3rd JULIANA AREJOLA-FAJARDO WORKSHOP

Tema: “An Parasurat sa Nagbabagong Panahon: Nagpupublikar, Nadadalan, Nadadangog, Yaon sa Tahaw kanKasiributan.”
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Call for Entries
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ELIGIBILITY
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Open to all Bicolano writers, at least 16 years old, physically fit and able to participate in the pili tree-planting and other workshop activities in Pili, Camarines Sur.
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REQUIREMENTS
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Interested parties may submit either 3 poems, 1 short-story or a one-act play written in any of the Bikol languages. English or Filipino manuscripts will be accepted but pieces written in the Bikol language will be given preference.
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Entries must be original, typewritten, double-spaced, on a short bond paper and submitted together with a bio-data containing the author’s brief literary background. It must come with a diskette containing soft copy of the manuscript.
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BENEFITS
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Successful applicants will be entitled to attend the workshop free of charge. They will also be provided free board and lodging and workshop materials.
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DEADLINE OF SUBMISSIONS
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Entries sent by mail or courier must be received on or before April 30, 2006 and must be addressed to the: 3rd Juliana Arejola-Fajardo Workshop sa Pagsurat Bikol c/o The Arejola Foundation for Social Responsibility, 2nd Floor Dabu Building, Elias Angeles St., Naga City.
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Entries sent via E-mail must be in the form of a word document file sent as an attachment to: SurataBikol@gmail.com and tarusan22@ayahoo.com. For more information, contact Workshop Convenor Carlo Arejola at 09185718616 or 2006 Workshop Director Jose Jason L. Chancoco at 4730487.
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OTHERS
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Leading Bicolano writers, all national prize-winners and past fellows to national writer’s workshops, have signed up as panelists and lecturers.

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