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The Guardian reports the longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize has been announced, it "features an unexpectedly strong showing from Filipino writers. The list, which is chosen from submissions received from all over Asia, comprises 21 works of Asian fiction yet to be published in English from both well established and first-time authors. Four of the contenders for the $10,000 prize hail from the Philippines. Of these, Alfred A Yuson is by far the most experienced, with 22 books, as well as poetry and essay collections, to his name. His nominated novel, The Music Child, tells of an American journalist who undergoes strange experiences in a southern island in the Philippines. The three other writers from the Philippines in the running are Ian Rosales Casocot, with Sugar Land; Miguel Syjuco, with Ilustrado; and Lakambini A Sitoy, nominated for Sweet Haven. Sitoy's fiction has appeared in anthologies in her home country and in the United States, Britain and other Europ

In this issue, a feature interview with poet and publisher, Marty Gervais. Poetry and short stories by Pamela A. Babusci, Collin Barber, David Barnes, Tom Berman, Dawn Bruce, Darrell Byrd, Ellen Compton, Susan Constable, Magdalena Dale, Melissa Dixon, Curtis Dunlap, Margarita Engle, Denis Garrison, Sanford Goldstein, Taylro Graham, Peggy Heinrich, Kirsty Karkow, Gilda Kreuter, Joseph Kleponis, Jamie LaBree, matthew lanier, Zachary Lochlin, Bob Lucky, Bobbi Lurie, Peggy Willis Lyles, Allison Millcock, Michael McClintock, Jessica Melusine, Vasile Moldovan, Kala Ramesh, G. David Schwartz, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Adelaide B. Shaw, Charles Eugene Smith, Vivien Steels, Andre Surridge, Petar Tchouhov, A. Thiagarajan, Sonny Villafania, Mel Waldman, Lori Wall-Holloway, Liam Wilkinson, Mariano Zaro, and J. Zimmerman. This issue edited by Ursula T. Gibson (free verse and form), Marie Lecrivain (short stories and essays), David Herrle (special feature), Stanford M. Forrester (haiku and senryu

Five Filipino writers will be awarded cash to be able to finish their projects in fiction, essay, biography and poetry by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), led by its chairman Dr. Vilma Labrador and executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez, through its 2007 NCCA Writers’ Prize, one of the country’s top literary awards. Ed Maranan, Elyrah Loyola Salanga, Telesforo Sungkit, Jr., Kristian Sendon Cordero and Rosario Cruz-Lucero will be honored with a trophy, a certificate and the first tranche of P50,000 each at the awarding ceremony on July 25, 2008, at the lobby of the NCCA Building in Intramuros at 6 p.m. In the essay in English category, Maranan’s The Country in the Heart: A Writer’s Times and Travels is chosen. He is a veteran fictionist, poet, activist and teacher. A professor at the University of the Philippines, 28-year-old Elyrah Loyola Salanga wins in the literary biography category. Her project, Alfrredo Navarro Salanga: Sa Mga Pahina at Ibang Salaysay, w

This is the perfect opportunity to have your poems read by three of today's leading poets, stand the chance to win £5000, and see your name added to the impressive list of past winners, including Michael Hulse, Carol Ann Duffy, Jo Shapcott, Ruth Padel, Ian Duhig and the current winner Sinéad Morrissey. Now in its 31st year, the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition is one of the leading poetry prizes. It attracts entries from Nantwich to Nairobi and offers to anyone who enters the opportunity to discover their own potential as a writer. Whether you are an established poet or a budding writer, winning often provides that essential spur to take your writing further. Although called the National Poetry Competition, it is open to anyone internationally. More information is available on this link: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/

A new book by National Book Award-winning author Jose A. Carillo, The 10 Most Annoying English Grammar Errors, went off the press recently. It was released simultaneously with the second updated edition of Mr. Carillo’s award-winning and bestselling first book, English Plain and Simple: No-Nonsense Ways to Learn Today’s Global Language. The 10 Most Annoying English Grammar Errors Softcover, 122 pages, pocketbook format, PhP120.00 This new book is a delightful, insightful guide to how English really works. If consists of the author’s incisive, no-holds-barred critiques of the most annoying grammar and usage errors that crop up in today’s newspapers and magazines as well as in the broadcast media and on the web. As the author suggests, no self-respecting writer, editor, or publisher ought to publish until he or she has studied and taken to heart the English-usage prescriptions and caveats of this book. English Plain and Simple: No-Nonsense Ways to Learn Today’s Global Language (Second U