The Davao Writers Guild  is calling on writers of fiction or short stories to participate in the “DWG-NCCA (Davao Writers’ Guild- National Commission on the Culture and the Arts) contest in Writing Fiction in Bisaya.”

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/31 August) – “Davao: Reconstructing History from Text and Memory,” written by Dabawenyo Palanca awardee Dr. Macario Tiu won the National Book Award for History, for books published in 2005.

DAVAO CITY  (MindaNews/31 August) --  Obo-Manobo artist  Retchor “Ettok” Umpan’s “Going to the Fiesta” was named one of seven semi-finalists out of around 350 entries in the painting category of Art Petron, the 6th National Student Art Competition.

To celebrate the National Language Month (August 1-30, 2006), the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWP) is launching Gawad Komisyon 2006.

For the first time, the contest will include a Bisaya (Cebuano) and an Ilocano category for poetry and short story.