAT: 12pt Times New Roman, 1.5 Spacing, Justified.

3. Each school joining the contest, through the principal/headmaster or his duly appointed representative/s, must narrow down their students’ entries to the TOP FIVE (5). Only these five (5), or less, can be submitted to the FDCP electronically. One (1) email per student.

4. A contestant must submit, along with his/her entry, scanned copies of his student’s ID, and his signed endorsement letter from the principal/headmaster. Only the 1st five (5) entries from each school, with accompanying endorsement letters, will be recognized.

5. Entries are to be submitted via email to

fdcpemirgshs@yahoo.com. Please put in the subject line the ff: “ENTRY [school] [last name] [first name] [middle name]”. An automatic reply will be sent once your entry has been received.

6. Employees of the FDCP and CCP as well as their relatives by blood or law up until the 2nd degree of consanguinity are disqualified from joining the contest.

7. Winners will need a valid school ID to claim their prizes at the FDCP office. 20/F The Centerpoint Building, Julia Vargas Ave. cor. Garnet Road, Pasig City, MM. Proxy’s will need a Letter of Authority from the winning student, the student’s valid school ID, and his own valid ID with picture to claim a student’s prize.

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

1st Prize: P30, 000.00, 2nd Prize: P20, 000.00, 3rd Prize: P15, 000.00

- Write a 1000-word critique focusing on how the movie, EMIR, relates to the adage, the hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world. What implications about Filipino society does the movie present?

Collegiate Rules & Regulations:

1. The competition is open to all public and private school students.

2. Essays can either be in Filipino or English. FORMAT: 12pt Times New Roman, 1.5 Spacing, Justified.

3. Each school joining the contest, through the dean/s or his duly appointed representative/s must narrow down their students’ entries to the TOP FIVE (5). Only these five (5), or less, can be submitted to the FDCP electronically. One (1) email per student.

4. A contestant must submit, along with his/her entry, scanned copies of his student’s ID, and his signed endorsement letter from the dean. Only the 1st five (5) entries from each school, with accompanying endorsement letters, will be recognized.

5. Entries are to be submitted via email to fdcpemircollege@yahoo.com. Please put in the subject line the ff: “ENTRY [school] [last name] [first name] [middle name]”. An automatic reply will be sent once your entry has been received.

6. Employees of the FDCP and CCP as well as their relatives by blood or law up until the 2nd degree of consanguinity are disqualified from joining the contest.

7. Winners will need a valid school ID to claim their prizes at the FDCP office. 20/F Centerpoint Building, Julia Vargas Ave. cor. Garnet Road, Pasig City, MM. Proxy’s will need a Letter of Authority from the winning student, the student’s valid school ID, and his own valid ID with picture to claim a student’s prize.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS ON JUNE 25, 2010. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JULY 16, 2010 via the FDCP website, e-mail and the Press.

Rules

• The contest is open to Filipino citizens, eighteen (18) years old and above.
• Only one author of the submitted work is permitted, which may be of novel length or an anthology of several shorter works that form a collection.
• Each entry should have a minimum of one hundred (100) pages letter-sized bond paper, double-spaced, using 12-pt font Arial, Times New Roman, Times, or Book Antiqua.
• The NBDB will accept only original and unpublished works in the following categories:

Tagalog/Filipino Romance;
Horror/Crime or Suspense;
Chick Lit in English;

• A collection of short stories or a novel in English, Filipino or any of the regional languages provided a translation in English or Filipino is provided.
• An entry should be submitted in both print (in letter-sized bond paper) and digital format in MS Word (sent by email as an attachment or sent with the manuscript in a CD by post). The manuscript itself should not contain the author’s name or any identifying marks.
• The entry should be accompanied by an application form, a copy of which can be downloaded from both the National Book Development Board’s (NBDB) and the Filipinas Heritage Library’s (FHL) websites.
• Deadline of submission of entries is on October 5, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Entries should be sent to the address below, while a digital copy may also be emailed to pinoystorywritingcontest@nbdb.gov.ph , posted by the set deadline date and time.
• The entry (composed of the application form, printed manuscript, and digital copy of the manuscript) should be placed in a long brown envelope marked as follows:

