74th National Student Press Convention and 37th Biennial Student Press Congress scheduled for May 19 to 23

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines, the oldest, broadest and only-existing alliance of tertiary student publications in the Philippines and Asia-Pacific region, will hold its 74th National Student Press Convention (NSPC) and 37th Biennial Student Press Congress on May 19-23, 2014 at St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao, Seminary Road, Brgy. Catalunan Grande, Davao City with the theme: “Dasig Manunuwat: Uniting Campus Journalists for Genuine Press Freedom and Social Change.”

The NSPC will provide lectures and workshops on basic, intermediate and advanced journalism skills. Likewise, trainings on different literary genres will be given. And as part of the Guild’s 82 years of dedication in educating student journalists regarding the plight of the country, various socio-political discussions will also be featured.

Also, the following awards will be given to outstanding publications:

15th GAWAD Ernesto Rodriguez Jr.

Named after CEGP President Emeritus Ernesto Rodriguez Jr., Gawad ERJ is the search for outstanding student publications in the country. The contest has two categories: major (tabloid, broadsheet, magazine,) and minor (website, alternative form, literary folio). In the major category, a publication may join only one form. In the minor category, a publication may join all the forms.

10th GAWAD Beng Hernandez 

In honor of the dedication of martyred CEGP Vice President for Mindanao Benjaline “Beng” Hernandez in protecting and promoting human rights, Gawad Beng is the award given to the publication with an exemplary program on human rights. Beng, who also worked as a human rights volunteer, was murdered by CAFGU while conducting a fact-finding mission at Arakan Valley, Cotabato on April 5, 2002. In this award, a particular program on human rights accompanied by photos, narrative report or video is to be judged (you can use any of these materials).

34th GAWAD Marcelo H. del Pilar

Gawad MHDP is the highest citation given by the Guild to its outstanding alumni.

In this regard, we are inviting your student publication to the 74th NSPC. The registration fee is P3,300.00 per delegate inclusive of food, lodging and kit for the duration of the event. Early bird registration is until May 10, 2014 with a discounted registration fee of P3,200.00. Delegates are advised to pay the fare for the Basic Masses Integration (Classroom Discussion 1 – The Social Panorama: Understanding the Marginalized Sectors) which costs P100.00 per delegate.

Member publications are also advised to pay their annual institutional fee for the National Office (P500.00) and for their local chapter. Non-member publications who wish to be part of the roster of member publications of the Guild can also pay the institutional fees.
Cebu and Panay – P250.00
Ilocos, Baguio-Benguet, Bikol and Leyte – P300.00
Caraga – P350.00
Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Negros, Samar, Western Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, Greater Cotabato, Southern Mindanao and Far Southern Mindanao– P500.00

For inquiries and confirmation, you may contact the following:
For Luzon: Charina Claustro (0905-894-4129)
For Visayas: Franel Poliquit (09158066421/09226401319)
For Mindanao: Kit Iris Frias (0908-416-4941)

The program for the convention and Commission on Higher Education endorsement are attached with this letter. Visit College Editors Guild of the Philippines-National Office Facebook Page for the travel advisory.

We look forward to your publication’s participation in this noble activity.

From panitikan.com.ph. Reposted here with permission.

FILCOLS Members are Panelists of the 21st Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW)

The Office of Publication & Information (OPI), the Department of English of the College of Arts & Social Sciences (CASS) funded by the OPI and the National Commission for Culture & Arts (NCCA) released the names of 15 writing fellows during the 21st Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 26-31, 2014.

The OPI and the Department of English will likewise hold the Second Mindanao Writers & Teachers Summit on May 23-24, 2014 at the CASSalida Theatre.

The 15 Iligan workshop fellows, the literary genres, geographic area and schools are: LUZON- Poetry (English): Lawdenmarc Y. Decamora/San Fernando, Pampanga/De La Salle University; (Filipino): Rommel V. Roxas/Manila/University of Santo Tomas; (Bicol): Allan Popa/Quezon City/UP Diliman; Short Story (Filipino): Seymour B. Sanchez/Pasay City/UP Diliman; and Creative Non-Fiction (English): Nastasia Mikhaila L. Tysmans/ Quezon City/Ateneo de Manila University.

VISAYAS- Short Story (Sebuano): The Gumercindo Rafanan Writing Fellow -Manuel M. Avenido, Jr./Cebu City/ Cebu Normal University; (Waray) Boy Abunda Writing Fellow -Jeremy Alexandre O. Evardone/Palapag, Northern Samar/University of Eastern Philippines; (Hiligaynon) Early Sol A. Gadong/Iloilo City/ UP Visayas in Iloilo; Excerpt of Novel (English) Le-an Lai Lacaba/Tacloban City/UP College Tacloban; and, POETRY (Waray) Ela Mae G. Salazar/Basey, Samar/ Leyte Normal University.

