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Oct 5, 2005
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo releases a new story collection -- "Sky Blue After The Rain: Selected Stories and Tales"
Want to join the 45th UP National Writers' Workshop? Here are the guidelines.
Deadline for applications: Dec 15, 2005.
Sep 13, 2005
Absurd Republic is the blog of poet, web designer and storyteller Norman Wilwayco. To view his multimedia wizardry, try KamiasRoad.com
Sep 2, 2005
Congratulations to the Winners of the 55th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature writing contest.
Aug 10, 2005
Dean Alfar and Nikki Alfar each won a Palanca Award. Congratulations, Mr & Mrs Alfar! (Dean Francis Alfar also won a Palanca Award in 2004 for Hollow Girl: A Romance in the Futuristic Fiction category. Here's a list of Carlos Palanca Winners - Year 2004)
Mar 28, 2005
Luis Teodoro (Philippine Journalism Review editor) and his blog.
Feb 22, 2005
Cirilo F. Bautista is being nominated as National Artist for Literature of 2005.
Jan 25, 2005
Carlos Palanca Year 2005 Contest Rules (Deadline: April 30, 2005)
Vince Groyon directs this year's
Iligan National Writers Workshop.
Nov 6, 2004
UP Writers Workshop v.44 (Deadline: Dec 12, 2004)
Nov 4, 2004
Check out Gelo Ancheta's blog:
Tusilog
Oct 13, 2004 - Someone's asking about Alfred Yuson's bio and email.
The Dumaguete Connection lists his two email addresses at the bottom of the page, although I'm not sure if those are still valid since the page is dated October 2001.
For those requesting copies of this or that poem or short story via email, I'm sorry but I can't send those to you because I either don't have a copy in the first place, or there are copyright restrictions.
July 28, 2004 - Free Artspeak Forum at the Astor Hotel Topic's about "Writing on Art Today: A Vanishing or Teeming Activity?", Friday, 30 July 2004, 4:00pm
May 12, 2004 - Here's a preview of the first four chapters of Summer's End by Viveca Singson. It's a fantasy short story for young adults, although the prologue might be a bit graphic for teens. If you like supernatural stories that involve the Cordilleras of the Philippines, check out Summer's End today. Please give feedback, ok? :-) [Format: zipped PDF file, 94Kb]
Apr 26, 2004 - Dean Francis Alfar, Nikki Go-Alfar
Mar 30, 2004 - DIONATEXT: Araw ng Parangal at Paglulunsad ng Libro - Free books, mugs, t-shirt and stickers!
Mar 3, 2004 - Read the blog of Zarina Natividad Docken -- "The first time I seriously considered being a writer was in college. Sure, I attempted to write a YA novel when I was ten simply because I liked Nancy Drew, and admittedly I used writing (and art) competitions in high school as excuses to miss classes, but college was when I became serious. Well, at least for four years, before my paying job took over my life." [ continue reading The friends we meet ]
Feb 27, 2004 - Invitation to read LITERATURA (Issue Four)
Jan 28, 2004 - DionaText: Cellphone Text Poetry writing Contest -- "The diona is a short poem composed of three versified rhyming lines. Each line consists only of seven syllables expressing a complete thought. DIONATEXT entries must be written in Filipino and must express love within the family."
Jan 26, 2004 - Short Story: Eavesdropping (by Katrina Ramos Atienza)
Jan 6, 2004 - Carlos Palanca 2004
Rules and Forms. Hurry! Deadline for submission is April 30, 2004.
Aug 5, 2003 - Join the Dalit via Text Contest (Text Tanaga enthusiasts, meet Dalitxt!)
July 29, 2003 - Noelle Q. De Jesus is a fictionist who won a Palanca for the short story in 1995 (2nd Prize, "Blood"). A number of her short stories have been published here and abroad. She is also the editor of an anthology of fiction, Fast Food Fiction, forthcoming from Anvil this September 2003.