FOR THE PINOY STORY WRITING CONTEST

Submitted by: (name of author, address)
National Book Development Board
2nd Floor National Printing Office Building
EDSA corner NIA Northside Road,
Quezon City 1100

• There will be only one winner per category, who will each receive a cash prize of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (15,000.00). Judges will come from established publishing companies known for publishing the particular categories stated above. The judges have the option to declare no winner, while also having the option to offer the winner or other authors, whose works they deem meritorious, a publishing contract. It must be understood that publishers have the prerogative to make suggestions or edit manuscripts that will be considered for publication.
• Winners will be announced during the 13th Philippine Book Development Month’s Book Festival to be held in November.
• Employees of the National Book Development Board, the Filipinas Heritage Library and the partner publishers, including relatives of employees of said organizations up to the second degree of consanguinity and affinity are disqualified from joining this contest.
• For further inquiries, please contact 926-8238 (Dianne of NBDB) or 892-1801 local 21 (Anne of FHL).

(From Panitikan.com)

Mabalinen a makisalip iti Maika-3 a Salip iti Sarita ti TESDA Region I nga aggibus inton Hulio 15, 2009 dagiti estudiante iti haiskul iti Region I, malaksid laeng kadagiti taga-Tech-Voc schools ken dagiti adda iti kolehio.

Daytoy ti inrakurak ni TESDA Region I Director Washington M. Agustin bayat ti kalkalpas a seminar iti panagsurat iti ababa a sarita a naangay iti Conference Room ti TESDA Region I iti Siudad ti San Fernando, La Union.

Kuna ni Agustin a rumbeng laeng a rugianen ti TESDA nga ikkan met iti gundaway dagiti estudiante iti haiskul nga agsursuro nga agsurat iti Iluko. Gapu itoy, kinaritna ida a makigasanggasat iti madama a pasalip ti TESDA a ti temana ket� �Pangulong Gloria Scholarships � Padur-asenna ti Biagmo.�

Makaay-ayo dagiti agur-uray a premio kadagiti mangabak itoy a pasalip a pagbinnuligan nga isayangkat ti TESDA ken GUMIL La Union. Umuna a Gunggona, P10,000; Maikadua, P7,000; Maikatlo, P5,000. Ken addanto pay pito a pangliwliwa a sag-P1,000 para kadagiti minor winners.

Maipapan kadagiti annuroten iti pasalip, ag-email iti tesda1_ro@yahoo.com wenno umawag iti telepono 0722427584 wenno 0728883966 ken 68. Mabalin met ti ag-email iti GUMIL La Union iti gumilaunion@yahoo.com. (Djuna R. Alcantara)

Nanayonan ti premio iti daytoy a pasalip, kakabsat. Rugianyon ti agikur-it kadagiti pakisalipyo, hehe.

Kas pangparegta kadagiti makisalip iti Salip iti Ababa a Novela ti 1st Fele Javier Mann Literary Awards, nanayonan iti sag-P5,000 ti premio a kuarta dagiti mangabak iti naao a salip, kas impakaammo ni Lady Fele Javier Mann, esponsor ti pasalip.

Pagannurotan:

1. Mangrugi ti salip iti Nobiembre 15, 2008 ken aggibus iti Nobiembre 15, 2009. Esponsoran daytoy ni mannurat ken lider sibiko Lady Fele Javier Mann ti Binalonan, Pangasinan ken Darwin, Australia, ken iti pannakitinnulong ti BANNAWAG ken ti GUMIL Filipinas, ti gunglo dagiti mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas ken iti ballasiw-taaw.

