Ustetika souv mag 3 by Chinny Basinang

Marso 5, 2016

Buenaventura G. Paredes, OP.

Taong 1959 nang nilunsad ng Varsitarian ang timpalak-pampanitikan ng Unibersidad na unang kinilala sa pangalang Annual Rector’s Literary Award na naging Annual Rector’s Literary Contest sa kalaunan. Ito ay nagbigay daan upang bigyang pugay ang pinakamagagaling na Tomasinong manunulat. Pansamantalang natigil ang patimpalak noong dekada ’70 sa pagpasok ng batas military na nagging hudyat ng pagtamlay ng panitikan sa Unibersidad. Ngunit hindi nagpatinag ang Varsitarian at muling pinalagablab ang taunang patimpalak. Taong 1984 nang muling buhayin ng noo’y punong patnugot ng Varsitarian na si Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera Jr. ang patimpalak at pinangalanan itong “Gawad Ustetika” (mula sa pinagbuklod na salitang UST at Estetika). Binuhay din noong 1991 ang Rector’s Literary Award, ang pinakamataas na parangal na maaaring igawad sa nagkamit ng unang gantimpala sa kahit anong kategorya sa Ustetika. Nagbunga ang taunang patimpalak ng mga Tomasinong manunulat na tunay na maipagmamalaki ng Unibersidad gaya ni Rodolfo Lana Jr. na siyang unang tumanggap ng Rector’s Literary Award.

KASAYSAYAN

Sa ika-31 taon ng Gawad Ustetika, patuloy ang pagpapanday sa bagong henerasyon ng mga manunulat na Tomasino na magbibigay buhay sa panitikang Filipino sa mga darating pang siglo.

Kasabay ng mga alon ng papuri na natatamo ng Unibersidad sa larangan ng akademiya, ang pag-agos ng pagkilala sa panitikang Tomasino. Saksi ang Varsitarian sa walang humpay na pagkauhaw ng mga Tomasinong manunulat na mahubog at mapalalim ang kanilang kadalubhasaan. Sa loob ng 31 na taon, naging susi ang Gawad Ustetika sa pagpapayaman ng ating literatura at pagkilala sa mga bagong henerasiyon ng manunulat bago pa man sila mahirang na alagad ng panitikan sa bansa. Kaya naman sa panahong ito ng social media at pagmamadali, hanga ako sa mga Tomasinong naglaan ng oras upang makapagsulat ng malikhaing akda at naglakas-loob na lumahok sa ika-31 taon ng Gawad Ustetika. Huwag ninyong hayaang masaid ang ating literatura. Sa pamamagitan ng inyong malawak at malayang imahinasiyon, patuloy niyong ibahagi ang inyong mga kuwento. Paapawin ang panitikang Tomasino!

Joselito B. Zulueta Publications Adviser, The Varsitarian

Hindi maikakaila ang kahalagan ng Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas at ang kontribusiyon ng mga Tomasino sa pagpapaunlad at pagpapayaman ng panitikang Filipino magmula noon hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Kaya naman, patuloy na nakikiisa ang Varsitarian sa pagpapahalag at pagpapayabong ng panitikang Tomasino sa pamamagitan ng pagdaraos ng taunang Gawad Ustetika. Sa ika-31 nitong taon, layuning ng patimpalak na padaliyun ang bagong sibol na panitikan upang hindi matuyot ang tradisyon ng malikhaing pagsulat sa Unibersidad sa kabila ng nagbabagong panahon. Gaya ng tubig na nagbibigay-buhay sa ating pagkahapo, ang panitikan ay siyang ding magpupunan ng ating pagka-uhaw sa kultura at sining. Hangarin ng Varsitarian na patuloy na paapawin ang panitikang Tomasino hanggang sa mga darating pang panahon. Mabuhay ang Gawad Ustetika at ang panitikang Tomasino!

Lord Bien G. Lelay Editor in Chief, The Varsitarian

Mga Komite sa Paggawa Maria Koreena M. Eslava CHAIRPERSON

Maria Koreena M. Eslava Chairperson, Gawad Ustetika

Erika Mariz S. Cunanan

Daryl Angelo P. Baybado

VICE CHAIRPERSON INTERNAL

VICE CHAIRPERSON EXTERNAL

INTERNAL COMMITTEES

EXTERNAL COMMITTEES

Registarion Committee Mary Gillan Frances G. Ropero, Mary Grace C. Esmaya, Maria Corazon A. Inay, Ma. Czarina A. Fernandez

Judges Committee Alliliana Margarette T. Uyao, Bernadette A. Pamintuan, Cedric Allen P. Sta. Cruz, Amierielle Ann A. Bulan, Jasper Emmanuel Y. Arcalas

Programs Committee Roberto A. Vergara, Jr., Carlo A. Casingcasing, Vianca A. Ocampo Creatives Committee Kirsten M. Jamilla, Ava Victoria, Chinny Basinang, Freya Torres, Seldon Tagao, Iain Tyapon Logistics Committee Delfin Ray M. Dioquino, Julius Roman M. Tolop, Clarence I. Hormachuelos, Philip Martin L. Matel, John Chester P. Fajardo, Roy Narra, Leif Sykioco

Publicity Committee Danielle Ann F. Gabriel, Randell Angelo B. Ritumalta, Kristel Nicole A. Sevilla, Lea Mat P. Vicencio Prizes Committee Ethan James M. Siat, Mia Rosienna P. Mallari, Kathryn Jedi J. Baylon, Maritz L. Lubo

Technicals Committee Josef Brian T. Ramil, Rhenn Anthony S. Taguiam

Food Committee Marie Danielle L. Macalino, Jerome P. Villanueva, Kimberly Joy V. Naparan, Gabriel Agcaoili, John Paul Corpuz

Documentation Committee Basilio H. Sepe, Alvin Joseph Kasiban, Amparo Klarin J. Mangoroban, Miah Terrenz Provido