Letter of Noelle Q. De Jesus to Butch Dalisay, in response to his July 2003 column piece on "Writing for America."
June 4, 2003 - Three Rats (by Wilfrido M. Guerrero, 1948)
Mar 18, 2003 - Carlos Palanca 2003 Rules and Forms. Hurry! Deadline for submission is April 30, 2003.
Mar 17, 2003 - Awarding of winners of the Textanaga contest (1pm, Vargas Museum, UP Diliman). Present were contest Chairperson Prof. Virgilio S. Almario, Prof. Vim Nadera, and Prof. Jun Baquiran. Rene Villanueva was also there.
Textanaga: The Dawning of the Age of Literary Technology by Vim Nadera (Sanghaya) -- "Textanaga, the first banner project of the Committee on Literary Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, has received entries from all over the country that confirm the Filipinos' creativity and familiarity with the verse."
Ang Uod sa Pagtulang Filipino ni Virgilio S. Almario (Sanghaya) -- "Ibig kong muling ungkatin dito ang matagal ko nang panukala hinggil sa Bagong Pormalismong Filipino. Na higit na yumayaman ang ating pag-unawa at pagpapahalaga sa mga akdang sinusulat ngayon kapag may sapat tayong kaalaman sa katutubong tradisyon at sariling kasaysayan ng panitikan sa Filipinas."
Oct 28, 2002 - Hello to Ian Casocot of A Critical Survey of Philippine Literature. For those also wondering why this site hasn't been updated lately...
...most of the emailed requests involve the posting of this or that short story. Sorry, I may not post them online because of copyright issues.
May 16, 2002 - Long time no see. Most of the emails that came in complained about the dead Geocities links for Filipino writers in various time periods. It's a good thing there's The Wayback Machine. But don't worry, here are the links you need:
- Spanish Period - Francisco Baltazar, Andres Bonifacio, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Jose Rizal
- American Period - Alejandro Abadilla, Efren Abueg, Manuel Arguilla...
- Contemporary Period - Virgilio Almario, Lamberto Antonio, Joi Barrios, Rogelio Sikat...
Some of the pages are empty. I guess the one who put up the site got too busy... Oh well.
Jan 28, 2002 - Stumbled upon Ian Casocot's Literature 21: A Critical Survey of Philippine Literature (Dept of English and Literature, Siliman University, Dumaguete City)
Here are some archived poems at Tsinoy.com -- it's something I chanced upon while searching the web for Jing Hidalgo, while trying to help out some frustrated surfer. Afterall, it seems that the web is quite thin (no pun intended) when it comes to Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo.
Oct 31, 2001 - Check out Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's sites at CeciliaBrainard.com and at the Philippine American Literary House, particularly the photo album showing pics of Carlos Bulosan, Jose Garcia Villa, Bienvenido Santos, N.V.M. Gonzalez, F. Sionil Jose and many others...
Oct. 11, 2001 - Cheesedip.com talks the legendary S.V. and Nieves Epistola, and even teases you about the real name of Ninotchka Rosca, author of Twice Blessed.
July 17, 2001 - For a while there, I thought no one's interested in Philippine Literature online anymore. But then I got an email recently asking about the History of Philippine Literature.
So I dug up my old records and found the now-closed Literatura site at Geocities. I don't think it's going to be updated, but you might find these thankfully still live links useful (features Filipino Writers arranged according to time period):
Here's an added bonus:
The Ateneo Library of Women's Writings
Their webserver seems faster now. They feature Filipina Writers (in English and Filipino). You'll find some photos, but you'll probably need to go to the lib to see the actual collections. Sigh.
Oh, I sometimes have difficulty reaching this site, so I'll make a more extensive Pinoylit site over at http://pinoylit.webmanila.com in the future. Abangan!
June 4, 2001 - Got stuck in the twilight zone. But anyway... Here's what happens when you add a fourth of Pinoy-ness to words and cartoons: Lynda Barry.
