The SU National Writers Workshop is extending its deadline for applications for the 54th National Writers Workshop to Feb. 16.
The workshop, to be held May 11-29 at the SU Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Valencia, is offering 12 fellowships to promising writers in the Philippines who want to have a chance to hone their craft and refine their style.
Fellows will be provided housing, a modest stipend, and a subsidy to partially defray costs of their transportation.
All manuscripts should comply with the instructions. Applicants for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction fellowships should submit three to four entries. Applicants for Poetry fellowships should submit a suite of seven to 10 poems. Applicants for Drama fellowships should submit at least one One-Act Play.
Each fiction, creative nonfiction, or drama manuscript should not be more than 20 pages, double spaced.
Manuscripts should be submitted in five hard copies. They should be computerized in MS Word, double-spaced, on short bond paper. Please indicate the category (FICTION, CREATIVE NONFICTION, POETRY, or ONE-ACT DRAMA) immediately under the title. The page number must be typed consecutively at the center of the bottom margin of each page. The font should be Book Antiqua or Palatino, and the font size should be 12.
The applicant’s real name and address must appear only in the official application form and the certification of originality of works, and must not appear on the manuscripts.
Manuscripts should be accompanied by the official application form, a notarized certification of originality of works, and at least one letter of recommendation from a literature professor or an established writer. All requirements must be complete at the time of submission.
Send all applications or requests for information to Department of English & Literature, attention Prof. Ian Rosales Casocot, Workshop Coordinator, Katipunan Hall, Silliman University, 6200 Dumaguete City. For inquiries, email us at [email protected] or call 035-422-6002 loc. 350.
