With its sleek, contemporary glass façade, the classic and elegant Luxent Hotel along Timog Avenue in Quezon City is this year’s venue for the much-awaited Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA).
In a memorandum of agreement signed between the 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 and Luxent Hotel, the NJLA 2025 will be held on the 5th floor of the hotel’s Meridian Ballroom on Aug. 28, Thursday, from 5-9 p.m.
National Artists for Literature Ricky Lee and Gemino Abad will lead about 100 short fictionists and poets, as well as luminaries from the cinema, media, academe, and local governments who will grace the affair.
The NJLA is the only Awards for Literature in the Philippines that publishes and posts for posterity outstanding short stories and poetry, making them easily available to readers everywhere for generations to come.
These literary works are published in the 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, the companion literary magazine of the 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜, and posted on the 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤’𝘴 website (https://philippinesgraphic.com.ph) and Facebook page.
Some 75 short fictionists and poets, whose works qualified for publication in the 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, will be honored as 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 Salute Awardees for 2025. From this rich harvest of literary gems will be selected the top three winners in the short story category and the Poet of the Year.
NJLA 2025 is made possible with the generous support of Luxent Hotel, BingoPlus, and San Miguel Corporation (SMC).