April 23, 2001 - Will be in Hongkong from April 30 to May 5. In case I can't get to a computer to update this site, here's an advance tip for you: May 6 is the launch date of Philippine Myths of the Middleworld, an online exhibit about earthquakes, volcanoes, and the like. While it's not yet May 6, read the Geocentricity Primer...
April 20, 2001 - Funny how the web can take you places. Take Fatima Lasay, for example. Her hoydigiteer.org site eventually lead me to an introduction to the mythology of the Gimokud (The Melting Soul). Uh, the intro is found towards the bottom of the page. Please also visit the Reading Room of Ms. Lasay. Unbelievable.
April 17, 2001 - Back from vacation. Still deciding the future direction of this site.... Anyway, please remember that the deadline for the Palanca contest is April 30!
March 7, 2001 - Here's the homepage of Filipino comic book illustrator Arnold Arre. He's the guy who created The Mythology Class. Check his site out today!
February 26, 2001 - Some people will be very happy in Baguio, because UP awards 18 creative writing fellowships (38th UP National Writers' Workshop). As Prof. J. Wendell Capili would say -- never stop trying. If you missed this workshop, you can still go for the October workshop (Visayas/Mindanao participants only).
February 9, 2001 - Get ready for the next Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature! The rules haven't been officially released, but they will most likely be the same except for a couple of changes: (1) ex-Filipino citizens can now join, and (2) you'll probably need to submit a diskette containing your entry in electronic form. Let's keep our fingers crossed... this means that you'll most likely be able to read winning Palanca stories online soon! Stay tuned!
February 6, 2001 - Dr. Landicho will launch a poetry book on Feb 22.
January 2, 2001 - Happy New Year everyone! Been quite busy offline... Okay, okay, the Impeachment Trial is the temporary rage at the moment. Anyway, here's Chapter 28 of Noli Me Tangere. Will post something more substantial soon....
December 5, 2000 - Congratulations to Menchu Aquino Sarmiento for unanimously bagging the P50,000 grand prize of the first NVM Gonzalez Literary Award for best short story in English (1999-2000).
Ms. Sarmiento wrote Good Intentions 101: SY '72 - '73 which is about Martial Law from the point of view of an innocent colegiala.
October 23, 2000 - Sorry about the past few days... There were some internet problems which explains why this site was down for quite a while. Anyway, welcome back!
I read something about Virginia Lichauco de Leon, a wonderfully interesting Filipina poet. Ginny, as she is known by her friends, passed away last September 28, yet left her seven daughters a legacy of wit, humor, poetry, and selfless generosity. (Too bad Eric Catipon's article, Remembering Virginia Lichauco de Leon, does not seem to appear in the online version of the Philippine Star.)
You can visit Ginny's web site at:
http://www.gatesway.com/ginny
...and in case you're wondering what the Third Book is, I'm guessing it's called Touch Me With Your Eyes and other poems. The first two are Untitled Poems (1971) and Soul of My House (1984).
Sept. 19, 2000 - My wife and I attended the book launch of The Best Philippine Short Stories of the 20th Century. Got to meet great writers such as Nick Joaquin, Greg Brillantes, Charlson Ong, Alejandro Roces (such a funny guy), and Lakambini Sitoy (eat your hearts out, guys!).
My wife calls herself "author-struck" and reveals a little bit about the 14 authors we met that evening in an online article called Immortal [click here]
Sept. 12, 2000 - You can buy give someone the perfect gift, like a Powerbooks Gift Certificate, for example. Finally, Philippine Gift Certificates can be bought online.
Visit GCPhilippines.com now.
I'll be at SM Megamall tomorrow, Sept 13 (book launch - Isagani Cruz, Lakambini Sitoy, Butch Dalisay, among others). There's a Powerbooks store there, so if you'd like to send me a Powerbooks gift certificate.... :-)
Sept. 3, 2000 - Here's the list of winners of the Carlos Palanca Literature Awards for the Year 2000.
