The Philippine Issues Writing Project

Written on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 at 7:30 pm | by Nick

UPDATE:The Project is over, Thank you to everyone who participated, the entries were enlightening and eye opening.  Thank you also to those who sponsored prizes for the Writing Project!  More Writing Projects to come! HEAD ON TO THE FINAL SUMMARY POST!

UPDATE, NEW DEADLINE! JUNE 27

UPDATE, NEW PRIZE PAGE!

Please Note: All Participants receive a FREE STICKER.. However, we still need the address as to where to send it to, please use the contact form, and your name, so we can send you your sticker.

Along with the launching of Filipino Voices.com we would like to also announce the simultaneous launching of a writing project. The Philippine Issues writing project. You decide the issue, in your own words, in your own style. This is a way in which everyone can participate, and this is also a way in which our readers will realize the multi dimensional aspect of the challenges we face as a nation.

So whether you are a technology blogger, a personal blogger, socio-political blogger, or a lifestyle blogger, anyone can participate, and is encouraged to participate.
This will be a two month long writing project, each Friday we will announce those who have participated and the articles they have written.

This is about the issues that you feel need to be written about. Whether it is in the technology sector, our economy, social justice, politics, it’s all up to you, be thoughtful and creative.

At the end of the two months, we will raffle off prizes for those who have participated in the writing project. Among the prizes will be P10,000 worth of books, cash prizes, and t-shirts. We will officially put up the list of prizes to be awarded in the coming weeks.

But, honestly, this isn’t really about the prizes, it’s all well and good, yes, but at the end of the day, we hope you can join this writing project because you truly want to write about the issues that are affecting The Philippines. To shed light on these issues, should be our number one goal.

Here’s how to join. Just leave a comment. A link to the url where your article is located, or if you don’t have a blog, you can simply email the article to nick (at) tingog (dot) com.

Thank you.

The preceding has been an unpaid announcement from the bloggers of FilipinoVoices.com

Week 1 Entries , Week 2 Entries, Week 3 and Week 4

Update, April 19: Specific Rules

  • Maximum 2 entries per person
  • Contest Deadline: June 9, 2008
  • All topics allowed, no maximum or minimum amount of words
  • Must have been written on or after January 1, 2008
  • Must be an original work

Update, May 4: Prizes

Please note, that the title of the books will be announced at a later date.

Update: May 22, 2008

  • Please email me your address where we can send the Filipino Voices sticker. All other prizes will be raffled off. Contributors and Authors of this blog cannot have a chance to win any of the prizes, but will be able to receive a free sticker as a giveaway prize for joining the writing project.
  • The Deadline has been moved to June 27, so that more individuals may join, since as was unexpected, the news of this writing project took a while to spread .

Update: May 26, 2008 More Prizes!

Gibbs Cadiz is donating two beautifully illustrated coffee table books for the writing project as well as a literary book, all on The Philippines. Knowing the importance of this project, without any solicitation, he is giving away these amazing books.

  • WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES, a Department of Tourism prepared compendium of everything attractive and worth checking out in the country (beautiful coffee table book)
  • MANILA BAY: CROSSROADS OF ASIA, a book that celebrates the place of this body of water in the history and culture of both RP and asia. (beautiful coffee table book)
  • BAGETS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF FILIPINO YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Update May 28, 2008 More Prizes!

(2) Two Moleskine Notebooks donated by PinoyCentric.

Moleskine is the heir of the legendary notebook, used by european artists and thinkers for the past two centuries. In other words, think of it as the Gold Standard for a writer’s notebook.

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78 Responses to “The Philippine Issues Writing Project”

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  3. Ria Jose on April 19th, 2008 7:42 pm

    Just to clarify, there are no restrictions/rules on the number of words, topics/issues, number of entries per participant, etc?

  4. Nick on April 19th, 2008 8:04 pm

    Ria, correct on all except on the number of entries.

    2 entries maximum per person. I have updated the post for the specific rules.

  5. Ederic on May 2nd, 2008 7:10 pm

    I’d like to donate a one-year blog hosting for this contest. :)

  6. Nick on May 4th, 2008 5:26 pm

    Ederic, Great news! I’ll put it up as one of the prizes.. We’ll raffle it off..

