UP WRITERS WORKSHOP OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
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UP ICW ISSUES NEW GUIIDELINES FOR WRITERS' WORKSHOP
LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW)
recently announced that it is now accepting
applications for the 45th UP National Writers Workshop
to be held in Baguio for one week in the summer of
2006.
UP ICW Director, Professor Vim Nadera, also announced
that 12 fellowships are available and that these are
open only to advanced writers. He explained that since
there is a proliferation of creative writing workshops
on both the national and local levels, beginning
writers now have many other options.
Said Nadera: In keeping with its mandate of taking
the lead in the development of Philippine literature,
the UP ICW has decided to re-conceptualize its annual
workshop to address the changing needs of writers as
well as constraints brought on by the current
financial crisis.
Nadera also announced the new Workshop Guidelines.
Ingredients:
QUALIFICATIONS To qualify, applicants: (1) must be
writers in English or Filipino; (2) must have attended
at least one creative writing workshop
(national/regional, including the UP National Writers
Workshops), or earned a degree in Creative
Writing/Malikhaing Pagsulat, or won at least 1
national/international literary award; (3) must have
published at least 3 poems or 2 short stories or 2
pieces of creative nonfiction (e.g., essays, memoirs,
profiles) in reputable collections or anthologies,
journals, magazines (including campus publications),
or refereed Internet web magazines. Writers who have
been Fellows at any of the UP National Writers
Workshops are eligible.
Some of these qualifications may be waived in
exceptionally meritorious cases, with the unanimous
concurrence of the UP ICW Associates, Advisers and
Resident Fellows.
Applicants must submit the following:
(1) four copies plus digital file (12 points,
double-spaced, 8.5 x 11) of an original unpublished
manuscript (1 short story, 2 poems, 1 creative
nonfiction, or 1 one-act play) to be discussed during
the Workshop this manuscript should not have been
submitted to any other Workshop; (2) a 200-word
description of a work-in-progress in any of the above
genres, in English or Filipino (also 12 points,
double-spaced, 8.5 x 11); (3) photocopies of the
applicants published works, including publication
details; and (4) an application form (available at the
UP ICW office in UP Diliman and on the ICW website:
http://www.up.edu.ph/~icw).
Directions:
During the UP workshop, Fellows will be expected to
make a presentation of a chapter or draft of the
work-in-progress referred to above, and a short essay
on an aspect of their writing or of the genre in which
they work.
Deadline for submission of application is December 15,
2005. For inquiries, call 922-1830 and ask for Mr.
Tony Serrano.
UP ICW ISSUES NEW GUIIDELINES FOR WRITERS' WORKSHOP
LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW)
recently announced that it is now accepting
applications for the 45th UP National Writers Workshop
to be held in Baguio for one week in the summer of
2006.
UP ICW Director, Professor Vim Nadera, also announced
that 12 fellowships are available and that these are
open only to advanced writers. He explained that since
there is a proliferation of creative writing workshops
on both the national and local levels, beginning
writers now have many other options.
Said Nadera: In keeping with its mandate of taking
the lead in the development of Philippine literature,
the UP ICW has decided to re-conceptualize its annual
workshop to address the changing needs of writers as
well as constraints brought on by the current
financial crisis.
Nadera also announced the new Workshop Guidelines.
Ingredients:
QUALIFICATIONS To qualify, applicants: (1) must be
writers in English or Filipino; (2) must have attended
at least one creative writing workshop
(national/regional, including the UP National Writers
Workshops), or earned a degree in Creative
Writing/Malikhaing Pagsulat, or won at least 1
national/international literary award; (3) must have
published at least 3 poems or 2 short stories or 2
pieces of creative nonfiction (e.g., essays, memoirs,
profiles) in reputable collections or anthologies,
journals, magazines (including campus publications),
or refereed Internet web magazines. Writers who have
been Fellows at any of the UP National Writers
Workshops are eligible.
Some of these qualifications may be waived in
exceptionally meritorious cases, with the unanimous
concurrence of the UP ICW Associates, Advisers and
Resident Fellows.
Applicants must submit the following:
(1) four copies plus digital file (12 points,
double-spaced, 8.5 x 11) of an original unpublished
manuscript (1 short story, 2 poems, 1 creative
nonfiction, or 1 one-act play) to be discussed during
the Workshop this manuscript should not have been
submitted to any other Workshop; (2) a 200-word
description of a work-in-progress in any of the above
genres, in English or Filipino (also 12 points,
double-spaced, 8.5 x 11); (3) photocopies of the
applicants published works, including publication
details; and (4) an application form (available at the
UP ICW office in UP Diliman and on the ICW website:
http://www.up.edu.ph/~icw).
Directions:
During the UP workshop, Fellows will be expected to
make a presentation of a chapter or draft of the
work-in-progress referred to above, and a short essay
on an aspect of their writing or of the genre in which
they work.
Deadline for submission of application is December 15,
2005. For inquiries, call 922-1830 and ask for Mr.
Tony Serrano.
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