Hagbong Committee Dayanara T. Cudal, Paul Xavier Jaehwa C. Bernardo, Alhex Adrea M. Peralta, Monica M. Hernandez

PARANGAL HAGBONG BILANG pagbibigay-pugay sa malaking kontribusyon ng mga bayaning Tomasino ng sining at panitikan sa loob at labas ng Unibersidad, ipinakilala ng Varsitarian ang “Parangal Hagbong” noong 1997. Ang Parangal Hagbong ay konseptong nilikha ng noo’y Varsitarian News Editor at tagapangulo ng ika-13 taon ng Gawad Ustetika na si Ro-Charmaine Pidal. Ang salitang “hagbong” ay nagmula sa Tagalog na salita sa probinsya ng Quezon na tumutukoy sa korona ng dahong sumisimbolo sa mataas na katayuang panlipunan at isinusot sa ulo ng mga taong mahuhusay sa sining at panitik noong unang panahon. Sa unang walong taon ng naturang parangal, isang sertipiko lamang ang iginagawad sa mga nagsipagwagi na napalitan noong 2004 ng mga tropeong gawa sa Molave at cold-cast ivory. Ibinibigay ang una sa mga manunulat na nabubuhay pa, habang ang huli naman ay para sa mga yumao na. Ang mga tropeo ay idinisenyo at iniukit ng dalawang tanyag na artist na sina Romeo Forbes at Frederick Caedo ng Artery Visual Arts group. Ang disenyo ni Forbes, isang iskulturang Molave na may kamagong na pundasyon na nagpapakita ng dalawang taong magkapatong sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga ang kamay, isang interpretasyon ng pagkamalikhain. Samantala, ang disenyo naman ni Caedo ay isang ukit ng dalawang kamay na gawa sa cold-cast ivory, isang simbolo pagtanggap at pag-aalay. Ang unang Parangal Hagbong ay iginawad sa dalawang tanyag na Tomasinong manunulat at dating mga miyembro ng Varsitarian na sina Rolando Tinio at Rogelio Sicat. Noong nakaraang taon, iginawad naman ito kina Piedad Guinto-Rosales at Norma Miraflor. Sa pagdaan ng mga taon, patuloy na igagawad ng Varsitarian ang Parangal Hagbong sa mga Tomasinong haligi ng sining at panitikang Pilipino. Patunay na hindi mapapatid ang malikhaing tradisyon ng Unibersidad sa sining at panitik, dumaan man ang ilang salinlahi ng mga manunulat na Tomasino..

Paulino Lim, Jr.

Parangal Hagbong 2016 Awardee MATATALINONG komentaryo sa mga politikal at panlipunang realidad sa Pilipinas ang mga katha ni Paulino Lim, hango sa kaniyang mga karanasan at pananaw bilang isang transnational na manunulat. Kaya naman ngayong taon, sa ika-31 na taon ng Gawad Ustetika, ang timpalak-pampanitikan ng Unibersidad, iginagawad ang prestihiyosong Parangal Hagbong kay Paulino Lim. Kilala si Lim sa kaniyang serye ng apatang pampulitikang nobela: “Tiger Orchids on Mount Mayon” (1990), “Sparrows Don’t Sing in the Philippines” (1994), “Requiem for a Rebel Priest” (1996), at “Ka Gaby, Nom de Guerre” (2001).” Sa kaniyang mga nobela, ihinahayag ni Lim ang kaniyang mga kapintasan sa sosyo-politikal na klima ng bansa. Nagsisilbing boses ni Lim ang mga bida sa kaniyang mga kuwento. Sa katunayan, sumasalamin ang ilang mga katangian ng mga bida ni Lim sa may-akda tulad ng pagiging pawang mga balikbayan at tubong-Bikol. Karanasan sa pagsulat Sa mataas na paaralan pa lamang, nakitaan na ng potensiyal bilang manunulat si Lim. Nag-aaral siya noon sa St. John’s Academy sa Bikol nang isabak siya sa isang paligsahan ng pagsulat ng sanaysay kung saan nakamit niya ang unang gantimpala. Sa impluwensya ng kanyang pamilya, kumuha si Lim ng kursong Edukasyon sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas. Ayon kay Lim, pangunahin ang kanyang pagiging guro bago ang pagiging isang manunulat. “I come from a family of teachers. I was influenced by my mother so I immediately enrolled in Education and happily, I majored in English where you read the best of literatures and then you try to copy them and imitate them,” kuwento ni Lim. “Writing became accidental as I say. I consider myself primarily as a teacher and secondarily as a writer,” dagdag pa niya. Sa UST natanggap ni Lim ang kaniyang bachelor’s degree sa Edukasyon, maging ang kaniyang master’s degree sa Ingles. Nagtapos din siya bilang magna cum laude noong siya’y undergraduate. Bagamat nakatuon ang pag-aaral sa pagiging isang guro, patuloy na hinasa ni Lim ang kaniyang kakahayan sa pagsulat nang sumali siya sa Varsitarian. “My experience [in] the Varsitarian was the best part of my college education because I started to learn how to write,” ani Lim na nagsilbi bilang reporter, cadet editor at associate editor sa opisyal na pang-estudyanteng pampahayagan ng Unibersidad. Bukod sa pagsulat sa mga nobela, kilala rin si Lim bilang manunulat ng mga maikling kuwento. Noong 1985, kinilala siya bilang first prize winner sa Asiaweek Short Story Competition, isang kumpetisyon na pinalakad ng Asiaweek news magazine mual 1981 hanggang 1988. Ani Lim, kailanman ay hindi niya pagsasawaan ang pagsusulat. “Writing is an addiction that is hard to break.” Ilan sa mga manunulat na tumayo bilang impluwensya ni Lim ay sina George Orwell na isang peryodista sa Europa, ang nobelistang si Graham Greene at ang mandudula na si W. Summerset Maugham. Hinahanggan ni Lim ang estilo ng mga ito sa pagsulat nang malalim ngunit simplistiko.

