Istoryan Writers

[diem]

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^^Sure, please feel free to post in once in a while.

Nothing much to report on my end. Busy every weekday dishing out business articles for my company, and every weekend working while having fun with my indie film group. By the way, I encountered several online news articles which might peak your interest.

Manila Bulletin: Poetry on Demand
Butch Dalisay: On Writing Filipino for Filipinos

[freelancers13]

The 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards is officially extended and the new deadline for submission of entries is NOVEMBER 3, 2008.

CONTEST GUIDELINES:

1. Submissions must be given or delivered before or on November 3, 2008, with a duly accomplished application form and resume, to be sealed inside a brown envelope with the heading, "3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards." All submissions should be given or delivered to:

Fully Booked Customer Service
Fully Booked
Bldg 6, 902 Bonifacio High Street
Bonifacio Global City
1634 Taguig City

Only 1 submission per envelope (for those submitting to all three categories). Application forms may be downloaded below.

2. The contest is open to all Filipino citizens, even those who may be in a foreign country at the time, so long as they are still legal citizens, except current officers and employees of Fully Booked and the contest's sponsors.

3. All submissions must be in English except for the short film category, which may be in English or Filipino with English subtitles.

4. There are three categories: comics, prose fiction and short film. Contestants may join in all categories, and collaborations are allowed; however, each contestant may only submit and/or be involved with only one (1) submission per category.

5. Submissions must not have been awarded by another body or published in a national publication. Submissions to the short film category must not have been exhibited commercially, locally or internationally.

6. All submissions must be original. No adaptations of produced / published / copyrighted material are allowed. All intellectual property rights of submissions must belong to the author/s and director/s. Fully Booked and its sponsors shall be exempt from any and all liability in the event that the submission is said to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of another existing work. All rights revert to respective authors and directors, but FULLY BOOKED maintains/reserves the right to publish submissions without permission / approval / compensation.

7. a. PROSE - Submissions must fall under the genres of science fiction, fantasy and/or horror. Stories may not exceed seven thousand (7,000) words. Submissions must include four (4) hard copies, typewritten or computerized (preferably computerized). Submissions should be double-spaced on letter-size bond paper (8 1/2 X 11 inches), with approximately one-inch margin on all sides. Fonts should be Arial or Times New Roman and the font size should be 12. The author/s' name and address must not appear on the submission or any of its pages. Every page must contain the title of the work and must be numbered consecutively (e.g. 1 of 20, 5 of 15 and so on). The submission must include one (1) soft copy on a CD-ROM (files should be in .rtf [Rich Text Format]).

b. COMICS - For Comics, the theme is open (non-fiction is allowed). Twelve (12) pages is the maximum length. All submissions should be in black and white. Contestants may use any media they wish. No signatures/names must appear on any of the pages. Submissions must include four (4) hard copies (letter-size bond paper [8 1/2 X 11 inches]) and one (1) soft copy on CD-ROM (files should be in .jpg format, with art scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi); no original art must be submitted.

c. SHORT FILM - Submissions must fall under the genres of science fiction, fantasy and/or horror. The production of the short film must be in 2008, it should not exceed 20 minutes (including credits) and must be submitted in a digital video format (DVD). This category is open to professionals, however, no corporate financing is allowed.

8. Fully Booked has no obligation to return submissions.

9. In case submissions from overseas win, an authenticated copy of the Authorization Form by the Philippine Embassy or Consulate will be required.

10. The Board of Judges shall have the discretion, not to award any prize if, in its judgment, no worthy submission has been entered.

12. Fully Booked has the sole right to designate the persons who shall constitute the Board of Judges in each of the contest categories. The decision of the majority of the Board of Judges in all categories shall be final.

13. All rules and guidelines of the contest must be followed STRICTLY. Non-compliance will subject the submission to immediate disqualification.

[diem]

Thanks to the Internet, a world full of opportunities and avenues are available to writers to learn, practice and earn from what they love to do.

According to a blog article by the Inquirer's Izah Morales, blogging in the Internet can be a venue for aspiring authors to broadcast their literature. The experience of our own local literati, such as Dean Alfar and Vlad Gonzalez, show that blogging can be helpful in producing, progressing as well as promoting written works.

There's also this informative article in Writer's Digest that could guide you to making a website for your writing career and get you connections as well as work. Find out more here

[shaxyra]

diem, im in cebu na.. let's bring back the writing101 here! hehe

[diem]

Hehe, welcome back shaxyra. Keep up the writing by also keeping up with your reading.

I find reading up on other writers can help. Articles on writers can give you tips and information on lives that are dependent on writing.

Here's an interesting article on Filipino author Budjette Tan.

Supernatural Storytelling - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

[diem]

Another interesting article I found online on Miguel Syjuco whose novel "Ilustrado" just won this year's Palanca Awards in the novel category.

Write of passage - INQUIRER.net

[Deathnote]

was a news writer for Southern Scholar when i was in high-school

[galenostiel]

Hehe, welcome back shaxyra. Keep up the writing by also keeping up with your reading.

I find reading up on other writers can help. Articles on writers can give you tips and information on lives that are dependent on writing.

Here's an interesting article on Filipino author Budjette Tan.

Supernatural Storytelling - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Interesting! Now I want to go buy a copy of Trese.

As to my writing project, it's been put on hold again.
I'm being paid to do some sort of research work and it's taken up my free time.. but it'll be over soon so I'm looking forward to getting back to my tales.

[diem]

Interesting words of wisdom from two prominent people in the realm of Philippine literature.

Butch Dalisay answers your questions

Palanca Hall of Famer, finalist in the Man Asian Literary Prize, Director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Creative Writing and Professor Jose “Butch” Dalisay, Jr. answers questions popping from the minds of aspiring, young writers.

Filipino English: Literature as we think it

Novelist, journalist, editor and publisher F. Sionil Jose can be said to be one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in English. He delivered this keynote lecture at the Conference on "Literatures in Englishes," National University of Singapore.

[diem]

Roll call everyone! How is your writing coming along?

Well Ate Thisbe.ara I know is writing special invites and special words on her blessed day of new beginnings.

And galenostiel is busy completing her novel within the month. Go go go.

As for yours truly, guess what, I'm blogging at work and at my spare time and getting recognized for it. Shucks. Well hopefully other than work, and my weekend activities as a Cebuano independent filmmaker I could catch some time and spare some energy to write again.