7th Lamiraw Workshop Fellows named

By PHIL HAROLD L. MERCURIO
October 7, 2010

CALBAYOG CITY, Samar  –  The Northwest Samar State University (NwSSU) congratulates the 15 fellows who made it to the 7th Lamiraw Regional Creative Writing Workshop (LRCWW) which will be held on November 9-12, 2010 in Calbayog City, Samar.

The fellow are: Erwin Fernandez from Urdaneta City/UP Diliman; Early Sol Gadong from Iloilo City/UP Visayas; Seneca Pellano from Tagum City/UP Mindanao; Ma. Alma Lloren from Tacloban City/EVSU; Gloria Sommer from Tacloban City/ADFC; Imelda Ruiz from Tacloban City/UP Diliman; Osmundo Orlanes from Calbiga, Samar/Sacred Heart Seminary; Liberato Mabubay from Jiabong, Samar/Samar College; Gary Manalo from Calbayog City/NwSSU; Jewel Mercader from Calbayog City/NwSSU; Joel Rey Pagobo from Calbayog City/NwSSU; Jenith Salem from Calbayog City/Central Colleges of the Philippines; Jerome Castillo from Capul, Northern Samar/UEP; Milen Esteria from Capul, Northern Samar/UEP; and Rhea Sauro from Capul, Northern Samar/UEP.

Fellows will get free board and lodging, and travel allowance. Their works will also have the chance to be selected in the proposed book project of Lamiraw which will feature the best poems written in the last 7 years of the workshop.

This year is a special year for Lamiraw because the University will be launching the Chito S. Roño Literary Awards (CSRLA), a major component of the annual Lamiraw workshop. The renowned film director himself, Mr. Chito S. Roño, will be this year’s keynote speaker.

Works written in Waray, Sebuano, Inabaknon, Pangasinan and English are among the manuscripts that will be read in this workshop.

The eight panelists invited this year are: Prof. Merlie Alunan and Dr. Leoncio Deriada, professors emeritus of UP Visayas; Dr. Victor Sugbo of UP Tacloban; Dr. David Genotiva of Eastern Visayas State University; Prof. Antonino de Veyra of UP Mindanao; Mr. Voltaire Oyzon of Leyte Normal University; Mr. Dante Rosales of Ibabao Arts Council of Calbayog; and Mr. Harold Mercurio of Northwest Samar State University.