Bilang isang guro Maliban sa pagiging isang tanyag na personalidad sa panitikang Pilipino, isa ring masugid na guro si Lim. Kasalukuyan siyang naninirahan sa Amerika, kung saan nanunungkulan siya bilang professor emeritus ng Ingles sa California State University, Long Beach. Taong 1967 nang matamo ni Lim ang kaniyang doktorado sa Ingles mula sa University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bago pumasok dito, nagturo muna siya sa San Beda College sa Muntinlupa at Christ the King Seminary sa Quezon City. Si Lim din ay naging Fulbright lecturer sa Taiwan at naglingkod bilang isang visiting professor sa Pamantasang De La Salle, Manila. Hinahangaan naman ni Marjorie Evasco ng Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center sa La Salle si Lim dahil sa kaniyang mga “Philippine-rooted” na akda. “[His novels use] the point of view of the balikbayan Filipino who sharply senses the gap between what he remembers of the country and what he sees of reality on the ground,” ani Evasco na nakatrabaho rin si Lim sa panandaliang pamamalagi nito sa La Salle. “I think this point of view is important because it is necessarily a de-familiarized one, and underlines the psychological reality that memory, particularly nostalgia, is often deconstructed by the realities of the present,” dagdag niya. Mensahe sa mga kabataang manunulat Pinayuhan ni Lim ang mga kabataang manunulat na ipagpatuloy ang pagsulat hanggang sa makamit nila ang adhikain ng sining. Ayon kay Lim, ang henerasyon ngayon ay mayaman sa mga ideya at konseptong pampanitikan. “Keep writing until you finally find something that really pleases you: that it expresses your deepest self, that you are true to yourself and you are clear about what you want to say,” ani Lim. “[T]here is always something that you can learn; there is always something you can perfect. There are so many ideas out there that you can think about and you can think about everything, so you try.” Naniniwala si Lim na ang Panitikang Pilipino ay magkakaroon ng magandang kinabukasan sa kamay ng mga kabataang manunulat. “[Philippine Literature has] a very bright future. There are so many young Filipino writers in both Filipino and English that are producing superb work. I am hopeful and confident that they will persist and prevail,” aniya.

1997 - Rolando Tinio and Rogelio Sicat 1998 - Genoveva Edroza-Matute 1999 - J. Elizalde-Navarro 2000 - Erma Cuizon, Reynaldo Duque and Ponciano Pineda 2001 - Lilia Pablo-Amansec 2002 - Bienvenido Lumbera 2003 - Sr. Delia Coronel, ICM 2004 - Ben Condimo, Nick Joaquin and Wilfrido Nolledo 2005 - Zeneida Amador, Francisco-Sionil Jose and Magdalena Sayas

2006 - Gloria Garchitorena-Galoy and Doris Trinidad-Gamalinda 2007 - Cirilo Bautista and Bella Angeles-Abangan 2008 - Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta 2009 - Nita Umali-Berthelsen and Teo Antonio 2010 - Daisy Hontiveros Avellana 2011 - Florentino Hornedo and Federico Licsi Espino, Jr. 2013 - Rita Gaddi 2014 - Norma Miraflor and Piedad Guinto Rosales 2015 - Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

Deliberation Night PERBERO 20, 2016

GABI NG PARANGAL HOSTS: Robert Vergara and Vhianca Ocampo

5:00-6:00 PM 6:00-6:10 PM 6:10-6:25 PM

Registration

6:25-7:15 PM 7:15-7:30 PM

Dinner Intermission number, TACS

National Anthem/ Doxology (TACS) Opening Remarks Erika Mariz Cunanan

Awarding a.) Dulang may isang yugto/ One act play b.) Sanaysay c.) Katha d.) Tula

7:30-7:45 PM

Introduction and awarding of Parangal Hagbong – Mako Eslava and Advisers

7:45-8:15 PM

Awarding e.) Maikling Kwentong Pambata f.) Essay g.) Fiction h.) Poetry

8:15-8:20 PM 8:20-8:35 PM

Awarding of Rector’s Literary Award Closing Remarks Maria Koreena Eslava, Chairperson, 31st Gawad Ustetika

LUPON NG

INAMPALAN

POETRY Carlomar Daoana Is the author of four poetry collections, with Loose Tongue, a gathering of his uncollected poems written between 2001 to 2013 and launched in 2014 by the UST Publishing House, as his most recent. He won the grand prize in the English Poetry category of the 2012 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for his collection, “The Elegant Ghost.” For his art writing, he received the PuritaKalaw Ledesma Prize for Art Criticism of the Ateneo Art Awards in 2014 and the Metrobank Foundation-Alice Guillermo Award for Art Criticism last year. Currently, Carlomar writes a regular column for the Philippine Star and teaches at the Fine Arts Program of the Ateneo de Manila University.

Mariano L. Kilates HE is an award-winning poet, translator, editor, advertising copywriter and creative director, and communications consultant. He has published five books of poetry and numerous translations of works by leading Filipino writers, including national artists Virgilio S. Almario and Bienvenido Lumbera. Among his awards are the Palanca and National Book awards, the Poet of the Year (2013) of the the Philippines Graphic Nick Joaquin Literary Awards, and the SEA Write Awards given by the Thai royalty (2008). In 2012 he was the holder of the Henry Irwin Lee Professorial Chair in Creative Writing (Poetry) at the Ateneo de Manila University. His latest citation is the 2013 National Book Development Board-Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for his latest collection of poetry, Pictures as Poems & Other (Re)Visions (UST Publishing House, 2012). In advertising he was won the CMMA Award, the CCP Gawad for TV, and the Araw Awards, among others. In his communications consultancy, he counts among his clients the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and the Sisters of Mary (Religious Order).

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta Mookie Katigbak Lacuesta is the author of two poetry collections, Burning Houses (UST Publishing House, 2013), and The Proxy Eros (Anvil, 2008). In 2014, she won first place for poetry in English at the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. She is the editor of Metro Serye, a fold-out zine featuring new poetry, fiction and graphic art. She also co-edited Fast Food Fiction Delivery (Anvil, 2015), a new flash fiction anthology.

