NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP. Writers from all over the country compete for 15-20 slots in these workshops, held in Baguio in the summer, and in the Visayas and Mindanao in October. This is the Center's most important program, and entails a considerable budgetary allocation. The Diliman Chancellor funds the Baguio workshops, and the Office of the President funds two additional workshops, launched on the initiative of the U.P. President Emil Q. Javier. These workshops are perhaps the most prestigious in the country; they include, not just works in English, but in the major Visayan languages (Sugbuanon, Hiligaynon, and Waray) and in Iluko and Bicol.

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS. This is one of the oldest CWC programs --- the awarding of modest stipends to writers in recognition of their accomplishment and to encourage literary production, in exchange for which the Fellows submit book-length works and deliver fellowship lectures.

PUBLICATIONS
The Likhaan Philippine Writers Series. The CWC serves as a kind of editorial board for literary manuscripts submitted to the U.P. Press. The result is a flood of literary titles, many of which are prizewinning books that speak for themselves. This project is held in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Press.
Annual Anthologies of the Best Writing in the Philippines. With the support of the Diliman Chancellor, the CWC every year puts out two anthologies of the best poetry and short fiction in English and Filipino published within the year. The CWC's Associates and Resident Fellows edit these books. So far, seven volumes have been completed, and two more are in progress. An additional volume of Philippine criticism and one of Philippine drama are scheduled for release.
Collegiate Textbooks in Philippine Literature. The Likhaan Anthology of Philippine Literature in English, edited by the CWC's Associates, has just been launched. A counterpart volume of literature in Filipino is in progress. The Office of the President funds these textbooks.

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