The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2010 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library.

There will be two winners, one for Poetry in English and another for Poetry in Filipino. Each winner will receive P20,000 in cash, a gold medal, as well as an opportunity to be published. Winners will be announced no later than January 15, 2009.

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. There are two categories: a) English and b) Filipino.

3. Each entry should consist of five poems in either English or Filipino.

4. Poems should be directed at readers ages 8-12 years old.

5. Adaptations of poetry published by other poets, whether in whole or in part, are not accepted.

6. Entries must be in hard copy, on short bond paper.

7. A contestant may send in more than one (1) entry.

8. Each entry must be signed by a pen name only. Three (3) copies of each entry should be placed in an envelope, on the face of which only the pen name of the contestant should appear.

9. 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.

10. All entries must be sent through snail mail to the PBBY Secretariat, c/o Adarna House, Inc., 2nd Floor, FSS Building, 20 Scout Tuason Street, Quezon City.

11. All entries must be received by the PBBY Secretariat no later than 5:00 p.m., November 28, 2009.

12. There will be two winners, one for Poetry in English and another for Poetry in Filipino. Each winner will receive P20,000 in cash, a gold medal, as well as an opportunity to be published. Winners will be announced no later than January 15, 2010. Non-winning entries may be claimed at the PBBY Secretariat until December 22, 2009.

For more details, interested parties may contact the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, at 2/F FSS Bldg. 20 Scout Tuason cor. Scout Castor Sts., Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City 1103, Telefax 372-3548 or email pbby[at]adarna.com.ph.