TULA Rebecca Añonuevo Si Rebecca T. Añonuevo ay makata at propesor ng panitikan at pagsulat sa kolehiyo. Siya ang awtor ng anim koleksiyon ng mga tula: Bago ang Babae, Pananahan, Nakatanim na Granada ang Diyos, Saulado, Kalahati at Umpisa, at Isa Lang ang Pangalan, na pawang nagkamit ng mga parangal mula sa Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature at National Book Awards. Tinanggap niya ang 2013 S.E.A.Write Awards sa Bangkok, Thailand para sa kaniyang mga tula bilang kinatawan ng Filipinas. Nagtapos siya ng PhD Literature sa Pamantasang De La Salle at ang kaniyang pag-aaral, ang Talinghaga ng Gana: Ang Banal sa mga Piling Tulang Tagalog ng Ika-20 Siglo (UST Publishing House, 2003), ay ginawaran ng Gold Medal for Outstanding Dissertation, na sinundan pa ng parangal bilang National Book Award for Literary Criticism ng Manila Critics Circle. Ang kaniyang pinakabagong koleksiyon ng mga sanaysay, TALAB Mga Sanaysay sa Panitikan, Wika, at Pagtuturo, na inilatlaha ng Ateneo de Naga Press, ay itinanghal na Best Book on Literary Criticism in Filipino noong 2015 National Book Awards.

Joselito Delos Reyes Guro ng Panitikan, Malikhaing Pagsulat, Kulturang Popular, at Peryodismo sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas si Joselito D. Delos Reyes. Writing Fellow din siya ng UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies. Kasapi siya ng LIRA, Museo Valenzuela Foundation, at Lucban Historical Society. May akda ng mga aklat na iSTATUS NATION (Visprint, Inc.) at PAUBAYA (UST Publishing House). Bukod sa pagwawagi ng 2013 NCCA Writers Prize para sa maikling kuwento, siya rin ang itinanghal na 2013 Makata ng Taon ng Komisyon sa WIkang Filipino.

Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera Jr. Si Victor Emmanuel Daelo Carmelo Nadera Jr. ay isang Associate Professor sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Diliman, Lungsod Quezon na kasalukuyang nakadestino bilang Direktor IV ng Philippine High School for the Arts. Ilan sa kaniyang programa at proyekto ay ang Perya ni Andres (2013), Makiling Inter-Cultural Arts Festival (2014), Araw ng PHSA (2014), Bayani ng Sining (2014) sa pamamagitan ng The Outhstanding Students of the Philippines, Rice Awareness Project (2014) sa tulong ng United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), at ang rehabilitasyon at elektripikasyon ng National Arts Center.

TULA Nagtapos siya ng B.S. at M.A. Psychology sa UST at bilang expressive art therapist, siya ay nakatulong na sa mga maykanser, may AIDS, nagdrodroga, “comfort women,” batang kalye, inabuso, naipit sa mga kalamidad na likas at likha ng tao, at mga nagdadalamhati. Tinapos niya ang kaniyang Ph. D. sa Philippine Studies sa UP na ang disertasyon niya ay ukol sa malay sa palay bilang talinghagang bayan. Kinilala na siya sa Asya sa pamamagitan ng South East Asian Write Award (2006); sa bansa sa tulong ng The Outstanding Young Men (2003) at Gawad Balagtas (1998). Sa lungsod ng Maynila, dalawang beses siyang nakatanggap ng Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan -- para sa Dula (2014) at para sa Panitikan (2010). Siya ay naging Natatanging Anak ng Quezon (2003) at Natatanging Anak ng Tayabas (2006). Sa akademiya si Vim ay kinilala bilang guro at mag-aaral. Una, ginawaran na siya sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas ng The Outstanding Thomasian Award (2007); 80th College of Science Anniversary Jubilee Achievement Award (2007); Fr. Angelo de Blas Outstanding Achievement Award (2004); Cum laude, Master of Arts in Psychology (1996); Ten Outstanding Thomasian Writers (1995); Rector’s Faculty Development Grant (1994); at Varsitarian Scholarship (1983-1986). Ikalawa, ginantimpalaan na siya sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas ng Artist I, UP Arts Productivity System (2013-2016 at 2009-2012); 27th Anniversary College of Arts and Letters Service Award (2010); U.P.Centennial Publications for [H]istoryador[A] (2008); U.P.Centennial Publications for Mujer Indigena (2008); U.P.Centennial Publications for Aklat Likhaan (2008); U.P. Portfolio Professorial Chair (2005); Federico Alcuaz Professorial Chair Award (2004); Gawad Chanselor as Outstanding Artist (2004, 2003, 2002, at 1999); Natatanging Publikasyon sa Filipino Award (2002); Leopoldo Yabes Award as Outstanding Assistant Professor (2001); Creative Work and Research Scholarship Fund (2000); at Nancy Sena Faculty Grant (2000). Ikatlo, pinagkalooban din siya sa Quezon National High School ng Dangal ng Quezon High noong 110th Quezon National High School Founding Anniversary and Grand Alumni Homecoming (2012). Bukod sa pagiging mambabasa, si Vim ay manunulat. Bilang makata siya ay naging Makata ng Taon (1985) na nagwagi na ng National Centennial Commission Literary Prize para sa Epiko (1998); Gantimpalang Collantes, Talaang Ginto para sa Tula (1994 at 1992); National Book Award (1995); Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature para sa Tula (1992); Carlos Bulosan Award para sa Tula (1990). Bilang sanaysayista siya ay nanalo na ng Gantimpalang Collantes, Talaang Ginto para sa Sanaysay (1996) at Cultural Center of the Philippines Grant for the Essay (1994). Bilang mandudula siya ay ginantimpalaan na ng Cultural Center of the Philippines Grant for Playwriting (1992). Bilang direktor, siya ay nakatanggap ng MOWELFUND Film and Video Grant (1990). Bilang nobelista, siya ay nagawaran na ng Juan C. Laya Award for Best Novel in Filipino (2007) at National Centennial Commission Literary Prize for the Novel (1998).