MINDANAO- Short Story (English)- Maria Karlene Shawn I. Cabaraban/Cagayan de Oro City/ Xavier University; Edmond Julian Y. De La Cerna/Davao City/ UP Mindanao; (Filipino) Karen Y. Ramos/Iligan City/MSU-IIT; and, POETRY (English) Amado C. Guinto, Jr./ Iligan City/MSU-IIT.

This year, the keynote speaker is the Sebuano poet, translator and critic Dr. Hope Sabanpan Yu, Director of the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos (USC).  The panelists this year are:  John Iremil Teodoro, Merlie M. Alunan, Macario D. Tiu, Victorio N. Sugbo, Ralph Semino Galan, the Director of the New York Creative Writing Workshop, Tim Tomlinson and the resident panelists, Steve Fernandez, German Gervacio and the workshop Director, Christine Godinez Ortega.

Another highlight this year will be the launching of the 20th INWW Proceedings with last year’s keynote lecturer Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. It is published by MSU-IIT OVCRE and edited by Godinez-Ortega. 

Teodoro, Alunan and Galan are active FILCOLS Members.

This press release is from panitikan.com.ph and http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/news.

Hasaan mula sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas

Ang Hasaan ay isang taunang interdisiplinaryong refereed journal sa Filipino ng Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas sa pangangasiwa ng Departamento ng Filipino. Tampok dito ang mga artikulong nakatuon sa Filipino bilang larangan ng kaalaman mula sa mga mananaliksik at iskolar sa bansa.  

1. Maaaring maging bahagi ng journal ang mga pananaliksik ukol sa anumang paksa na may kinalaman sa mga napapanahong usapin at konsepto sa Filipino kaugnay ng iba pang disiplina/konsepto gaya ng  relihiyon, teolohiya, edukasyon, panitikan, agham-panlipunan, ekonomiya, pilosopiya, sining, mass media, agham, arkitektura, politika, wika, kultura, sikolohiya, globalisasyon, identidad, gender, pamamahala, teknolohiya, komunikasyon, ideolohiya, agham at teknolohiya.
2. Ang papel ay nararapat na magtaglay ng sumusunod na katangian:
   1. napapanahon, interdisiplinaryo at makabuluhang paksang makapag-aambag sa diskursong Filipino na maaaring makapagpayaman sa mga kurso sa pananaliksik sa Filipino.
   2. may sapat na lawak at lalim ng pagtalakay sa paksa batay sa mga matitibay na ebidensya, angkop na metodo at masinop na pagkilala sa mga sanggunian.
   3. tuwiran at malinaw ang pagtalakay sa paksa ayon sa pamantayan ng mahusay na akademikong publikasyon.
3. Ang mungkahing papel ay maaaring bahagi ng gradwadong tesis, disertasyon o presentasyon sa isang kumperensiya o anumang pananaliksik na hindi pa nalalathala sa anumang anyo.

4.     Ang haba ng papel ay hindi hihigit sa 6,500 salita. Kalakip nito ang 250-300 salitang abstrak at limang susing salita sa format na Times New Roman 12, doble-espasyo, Microsoft Word 97-2003.

5.     Ang dokumentasyon ay estilong parentetikal-sanggunian ayon sa format ng MLA Seventh Edition.

6.     Tungkulin ng awtor na kumuha ng permiso para sa anumang materyal na may karapatang-ari at isumite ito sa Editorial Board.

7.     Hulyo 30 ang deadline ng pagsusumite ng papel.  Para sa detalye at iba pang katanungan, makipag-ugnayan sa Lupon ng Editor sa usthasaanjournal@gmail.com.

FILCOLS Member Anvil Publishing Presents Promo for Mothers' Day!

30% off on Books for Mothers by Mothers

Get MOM any of these Award-winning and best-selling books at a 30% discount when you buy online from May 4 – May 11.

The selection includes titles featuring stories and essays about being a mother and being mothered in books like Motherhood Statements, Robin Lim’s Wellness for Mothers and After the Baby’s Birth and Ma. Lourdes Carandang’s Nawala ang Ilaw ng Tahanan.

Of course when we think of our mothers, what else do we remember but those Sunday family lunches or family dinners featuring  their specialties. Relive these moments with cookbooks like Kulinarya, Flavors of the Philippines, Cooking with Love and Celebrations.

Raising  children is also one of the toughest parts of motherhood. Math professor and psychologist  Queena Lee-Chua’s books like Helping Our Children Do Well in School, Eureka and Learning share best practices and lessons from other parents on how to raise achievers .

How to order:

1. Go to Anvil website (www.anvilpublishing.com).

2. Once in the website, add book/s of your choice to your shopping cart.

3. All participating titles will automatically have a 30% discount.

4. If you are not yet registered, fill out a registration form with your name, telephone number, e-mail address and shipping address information fields.

5. The discount is applicable to book purchases only and not to shipping costs.

6. For every P500 worth of books, you will be entitled for a free shipping.

7. You will receive an e-mail confirmation from Anvil Publishing Inc. (via ) that Anvil has received the order. Regular order-processing will already begin at this point as per Anvil online sales procedure.

