21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM  2009 Bikol Regional Artist Award for Literary Author of seven collections of poetry,

 2009 Bikol Regional Artist Award for Literary Author of seven collections of poetry, the most recent
THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Arts by Hon. Jesse Robredo being Basta (Ateneo de Manila University Press,
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 Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature by the
*The famous Writers and their Arejola Foundation.
 Three of his books won the National Book Award.
works from the year 2000 & up  He also won the Palanca Memorial Award for
Literature depicts the history, culture and traditional of Literature in 2003.
a country. It is hard to imagine a nation without it.  He was a civil engineer by profession and a self-
trained painter.
Children’s Story Fiction & non-fiction
Poems Beverly Siy or “Bebang”
Essays  published writer of all sorts of genres (from
Modernization serious poetry to horror stories for adolescents to
Articles humorous essays to erotic novel.)
Plays  She did the writing, lay outing and publishing of
Drama the spoof of her school's campus paper. She sold
Comedy each copy for P2.00 or $ 0.05 to her classmates.
Books  She took up BA Creative Writing (Filipino) in the
Horror stories University of the Philippines while she worked as
a waitress at night. She graduated cum laude in
Notable Authors and their 2002. She immediately signed up for MA Filipino,
major in Literature. She is very optimistic that she
Literary Contributions
will finish the course soon.
 She is the youngest member of UMPIL or Unyon
Abdon M. Balde Jr.
ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas' Board of Directors
Chairman – Union ng mga Manunulat sa
in 2004-2010.
Pilipinas (Writers Union of the Philippines), a
 president of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo
Founding Board Member of the Filipinas
(LIRA) in 2007-2009. LIRA is the premiere and
Copyright Licensing Society, Board Member of
the oldest organization of Filipino poets who write
the Wika ng Kultura at Agham, a member of the
primarily in the national language.
Kabulig Bikol Writers Organization and the Albay
 She is the Executive Officer for Membership and
Writers Group, and a consultant of the National
Documentation of Filipinas Copyright Licensing
Bookstore.
Society (FILCOLS), an organization of authors
 2010 Ani ng Dangal Award by Her Excellency and publishers that helps fight for the economic
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, rights of copyright holders.
 2009 South East Asian Writers Award by the
Crown Prince of Thailand, Allan Popa
2009). He has received the Philippines Free Press
Literary Award and the Manila Critics Circle National
Book Award. He earned his MFA in poetry at
Washington University in Saint Louis, where he won
the Norma Lowry Prize and the Academy of American
Poets Prize. He teaches at the Ateneo de Manila
University and at De La Salle University-Manila.
Charlson Ong
Written 3 collections of short fiction:
Men of the East and other Stories,
Women of Amkaw and other stories.
Conversion and other fictions as well as three novels
An Embarrassment of Riches,
Banyaga,
A song of War, and
Blue Angel, White Shadow
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
A renowned teacher, editor, writer, and pioneer of
creative nonfiction. Garnering honors since her
colegiala days, Dr. Hidalgo has also received such
prestigious awards as Gawad Balagtas, Graphic, Free
Press, Focus, Manila Critics' Circle, British Council
Grant to Cambridge, and the U.P. President's Award
for Outstanding Publication. She has been recognized
as Outstanding Thomasian Writer, Hall of Famer for
the International Publication Award, and Grand Prize
winner for the Novel in the Palanca Awards. She was
Vice President for Public Affairs of the University of
the Philippines and at present is the director of the
University of Sto. Tomas Publishing House, and an
associate of the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
Danton Remoto
 Has written nine books and edited eight other
titles, including the landmark ladlad series of gay
literature.
 He taught English and Literature at Ateneo de
Manila University before taking early retirement to
work as a communications Analyst at the United
Nations Development Programme.
 He is now the Head of Research and Desk
Manager of TV5, where he also co-hosts a weekly
TV show and a daily radio show.
 He studied at Ateneo de Manila University of
Stirling (U.K.) and Rutgers University (U.S.A.)