Karamihan sa kaniyang aklat ay kolaborasyon. Kasama niya ang pintor na si Elmer Borlongan na gumawa ng letras y figuras gamit ang iPad sa Rizalpabeto (The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development, 2012). Sa Kayumanggi (UST Publishing House, 2011), ang mga tula ni Vim ay ginawang damit ni Lorina Javier, kinunan ng retrato ni Dominique James, nilapatan ng musika ni Fer Edilo, isinayos ni Mannet Villariba, at isinalin sa Ingles nina Arvin Mangohig, Vic Nierva, at Francis Quina. Ito ang nagbigay sa kaniya ng SEA Write Award mula sa Kaharian ng Thailand noong 2006. Si Pinggot Zulueta naman ang tumira ng sining digital na hinubog ni Albert Gamot ang kaniyang mga tula sa Asinta: Mga Tula at Tudla (UST Publishing House, 2002). Kapuwa nagwagi sa Centennial Literary Prize ang kaniyang nobelang [H]ISTORYADOR[A], UP Press, 2006 at epikong Mujer Indigena (UP Press, 2000). Nominado rin pareho ang kaniyang unang dalawang aklat sa National Book Award pero mas pinalad ang 15 Lamang (De La Salle University Press, 1994) sa ALIT: Dalit Galit Halit Malit Ngalit Palit Salit (Anvil Publishing House, 1994). May isa siyang libro sa Ingles -- Poetreat: The Use of Poetry as a Therapy in Mutual Support Groups of Cancer Survivors in Metro Manila (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2006) – na batay sa kaniyang tesis masteral. Ginawa ng kanta nina Joey Ayala ang kaniyang mga tulang nasa compact disc na Palay, Bigas, Kanin. Nagtatanghal din siya. Bilang performance artist, kinatawan na niya ang Filipinas sa South Korea (2013), Germany (2013), Thailand (2012 at 2006), Estados Unidos (2011), Japan (2010), Singapore (2008 at 2002), Taiwan (2007, 2006, at 2001), at Malaysia (2001 at 2000). Bilang mambabalagtas, siya ay nakasama na nina Teo Antonio at Mike Coroza sa mga Balagtasan sa loob at labas ng bansa tulad ng Filipino American Book Festival 1 at 2 sa San Francisco, New York, at Union City sa Estados Unidos. Kamakailan, pinamunuan niya ang delegasyon ng bansa sa China-ASEAN Youth Cultural Exchange Festival noong 29 Hulyo sa Beijing, China at sa Asian Games kung saan nagwagi ng Medalyang Pilak ang anak niyang si Wika sa Asian Kids Art Competition noong 2 Oktubre sa Incheon, South Korea. Bilang aktor sa Ruined Hearts na naimbitahan siyang dumalo sa ika-27 Tokyo International Film Festival ngayong 23 Oktubre nang maging finalist ang nasabing pelikula ni Khavn de la Cruz.

FICTION Francezca Kwe

was conferred the Ani ng Dangal Award by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; the Southeast Asian Writers Award by the Crown Prince of Thailand, the Bikol Regional Artist Award by Hon. Jesse Robredo, the Albay Outstanding Artist Award by Gov. Joey SarteSalceda, the RokyawIbalong Award for Literature byLegazpi Mayor Noel Rosaland the Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature by the Arejola Foundation. He is a former Chairman of the Unyon ng mga Maanunulat sa Pilipinas, Vice Head of the National Committee on Language and Translation, and consultant of National Book Store. He hails from Busac, Oas, Albay.

Pedro Jun Cruz Reyes

Received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Santo Tomas, and her master’s degree in creative writing from the University of the Philippines, where she teaches full-time as assistant professor. She has published her work in various literary anthologies and journals, and has received the Palanca Award and the Nick Joaquin Literary Award for her fiction.

Si Pedro Cruz Reyes, Jr ay isa sa mga natatanging muhon ng wikang Filipino ng ating panahon. Nagwagi sa Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature ang kaniyang unang kuwento (Isang Lumang Kuwento) noong 1973, grand prize (co-winner) ang unang nobela (Tutubi, Tutubi … Huwag Kang Magpahuli sa Mamang Salbahe) noong 1981, at noong 1986 sabay-sabay na nanalo sa maikling kuwento, sanaysay, at tula. Labing-isa sa kabuuan ang kanyang panalo rito mula 1973 hanggang 1986 kung kailan siya huling sumali sa Palanca. Nanalo ang kanyang unang libro, ang Utos ng Hari at Iba Pang Kuwento, sa National Book Awards ng Manila Critics’ Circle noong 1982 at nanalo ng dalawa pa para sa Tutubi, Tutubi …(1987) at Etsa-Puwera (2001) na nagkamit rin ng unang gantimpala sa National Centennial Literary Contest noong 1998. Isa rin siyang magaling na guro na binigyan ng parangal bilang pinakamahusay na Assistant Professor ng College of Arts and Letters sa UP Diliman, Most Outstanding Faculty sa Polytechnic University of the Philippines, at ng isang Writing Grant mula sa UP Office of the Chancellor at Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs noong 2003. Abala rin siya sa pagiging judge sa mga pambansang patimpalak gaya ng Palanca Awards at NCCA Writers Prize.

Angelo R. Lacuesta Angelo R. Lacuesta has won numerous awards for his writing, among them the Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award and several Palanca and Philippines Graphic Awards. He has also been a recipient of several writing residencies, among them the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, USA. He has written three books of fiction, two of which have won Philippine National Book Awards, and is at work on a new book of short stories and a collection of features that have been converted into personal essays. He was literary editor of the Philippines Free Press and is currently editor-at-large at Esquire Philippines.

