Plural is now accepting new works, particularly fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism, for its second issue! Deadline is June 10. Send your submissions to: submissions@pluralprosejournal.com All manuscripts must be in 12-point, Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri, double-spaced, with numbered pages. Margins should be one inch on all sides. The author’s name should not appear … Continue reading
PLURAL launched last February its first collection of literary works in prose. The first issue is available in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats. LINK: PLURAL Issue 01 – February 2014 The editorial team of PLURAL is composed of graduate school students from De La Salle University-Manila’s MFA Creative Writing program. They are Jose Carlo C. … Continue reading
Byotch Magazine (www.byotchmagazine.com) is an online magazine that is all about encouraging creativity, ideas and the sharing of experiences—a magazine by crazy girls (and boys) for crazy girls (and boys). We release work on a daily basis (sometimes more than once a day), based on a monthly theme. Currently, we’re in the process of putting … Continue reading
by Phillip Yerro Kimpo What was the sea like before streets? This is how I essayed a recent attempt — one of many — to make sense of my ceaseless search. I’ve always looked for the sea, especially in the context of having spent almost my entire life, all measly 27 years of it, in … Continue reading
The UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) is now accepting submissions for the seventh issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature, the Philippines’ leading literary peer-reviewed journal. Published annually with funding by the Office of the Chancellor of UP Diliman, the journal features the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English … Continue reading
The Silliman University National Writers Workshop is extending the deadline of applications for the 52nd National Writers Workshop to 25 January 2012. Entries postmarked on that date will still be accepted. The workshop, to be held 6—24 May 2013 at the Silliman University Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village, is offering twelve fellowships to promising writers … Continue reading
Ipakaammo dagiti mangimaton iti Pasnaan, ti workshop iti panagsurat para kadagiti agdadamo a mannurat nga Ilokano, a maawaten dagiti manuskrito para iti 4th Pasnaan Ilokano Writers Workshop a manamnama a maangay iti nasapa a paset ti 2013. Sangapulo a fellows ti mapili ken maikkan iti gundaway a ma-workshop dagiti sinuratda: 2 iti sarita, 3 iti … Continue reading
by Louie Jon A. Sanchez Acclaimed writer and teacher Exie Abola’s debut book Trafficking in Nostalgia (2012, Ateneo de Manila University Press) offers creative nonfiction that is pristine and insightful. In essay after heartfelt essay, one could observe the careful craftsmanship of the writer, styling prose in a most lyric form. We say “lyric” here … Continue reading
Kalatas: Philippine Literature, Culture, and Ideas 