9th Ateneo National Writers Workshop

The 9th Ateneo National Writers Workshop wil be held on Oct 19-22 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City.

Eight young writers from a total field of 79 applicants have been awarded fellowships which include board and lodging, a modest stipend, and the opportunity to learn from an esteemed panel of Atenean writers and critics. The fellows are:

For poetry in English: Gian-Paolo Simeon T. Lao (Ateneo de Manila University) and Patricia Angela F. Magno (Ateneo de Manila University); for poetry in Filipino: Marco Antonio R. Rodas (Enverga University) and Patrick Noah R. Bautista (University of the Philippines, Diliman); for fiction in English: Jenette Ethel N. Viscocho (University of the Philippines, Diliman) and Anne Carly Abad (Ateneo de Manila University); and for fiction in Filipino: Mark Benedict F. Lim (Ateneo de Manila University) and Joselito D. Delos Reyes (Philippine Normal University/ De La Salle University).

The workshop is organized by the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices, headed officer-in-charge Asst. Professor Alvin B. Yapan, assisted by workshop director Asst. Instructor Yolando B. Jamendang of the Ateneo's Kagawaran ng Filipino.


*galing sa facebook page ni kael*

congrats kanila gian, petra, maki at anne :)