The Davao Writers Guild is now accepting applications to the 2019 Davao Writers Workshop to be held in November 2019.
Fifteen (15) fellowships are available, five (5) of which will be given to writers from outside Davao City but limited to residents living in Mindanao.
Applications are for the following genres: short fiction, poetry, essay, and play. They may be in English, Tagalog, or Binisaya. Entries should either contain 2 short stories (1,000 to 5,000 words), or 2 essays (1,000 to 5,000 words), or 2 one-act plays, or 5 poems.
Entries must be the applicants’ original works and should have not been accepted to another writers workshop or included in a creative writing thesis. Applicants should be a resident of Davao City or any part of Mindanao. Applicants should not have been an alumnus of previous Davao Writers Workshops or a fellow to any of the national writers workshops. Accepted fellows will be given free board and lodging for the duration of the workshop.
Applicants are to:
1) Fill out the Application Form.
2) Secure a signed Certification Form.
3) Secure the electronic copy (.doc, .docx, or .rtf file) of the manuscript.
Manuscripts should have a 1.5 spacing (not applicable for poetry entries), and a one-inch margin on all sides. The page number should be typed consecutively at the center of the bottom margin of each page (i.e, 1 of x, 2 of x). The font should be Arial, Times New Roman, or Book Antiqua. The font size should be 12. Kindly include all entries in one document, and name your document as “[LASTNAME]_[GENRE]_Manuscript_2019DWW”. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript.
4) Send your manuscript and signed certification form to
davaowritersworkshop@gmail.com with the subject “DWW2019 Submission”.
Kindly use only one email address in the application process.
Only one application for each genre is allowed. Applicants may choose to submit multiple entries to different genres. Applicants with multiple entries must submit an application form for each genre.
Deadline for submission is on September 15, 2019. For inquiries, please send a message to davaowritersworkshop@gmail.com.
The 2019 Davao Writers Workshop is organized in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Mindanao.
If there would be an opening for outside mindanao applicants like here in central visayas region, please dont hesitate me asap.thanks.