Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award

The Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award announces that it is accepting entries to this year's food writing contest. The theme forAward 2008 is MERIENDA, the in-between meals taken mid-afternoon.

The essay must be in English, not less than 4,500 characters nor more than5,000 characters or 800 words, printed on two pages of bond paper, double-spaced.All entries must use a pen name. Accompany the essay with a separateenvelope containing the Author's Information Sheet revealing your
(1)name;
(2) pen name;
(3) residential address and telephone number;
(4)business address and telephone number, if you work;
(5) cell phone number.

Deadline for submission is August 31, 2008. Submit the printed entry together with a digital copy (Word file or rtf-rich text format on a CD) and the Author's Information Sheet to:

DOREEN GAMBOA FERNANDEZ FOOD WRITING AWARD 2008
Gastronomy Group, 14/F ELJ Communications Center
ABS-CBN Mother Ignacia cor.
Eugenio Lopez Jr. Ave.Quezon City 1103

For more information, e-mail dgfawards@yahoo.com.ph or call 412-8507. The first prize winner gets P10,000. The runner up gets P5,000.

Expect gift certificates as well from bookstores, publishing houses and restaurants. Announcement of winners will be in September 2008.

Essay Writing Contest - Galileo SurgiCenter

This essay wriitng contest is sponsored/featured by Galileo SurgiCenter promoting its 1st Annual Sight-Saving Month. The theme is "Why Eyesight is Important to Me" or "Bakit Mahalaga ang Aking Panigin." Submission of entires could be done through email! Cash prizes are at stake so send those entries now!

Contest Mechanics:
1. Open to everyone except relatives of the Center Staff or shareholders up to the 3rd degree of consanguinity or affinity
2. Essay should be between 250 - 1,000 words in English of Filipino send by
1. Regular post at Galileo SurgiCenter, G/F Belson House, 271 EDSA, Mandaluyong City
2. Via email at gsc_reception@pldtdsl.net
3. Format must be in Adobe pdf, MS Word doc. or rich text format
4. Author must include his/her
o Full name
o Age
o Gender
o Contact Number
o Postal Address
5. Criteria for Judging
o Originality
o Writing Style
o Relevance
o Impact on reader
6. Winners will be contacted on September 30, 2008
7. Deadline for entries will be on August 30, 2008
o Mailed entries - postage date will be used as reference
o E-mail - end of office hours on that day
8. Winning entries will remain property of the author but may be reproduced by Galileo SurgiCenter in its newsletter and other publications without the need for express permission of fees
9. View complete mechanics

Contest Period: Until August 30, 2008

Contest Prize:
· 1st Prize: PhP 5,000
· 2nd Prize: PhP 3,000
· 3rd Prize: PhP 1,500

Call for Participants: PBBY-NBDB Salaysayan 2008

Application forms are now available for this year’s PBBY-NBDB Salaysayan, a nationwide storytelling contest. Organized by the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and the National Book Development Board (NBDB), Salaysayan 2008 is a project that encourages a love for reading and children’s books through the celebration of the Filipino’s talent for storytelling.

The contest is open to both amateurs and professionals aged 21 and above. Only those whose duly accomplished Application Forms are officially received by PBBY by August 31, 2008 will be accepted as contestants. Before the actual competition, interested parties must attend the orientation sessions on the rules of the competition, as well as accepted storytelling methods.
Only 10 contestants shall make it to the finals on September 16, 2008 at the Manila International Book Fair.

Judges for both the eliminations and grand finals shall be designated by the PBBY. There will be two categories: English and Filipino. Prizes for the winners of each category shall be: P15,000 for the First Prize; P7,000 for the Second Prize; and, P3,000 for the Third Prize. Only books published from 2005-2008, and those not in this list are allowed as contest pieces for the NBDB-PBBY Salaysayan 2008.

Download the application form here

Merriam Webster &National Bookstore Word of the Day

Join the Manila Bulletin and National Bookstore's Word of the Day contest. They will choose one winner every week who will get a Merriam-Webster Compact Dictionary.

Email your sentences using the Word of the Day to info@nationalbookstore.com.ph with your complete name and contact number. The contest runs until April 15, 2009. Prizes may be claimed at the National Bookstore Head Office. Call 631-8061 to 66 local 112 to make an appointment. Look for Cai Gualberto or Maan Tolentino.

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