SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Applicants must have been born or are currently residing in Northern Mindanao and be 16 - 40 years old. Applicants under 18 must secure signed consent from a parent/guardian to join the workshop if they are selected.

Entries in Binisaya, (Tagalog-based) Filipino, and/or English shall be composed of any of the following:

• For a Poetry fellowship: 2 poems (written for the page and/or for performance);
• For a Fiction fellowship: 1 short story (1500 to 3000 words), or 1 chapter (3000 to 5000 words) from a novel (with synopsis), or 2 works of flash fiction (500 to 1500 words each);
• For a Creative Nonfiction & Essay fellowship: 1 creative nonfiction (1500 to 3000 words) such as nonfiction memoir, personal essay, travel writing, lyric essay, literary journalism, or other hybridized forms; or 2 micro-essays or works of flash nonfiction (500 to 1500 words);
• For a Drama fellowship: 1 one-act play, or 1 short screenplay, or 1 ten-minute radio drama script (up to 30 pages).

Applicants may apply for more than one genre but will only be accepted in one.

The St Francis Xavier Writers Workshop will consist of manuscripts critiquing and consultation, craft lectures on writing genres and creative process, mentoring sessions, inputs from alternative press editors and indie publishers, and other parallel writing activities.

Accepted fellows will be provided with certificates, a small internet load stipend for each day of the workshop, food allowance, and workshop merchandise. There is no registration fee.

Electronic copies, in MS Word format, Times New Roman font 12, of the manuscript may be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject Genre_SFXWW2022 (example: Drama_SFXWW2022). The applicant’s name should not appear on the manuscript. On the email’s body, include the following applicant details: full name, address (in Mindanao), institutional affiliation (workplace and/or school), Facebook URL, mobile number, and a short bionote (150-200 words). A curriculum vitae (CV) should also be attached.

 

Deadline of submissions is on 30 April 2022, 11:59 PM.

Teachers of junior or senior high school and college Creative Writing/Malikhaing Pagsulat and Creative Nonfiction/Malikhaing Sanaysay subjects who wish to observe the online sessions may send in a letter of intent addressed to the workshop director through the same email address on or before 13 May 2022. Slots are limited.

All inquiries from interested partners and sponsors should be coursed through the same email.

The St Francis Xavier Writers Workshop is organized by the Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan English Department and funded by the Commission on Higher Education. It aims to develop the creative writing skills of participants from Northern Mindanao by providing a conducive and safe environment that allows creativity to flourish.