DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS to DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009

The Davao Writers Guild and the Humanities Division of the Ateneo de Davao University, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, will hold a Writers Workshop on May 4-8, 2009 in Davao City.

Any resident of Mindanao is qualified to apply to the DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009. Applicants are required to submit five poems, or one short story, or one essay, or one one-act play; or any combination. The works may be in Filipino, English, or Cebuano.

Please submit the application form and three copies of the manuscripts to Prof. Jhoanna Cruz, Department of Humanities, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City. Do not write your name on the manuscripts. Then please send the files as attachment to davaowritersguild@yahoo.com.ph with the subject “DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop 2009 Application.”

Application forms may be downloaded from dagmay.kom.ph.

Fifteen writing fellows will be selected and provided free board and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Five slots are allotted to fellows from outside Davao, if any, who will receive a transportation allowance.

This year’s panelists are: Macario D. Tiu, Ricardo de Ungria, Don Pagusara, Timothy Montes, and Marjorie Evasco.

The deadline for application is March 15, 2009. Successful applicants will be posted on the dagmay.kom.ph website on April 15.