How I wish I could still join the Maningning Poetry Workshop on September 27, 2023.
I am a poet myself having written poems published in such prestigious magazines as Sagisag, the publication of the Department of Public Information (DPI) in the mid-70s, Expressweek, a weekly mag of the Philippine Daily Express (PDE), Woman’s Home Companion published by Graphic Arts Services (GASI), Pilipino Express, the tabloid of PDE, Mod Magazine etc. before I joined the movie reporting beat.
I also had my Creative Writing class and other literature subjects with the late Palanca Award winning professor and poetess Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta
Too bad I am already in my senior year when the age limit to the workshop of fifteen (15) participants is twenty six (26) and younger.
I would also miss the speaking and teaching inspirations and methods of poets Romulo Baquiran, Jr., UP professor and director of Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing; KarlKid Orit, president of Cavite Young Writers Association (CYWA) and Enrique Villasis, film and television writer for Viva Entertainment and ABS-CBN, the last two were previous winners of the Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards.
According to publicist Toots Tolentino, the event which is now accepting entries of one Filipino poem per entry with the theme “Pagtatagumpay sa Pandemya” is brought to life by the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, Inc. (MMAFI) in cooperation with the Far Eastern University Center for the Arts (FCA), Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts (IARFA) and Institute of Arts and Sciences (IAS) which are now accepting entries of one Filipino poem per entry with the theme “Pagtatagumpay sa Pandemya”
Coinciding with the free seminar-lab is the launch of the hardbound book “Ningning at Liwanag: Antolohiya ng 10 Nagwagi sa Gawad Maningning Miclat sa Tula (2003-2021,” a publication grant of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the announcement of the winners in the 2023 Maningning Miclat poetry contest. There will also be exhibit sale of artworks by past Maningning Art Award winners like Dexter Sy, Jessica Lopez, Nikko Pelaez, Kristoffer Tolentino and Joen Sudlon and faculty and selected students from IARFA.
FEU participants can send their entry to egonzales@feu.edu.ph while non-FEU participants can send theirs to maningningpoetry@gmail.com . Deadline to submit is September 15, 11:59 pm based on the email stamp.
Photo Courtesy: Maningning Miclat Facebook Page
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