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.
By Moon Alone Fantasy Fiction Contest
First heard from Philippine Genre Stories and the Bibliophile Stalker:
Filipino artist Honoel A. Ibardolaza (nicknamed HAI) is sponsoring the first ever By Moon Alone fantasy fiction contest. The challenge: "In less than 2000 words, write a short story depicting a character's encounter with a dragon."
Details here. I've also marked the date in the submissions calendar in this blog's sidebar.
News Bits
- Charles has posted a summary and MP3 of the latest LitCritters session here.
- Kenneth has posted pics and details of some events, among which are the NWA5 writers forum and the Manila LitCritters meetup. Visit the PGS blog for more.
- Speaking of Kenneth, his short story "House 1.0" is now out on The Town Drunk. Go read!
- Andrew Drilon's Kare-Kare Komiks has been featured in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Congrats, Andrew!
- Read or Die announces its plans for the first series of Write Or Die: Writers Write lecture workshops. The purpose of the workshop is to promote the UP Gawad Centennial Likhaan 2008, a special literary prize sponsored by the University of the Philippines.
Non-professional and non-academic writers are encouraged to submit their work for consideration to the Gawad Likhaan. For more information, see this page.
- Related to Write or Die: Writers who wish to have their chapter excerpts from their novel-length manuscripts critiqued by Charlson Ong and Jun Cruz Reyes should submit their excerpt to readordie.ph@gmail.com on or before November 8 (for Jun Cruz Reyes) and November 18 (for Charlson Ong).
A maximum of 5 manuscripts will be discussed. For more details, see this page.
- This is not related to spec fic, but still something that may interest Tagalog essay writers:
Bilang paghahanda sa darating na kapaskuhan ay magsisimula nang tumanggap ang patnugutan ng mga lathalaing napapanahon sa okasyong darating. Tatanggap at bibigyang halaga rin ang mga lathalaing tumatalakay sa Edukasyon, Sining at Kultura at artikulo hinggil sa Wika na makapaghahatid impormasyon sa mga mambabasa. Mangyari lamang na lakipan ng mga larawan ng talakayin ang bawat artikulo, 4 na pahina, double space, at ipadala sa liwayway_manilabulletin@yahoo.com. Lakipan din ng maikling detalye ng manunulat, kanyang larawan at propesyon kasama ang maikling impormasyon hinggil sa kanyang tagumpay na nakamit sa larangan ng pagsusulat. Kapag napili at nalathala sa Liwayway, kinakailangang nagtataglay ang sumulat ng valid ID at TIN number upang matanggap ang kaukulang kabayaran sa bawat artikulo. Maaari ring ipadala sa koreo ang akda sa: Managing Editor, Liwayway Department, 2nd floor, Manila Bulletin Bldg., Muralla Street, Intramuros, Manila.
On that note, would anyone know if Liwayway still accepts fiction contributions? I've emailed them asking if any of their magazines (Liwayway, Bannawag, Bisaya and Hiligaynon) still accept fiction, especially spec fic. I certainly hope I didn't breach protocol by doing so. Updates, if any, will be posted here.
Philippine Genre Stories Writing Contest #3
I've been failing to plug these for some time, but now I'm catching up. Philippine Genre Stories has a running contest where they put up illustrations, and readers are invited to write a 500-word (max) story around each one.
The entries are judged, and the winning pieces are published in future issues of PGS. The writers of the winning pieces get a free copy of the next issue and P100.
The third such writing contest is up! To see the new image and learn more about the contest, check out the PGS blog.
Deadlines! Deadlines!
1. Dean Alfar has posted the final call for submissions to Philippine Speculative Fiction vol. 3. Deadline is on September 15.
2. Philippine Genre Stories is accepting Christmas-themed stories for its December special until October 5.
3. The Fully Booked contest I linked to earlier has an October 31 deadline.
Submit, submit!
2007 National Book Awards and Palanca Award Winners
Tin of Read or Die has posted a list of the National Book award winners at the Read or Die blog.
Ian Rosales Casocot has posted the link to the list of 2007 Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature winners on his blog.
Congrats to the winners!
2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards
Fully Booked presents the 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards.
Calling all Filipino writers, artists, and just about anyone with a wild imagination! Neil Gaiman wants YOU to join this nationwide writing competition to seek out excellent work in two categories: comics and prose fiction. The contest starts on September 1 and deadline of submission of entries is on October 31, 2007. Over P300,000 in prizes, including P100,000 grand prize for the first place winners! COMIC BOOK WRITING CONTEST: 1st Prize - P100,000 2nd Prize - P30,000 3rd Prize - P15,000 SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR WRITING CONTEST: 1st Prize - P100,000 2nd Prize - P30,000 3rd Prize - P15,000Download the contest guidelines and the official application form here.
Wika2007 Blog Writing Contest, for Blogs in Filipino
Reposting from Bibliophile Stalker's post:
From Filipino Librarian
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I've been wondering if there were more speculative fiction blogs in Filipino that are out there. For those who are still looking, I do recommend Ian Madrid's Planetang Pinoy Scifi and Jun Ferreras' fiction, over at his Philstories account.
The Wika2007 Blog Writing Contest is a group writing effort aiming to trumpet the beauty and strength of the Filipino Language in line with this year’s Buwan ng Wika theme: “Maraming Wika, Matatag na BansaYou can find more info here
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I've been wondering if there were more speculative fiction blogs in Filipino that are out there. For those who are still looking, I do recommend Ian Madrid's Planetang Pinoy Scifi and Jun Ferreras' fiction, over at his Philstories account.