La Salle calls for applicants to 19th Iyas writers’ workshop

The 19th IYAS La Salle National Writers’ Workshop is open for applications. This year, it will be held on March 31 to April 6 at the Balay Kalinungan, University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City.

IYAS is organized by the University of St. La Salle in partnership with the DLSU Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and with support from the National Commission on Culture and the Arts and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities. The workshop director is John Iremil Teodoro. The panel is composed of Marjorie Evasco, Grace Monte de Ramos, Susan Lara, D.M. Reyes, and Em Mendez. Elsie Martinez Coscoluella, Ronald Baytan, and IYAS Project Coordinator Rayboy Pandan will also serve in the panel.

The workshop fellowship screening committee accepts creative work in Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Kinaray-a, Filipino, and English. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language. Creative writing entries that explore human relations with the environment will be given preference for these fellowships. 12 applicants will be chosen for the fellowships, which will include transportation subsidy and board and lodging.

Application requirements:

1.) Original, unpublished work in only one chosen literary genre and language: six poems, two short stories, or two one-act plays;

2.) Works must be in three computer-encoded hard copies, font size 12 pts., double-spaced; and

3.) A short resume, with a page containing applicant’s ID photo and complete contact information (residence address, email address, contact number).

Please submit by Feb. 7 all requirements to:

Dr. John Iremil E. Teodoro

IYAS La Salle National Writers’ Workshop Director

Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center

Room 208 Miguel Hall

De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Malate, 0922 Manila

For inquiries, please call DLSU BNSCWC (632) 5244611 local 233; email bnscwc@dlsu.edu.ph. (pr)