Fellows to the 5th Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop, announced

The College of Arts and Communication of the University of the Philippines Baguio gladly announces the 15 Fellows of the fifth Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop (CCWW). Over ninety applications from all over the country, five fellows were chosen for poetry, five for short story, one for poetry for children, two for short story for children, and two for creative nonfiction. Poetry: Jean Ananayo (Baguio City), Rhea Rose Berroy (Abra), Paulino Cuison (Dagupan City), Ivan Emil Labayne (Quezon City), and Jimsmar Paulino (Baguio City); short story: Van Ehrick Angeles (Cainta, Rizal), Estelito Mendoza (Baguio City), Lioba Asia Piluden (Baguio City), Rai Aldrin Salvador (Caguayan City), and Aby Weygan (Baguio City); for poetry for children: Ching Kilakil (Bontoc, Mountain Province); for short story for children: Emmanuel John Lofamia (Sanchez Mira, Cagayan) and Aileen Piornato (Gonzaga, Cagayan); and for creative nonfiction: Ivan Layugan (Baguio City) and Arnel Murga (Iloilo City). The fellowship includes full sponsorship for include meals and accommodation during the period of the workshop, and transportation allowance.

Spearheaded by UP Baguio’s College of Arts and Communication (CAC), the 2016 CCWW is a joint project of the University of the Philippines Baguio and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp., Mt Cloud Bookshop, the UP Baguio Cordillera Studies Center, the University of the Philippines Press, and the Office of the Chairman of NCCA. The panel of critics is composed of Prof. Grace Celeste Subido, Mr. Frank Cimatu, Mr. Francis Macansantos, Dr. Victor Emmanuel Carmelo “Vim” Nadera, and Prof. Delfin Tolentino Jr. The Workshop will be held on October 24-27, 2016 at the University of the Philippines Baguio. Workshop director is Junley Lazaga and the workshop coordinator is Rachel Pitlongay, both faculty members of CAC’s Department of Language, Literature and the Arts and former fellows of CCWW.

The workshop had previously held four workshops in the last eight years: 2007 (UP Baguio, Baguio City), 2009 (Saint Mary’s School, Sagada, Mountain Province), 2012 (Hotel Supreme, Baguio City), and 2014 (El Cielito Inn, Baguio City). A fellowship program and dinner will also be held in the evening of October 27, 2016 to gather all past and current fellows and panelists of the Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop. All workshop fellows, panelists, staff and benefactors of CCWW are cordially invited.

For queries, contact the CCWW 2016 secretariat through telefax (074) 444 8393 or email at cordilleracreativeww2016@gmail.com.