2. Silulukat ti salip kadagiti amin a mannurat iti Iloko malaksid kadagiti kameng ti BANNAWAG.

3. Panagsurat iti ababa a novela ti pagsasalipan. Agatiddog ti ababa a novela iti 5-7 a paset, a ti tunggal paset, agatiddog iti 10-15 a panid. Maimakinilia wenno computer-typed daytoy iti doble espasio iti 8-1/2� x 11� a bond paper iti ania man kadagitoy a font: 12 points Times New Roman wenno 12 points Book Antiqua.

4. Maysa laeng nga ababa a nobela ti mabalin nga isalip ti kada mannurat. Ipatulod ti ababa a novela iti uppat a kopia. Parbo a nagan ti usaren ti autor. Pakuyogan ti pakisalip iti narikpan a sobre a naglaon iti paulo ti ababa a nobela, pudno ken parbo a nagan ti autor, kompleto nga adres iti pagtaengan wenno iti pagtrabahuan agraman numero ti telepono ken/wenno selpon, maysa a nalawag a ladawan, ken ababa a pakasaritaan ti biag. Iti rabaw ti sobre, nasken nga ilanad ti paulo ti ababa a novela a pakisalip ken parbo a nagan ti autor.

5. Nasken nga orihinal, di naipatarus manipud iti ania man a lengguahe, di naadaptar manipud iti naipablaaken a sarita, ken di pay nangabak iti ania man a pasalip, ti isalip nga ababa a novela.

6. Malaksid a maipablaakto iti BANNAWAG dagiti mangabak nga ababa a novela, adda met karbengan ti esponsor a mangilibro kadagiti mangabak nga ababa a novela nga awan ti ania man a sungsungbatanna iti autor.

7. Dagiti premio: Umuna a Gunggona, P20,000 (dati a P15,000); Maika-2, P17,000 (dati a P12,000); Maika-3, P15,000 (dati a P10,000). Maipaayanto pay dagiti mangabak iti Sertipiko ti Pammigbig.

8. Di mabalusingsing ti pangngeddeng dagiti hurado malaksid no matakuatan kalpasanna a linabsing ti nangabak a mannnurat ti Pagannurotan Blng. 5. Iti kasta, maisubli ti gunggonana ken mapawilanton a makisalip kadagiti sumarsaruno a pasalip ti Fele Javier Mann Literary Awards. Adda met karbengan dagiti hurado a mangkissay iti bilang dagiti mangabak no patienda nga awanen ti nakapatar iti pagrukodanda. Iti kasta, masigurado a dekalidad dagiti mangabak nga ababa a novela.

9. Mapadayawanto dagiti mangabak bayat ti komperensia ti GUMIL Filipinas iti 2010.

10. Ipatulod ti pakisalip itoy nga adres: 1st Fele Javier Mann Literary Awards, c/o BANNAWAG, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp., Manila Bulletin Building, Muralla cor. Recoletos Sts., Intramuros, 1002 Manila. Nasken a maawat ti BANNAWAG amin a pakisalip sakbay wenno iti kaaldawan ti Noviembre 15, 2009. Madiskalipika ti entry a maawat kalpasan dayta a petsa.

Ni Reynaldo A. Duque ti Bagani Ubbog, Ciudad ti Candon, ti nangabak iti Umuna a Gunggona iti Salip iti Sarita ti 5th Sta. Raffaella (Roma, Italia) Ilocano Community Literary Awards. Pinangabakana ti saritana a �No Kasano a Maipasngay Dagiti Pasintawi� iti P12,000 ken sertipiko ti pammadayaw.

Dadduma pay a nangabak: Maika-2 a Gunggona: Virgilio D. Domaloy ti Sison, Pangasinan, babaen ti saritana nga �Angkel Neg: Agkamkamat iti Angin,� P10,000 ken sertipiko; Maika-3 a Gunggona: Arnold Pascual Jose ti Bacsil North, Ciudad ti Laoag, �Ti Lapida,� P8,000 ken sertipiko; ken

Tallo a Consolation Prizes: Eden Aquino Alviar ti Lapting, San Juan, Ilocos Sur, �Exodo�; Crisostomo M. Ilustre ti Bauang, La Union, �Da Migs ken Saty�; ken Claire A. Sumahit ti Ciudad ti Baguio, �Tagaang.�

Reynaldo A. Duque

Dagiti naghurado: Dionisio S. Bulong, pangulo; kamkameng da Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr. ken Cles B. Rambaud.

