UBOD, Premio Tomas, LIRA, sagkod iba pa

Nag-iyan ako nguwan na gab-i para sa paglunsar ku UBOD New Authors Series sa CCP kun sari adtung ibang mga kabisto man na parasurat kaiba arug kira Esting Jacob, Genevieve Asenjo, Santiago Villafania kaiba sadtu. Maray na agko arug kading programa na nagtatao sa tiyansa na maipublikar an ang mga ngabilun arug kan ang Bikol, Pangasinense, sagkod Kiniray-a ta malabi-labi sana an ang napupublikar na mga koleksyon. Dawa pa tulong taon nirang inulat su pagluwas ku libro, pero dawa uno pa man, maray baya ta nakaluwas man. Ta galin pa ako sa eskuwelan para asikasuhon su thesis namu, nag-abut akong nagpapatara-tara na si Dr. Gemino Abad na amo an naging Punong Tagapakaray. An pang ibang mga miyembros na tagapakaray amo na an si Cirilo Bautista sagkod Marjorie Evasco (Poetry); Roberto Añonuevo sagkod Benilda Santos (Tula); Jose Dalisay sagkod Charlson Ong (Fiction); Jun Cruz Reyes (Maikling Kuwento); sira Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio (Play), Sylvia Mendez-Ventura (Essay), Marne Kilates (Bikol), Timothy Montes (Cebuano), Leoncio Deriada (Hiligaynon), Juan S.P. Hidalgo (Iluko), sagkod Ma. Crisanta Nelmida-Flores (Pangasinense).

Congrats sa ngamin na parasurat na nakaiba sadtu!

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Bago pa ako nag-iyan sadto, tinext ko na si Yayan kung si isay su mga mig-iyan sadtu. Tinext ko si Gen Asenjo (kagsurat kan taga-uma@manila kag iba pa nga pakigsapalaran) para masigurado na nag-iyan iya para sa launching ku libro niya. Namuya ako ta sadtu man si Esting Jacob (kagsurat kan Mga Nirukitdukit Mga Rawit -dawit sa Bikol), na una ko diri makakaiyan, si Sir Frank Peñones, pati su mag-agom na Sir Rudy sagkod Selena Alano. Si tokayong Sonny Villafania sadto man para sa koleksyon niyang Balikas ed Caboloan.

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Naisiyan ko na usad palan ading blog ko sa itinao ni Sir Esting sa mga estudyante niya para bisitahon. Makasupog man na kung unu-uno ko na sana ibinubutang ko sadi blog ko kaya puon nguwan, migsurat na ako sa agku kamutangan sagkod mas dakol na gayud sa Iriganon.

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Sinabi ko palan ki Sir Frank na mig-uli ako sa Bikol para sa Awarding ku Premio Tomas Arejola. Dakol kuno kaming pis-usipan pag-uli ko. Amo palan adi su listahan ku mga finalists:
Osipon na Pan-aki
1.“Magic Lapis” ni Michelle S. Bayos kan Baao, Camarines Sur
2.“Duwang Pagsadiri” ni Jaime Jesus Borlagdan kan Ciudad nin Tabaco
3.“Ku Turion si Kulakog” ni Jose Jason L. Chancoco kan Ciudad nin Iriga
4.“An Aking Dai Nangingiturogan” ni Kristian S. Cordero kan Ciudad nin Iriga
5.“Si Atong Natong” ni Maria Francia M. Sales kan Pili, Camarines Sur
6. “Maputing Agta” ni Sonny C. Sendon kan Ciudad nin Iriga
7. “ Kan Magutom si Buchok” ni H. Francisco V. Peñones, Jr. kan Ciudad nin Iriga
1-Actang Dula na Pan-aki
1. “Perla Bakasyonista” ni Rodrigo Boquiron kan Pili, Camarines Sur.
2. “Agku Bampira sa Iriga!” ni Jose Jason L. Chancoco kan Ciudad nin Iriga

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Udma palan, amo adi a mingyari:

"On December 7, LIRA will sponsor a forum entitled Kailangan ba ang LIRA? Ano ang ginagawa ng mga makatang kabataan ngayon?at the Pulungang Recto, Bulwagang Rizal at 2 pm. Among the resource persons are: Dr. Rebecca Aonuevo (Department of English, Miriam College); Prof. Paolo Manalo (Department of English and Comparative Literature, UP College of Arts and Letters); Prof. Allan Popa (Kagawaran ng Filipino, Ateneo de Manila University); Dr. Benilda Santos (Kagawaran ng Filipino, AdMU); Mr. Ernani Rafael (LIRA member); and Prof. Angelo Suarez (Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas). Director Vim Nadera, UP Institute of Creative Writing, will be the moderator."

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