LIRA is now accepting sign-ups for its yearly poetry clinic. The regular clinic period is from June to August and will be held every Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM, although several more sessions will be held until November.
All those interested must submit one Word Document file containing the following: one-page bio data, ID picture, contact numbers, and five (5) poems in Filipino, to palihan@liraonline.org. An envelope containing the requirements may also be dropped off at the LIRA pigeon hole at the UP Institute of Creative Writing, 2/F Faculty Center, UP Diliman, 1101 Quezon City.
All submissions should be in on or before April 30, 2010.
In related news, the nine new full and temporary members of LIRA will be formally sworn in on March 13. Gian Abrahan, Rommel Boquiren, Berlin Gablan, Jeremiah Faustino, Mikael Gallego, Carla Payongayong, Orlando Pineda, Louie Jon Sanchez, and Michael Jude Tumamac are products of the yearly poetry clinic being held by LIRA in pursuit of its mission of championing Filipino poetry.
Celebrating its 25th year this 2010, LIRA is an organization of poets in Filipino. As part of its silver anniversary, the group is set to unveil in the upcoming weeks several key projects: a national conference, two national contests on poetry and criticism, and a series of seminar-workshops across nine provinces, among others.
LIRA was founded by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma) in 1985. Its workshops have produced award-winning poets such as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, Vim Nadera, and Edgar Samar.
Prof. Michael Coroza will serve as the Director of the 2010 Poetry Clinic; Phillip Kimpo Jr. is the current President of LIRA. For more information on LIRA, please visit www.liraonline.org.
All those interested must submit one Word Document file containing the following: one-page bio data, ID picture, contact numbers, and five (5) poems in Filipino, to palihan@liraonline.org. An envelope containing the requirements may also be dropped off at the LIRA pigeon hole at the UP Institute of Creative Writing, 2/F Faculty Center, UP Diliman, 1101 Quezon City.
All submissions should be in on or before April 30, 2010.
In related news, the nine new full and temporary members of LIRA will be formally sworn in on March 13. Gian Abrahan, Rommel Boquiren, Berlin Gablan, Jeremiah Faustino, Mikael Gallego, Carla Payongayong, Orlando Pineda, Louie Jon Sanchez, and Michael Jude Tumamac are products of the yearly poetry clinic being held by LIRA in pursuit of its mission of championing Filipino poetry.
Celebrating its 25th year this 2010, LIRA is an organization of poets in Filipino. As part of its silver anniversary, the group is set to unveil in the upcoming weeks several key projects: a national conference, two national contests on poetry and criticism, and a series of seminar-workshops across nine provinces, among others.
LIRA was founded by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma) in 1985. Its workshops have produced award-winning poets such as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, Vim Nadera, and Edgar Samar.
Prof. Michael Coroza will serve as the Director of the 2010 Poetry Clinic; Phillip Kimpo Jr. is the current President of LIRA. For more information on LIRA, please visit www.liraonline.org.
