Philippine Speculative Fiction IV Book Launch
Philippine Speculative Fiction IV
Edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Nikki Alfar
Book launch: February 28, 2009 - 5:30PM
U-View Theater, Fully Booked High Street
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City
- From Dean Alfar's blog. Call for Submissions for The Farthest Shore: Fantasy from the Philippines
From Banzai Cat's blog:
Secondary fantasy worlds are well-written fantasy stories that take place in a self-contained and self-consistent fantasy world created by the writer. These can be epic fantasy, high fantasy, or even dark (horror) fantasy. “The Farthest Shore: Fantasy from the Philippines, edited by Joseph Nacino & Dean Francis Alfar†will be published electronically to make this collection of stories available to a wider international audience. Through this anthology we will be able to show the world that the Filipino writer can create worlds with the best of them. Combining these two ideas—the short story and secondary fantasy worlds—is well-within the Filipino author’s ability. As a guideline though, we are not looking for treatise or travel guide books of the secondary fantasy world. In the end, a good story and the humanity of the characters in them must take precedence over the well-formed setting. In keeping with the concept of fantasy secondary worlds, stories based on Filipino mythology are acceptable.For submission guidelines, click here.
2009 Romeo Forbes Children’s Storywriting Competition Open to Submissions
From the official blog of CANVAS:
Happy New Year! Start the year right and join CANVAS' 5th Annual Romeo Forbes Children's Storywriting Competition! This year's contest is based on an original untitled oil on canvas painting by Juanito Torres (pictured above - click on the picture to see a larger version). Please read the rules carefully… there are a number of changes from our previous competitions, not least of which is a P5,000.00 increase in the cash prize. :-) In addition to receiving P35,000.00 in cash and a trophy, the winning author will also see his/her story rendered and published as a full color children's book in mid-2010.Contest details here. The deadline has also been added to this blog's sidebar calendar.