IYAS LA SALLE WRITERS WORKSHOP OPENS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The 20th Iyas La Salle National Writers’ Workshop is open for applications. This year, it will be held on May 17-22, at the Balay Kalinungan, University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City.

Iyas is organized by the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in partnership with the DLSU Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC) and with support from the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC).

The workshop director is Dr. Marjorie Evasco. The panel is composed of Grace Monte de Ramos, Susan Lara, D.M. Reyes, Isidoro Cruz and Em Mendez. Elsie Martinez Coscoluella, Ronald Baytan and Iyas project coordinator Rayboy Pandan.

The workshop fellowship screening committee accepts creative work in Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Kinaray-a, Filipino and English. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language. Creative writing entries that explore human relations with the environment will be given preference for these fellowships. Twelve applicants will be chosen for the fellowships, which will include transportation subsidy and board and lodging.

Application requirements Original, unpublished work in only one chosen literary genre and language: six poems, two short stories or two one-act plays; works in three computerencoded hard copies, font size 12, double-spaced; short resume, with a page containing applicant’s ID photo and complete contact information (residence address, email address, contact number.

Send all requirements Feb. 20, to:

Dr. Marjorie Evasco

Iyas La Salle National Writers’ Workshop Director

Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center, Room 208 Miguel Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Malate, 0922 Manila