UP ICW ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES 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.
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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 now 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
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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.
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REQUIREMENTS. Applicants must submit the following: (1) four copies plus digital file (12 points, double-spaced, 8.5 x 11 inches) of one original unpublished manuscript (short story, poem, or creative nonfiction) to be discussed during the Workshop – this manuscript should not have been submitted to any other Workshop; (2) a 2-paragraph 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 inches); and (3) photocopies of the applicant’s published work, including publication details; and (4) application form (available at the UP ICW office in UP Diliman and on the ICW website: http://www.up.edu.ph/~icw/icw_form.pdf).
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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.
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Deadline for submission is December 15, 2005. For inquiries, call 922-1830 and ask for Mr. Tony Serrano.
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