U.P. Centennial Gawad Likhaan

U.P. CENTENNIAL GAWAD LIKHAAN

Rules of the Contest

1. The Contest is open from February 2007 to March
2008. It is open to all Filipino citizens of all ages
(including Filipinos holding dual citizenship) , except
members of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing
(UP-ICW) and its staff.

2. There are six categories for the Awards:

1. Novel or Short Story Collection in
English

2. Nobela o Koleksiyon ng mga Katha sa
Filipino

3. Poetry in English

4. Tula sa Filipino

5. Creative Nonfiction in English

6. Malikhaing Sanaysay sa Filipino

3. Only original works, not published in whole or in
part, in print or online, may be entered. Any
translation or adaptation of another author’s work is
not eligible.

4. Authors may submit only one (1) entry per category.

5. A translation of one’s own work submitted as an
entry in one (1) category shall not be eligible in the
corresponding linguistic category.

6. A work which has been awarded a prize in another
contest is not eligible.

7. In submitting an entry, the author warrants that
the work is his/her own and that he/she has absolute
ownership of all intellectual property rights thereto.
Together with the entry, the author should submit the
Official Entry Form and the Authorization Form for the
Contest.

8. All entries shall consist of a soft copy (CD in
Word or Text Format) and three (3) hard copies.
(a) Each entry must be encoded, double space, on 8-1/2
by 11 bond paper, about one-inch margin on all sides
of the page. Font should be Arial, Times New Roman, or
Book Antiqua, and font size 12.
(b) Page number must be consecutive at the right-hand
corner, bottom of the page.
(c) Author’s real name and address must not appear on
any entry; rather, the author should seal in a letter
envelope both the prescribed Official Entry Form and
Authorization Form, together with the author’s
bio-note or brief résumé; and this envelope should be
submitted together with the entries. On this sealed
envelope should be written or typed the title of the
entry, its category, and the author’s pen name.

9. All entries should be legible and neat. They are
all to be submitted to the Board of Judges, U.P.
Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW), College of
Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines ,
Diliman, Quezon City . The said Institute is on the
second floor of the Faculty Center (FC), UP Diliman
campus.

10. All entries must be accompanied by the author’s
written consent to abide by the rules of the Contest,
duly signed by the author.

11. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2008,
Monday, 5 p.m. The office of the UP-ICW closes at 5
p.m. Entries sent by mail or courier should be
postmarked no later than the same date of the
deadline.

12. Winning entries shall remain with, and become the
property of, the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing
which shall have prior right to its publication.
Copies of non-winning entries may be claimed by their
authors at the same Institute no later than one (1)
month from the date of the announcement of the
winners.

13. In all categories for the Awards, the subject or
theme is open and free. Neither is there any limit to
the maximum number of pages of the entry.
(a) In the FICTION category (NOVEL or
SHORT STORY COLLECTION) in English or Filipino, what
is required is a book-length NOVEL or SHORT STORY
COLLECTION; book-length, that is, about 200 pages or
more when printed out, double space, on 8-1/2 by 11
bond paper, or as the Board of Judges for this
category may determine.
(b) In POETRY in English or Filipino, what
is required is also a book-length work or collection,
that is, about 50 poems or more, or about 100 pages or
more, or as the Board of Judges for this category may
determine.
(c) As with FICTION, what is required for the category
of CREATIVE NON-FICTION is a book-length work. By this
category is meant biography, autobiography, or the
personal essay (talambuhay o personal na sanaysay).

14. In order that the winning entries may be
accessible to the reading public, the author grants,
assigns and transfers to the U.P. Institute of
Creative Writing the following rights without any
necessity of any payment other than the prize already
awarded: (a) to publish from time to time any winning
entry or selection or portion thereof as it may at its
discretion determine; (b) to designate or appoint
editors to edit the work or any portion thereof to
suit the demands of publication; (c) to furnish a
reasonable number of copies of the work to the
National Library or other libraries; (d) to make the
work available for downloading on the Internet or
other electronic medium; and/or (e) allow scholars and
students to make copies for their research.
In making the works accessible to scholars, students,
and lovers of literature, the Institute only intends
to promote a wider literary appreciation of the works.

15. The exercise of the rights of the U.P. Institute
of Creative Writing as regards the winning entries,
such as the right to publish the work, shall not be
deemed a waiver of any right of action which the
Institute may take against an author should it be
discovered later on that the author is not the creator
or owner of the copyright to the award-winning work.
Moreover, the said author likewise undertakes to
indemnify the Institute for any and all damages, fees,
costs and expenses that the Institute may incur on
account of the said author’s violation of the
intellectual property rights of another writer.

16. The prizes for each contest category are as
follows:

NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION in English
P200,000.-
NOBELA o KOLEKSIYON NG MGA KATHA (sa Filipino)
P200,000.-
POETRY in English
P200,000.-
TULA sa Filipino
P200,000.-
CREATIVE NONFICTION in English
P200,000.-
MALIKHAING SANAYSAY sa Filipino
P200,000.-

17. The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has the
sole right to designate the persons who shall
constitute the Board of Judges for each contest
category.

18. The decision of the majority of the Board of
Judges for each contest category is final. The same
majority of the Board for each contest category may
decide not to award any prize if, in its judgment, no
entry deserves the prize.

19. There is only one grand prize for each category;
no prize shall be divided or reduced.

20. The names of the winners and the members of the
Board of Judges for each contest category shall be
announced on June 1, 2008 .

21. All parties submitting entries to the UP
Centennial Gawad Likhaan literary contest are deemed
to have accepted all the rules of the contest, and
agree to abide by them.