Eros S. Atalia

Augusto Antonio Aguila Augusto Antonio Aguila recently received his Ph.D. in Literature from the UST Graduate School. He is presently the Executive Secretary of the Rector of UST. He teaches Literature courses at the UST Faculty of Pharmacy, the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters, and the UST Graduate School. His areas of interest include fiction writing, pop culture, music, post-modernism, and post-colonialism. His first book The Heart of Need and Other Stories is published by the UST Publishing House. He is currently writing his second collection of short stories.

KATHA Abdon Balde Jr. Abdon M. Balde Jr. is currently a Komisyoner of the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino andthe Poet Laureate of Albay. He also serves as the Consultant for Cultural Affairs for the Provincial Government of Albay. He is Board Member of the Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society and of Wika ng Kultura at Agham. He is an engineer who turned to writing after he retired in year 2000. He has so far written 15 books, four of which won the Philippine National Book Awards. He is a winner of the Palanca Memorial Award for Literature. He is also a painter, a playwright and a lecturer on creative writing, popular literature, book publishing, culture and cultural mapping and myths & mythology. He

Nagtapos si Eros S. Atalia ng Master of Arts in Language and Literarure-Filipino sa DLSU noong 2008 at BSE-Fil sa PNU noong 1996. Ginantimpalaan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ang kanyang tatlong sanaysay at apat na tula. Unang Gantimpala sa Pandaylipi Ink. sa pagsulat ng tula noong 1995, Gawad Balagtas (PNU 1996), Unang Gantimpala sa Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (2006), Gawad Soc Rodrigo (2007), Fellow sa UP-ICW Writers Workshop for Mid Career Writers noong 2007. May akda ng mga sumusjunod na aklat:

• Taguan Pung (kalipunan ng mga akdang di pambata) at Manwal ng mga Napapagal (kopiteybol dedbol buk) (UST 2005) • Peksman (mamatay ka man) Nagsisinungaling Ako (VPE 2007) • Ligo na U, Lapit na Me (Visprint Inc. 2009) • Wag Lang di Makaraos: 100 Flash Fiction (Visprint Inc. 2011) • It’s Not That Complicated: Bakit Hindi pa Sasakupin ng mga Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012 • Tatlong Gabi, Tatlong Araw 2013 na sya ring Grand Prize sa Nobela sa 2013 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. • Inilabas ngayong Oktubre ang reprint ng Taguan Pung Level Up • Ang “Ligo na U, Lapit na Me” ay ang kauna-unahang nobelang itinanghal bilang pelikula sa 7th Cinemalaya. Sa 8th Cinemalaya ang kanyang kwentong “Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino.”

Naging contributor sa mga pambansang tabloid at kolumnista sa Remate at Diyaryo Pinoy. Dating editor-in- chief ng Responde Cavite. Kasalukuyan ngayong kolumnista sa Pilipino Mirror. Nagtuturo ng Filipino at Filipino Journalism, Film Prod/Writing sa Faculty of Arts and Letters, at Creative Writing sa UST Graduate School. Kasalukuyan ngayong kumukuha ng Ph.D. in Linguistics sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.

SANAYSAY Beverly Siy Si Beverly Siy ay isang manunulat, tagasalin at copyright advocate. Nagtapos siya ng BA Malikhaing Pagsulat sa Filipino sa UP Diliman bilang cum laude. Kasalukuyan niyang binubuno sa nasabing unibersidad ang kanyang MA sa Panitikang Filipino. Aktibo si Bebang salarangan ng publishing. Isa siya sa mga Book Champion at Intellectual Property Ambassador ng ating bansa noong 2015. Dalawa sa kanyang mga aklat ay naging finalist sa National Book Awards para sa mga kategoryang Sanaysay at Antolohiya. Ang kanyang It’s A Menas World ay nagkamit ng Filipino Readers Choice Award noong 2012 para sa kategoryang Sanaysay. Siya ay nakatira sa Quezon City kasama ang kanyang asawa at dalawang anak. Puntahan ang kanyang blog na babe-ang.blogspot.com para sa latest writing tips. Maaari din siyang makontak sa beverlysiy@gmail.com.

Jose Wendell P. Capili Professor Jose Wendell P. Capili earned his degrees from UST, UP Diliman, University of Tokyo, University of Cambridge and The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (now School of Culture, History & Language, College of Asia and the Pacific), Australian National University, where he completed his PhD on the emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia from 1972 to 2007. He has published 6 books and over 300 articles in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. He received Carlos Palanca, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ustetika and UP Gawad Chancellor awards for his poetry and essays as well as scholarships, grants and fellowships from Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Singaporean, Hong Kong, Philippine, Australian and British governments. He was a recipient of the Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair and the UP Centennial Professorial Chair. He was a Visiting Scholar, Writer or Professor at the Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Waseda University, University of Cambridge, University of Hong Kong, University of Malaya, National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Melbourne, and the University of Queensland. His creative and critical productions were presented during the Cambridge Seminar on the Contemporary Writer (2000), Hong Kong International Literary Festival (2001), Sydney Writers’ Festival (2007, 2008) and The 76th PEN International Conference in Tokyo, Japan (2010). He is Professor of English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature, UP Diliman and the Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs & Director, Office of Alumni Relations, University of the Philippines System.