  7. peterahon on May 5th, 2008 2:45 am

    greetings! I like to join the writing project and here is a link of my blog entry :

    http://peterahon.blogspot.com/2008/03/nursing-is-apolitical.html

  8. Ederic on May 5th, 2008 3:29 pm

    Tatlong blog hosting na lang pala, instead of one, from Tinig.com — mula sa tinig ng kabataan online para sa FilipinoVoices.com. :)

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  10. Nick on May 15th, 2008 7:01 pm

    Peterahon, Thank you for your submission, we will include a link to your blog. We’ll send you the free sticker as soon as we have the design finalized.

    We’ll inform you if you have also won any other prizes to be raffled off.

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  12. benj on May 21st, 2008 12:54 am

    A lot of people have been promising me that they’ll join. Asan na sila? haha

  13. peterahon on May 21st, 2008 3:54 pm

    @nick

    thanks for the reply, I will await for the sticker.. prize? wow that’s a bonus… people are coming to my blog through this site is good enough for me..

    so as a thank you here’s a link for you to check and enjoy:

    http://twurl.nl/lgex12

    salamat po,
    pete

  14. Coy on May 21st, 2008 6:15 pm

    Hi Nick. Here is my first entry for the project:

    http://thisiscoy.net/2008/02/25/episode-31-no-signal/

    I’ll be submitting another video by June. More power to the project! :D

  15. aajao on May 21st, 2008 9:28 pm

    here’s my entry for this project: http://jonmagat.blogspot.com/2008/01/condom-ads-ban-and-knowledge-of-using.html

  16. Nick on May 22nd, 2008 4:16 am

    @Coy, thank you for your submission, jun Lozada is still definitely a part of something that is a big issue but that has become overshadowed.. The NBN deal is still unfinished business..

    @aajao, thank you for your entry. Interesting really, since lately there has been a resurgence of discussions focused on overpopulation..

  17. benign0 on May 22nd, 2008 7:39 am

    Hi Nick,

    Can I submit a video too?

    Here’s mine:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaQ5_9G-33k

    It’s a little story to highlight how deforestation is one of the causes of these killer mudslides and flashfloods that kill tens of thousands of Pinoys every couple of years — you know, the kind of stuff that ends up in Page 4 of the papers within a day or two of their occurence? ;)

  18. heck on May 22nd, 2008 6:05 pm

    Hi. I’m really new with this blogging thing but I would really like to participate.

    I’ve written my article already. Here’s the link:

    http://callcenterhopper.blogspot.com/2008/05/noon-pa-man-itinatanong-ko-sa-aking.html

  19. heck on May 22nd, 2008 7:16 pm

    Hi.

    I’d like to join this cause.

    Here is my link to the post:

    http://callcenterhopper.blogspot.com/2008/05/ang-pamumundok-at-ang-zte.html

  20. Nick on May 22nd, 2008 8:55 pm

    @heck, thank you for your submission.. will include it in the summary list come Friday.. Interesting article too, as I expected this issue has been on the minds of many Filipinos, including yourself.

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  23. RJ Marmol on May 23rd, 2008 6:08 pm

    hi everyone! i’m actually new hear. stumbled upon your site and found the articles and issues discussed very interesting. although i’m not new to blogging as well, i have such passion and conviction for writing as a way to effect change. so, in the spirit of participation, i’d like to submit a relatively old article i wrote last a few months back. here it is http://rjmarmol.blogspot.com/2007/12/philippines-biggest-problem.html i hope to write another one as second entry. more power to Filipino Voices!

  24. rina on May 24th, 2008 5:26 pm

    hi, i’m not sure how competitive this would be writing-wise, but i’d just like to submit this February post of mine on an issue that’s really close to my heart.

    http://wolverina.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/the-tears-of-sierra-madre/

  25. Nick on May 24th, 2008 5:45 pm

    @rina, it is never about whether or not the articles will win any literary award.. It’s about the issues you feel that is important.. and if it’s close to your heart, then you have met the criteria beautifully..

    Thank you for your submission.

  26. Benj on May 25th, 2008 1:40 am

    Are all prizes going to be given away by way of raffle, Nick? Or are some prizes going to the most merit-worthy entries?

  27. Nick on May 25th, 2008 3:47 am

    @Benj, All prizes to be raffled off, except of course the stickers which everyone receives just for participating..