Book Launch: "The Best Filipino Short Stories of the 20th Century" (published by Tahanan Books and edited by Isagani Cruz). Please visit the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall A and B (5th Level) on Wednesday, September 13, at 6:30PM
Sept. 1, 2000 - Lakambini Sitoy's homepage moved to http://pintada.9ug.com... The winners of the Palanca Awards received a telegram informing them about the good news and about the dinner tonight. I guess the list of winners will be formally released to the public tomorrow.
Aug. 31, 2000 - Edith Tiempo (First Woman National Artist for Literature) is coming to Ateneo (Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex aka "Mexican Villa") to deliver her first national artist lecture on Monday, Sept 4, at 5:00pm.
Lots of people are expected so please be there early. And oh, bring your books and have them autographed.
Aug. 21, 2000 - The winners of the Palanca Awards (Year 2000) will be revealed on September 1. Good luck, everyone!
July 23, 2000 Want to improve your Filipino poetry writing skills? You have until July 29 to apply for the LIRA Poetry Workshop in August. The Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA) is a group of young poets writing in Filipino. Their workshops allow you listen to and interact with our country's notable poets in Filipino.
July 18, 2000 Oops! I've been linking to Lakambini Sitoy's bio page all along. Her homepage is http://www.sng.net/home/pintada and has versions for the text-only surfers as well as those interested in the digital artistry of NightMonkey.
Ever wonder how some people can write so well? The oft-heard advice is: Read, Read, Read! So I asked my creative writing workshop facilitator, Prof. Wendell Capili, exactly what do we read? Sir Wendell is the type who believes Filipino writers need a strong sense of Philippine literature. So here's a reading list used by undergrad Creative Writing majors at the University of the Philippines.
June 30, 2000 - Here are some excerpts from Lakambini Sitoy's Touch (1st Place, Short Story Category, English Division, 1998 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards). Her words push reality straight into your face and up your nose, you'll forget that it's just a story. Then again, nothing Bing Sitoy writes is ever just a story.
June 29, 2000 - Found the homepage of Lakambini Sitoy (aka "Bing"), biology major who turned to creative writing, author of Mens Rea and Other Stories. Her stories tend to end... and yet not end. Oh, if you have difficulty reading the text on her javascript-required site, highlight it with your mouse and you'll be able read it easily.
June 12, 2000 - Here are books on Philippine literature available at Amazon. Thank you for supporting this site.
June 8, 2000 - While attending a Creative Writing Workshop, I met Jason Cabañes and Karlo Diaz. Jason is an Atenean who writes great short-short stories, while Karlo is a La Sallite (did I spell that right?) who, in the words of our Workshop Teacher (J. Wendell Capili), writes like a male Jessica Zafra.
May 27, 2000 - Bino Realuyo, author of The Umbrella Country, will be at the Balay Kalinaw (UP Diliman, Quezon City) at 4PM on Friday, June 2. His book tells of life in Martial Law Manila (1970s). Found out about this from J. Wendell Capili, our Creative Writing Workshop teacher/facilitator. If you want to know about future events related to Philippine lit, try calling Gloria at (632) 922-1830.
May 16, 2000 - Finally found the homepage of Gary Granada. You don't know that Pinoy musician, composer and lyricist? Now you don't have an excuse.
May 9, 2000 - Back from Australia and still feeling sleepy. Anyway, I pleasantly stumbled onto The Ice Cave: Ice Angel's Realm, a poetry site by Ruby Olalo. Check out The Muted Voice link. Oh, you might need to squint a bit, but it's worth it.
April 20, 2000 - Looking for ancient Philippine scripts or alibata? Check out AlibataAtPandesal by Terio Echavez. If you missed the link to Tagalog, Ilocano and Bisaya alibata, click here.