Gary C. Devilles Gary Devilles teaches Philippine Literatures, Marxism, and Pop Culture in Ateneo. He writes books and film reviews for Manila Times and PDI. He is currently taking his post-grad studies in La Trobe University in Melbourne. His research interest in in sensual ethnography and urban sensorium

ESSAY Oscar Campomanes Oscar V. Campomanes teaches literary and cultural studies, and specializes in media and art criticism, critical theory, semiotics, American Empire critique and Filipino American postcolonial studies in the Department of English of Ateneo de Manila University, where he has also served as Coordinator of the PhD Program in English Language & Literature (June 2007-May 2010) and currently acts as Coordinator of Research. He holds the PhD in American Civilization from Brown University USA. His recent essays in cultural and postcolonial critique have appeared in the anthology edited by Kiichi Fujiwara and Yoshiko Nagano, The Philippines and Japan In America’s Shadow (National University of Singapore Press, 2011; Philippine edition by Anvil Publishing, 2012), the critical collection edited by Antonio Tiongson et al., Positively No Filipinos Allowed: Building Communities and Discourse (Temple University Press USA & Anvil Publishing Philippines, 2006; 2008), PMLA: Journal of the Modern Language Association of America (2008), and the Japanese Journal of American Studies (2007). A new essay in contemporary criticism will appear in the journal Field Notes (Asia Art Archive, Hongkong, 2013). His book manuscript,Figures of the Unassimilable: American Empire Critique, Filipino-American Postcoloniality & the U.S.-Philippine War of 1898-1910s is in preparation for a Philippine university press, with a revised and enlarged edition planned for a subsequent US/international publication.

Shirley O. Lua Shirley O. Lua teaches literature at De La Salle University in Manila. She specializes in Philippine literature, diaspora studies, and genre studies. She is a member of the Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists); UMPIL (Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas); the Alon Literary Collective, a Manila-based poets’ group; and the Manila Critics Circle, which hands out the National Book Awards annually to the best books published in the Philippines. She serves as the Field Bibliographer of Philippine journals for the Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography. She wrote the introduction and the texts for 44 Cineastas Filipinos, a coffee-table book on Filipino filmmakers photographed by Spanish artist Oscar Fernandez Orengo. She is the director of the DLSU Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center.

John Jack G. Wigley John Jack G. Wigley is half-American, half-Bicolano. His first book, Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, was the Best Book (Gawad San Alberto Magno) in the 15th Dangal ng UST and a finalist in the 13th Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award. He is presently the director of the UST Publishing House and has won fifteen outstanding teacher awards. He prefers to remain a student of life, though. He is an associate professor of literature in the UST College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Faculty of Arts and Letters, and a resident fellow of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies. He finished the following degrees: AB English (Holy Angel University (Holy Angel University, 1989), MA Literature (UST, 2004) and PhD Literature Cum Laude (UST, 2012).

ONE-ACT PLAY O DULANG MAY ISANG YUGTO Chuckberry Pascual Si Chuckberry J. Pascual ang awtor ng “Hindi Barbra ang Ngalan Ko” (2011) at “5ex” (Youth and Beauty Brigade, 2012) mga koleksiyon ng maikling kuwento. Ang “Kumpisal,” ang kanyang unang aklat mula sa isang tradisyonal na publisher ay ililimbag ng UST Publishing House. Siya ay Resident Fellow ng UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies.

Ralph Semino Galan Ralph Semino Galán is a poet, literary and cultural critic, translator and editor. He is the Assistant Director of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, as well as Associate Professor of Literature, the Humanities, and Creative Writing in the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and the UST Graduate School. He has a B.A. in English (Major in Literature), magna cum laude from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology and an M.A. in English Studies (Major in Creative Writing) from UP Diliman, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature in the UST Graduate School. His poems in English and Filipino have won prizes in the Philippine Panorama (1993) and Home Life Magazine (1998) poetry contests. His works, both creative and critical, have been published in numerous national and international anthologies and literary journals. His first book titled “The Southern Cross and Other Poems” was published by the NCCA in 2005 as part of its UBOD New Authors Series. His second and third books, “Discernments: Literary Essays, Cultural Critiques, and Book Reviews” (2013) and “From the Major Arcana” (2014) were published by the UST Publishing House. He is currently working on two books: translations of Philippine poetry from English to Filipino, and close readings of poems from English by contemporary Filipino poets. He has been a juror of the Gawad Buhay! The Philippine Legitimate Stage Awards for the Performing Arts since its establishment in 2008.

Jose Victor Torres Historian, essayist, freelance magazine writer and a Palanca award-winning playwright, JOSE VICTOR Z. TORRES is an associate professor at the History Department of the De La Salle University-Manila and Associate Director for Drama and History at the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center. He has a Ph.D. and M.A. in History from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Graduate School. He is the author of six books on history and drama. A former researcher of the Intramuros Administration, his book Ciudad Murada: A Walk Through Historic Intramuros won the National Book Award for Travel Writing in 2006. In 2012, he won a Special Jury Prize at the Premio Tomas: The UST Quadricentennial Literary Prize – Essay Category (Premio Mabini) for this work about the University of Santo Tomas during World War II.

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KWENTONG PAMBATA Edgar Calabia Samar Si Edgar Calabia Samar ay nagtuturo ng panitikan at malikhaing pagsulat sa Ateneo de Manila University, at isang premyadong manunulat. Nagwagi na ang kaniyang mga koleksiyon ng tula, maikling kuwento, kuwentong pambata, sanaysay at nobela sa Palanca, PBBY-Salanga Writer’s Prize, Gantimpalang Collantes, Gawad Komisyon sa Tula, NCCA Writer’s Prize, at National Book Award. May-akda siya ng mga aklat na Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna!, Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay (kung saan nalathala ang tula niyang “Kay Mariang Makiling” na isa sa mga tulang ginagamit ng DepEd para sa mga nasa Grade 7), Sa Kasunod ng 909, Halos Isang Buhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela, at Eight Muses of the Fall (Anvil Publishing, 2013), salin sa Ingles ng una niyang nobela, na longlisted din sa 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize. Naparangalan din bilang Outstanding Scholarly Work ng Ateneo de Manila ang dalawa niyang nobela, noong 2010 at 2013. Ngayong 2014, inilathala ng Adarna House ang una sa serye ng kaniyang young adult novel na Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon. Si Samar ay tubong San Pablo at kasalukuyang nakatira sa Marikina. Kumuha siya ng AB Psychology (2002) at MA in Literature-Filipino (2004) sa Ateneo, at nagtapos naman siya ng doktorado para sa Malikhaing Pagsulat sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas noong 2011, kung saan pinarangalan siya ng Gawad Antonio Abad para sa Pinakamahusay na Disertasyon ng Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura. Kasalukuyan siyang kasapi ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), Naratibo, at Filipinas Institute of Translation (FIT). Siya ang patnugot na tagapagtatag ng Tapat: Journal ng Bagong Nobelang Filipino. Naging direktor din siya ng Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices, at nagsilbi na siyang hurado sa mga timpalak na tulad ng Palanca, at naupo bilang panelist sa iba’t ibang palihan. Nakapagbigay na siya ng mga panayam sa panitikan at malikhaing pagsulat sa iba’t ibang panig ng Filipinas mula Lungsod Baguio sa Hilgang Luzon hanggang Lungsod Zamboanga sa Katimugang Mindanao, gayundin sa labas ng bansa, tulad ng China, Thailand, at Estados Unidos, na nag-imbita sa kaniya noong 2010 bilang writer in residence sa International Writing Program ng University of Iowa.