    Since this is a writing project, not really a contest, the most important aspect of the project is that the issues are put to light.

    In the future, when we do hold a contest, we’ll probably have a ranking system..

    But, for now, I think our focus should be the entries and the issues that come along with them..

  28. Christy Carole Sanico on May 25th, 2008 2:58 pm

    helloo! nindot kaayo inUng site! matagaan jud og higayon ang mga kabatan-onan na mupasidayag sa ilang right para mu TINGOG!=p Godspeed.

  29. Christy Carole Sanico on May 25th, 2008 3:00 pm

    ay!!nara diay akong gisulat guys..
    http://christycarole.multiply.com/journal/item/4/An_Unheard_Wail
    Godspeed again.=)

  30. Christy Carole Sanico on May 25th, 2008 3:02 pm

    nara akong gisulat ani nga link:

    http://christycarole.multiply.com/journal/item/4/An_Unheard_Wail

    Godspeed again.=)

  31. kringkring on May 25th, 2008 3:03 pm

    hello again!

    http://christycarole.multiply.com/journal/item/4/An_Unheard_Wail

    Godspeed again!=)

  32. Nick on May 25th, 2008 3:55 pm

    @Christy, I love your enthusiasm! ang tingog ng mga kabatan-on really is an important aspect of moving forward.. they are, after all the future of our nation..

    I have also included you in next week’s list of entries into the writing project.. Thank you for participating, your sticker should arrive in a week or so, we’re still finalizing the design..

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  34. Micamyx on May 27th, 2008 3:39 am

    Hello :)

    I am planning to make an entry about the effect of cyclone cosme in our province, Pangasinan. I was wondering if I can submit a slideshow featuring some of the photos taken from the unfortunate event.

    And also, I am planning to make another entry on my other blog, http://www.missingcarlo.com about the need of more SPED schools.

    Thank you in advance :)

  35. Nick on May 27th, 2008 4:11 am

    @Mica, nice to have an influential blogger around here! Thank you for the visit..

    Yes, please send me the photos: nick[at] tingog [dot] com

    I’ll reply to the email as to next steps that we would need, so that we can credit your work fully..

    And thank you for joining the writing project.. SPED schools, I truly understand your advocacy, and I wish more individuals would bring their advocacies online, like you have done.. More power to you Mica..

  36. Nightdreamer on May 27th, 2008 5:22 pm

    I hope this isn’t too amateurish as I haven’t been writing about the society for some time. Anyway, my entry.

    http://nightdreamer.i.ph/blogs/nightdreamer/2008/05/27/empty-barrels/

  37. Nightdreamer on May 27th, 2008 5:23 pm

    I hope this isn’t too amateurish as I haven’t been writing about the society for some time. Anyway, my entry.

    http://tinyurl.com/4z3gkr

  38. Michael P. De Guzman on May 27th, 2008 6:40 pm

    hi, here’s the link to my first entry:

    http://pinakadalisay.i.ph/blogs/pinakadalisay/2008/02/10/my-name-is-not-susan/

    more power to the project!

    mike

  39. Benj on May 28th, 2008 1:31 am

    Nick, I dunno if it’s stuck somewhere, but Nightdreamer claims that he left two comments here that didn’t get published. This is his entry.

    http://nightdreamer.i.ph/blogs/nightdreamer/2008/05/27/empty-barrels/

  40. Nick on May 28th, 2008 3:32 am

    @Nightdreamer, thank you for the entry. Not amateurish at all, remember, it is the issue that is important.

    @Michael, thank you for the support, and your entry. I’m looking forward to your second entry..

    @Benj, thank you for the heads up. It was caught in the spam filter..

  41. Hilda Kapauan Abola on May 28th, 2008 6:18 pm

    I wrote this back in March when I first read the poverty incidence report of the NSCB. Reading numbers is not easy for most people so I simplified it much here, but if you do the math, it’s pretty much what it comes out too.

    What is 40 Philippine pesos?

    That’s in Blogger. There’s a mirror in Multiply— the article is here. The comments there are an interesting read too.

  42. Nick on May 28th, 2008 6:45 pm

    @Hilda, thank you for the submission, we are on the same wavelength here. I too found poverty as probably the greatest issue that we must confront.

