Literature

Celebrates Filipino literary excellence at PICC anew The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature made a grand return to the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) to celebrate its illustrious 72nd year. The prestigious event honored some of the country’s finest writers across various genres...

Small step by small step I walk slowly toward the edge of the forest. It is early morning. I can hear familiar morning sounds. This is where Father takes me sometimes to gather firewood, herbs and edible mushrooms while I hold on to...

The prestigious Palihang Rogelio Sicat (Rogelio Sicat Writers Workshop) will hold its 17th iteration at the Clark Free Port Zone in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, from June 5 to June 9. And for the first time since it was conceptualized in 1984, the PRS is...

I met Edith L. Tiempo on the night I won my first national literary award in 1979, from Focus Philippines. She headed the panel of judges.  My story “Old and Unborn” placed third, but having her as one of the judges made me...

For her arresting collection of poems, Soy (I am), multi-awarded poet, essayist, and trilingual writer Marra PL. Lanot won the Hispanic-Philippine Literature Award at the 2023 Premio Antonio M. Abad. The Premio Antonio M. Abad is one of the few Spanish-language writing contests that...

A Google-search of his name will not yield much data or information. He is probably one of the Filipino fiction writers from the 1950s to the 1960s who does not have an exact date of birth that can be sourced online. But his stories...