Sagada Calls Out to Cordi Writers

My dear dean and tokayo (namesake) Elizabeth Calinawagan requested me to help drum up publicity for the second Cordi writing workshop. Not only are there slots still waiting to be filled, the setting of this gathering is Sagada. All expenses paid. Sakay na! What follows is the official announcement:

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will hold the second Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop from April 27 to May 1 in Sagada, Mountain Province.

Organized in association with the University of the Philippines Baguio, the workshop is open to aspiring young writers writing in any of these Cordillera languages: Ibaloi, Kankanaey, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga.
The requirements are: original and unpublished works with translation: either three poems or one short story; application letter; endorsement from a supervisor (teacher, school paper adviser or institution head); and brief biodata.

The entry packet format must be a hard copy and soft file copy in CD sealed in a long brown envelope, sent or delivered to: 2nd Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop, College of Arts and Communication, UP Baguio, Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City 2600.
Deadline for submission of entries is on March 27 at 2 p.m..
The grant covers board, lodging and transportation from UP Baguio to Sagada and back.

The panelists include: UP Baguio Chancellor Priscilla Supnet Macansantos, poets Francis Macansantos and Herminio Beltran Jr. Lecturers are: Elizabeth Lolarga, Victor Emmanuel Nadera and Ventura Bitot .

For inquiries, contact telefax (074)444-8393 or email junleylazaga@yahoo.com.ph.

Photo by ELMER KRISTIAN DAUIGOY shows some of the kids who were in the pioneering Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop at UP Baguio in 2007. They've become the suki of the Baguio Writers Group in its own workshops and other activities.