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\nARLENE THERESA AVILA<\/strong>\u00a0is an MFA Creative Writing student at the University of British Columbia in Canada. She is in the editorial board of PRISM International and has translated children\u2019s stories for\u00a0The African Storybook<\/i>\u00a0project at UBC. She has taught English at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and the University of Santo Tomas. She did her BA and MA in Literature at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. She had just began her PhD when she re-discovered a long lost dream of becoming a writer through an elective class. Though she was born in Surigao del Sur, her parents are Waray and she considers Tacloban her hometown. She is a fellow for fiction.<\/p>\n
\nTIFF CONDE<\/strong>\u00a0is a memoirist from Quezon City. Her essays have been honored by Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is a fellow for creative nonfiction.<\/p>\n
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\nMARIA TANYA PATRICIA P. CRUZ<\/strong>\u00a0is a licensed pharmacist, currently taking up MA in Creative Writing at the University of Santo Tomas. Her works have won at the annual Gawad USTETIKA, third place in Poetry in 2015 and first place in Essay in 2016. She was also a fellow in the recently concluded University of Santo Tomas National Writers Workshop. She is a fellow for fiction.<\/p>\n
\nGEORGE DEOSO<\/strong>\u00a0is a graduating student of AB Literature at the University of Santo Tomas. He has earned a number of writing fellowships inside and outside the university, such as the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies\u2019 1st Thomasian Students Summer Writers Workshop,\u00a0The Varsitarian<\/i>\u2019s 10th and 11th Creative Writing Workshop, and DLSU\u2019s First IWP Alumni Writers Workshop. His short stories, \u201cRoad Reblocking\u201d and \u201cThe Short Curious Life of Mr. Clock-man,\u201d won second place for the fiction category of the 30th Gawad Ustetika and the Best Entry for Prose category in the 2015 edition of\u00a0Dapitan<\/i>, respectively. A number of his works also won places in the 31st Gawad Ustetika, including \u201cPoems in Praise of the Matriarch\u201d (1st place, Poetry), \u201cAng Watak-watak na Salinlahi ni Godot\u201d (1st place, Tula), and \u201cPatayin sa Sindak si Juan Dela Cruz\u201d (3rd place, Sanaysay). He is currently the Vice President for Internal Affairs of the Thomasian Writers Guild. He is fellow for poetry.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>CESAR MIGUEL \u201cMIGGY\u201d ESCA\u00d1O<\/strong>\u00a0lives in Tacloban City, Leyte. He taught English at the Ateneo de Manila for ten years. Prior to that, he was a reporter for\u00a0BusinessWorld<\/i>\u00a0for two years. He contributes feature articles to the\u00a0Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/i>,\u00a0Manila Bulletin,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Mabuhay Magazine<\/i>. In 2016, he rediscovered his love for writing fiction and has been writing nonstop ever since.\u00a0 He is fellow for fiction.<\/p>\n
\nCATHERINE ORDA<\/strong>\u00a0is a senior economics major in De La Salle University-Manila, where she writes monthly feature articles for\u00a0The LaSallian<\/i>. She lives in Quezon City. She is a fellow for creative nonfiction.<\/p>\n
\nELIJAH PASCUAL<\/strong>\u00a0is a Creative Writing graduate of the Ateneo De Manila University. His poetry has been published in\u00a0Public Pool<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Rambutan Literary<\/i>. He has also written for\u00a0Rogue<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Young Star<\/i>. He is fellow for poetry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
HEZRON G. PIOS<\/strong>\u00a0is taking up Liberal Arts and Commerce Major in Communication and Marketing Management at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod. He is a magazine writer and contributor for\u00a0The Spectrum<\/i>, the university\u2019s official media corps, which has garnered numerous regional awards. He is fellow for poetry.<\/p>\n
\nJAKE RAMOS<\/strong>\u00a0holds a BFA in both Creative Writing and Information Design from the Ateneo de Manila University. He is a graphic designer by day and a content creator by night. He currently resides in Cebu City with a dog named Winter. He is fellow for fiction.<\/p>\n
\nVINCEN GREGORY YU<\/strong>\u00a0recently graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital under the 7-year Intarmed program. He is a contributing theater reviewer for the\u00a0Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/i>\u00a0and member of the jury for the Philstage Gawad Buhay! Awards for the Performing Arts. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in\u00a0Maximum Volume 2<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Fantasy: Fiction for Young Adults<\/i>, while his poems have been published internationally in such places as\u00a0Stone Telling, Pedestal Magazine, Bacopa Literary Review, Popshot Magazine, Diverse Voices Quarterly,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Sentinel Literary Quarterly<\/i>. In 2009, he won a Palanca Award for Kabataan Essay in English. He is fellow for fiction.<\/p>\n1962<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- J. Lorenzo Rivera<\/li>\n
- Jose Ferraris<\/li>\n
- Socorro Federis-Tate<\/li>\n
- Vic Samonte<\/li>\n
- Jose Lansang Jr.<\/li>\n
- Luciano Tenedo<\/li>\n
- Petronilo Bn. Daroy<\/li>\n
- Wilfrido Nolledo<\/li>\n
- Cesar Ruiz Aquino*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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1963<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Alberto Florentino<\/li>\n
- Rogelio Sicat<\/li>\n
- Amalia Perez<\/li>\n
- Bataan Faigao<\/li>\n
- Elena Reyes<\/li>\n
- Emmanuel Osorio<\/li>\n
- Erwin Castillo<\/li>\n
- Fernando Afable<\/li>\n
- Geronimo Sicam<\/li>\n
- Indalecio de Leon<\/li>\n
- Ireneo Gancuangco<\/li>\n
- Jesus Peralta<\/li>\n
- Ko Won<\/li>\n
- Leonidas Benesa<\/li>\n
- Linda Ty-Casper<\/li>\n
- Nicanor Tabligan<\/li>\n
- Raymond Llorca<\/li>\n
- Valdemar Olaguer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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1964<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Alfredo Cuenca<\/li>\n
- Alfredo Morales<\/li>\n
- Erwin Castillo<\/li>\n
- Jose Carreon<\/li>\n
- Nelson La Rosa<\/li>\n
- Orlando Hernando<\/li>\n
- Roberto Pontinela<\/li>\n
- Rolando Carbonell<\/li>\n
- Rolando Pena<\/li>\n
- Ninotchka Rosca<\/li>\n
- Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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1965<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Alma de Jesus Tayo<\/li>\n
- Elsie Martinez-Coscolluela<\/li>\n
- Estelita Juco<\/li>\n
- Freddie Dimaya<\/li>\n
- G. Burce Bunao<\/li>\n
- J Maidan Flores<\/li>\n
- Jose Montebon<\/li>\n
- Maximo Tuason<\/li>\n
- Rita Gaddi<\/li>\n
- Teresita Dato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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1966<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Alfredo Pucay<\/li>\n
- Antonio Samson<\/li>\n
- Mel Chionglo<\/li>\n
- Cesar Victor Reyes<\/li>\n
- Federico Licsi Espino<\/li>\n
- Marra PL Lanot<\/li>\n
- Norman Quimpo<\/li>\n
- Salvador Bernal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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