The 56th edition of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop starts May 8 to 19 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia.
Ten writers from all over the Philippines have been accepted as fellows:
For Poetry: Elijah Maria Pascual (Ateneo de Manila University), George Deoso (University of Sto. Tomas), Hezron Pios (University of St. La Salle);
For Fiction: Arlene Theresa Avila (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), Matthew Jacob Ramos (Ateneo de Manila), Vincen Gregory Yu (University of the Philippines-Manila), Cesar Miguel Escaño (Ateneo de Manila), Maria Tanya Patricia Cruz (UST);
For Creative Non-Fiction: Tiffany Corinne Conde (Ateneo de Manila), Catherine Anne Orda (De La Salle University).
The panel of writers/critics for this year includes Director-in-Residence Jaime An Lim, resident writers Cesar Ruiz Aquino and Ian Rosales Casocot, as well as regular panelists Gemino Abad, Susan Lara, and Alfred Yuson.
They will be joined by guest panelists Jose Wendell Capili, Grace Monte de Ramos, Danilo Francisco Reyes, Anthony Tan, and international panelist Beth Yahp of Australia.
Founded in 1962 by S.E.A. Write Awardee Edilberto K. Tiempo and National Artist Edith L. Tiempo, the workshop is the oldest creative writing workshop of its kind in Asia. It was recently given the Tanging Parangal in the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
For more information about events during the workshop, e-mail Workshop Coordinator Lady Flor Partosa at nww@su.edu.ph or call the SU Department of English & Literature at (035) 422-6002 loc. 520. (Edilberto and Edith Tiempo Creative Writing Center)
