Meritage Press (http://www.meritagepress.com) is delighted to celebrate the press' tenth anniversary with the tenth anniversary of its Meritage Press Holiday Poetry Contest, a global poetry contest for Filipino poets. The 2010 contest was judged by Beatriz Tabios and we are pleased to announce the winners:
First Place: “Water” by Jun de la Rosa
Honorable Mentions were also awarded to three other poems. Two poems—“All I Know of Distance” and “City by Night”—were both written by Jennifer Patricia A. Carino. The other Honorable Mention poem, “Pinatubo”, was written by Paul Lucas Gerard M. Bruselas.
ABOUT THE POETS:
JUN DE LA ROSA was a Dumaguete workshop fellow for poetry in 2005 and a recipient of the Dean’s Award for Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University. His works have appeared in Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Philippine Studies, UP Likhaan Book, CCP’s Ani, among others.
JENNIFER PATRICIA A. CARIÑO is a 29-year-old poet, musician, and visual artist from Baguio City. Jenny’s poems have been published in various anthologies including Baguio Calligraphy, edited by Francis Macansantos, and Luchie B. Maranan, Anvil Publishing, 2010; Crowns and Oranges : Works by Young Filipino Poets, edited by Cirilo Bautista and Ken Ishikawa, Anvil Publishing, 2009; At Home In Unhomeliness: An Anthology Of Philippine Postcolonial Poetry In English, edited by J. Neil C. Garcia, Philippine PEN and the University Of Santo Tomas Publishing, December, 2007; The Queer Collection 2007: Poetry and Prose, edited by Gregory Kompes, Fabulist Flash Publishing, Nevada, June, 2007; and Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices From Marginalized Spaces, edited by Michelle Sewell, GirlChild Press, Hyattsville, Maryland, April, 2006. She is a member of The Baguio Writers Group and the Baguio Aquarelle Society. When she is not writing, she does freelance layout and graphic design work.
PAUL LUCAS GERARD M. BRUSELAS began college at the Ateneo De Manila University, transfered to Kalayaan College then finally to the University of Santo Tomas. He is currently taking AB Literature at the University of Santo Tomas and in his senior year. He has won an award for his poetry collection Overcast at the Gawad Ustetika, UST’s annual awards for literature. He is a member of the Thomasian Writers Guild.
Please go to the Meritage Press site at http://meritagepress.com/babaylan/ for more information and to read the winning poems.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the MERITAGE PRESS HOLIDAY POETRY CONTESTS:
2010: Jun de la Rosa (Judge: Beatriz Tabios)
2009: Michelle A. Penaloza (Judge: Aileen Ibardaloza)
2008: Rodrigo V. Dela Pena Jr. (Judge: Bino A. Realuyo)
2007: Naya S. Valdellon & Marcel L. Milliam (Judge: Eric Gamalinda)
2006: Joel M. Toledo (Judge: Michelle Bautista)
2005: Arkaye Velasquez Kierulf (Judge: Jean Vengua)
2004: Joel H. Vega (Judge: Sarah Gambito)
2003: Luisa A. Igloria (Judge: Patrick Rosal)
2002: Naya S. Valdellon & Michella Rivera-Gravage (Judge: Oliver de la Paz)
2001: Carlomar Arcangel Daoana (Judge: Nick Carbo)
More information here.
First Place: “Water” by Jun de la Rosa
Honorable Mentions were also awarded to three other poems. Two poems—“All I Know of Distance” and “City by Night”—were both written by Jennifer Patricia A. Carino. The other Honorable Mention poem, “Pinatubo”, was written by Paul Lucas Gerard M. Bruselas.
ABOUT THE POETS:
JUN DE LA ROSA was a Dumaguete workshop fellow for poetry in 2005 and a recipient of the Dean’s Award for Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University. His works have appeared in Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Philippine Studies, UP Likhaan Book, CCP’s Ani, among others.
JENNIFER PATRICIA A. CARIÑO is a 29-year-old poet, musician, and visual artist from Baguio City. Jenny’s poems have been published in various anthologies including Baguio Calligraphy, edited by Francis Macansantos, and Luchie B. Maranan, Anvil Publishing, 2010; Crowns and Oranges : Works by Young Filipino Poets, edited by Cirilo Bautista and Ken Ishikawa, Anvil Publishing, 2009; At Home In Unhomeliness: An Anthology Of Philippine Postcolonial Poetry In English, edited by J. Neil C. Garcia, Philippine PEN and the University Of Santo Tomas Publishing, December, 2007; The Queer Collection 2007: Poetry and Prose, edited by Gregory Kompes, Fabulist Flash Publishing, Nevada, June, 2007; and Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices From Marginalized Spaces, edited by Michelle Sewell, GirlChild Press, Hyattsville, Maryland, April, 2006. She is a member of The Baguio Writers Group and the Baguio Aquarelle Society. When she is not writing, she does freelance layout and graphic design work.
PAUL LUCAS GERARD M. BRUSELAS began college at the Ateneo De Manila University, transfered to Kalayaan College then finally to the University of Santo Tomas. He is currently taking AB Literature at the University of Santo Tomas and in his senior year. He has won an award for his poetry collection Overcast at the Gawad Ustetika, UST’s annual awards for literature. He is a member of the Thomasian Writers Guild.
Please go to the Meritage Press site at http://meritagepress.com/babaylan/ for more information and to read the winning poems.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the MERITAGE PRESS HOLIDAY POETRY CONTESTS:
2010: Jun de la Rosa (Judge: Beatriz Tabios)
2009: Michelle A. Penaloza (Judge: Aileen Ibardaloza)
2008: Rodrigo V. Dela Pena Jr. (Judge: Bino A. Realuyo)
2007: Naya S. Valdellon & Marcel L. Milliam (Judge: Eric Gamalinda)
2006: Joel M. Toledo (Judge: Michelle Bautista)
2005: Arkaye Velasquez Kierulf (Judge: Jean Vengua)
2004: Joel H. Vega (Judge: Sarah Gambito)
2003: Luisa A. Igloria (Judge: Patrick Rosal)
2002: Naya S. Valdellon & Michella Rivera-Gravage (Judge: Oliver de la Paz)
2001: Carlomar Arcangel Daoana (Judge: Nick Carbo)
More information here.
