Three short stories, three essays, thirteen collections of poetry and a 1-act play are incontention for top honors in the 5th Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikolnon (PTALB).
This was announced recently by Carlos Arejola, chairman of the Bicol-wide literary competition widely-regarded in the literary circle as Bicol's premier literary prize.
The finalists:
Fiction
Essay
Poetry
One-act Play
Chosen from nearly thirty entries from all over Bicol and other parts of the country, the said literary works will be honored on September 13, this year at the St. Vincent de Paul Auditorium of the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in Naga City. The best entries, to be named in the said occasion, will receive P3,500 and the the PTALB gold medallion. A grand prize winner shall then be chosen from among the category winners and will be conferred the title, Parasurat kan Taon (Writer of the Year) and receive P10,000 cash. The cash prize is courtesy of the Naga City Jaycees currently headed by Alexis Fante.
The said Jaycee chapter is behind the Rawitdawit para ki Ina category of this year's PTALB. This special poetry category, open exclusively to elementary, high school students and out-of-school youths aged 16 below, was launched in preparation for the 2010 Tercentenary of the Bikol devotion to the Lady of Penafrancia. The six finalists of this special category are still being chosen as of press time but will likewise be honored in the said awarding ceremony.
Kgwd. Bernadette Roco, chairperson of the Committee on Culture and the Arts of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Naga, will be this year's keynote speaker. Kgwd Roco has initiated a number of cultural awareness projects recently, including the highly-successful Arts in the Heart of Bikol which aims to bring arts closer to the masses. The public is invited.
Fiction
- “Duwang Bangging Kugos” by Jaime Jesus Borlagdan (Tabaco City)
- “Taon nin mga Ayam” by Juan Escandor, Jr. (Naga City)
- “Padyak” by Austin John M. Ortinero (San Jose, Camarines Sur)
Essay
- “Nata Bukol an Asenso sa Bikol” by Filemon Baturiano, Jr. (Naga City)
- “An Kontemporaryong Bicol: Sarong Pagsirip sa Kulturang Bikolnon” by Raizsa-Daphne A. Benosa (Naga City)
- “Agyat kan Modernong Panahon sa Kulturang Bikolnon” by Fe Peralta (Pili, Camarines Sur)
Poetry
- “Isyung Sosyal” by Ronnel I. Abarientos (Ocampo, Camarines Sur)
- “Sirit-sirit Bulong sa Pag-ngirit” by Filemon Baturiano, Jr.
- “Horror asin iba pan mga rawitdawit” by Raizsa-Daphne A. Benosa
- “Kanta kan Dai Nagtutunong na Uran” by Jaime Jesus Borlagdan
- “Sa Pagtira asin iba pan mga rawitdawit” by Jonher A. Caneba (Iriga City)
- “Pasil-Magduman-Maswerte asin iba pan mga rawitdawit” by Dan Albert L. Carino (Calabanga, Camarines Sur)
- “Langka asin iba pan mga rawitdawit” by Marcial Dogillo Espinola (Sorsogon City)
- “ Pagbunag nin Paroy asin iba pan rawitdawit” by Jerome M. Hipolito (Calabanga , Camarines Sur)
- “Iyabe sa Tuninong Nakua sa Pagdakop nin Hangos asin iba pan mga rawitdawit” by Frederick Maurice S. Lim (Tabaco City)
- “Rigmat na Kadikit” by Edwin V. Morales (Canaman, Camarines Sur)
- “Nagkapirang Tingog” by Nino Manaog, (Tinambac, Camarines Sur/Iloilo City)
- “Apatam” by Jereco Rebadeo (Calabanga, Camarines Sur)
- “Vertigo” by Sonny Sendon (Iriga City)
One-act Play
- “Natad kan Pagtiwala sa Pagkamoot” by Richard D. Madrilejos (Tabaco City)
Chosen from nearly thirty entries from all over Bicol and other parts of the country, the said literary works will be honored on September 13, this year at the St. Vincent de Paul Auditorium of the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in Naga City. The best entries, to be named in the said occasion, will receive P3,500 and the the PTALB gold medallion. A grand prize winner shall then be chosen from among the category winners and will be conferred the title, Parasurat kan Taon (Writer of the Year) and receive P10,000 cash. The cash prize is courtesy of the Naga City Jaycees currently headed by Alexis Fante.
The said Jaycee chapter is behind the Rawitdawit para ki Ina category of this year's PTALB. This special poetry category, open exclusively to elementary, high school students and out-of-school youths aged 16 below, was launched in preparation for the 2010 Tercentenary of the Bikol devotion to the Lady of Penafrancia. The six finalists of this special category are still being chosen as of press time but will likewise be honored in the said awarding ceremony.
Kgwd. Bernadette Roco, chairperson of the Committee on Culture and the Arts of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Naga, will be this year's keynote speaker. Kgwd Roco has initiated a number of cultural awareness projects recently, including the highly-successful Arts in the Heart of Bikol which aims to bring arts closer to the masses. The public is invited.
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