The University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental is inviting young writers to submit their application for the 13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop which will be held on April 21-27  at Balay Kalinungan, USLS-Bacolod.

 

Applicants should submit original work: six poems, two short stories, or two one-act plays using a pseudonym, in five computer-encoded hard copies of entries, font size 12, bound or fastened, in separate folders, and soft copies in a CD (MSWord). Short stories must be numbered, by paragraph.

 

These are to be accompanied by a sealed size 10 business envelope with the author’s real name and a pseudonym, a 2×2 ID photo, and short resume, which must be mailed on or before March 1.

 

Entries in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog or Filipino may be submitted. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language.

 

Fifteen applicants will be chosen for the fellowships, which will include partial transportation subsidy and free board and lodging.

 

This year’s panelists include Genevieve Asenjo, D.M. Reyes, Ronald Baytan, Dinah Roma Sianturi, Grace Monte de Ramos-Arcellana, and John Iremil Teodoro.

 

Applications must be submitted to Rowena Japitana, IYAS Secretariat, Special Project Office, University of St. La Salle, La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City. E-mail [email protected].

 

Iyas is held in collaboration with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University-Manila and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.