Likhaan
Journal, the flagship literary journal published annually by Likhaan: The UP
Institute of Creative Writing, is pleased to announce that it has accepted 20
new works for its 10th volume. These are:
Short Story
Richard Cornelio Calayeg, “Zoetrope”
Israfel Fagela, “Creek”
Ana Margarita R. Nunez, “White”
Jenette Ethel N. Vizcocho, “Wash and Wear”
Poetry
Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr., “Manifest and other poems”
Paul Maravillas Jerusalem, “Arborescence”
Jose Luis Pablo, “Elemental and other poems”
Essay
Ronnie E. Baticulon, “How a Brain Surgeon Learned How to Ride a Bike”
Thomas Chavez, “Homoeroticism as the Poetry of the In-Between: The
Self-Translations of Nicolas Pichay”
Jan Kevin Rivera, “Shoes from My Father”
Maikling
Kwento
Arbeen Acuna, “Babala sa Balang Araw”
Rogelio Braga, “Kabanalan sa Panahon ng Digmâ”
Perry C. Mangilaya, “Ahas”
Chuckberry J. Pascual, “Ang Mga Nawawalang Mukha”
Tula
Buboy Aguay, “Pitong Tula sa Filipino”
Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, “Kinalas mo na pala ang galeon”
Mark Angeles, “Di Lang Lalang”
Allan Popa, “Estranghero at Iba Pang Mga Tula”
Sanaysay
Christopher Rosales, “Pugon na de-Gulong”
J. Dennis C. Teodosio, “Salvacion”
Celebrating
10 years of launching new visions of Philippine literature, this year’s journal
boasts the best and the brightest of the year’s writers. The Philippines'
leading literary peer-reviewed journal, the Likhaan Journal is published
annually with funding from the University of the Philippines. It features the
best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino.
Submissions to the journal undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing
process by both the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers
and critics from within and outside UP.
UP
Press director, award-winning writer and critic J. Neil C. Garcia will be the
issue editor for Likhaan Journal 10, while award-winning writer and ICW
associate Charlson Ong will serve as associate editor for the issue. The
journal will be launched during the annual UP Writers’ Night, which is
celebrated during the first week of December.