Luis P. Gatmaitan Medical Doctor LUIS P. GATMAITAN, known as Tito Dok among his patients and readers, is also a magazine columnist, a radio broadcaster, a social entrepreneur, a storyteller, and a noted author of more than 50 books for children including “Sandosenang Sapatos”, “Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Raquel”, “Si Duglit ang Dugong Makulit”, and the popular health series “Mga Kuwento ni Tito Dok” (cited by Manila Critics Circle “for its popularization of the science of medicine in language and illustrations that young children can understand, for its indigenizing of universal scientific principles, and for its imaginative reconstruction of what happens in the human body”). His children’s stories have been translated to different languages and were published in Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Some of these titles were mounted into musicals, opera, and animation. Dr. Gatmaitan chaired the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and the Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING). He won the Palanca Awards six times for his stories and essays in Filipino, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2005. He writes weekly medical columns for Liwayway Magazine and the tabloid PM/Pang-Masa of the Philippine STAR Group. He helps conduct the Arts Therapy/Sining sa Eskwela/ Batang Sining Creative Expression Workshops for the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He used to host a weekly storytelling radio program “Wan Dey Isang Araw” at the 702 DZAS of the Far East Broadcasting Company. He is also heard in the program “Doctors On Line” in the same radio station as a medical expert. His book “Sandosenang Sapatos” was named one of the “Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2005” by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). He also received recognition for his literary works from the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA), Manila Critics Circle-National Book Awards, and the PBBY Salanga Prize. He was conferred the Gawad Dangal ng Wikang Filipino by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino for his contribution to the propagation of the Filipino language in his children’s books and medical literature. Tito Dok was also recognized with an Individual Achievement in Reading Advocacy Award by the Reading Association of the Philippines. In 2003, he is one of the recipients of the TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF THE PHILIPPINES (TOYM) for his contribution in the field of Literature. And was a finalist for the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World” for his contribution to “children, human rights, and world peace.” He finished BS Medical Technology at Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in 1987 and was one of the board exam topnotchers. He completed his Doctor of Medicine degree in the same university in 1991. An Ulirang Mandaleno Awardee of the City of Mandaluyong, he now sits as the representative for the Child Development Specialists for the NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN’S TELEVISION (NCCT), an attached agency of the Department of Education, Philippines.

Tito Dok hails from Talavera, Nueva Ecija.

Michael M. Coroza Si Dr. Michael M. Coroza ay kasalukuyang Associate Professor sa Kagawaran ng Filipino, Paaralan ng Humanidades ng Ateneo de Manila University, nagtuturo sa kolehiyo at gradwadong paaralan ng Panitikang Filipino, Malikhaing Pagsulat (Tula), at Pagsasaling Pampanitikan. Hawak niya sa nasabing pamantasan ang Rev. Fr. Horacio de la Costa, S.J., Endowed Professorial Chair in History and the Humanities. Nagtapos siya ng Bachelor of Arts Major in Philosophy sa University of Santo Tomas, Master of Arts in Literature sa Ateneo de Manila, at Doctor of Philosophy in Filipino sa University of the Philippines Diliman. Bilang malikhaing manunulat, walong ulit na siyang nagwagi ng mga pangunahing gantimpala para sa kaniyang mga tula, kuwentong pambata, at sanaysay sa Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Tinanggap niya mula sa Kaharian ng Thailand ang S.E.A.WRITE AWARD (Southeast Asian Writers Award) noong 2007 at ginawaran naman siya ng Ani ng Dangal Award ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) noong 2009. Siya ang awtor ng mga aklat ng tulang Dili’t Dilim (1997) at Mga Lagot na Liwanag (2002) at ng mga aklat pambatang Imbisibol Man ang Tatay (2009), Ang mga Kahon ni Kalon (2010), Ang mga Lambing ni Lolo Ding (2012), at Nawawala si Muningning! (2015). Inilathala bilang bahagi ng seryeng Aklat ng Bayan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) at ng NCCA ang Napapanahong Panlipunang Pilosopiya, ang salin niya ng Contemporary Social Philosophy ni Manuel B. Dy Jr., noong 2014 at Ang Rebolusyong Filipino, ang salin niya ng La Revolucion Filipina ni Apolinario Mabini, nitong 2015. Mula pa noong 2009, lingguhang lumalabas sa Liwayway, ang nangunguna at pinakamatandang popular na magasing pampanitikan sa Filipinas, ang kolum niyang “Haraya” na ukol sa mga usaping may kinalaman sa wika, panitikan, at kulturang pambansa. Noong 2014, nahirang at dumalo siya bilang Associate sa 8 th Nida School for Translation Studies na ginanap sa Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino sa Misano Adriatico, Italy. Kasapi, dating pangulo, at kasalukuyang workshop director siya ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), ang nangungunang samahan ng mga kabataang makata sa wikang Filipino. Nasa ikalawang termino na siya ng paglilingkod bilang Sekretaryo Heneral ng Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL).