UP writing fellows named

MANILA - Likhaan: The UP Creative Writing Center announces the awarding of ten fellowships to the UP National Writers' Workshop, to be held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel, Davao City, October 17-24. The theme of the Davao Workshop is "Lugar sa Pagsulat" to emphasize the importance of writing from the regions.
   The workshop will be directed by Ricardo de Ungria, newly installed chancellor of UP Mindanao and winner of this year's National Book Award for Poetry of the Manila Critics' Circle.
   The chosen fellows are: Genevieve Asenjo (Fiction in Filipino), Jose Duke S. Bagulaya (Poetry in Waray), Daryll Jane Delgado (Poetry in Waray and Fiction in Eglish), Germelina Lacorte (Fiction in English), Gabriela Alejandra Lee (Poetry in English), Michael Ligalig (Fiction in Sugbuanon), Karen Kay Rivero (Poetry in English), Alex de los Santos (Fiction in English), Ramel Taculod (Poetry in Sugbuanon), and Cor Marie Villojan (Poetry in Karay-a).
   The teaching panel will be composed of UP CWC associates and resident fellows Leoncio Deriada, winner of the Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame Award; Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, this year's Gawad Balagtas awardee; and multi-awarded writers Gemino Abad and Jose Lacaba.
   Unlike the UP Workshop which is held in Baguio, the October workshop is open only to writers based in the Visayas and Mindanao. It accepts works written in the major Visayan languages, as well as English and Filipino. Fellows should call Tony Serrano at 922-1830 (UP CWC) or Ralph Semino Galan at (0917-411-0854) to confirm their attendance, or call Allan at (082) 293-0310 regarding the travel itinerary.