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Two staff writers of the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. — Richel Dorotan (left) of Bisaya Magazin and Ariel S. Tabag (right) of Bannawag — receive their awards at the Palanca Memorial Awards last night, September 1, 2010. (Photo by MICHAEL VARCAS) Two staffmembers of the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation (Bulletin Group) have once more brought home prizes from the 60th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature which held its awarding ceremonies Wednesday night. Leyte resident Richel Dorotan, 36, a staffwriter of Bisaya Magasin, the Bulletin Group’s magazine in Cebuano, bagged the 1st prize in the Short Story-Cebuano category. Although he had won 2nd place in 2006 and 2009 in the same category, it was the first time for him to clinch the top prize. In his winning entry this year near does not necessarily mean being physically close. Dorotan said that winning an award like a Palanca is only his secondary motive in joining a literary competition: “A writer creates his works not...

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Voices of the regions Two recent Palanca awardees hope to encourage young Filipinos to write in their native tongue For Edgar Godin and Ariel Tabag, winning the Palanca Award for their short stories mean more than just recognition of their literary skill. It is an opportunity for them to show the nation that literature in the regions continues to thrive, despite the challenges that our regional languages face in this increasingly globalized world. Thirty-six-year-old Godin won second prize in the Maikling Kuwento-Cebuano category for his story "Bingo", while 30-year-old Ariel Tabag won second prize in the Maikling Kuwento-Iluko category for his story "Littugaw". Both of them work for the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation: Godin is the associate editor of Bisaya Magazine, while Tabag is the entertainment editor of Bannawag Magazine. The two credit their passion for writing to the simple act of reading magazines. "Para akong wild orchid na sumulpot," s...

PARIKUTKO iti editorial ti mangisiki iti oras tapno regular a makasuratak iti sarita ken daniw, kas iti ar-aramidekon manipud idi inkeddengko ti agsurat iti Iluko. Taltallokam laeng ngamin iti Editorial ti Bannawag, basbassit nga adayo iti lima a sigud a bilang ti staffna idi adda pay ti opisinana iti Makati ken kukua pay laeng ti Liwayway. Saan a gapu ta makapagsuratak koma iti opisina. Iti kaadu ngamin ti obra, awanton ti mabati pay a panunot ken pigsa inton makasangpetak idiay balay ket amang a nasaysayaat a kaatag dagiti matmaturogen a putot ken kasimpungalan ngem iti mangikur-it iti nabambannog a balikas wenno linia, tapno laeng matungpal ti ragut wenno raas a makasurat. Agyamanak ken ni Apo Literary Editor Juan Al. Asuncion ta nangisagana iti maysa a bilang ti Bannawag para iti maysa a saritak. Rinugiak ti nagsurat iti sarita a para pablaak. Daytay sarita nga awan ti pampanunotek-- panangabakna, no magustuan dagiti hurado-- no di ti pannakasangal ti maysa a sarita a mabalin nga...

Napia man a pangkudkod iti bukot: Manila Bulletin writers win honors in Palanca Awards Two journalists from the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation bagged top prizes in the 2008 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, which held its awarding ceremonies at the Peninsula Manila Hotel yesterday. Edgar S. Godin, associate editor of Bisaya Magazine, won 2nd prize in the Maikling Kuwento-Cebuano category while Ariel Tabag, entertainment editor of Bannawag Magazine, bagged 2nd prize in the Maikling Kuwento-Iluko. Bisaya and Bannawag are among the Bulletin’s leading regional language publications. Godin, a first-time Palanca winner, submitted his winning piece titled "Bingo", a discussion of society by different characters with various concerns while playing the popular bingo game. Other winners in the Maikling Kuwento-Cebuano category include Macario Tiu, who took the 1st place award, and Lilia Tio who bagged third prize honors. "I really didn’t expect to win. It...