Iti met benneg dagiti agdadamo, ni manen Rolando D. Tubera ti Banna, Ilocos Norte, ti nangabak iti umuna a gunggona iti salip iti sarita para kadagiti agdadamo a mannurat iti 11th AMMA Foundation Literary Awards (AMMAFLA). Pinangabakna ti saritana a “Sangol” iti P10,000 ken sertipiko ti pammadayaw. Ni met laeng Tubera ti umuna a gunggona iti 10th AMMAFLA babaen ti saritana a “Burrarawit.”

Dadduma pay a nangabak: maika-2 a Gunggona (P8,500 ken setipiko): Alma P. Martinez ti Ciudad ti Candon babaen ti saritana a “Barbangisit”; maika-3 a gunggona (P7,000 ken seritpiko): Ronnie E. Aguinaldo, naipasngay iti Isla Camiguin iti Calayan, Cagayan ngem agnanaeden iti Villa, Sta. Teresita, Cagayan, babaen ti saritana a “Gagatangen nga Ayat.”

Dagiti naghurado: Juan Al. Asuncion, pangulo; kamkameng: Neyo Mario E. Valdez ken Ariel S. Tabag.

Iti sabali a bangir, indauluan ni Guillermo Concepcion ti Sinait, Ilocos Sur, dagiti nangabak iti Salip iti Daniw iti 11th Abuan-Valdez Awards for Iloko Literature (AVAIL) babaen ti daniwna a “Damiliem Tangkal Ti Birtud.”

Dadduma pay a nangabak: Maika-2: Maria Rosa A. Cabie ti Pinili, Ilocos Norte, “Andong, Denggem Dagitoy Arasaas”; Maika-3: Clarito G. Francia ti Manaoag, Pangasinan, “Naindaklan a Pagayam”; Maika-4: Stephen C. Balanza ti Bagani Campo, Ciudad ti Candon, “Amburayan”; ken Maika-5: Delfin P. Dumayas ti San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, “Gameng Ti Isip.”

Dagiti naghurado: Ariel S. Tabag, Benjamin P. Pacris, ken Mindo Aquino.

Mayawatto dagiti gunggona dagiti nangabak bayat ti maika-41 a Kombension Nasional ti GUMIL Filipinas inton Abril 11-12, 2009 iti Novaliches, Ciudad ti Quezon. (Naadaw iti BANNAWAG)

The winners are Jovito Amorin of Ilocos Sur,� [Kabbalay (House Rat)], first prize; Sherma Benosa of Nueva Vizcaya, [Dagiti Babassit nga Alipugpog (Minute Tornadoes)], second prize; and Aida Tiama of Pangasinan, [Ni Angkel Bartolome (Uncle Bartolome)].

The judges were Juan Hidalgo, Jr., National Artist for Literature nominee in 2001; Jose Bragado, National Artist for Literature nominee in 2003; And Prof. Honor Blanco Cabie, recipient of a CCP grant for literature in 1995.

Duque, of Bagani Ubbog, Candon City, Ilocos Sur, is a Palanca Literary Award Hall of Fame holder.

A former president (1991-1993) of GUMIL Filipinas, the association of 3,000 Ilocan writers here and abroad, Duque has reaped nearly 100 awards in various literary genres.

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Philippine Star, October 22, 2008 p. B13

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Photo caption: Grand prize winner Jovito F. Amorin during his acceptance speech. Amorin has won several awards, among them, grand prize in the 2007 Gawad Komisyon for Iloko Literature. He is also the author of Bonete ti Kaibaan, a fantasy novel currently being serialized in Bannawag (SEB).

See photos during the Premio RAD awarding ceremonies HERE.

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