8. Discount promo will run from May 4, 12:00 AM to May 12, 12:00 AM.

Find out more about the offer through this link:

http://www.anvilpublishing.com/product-category/mommy-reads/

Paper Monster Press, an Indie Publication by FILCOLS Member Ayn de la Cruz

DEADLINE EXTENDED--MAY 15, 2014! PAPER MONSTER PRESS PRESENTS ATLANTIS!

Vol. 3. no. 1 of PAPER MONSTER PRESS'S LOST IN TRANSLATION YEAR

Atlantis is about water, drowning, the depths, lost cities, forgotten species.

Submit:
1) cover art with the words PAPER MONSTER PRESS and ATLANTIS in the front or the back cover
2) 1-3 poems in English or Filipino
3) 1-3 artworks in JPEG format
4) 1-3 songs in MP3 or WAV format

Please send everything to papermonsterpress@gmail.com until May 15, 2014! 

Maglulunsad ng nobelang pang-young adult ang FILCOLS Member na si Edgar Samar!

Inaanyayahan ang lahat sa paglulunsad ng nobelang Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon, ang unang aklat sa seryeng likha ni Edgar Calabia Samar. Magkita-kita po tayo sa Adarna House Showroom nang 3:00 NH sa Sabado, ika-10 ng Mayo para sama-sama nating salubungin si Janus sa isang munting salusalo.

Mabibili ang libro sa halagang Php140.00 (mula sa regular na presyong Php175.00) sa Sabado. Inaanyayahan rin ang lahat ng nakapagbasa na ng libro upang magpapirma at makipagkuwentuhan sa may akda tungkol sa nobela.

Ito ang una sa mga serye ng kuwentuhan para sa #JanusSilang ngayong buwan. Abangan ang aming balita tungkol sa mga susunod pa sa mga parating na araw.

Para sa mga katanungan, maaring makipag-ugnayan sa (02) 3526765 local 118.

Wanted: Earthquake Stories

Where were you on July 16, 1990? We need your stories. Deadline extended to May 15.

BACKGROUND
    The project aims primarily to complete the manuscript for a book on the Baguio experience of the July 1990 earthquake, titled “Histories in Memories: Remembering the July 16, 1990 Earthquake.” This project, which is a recipient of a grant from the National Book Development Board (NBDB) for the category local history, is authored/supervised by Anna Christie V. Torres, Dean of the College of Arts and Communication, University of the Philippines Baguio. 

    This project takes off from an initial pool of selected prose narratives from the literary corpus of an exhibit dubbed  “Gathering Stories & Weaving Memories: 20 Years After the July 16 Earthquake” by the Ubbog Cordillera Young Writers which was mounted at the Bell House in Camp John Hay on July 16, 2010. The commemorative exhibit which featured art installations of personal accounts in poetic and prose forms by Baguio locals and non-local survivors alike, was aimed at “collecting strength, celebrating survival and creating/recreating solidarities” with regard to the 1990 Luzon earthquake that hit Baguio City the hardest.
The book, which is basically an anthology of “mini-histories,” comprises (a) a collection of narratives from various contributors who experienced the 1990 Baguio earthquake first hand and (b) a critical essay that articulates the individual memories as collective experience and thus as history of the community which will be written by the main author. The project  generally aims to produce a book manuscript that serves both as repository of historical narratives regarding the Baguio experience of the July 1990 earthquake, and an “alternative” history of Baguio. As history, the book project aims (1) to contribute to the body of local history of Baguio City at a particular point in time (1990), and (2) to draw attention to valuable lessons in disaster awareness and reduction as gleaned from these mini histories. As a book per se, its three main components (the collection, the key critical essay, and the book design and layout) shall be subject to the discretion of the book author. 

TARGET COMPLETION
The target completion of the compilation of contributions is June 2014. The book manuscript is intended for completion in December 2014 and for publication shortly thereafter.

OPEN FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
This project not only identifies the importance of writing local history to a community, but more importantly recognizes the role and active participation of individual citizens in the writing of history.
The project committee is now accepting contributions for possible inclusion in the book project “Histories in Memories: Remembering the July 16, 1990 Earthquake.” 

• Contributions must be personal first-hand accounts of the July 1990 earthquake in Baguio City and its neighboring areas (i.e. La Trinidad, and Tuba, Benguet).  
• The written accounts must be in nonfiction prose, and may take the form either of a short narrative or a short essay (i.e. various formats of creative nonfiction: real-life story, memoir, reflection, epistolary, sketch, mini biography, mini autobiography). 
• Entries may be written in English, Filipino, or Ilokano. 
• More than one entry may be submitted by a contributor.
• Entries should be submitted in Microsoft Word document file format sent through email to the addressbaguio1990earthquake@gmail.com.
• Submissions must be accompanied by a separately attached Microsoft Word document file of the bio data of the author.

Entries are subject to screening and editing by the book author. Authors whose contributions will be selected for inclusion in the book will receive a modest honorarium. The rights of authorship of the contributions remain with  the individual authors.  The rights pertaining to the book as a whole shall be reserved to the main author.

From panitikan.com.ph. Reposted here with permission.