FILCOLS Member LAMPARA BOOKS BARES CHILDREN’S STORY WRITING WINNERS

LAMPARA BOOKS BARES CHILDREN’S STORY WRITING WINNERS

"Sinemadyika," by Lauren V. Macaraeg, won first prize in the 1st Annual Lampara Books Children’s Story Writing Contest, winning for its author, an AB Interdisciplinary Studies graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, a cash prize of Php30,00.00. Second prize, with a cash prize of Php15,000.00, went to "Susie Simangot" by Mark Anthony Angeles, a BA Journalism graduate of Polytechnic University of the Philippines and currently a technical support representative with Convergys Philippines, while the third prize, with a cash prize of Php10,000.00 went to "Prince of the Cranes"by Marites Rogado, an AB Political Science graduate of the University of the East and currently taking her MA in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
The contest was sponsored by Lampara Publishing House, Inc. (LPHI).
The three winners were chosen from a field of 178 entries, with 30 entries disqualified due to lack of requirements, by a board of judges composed of:
Ms. Becky Bravo, award-winning author of children’s stories and editor-writer-translator at LPHI;
Ms. Edith Garcia, editor at LPHI and editor-in-chief at LPHI’s sister company, Precious Pages Corporation (PPC);
Mr. Joen Chionglo, film and television scriptwriter and head of LPHI art department; and Boots S. Agbayani-Pastor, award-winning film scriptwriter and writer-editor-translator at LPHI.
LPHI and PPC president and general manager, Mr. Segundo Matias, Jr. congratulates the winners.
BSAP
19.XII.11