2012 PBBY Salanga Prize – Call for Entries

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2012 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library of the Philippines (NLP). The winner shall receive Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos and a medal. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children’s Book Day in July 2012.

CONTEST RULES

1. The contest is open to all Filipino citizens except those who are related to any PBBY member up to the third degree of consanguinity.
2. Stories should be intended for children aged 6 to 12 years old. The plot and the sequence must be capable of sustaining an illustrated book of 28 to 32 pages.
3. Entries may be in Filipino or English.
4. Entries must be in hard copy, double-spaced, on short bond paper. Maximum length is five (5) pages.
5. A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.
6. Each entry must be signed by a pen name only. Five (5) copies of each entry should be placed in an envelope, on the face of which only the pen name of the contestant should appear.
7. Together with each entry, contestants must submit a second envelope, on the face of which the pen name shall appear. This must contain the contestant’s full name, address, contact numbers, a short literary background, and a notarized certification from the author, vouching for the originality of the entry and for the freedom of the organizers from any liability arising from the infringement of copyright in case of publication, and affirming that the entry or any variant thereof has (a) never been published nor (b) won any other contest i.e. that it has never won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention in any other contest or otherwise been awarded a medal, a citation, or included in a publicized list of meritorious entries to a literary contest.
8. All entries must be sent through snail mail to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House, Inc., Scout Torillo cor. Scout Fernandez Sts., Barangay Sacred Heart, Quezon City.
9. All entries must be received by the PBBY Secretariat no later than 5:00 p.m., November 11, 2011.
10. Winners will be announced no later than December 16, 2011. Non-winning entries will be disposed of by the PBBY Secretariat.

The winning story will be the basis for the 2012 PBBY-Alcala Prize. For more details, interested parties may contact the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, at 3526765 local 203 or email pbby[at]adarna.com.ph.

Adarna House Chapter Book Contest

We are always looking for ways to fill the gaps we see in local children’s literature. Along with countless students, teachers, and parents across the country, we have long been lamenting the dearth of intermediate readers and young adult novels in Filipino.

So please help us respond to that need by entering (or encouraging writer friends to enter) our Chapter Book Contest. We are giving everyone a little less than five months to write down the ideas we know have been brewing in your minds for quite some time. Help us provide age-appropriate and enjoyable reading materials to our Pinoy kids.

We can do this, guys! *cheer* *cartwheel*

UST graduate wins Rizal-themed 2011 PBBY-Acala Prize

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People awards the 2011 PBBY-Alcala Prize to Ma. Yasmin Doctor, a graduate from the University of the Santo Tomas and a member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang Ink). Honorable mention went to artists Leo Agtuca and Jonathan Rañola.

This year’s PBBY-Alcala Prize called for entries based on the 2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize-winning story, “Rizaldy” by Eugene Evasco. Rizaldy is about a boy who was named after the holiday on which he was born: Rizal Day.

The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library. Doctor shall receive P 25,000.00, a gold medal, as well as the opportunity to be published. This is her first PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize.

For inquiries about the contest, contact the PBBY Secretariat at telephone number 352-6765 loc. 203 or e-mail pbby@adarna.com.ph.

Call for entries: 2011 PBBY-Alcala Prize

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2011 PBBY-Alcala Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of thePhilippines (CCP) and The National Library.

The winner shall be given a cash prize of P20,000.00, a gold medal, and an opportunity to be published. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children’s Book Day on July 19, 2011.

Contest Rules:

1. The contest is open to all Filipino citizens except those who are related to any PBBY member up to the third degree of consanguinity.
2. Entries must be based on the 2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize-winning story, “Rizaldy” by Eugene Evasco. Copies of the said story may be requested from the PBBY Secretariat.
3. All entries must be original unpublished illustrations that have not won in any previous contest.
4. All entries must consist of three (3) illustrations that are of the same size and medium, based on any 3 poems in the winning collection.
5. A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.
6. Each entry must be signed by a pen name only, preferably on a small piece of paper pasted on the back of each artwork. Entries with a signature or any identifying marks are automatically disqualified.
7. Together with each entry, contestants must submit a separate envelope, on the face of which only the pen name of the contestant shall appear. The envelope must contain the contestant’s full name, address, contact numbers, short description of background, and notarized certification vouching for the originality of the entry and for the freedom of the organizers from any liability arising from the infringement of copyright in case of publication.
8. All entries must be sent to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House,109 Scout Fernandez cor. Scout Torillo Street, Quezon City by March 30, 2011.
9. Winners will be announced no later than May 6, 2011. Non-winning entries must be claimed no later than June 29, 2011, after which they will no longer be the responsibility of the organizers.

For more details, interested parties may contact PBBY by calling 3526765 or emailing pbby[at]adarna.com.ph. A copy of Rizaldy is available from the PBBY website.

30th Anniversary Raffle winners

Congratulations to Danisia Biel, Judith Chavez, Mary Antonette Co, Monette David, and Aurora C. De Guzman! Each of you will be receiving a complete set of our Silver Edition hardbound storybooks.

We shall be getting in touch with you through mobile and/or e-mail to let you know about claiming your prize.

Thank you so much for coming by during our showroom sale!

And the winners are…

Congratulations are in order!

When we launched our five new storybooks at the recently concluded Manila International Book Fair, the launch not only coincided with our 30th anniversary celebration, that was also the day when we awarded the winners for our Facebook photo contest and the Adarna House character costume contest.

In case you missed out on all the fun, here are the winners who deserve our applause.

People's Choice AwardeeBrothers Bonding Through Reading by Sheila Ganzan

The People’s Choice Award was given to the photo with the most Likes on Facebook. Fun fact: the two boys you see on this picture also entered the costume contest, dressed as slippers Kaliwa and Kanan!

Grand Prize Winner Bagyong Domeng at Ako by Abbie Tomas Mendez

This photo was one of the very first entries to the contest, and also one of the crowd favorites. Abbie unfortunately couldn’t be there to claim her prize personally, but we knew she was crossing her fingers from across the world!

Character Costume Contest Winners

That’s right — the Greediest Rajah, Aling Oktopoda, Onyok (Ang Mahiyaing Manok), and Ampalaya bagged our third (a tie), second, and first place respectively.

To see the rest of the kids in costume, check out the album on our Facebook page!

Cosplay the Adarna way!

Did we already say 2010 was our 30th year?

If you’re tuning in just now, we have very exciting news to greet you with!  As part of our anniversary celebrations, we are inviting schools to take part in Maligayang bati, Adarna House! which is a costume contest for grade school students.  Costumes will have to be based on our storybook characters, of course!

We already had the first run at Diliman Preparatory School this week!

Bakit Matagal ang Sundo Ko? with our mascot, Pilandok

The greedy rajah, Emang Engkantada, and Chenelyn

Rahal, Raquel, and Ampalaya

Onyok, Celia, and Benito

The kids look even more amazing in person!  And you will get the chance to see them for real at the book launch at the MIBF, when these kids (plus the kids who will participate in Maligayang Bati this August) will parade around the book fair.  The awarding of the best of the best will also happen at the launch!

If you know a school who’d be interested to celebrate with us through Maligayang Bati, please contact Grace Anastacio through e-mail (grace[at]adarna.com.ph) or phone (372-3548 local 110).

See you at the Manila International Book Fair!

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* Cosplay (costume play) is a popular (and fun!) manner of performance that started in Japan, theorized to have branched out from the kabuki tradition.