    40 pesos, it’s a visual that should get people thinking, along with 27 million people under poverty.

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  44. Ed Maquiling on May 31st, 2008 2:17 pm

    Hello!

    Environment- how we use and abuse it - is one issue I feel so strongly about. I have written an article on that, and it is found on my website. The URL has been pasted above. You may consider that as my entry to this contest.

    Thanks.

    Ed Maquiling

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  46. Calvin on June 3rd, 2008 10:01 pm

    Hey Guys!

    Here’s my issue. All the best!

    http://kerobin13.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Si_Nanay?replies_read=1

  47. totomai on June 4th, 2008 12:31 am

    my share…

    being an OFW of sort ;-)

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/06/plight.html

  48. kremil s. david on June 4th, 2008 10:13 am

    hI there,
    it’s a nice idea of you to come up with this project.

  49. rina on June 4th, 2008 12:50 pm

    hi, i’d like to submit a second entry:

    http://wolverina.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/renewables-now/

    thanks!

  50. Micamyx on June 5th, 2008 11:13 am

    Hello Again,

    Here’s my entry about the SPED Schools in the Philippines

    http://missingcarlo.filblogs.com/?p=77

    Got inspired while writing the entry. Thanks :)

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  52. toots ople on June 7th, 2008 7:46 am

    hi nick. the ople center would be happy to donate a book on my late father’s life - “As We Remember Him” written by his friends, many of who are fellow writers. your project is worthy of everyone’s support. just e-mail me on how i can send to you our prize contribution. thanks and more power!

  53. Nick on June 8th, 2008 3:48 pm

    @toots, thank you for the donation, I’m humbled at the kind words, and the recognition of this project..

  54. mentholGUY on June 10th, 2008 4:11 pm

    I MIGHT join this project - just need some time to think for an issue to write about.

    :) Much luck to this project!

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  56. [splice] on June 13th, 2008 7:19 pm

    Hi Nick,

    I would like to submit my first entry. Here’s the link.

    http://pinoystarbuzz.blogspot.com/2008/06/debris-and-hubris.html

    Maraming salamat at mabuhay ang lahing Pilipino!

  57. Patricio Mangubat on June 15th, 2008 1:25 pm

    Hi Nick,

    I’m joining…sayang yung chance eh. Here’s the link.

    http://newphilrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/06/remembering-father.html

    Mabuhay!

  58. Nick on June 15th, 2008 3:18 pm

    Thank you everyone who have contributed.. please keep the contributions coming, you are allowed two entries.. And please help in spreading the word about this writing project, already, as you can see, we are shedding some light into issues, that even myself, would never have thought about..

  59. [splice] on June 16th, 2008 1:25 pm

    Nick.

    Here’s for my second entry:

    http://pinoystarbuzz.blogspot.com/2008/06/sons-and-fathers.html

    Thanks.

  60. Rummel Pinera on June 18th, 2008 10:27 am

    Nick, I will join the contest now. These are my two official entries:

    1.) http://rummelpinera.blogspot.com/2008/06/three-basic-reasons-on-why-obama-has-to.html

    2.)

    http://rummelpinera.blogspot.com/2008/06/political-abrogationism-as-advocacy-for.html

    Both such articles came from my blog:

    http://www.rummelpinera.blogspot.com

  61. Oliver Geronilla on June 18th, 2008 1:49 pm

    My entry:

    http://cadaad.org/node/908

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  63. Fitz on June 20th, 2008 11:14 pm

    My entry:

    The State of Financial Literacy in The Philippines.

    Thanks!

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  65. JM on June 23rd, 2008 7:48 pm

    Hi Nick! Here’s my entry. I told you I’d write about this. =)

    Blogging Issues

    Good Luck to us all! =)

  66. Coy on June 24th, 2008 3:51 pm

    I made a new video entry!

    http://thisiscoy.net/2008/06/24/episode-40-baboy-sa-checkpoint/

    It’s about checkpoints during rallies from a first person’s perspective. Hope you guys watch it! :)

  67. legallyinclined on June 26th, 2008 9:39 pm

    1st entry -
    THE most harmful legal provision of all -
    http://thelegallyinclined.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/the-most-harmful-legal-provision-of-all/

  68. legallyinclined on June 26th, 2008 10:00 pm

    2nd entry -
    Countdown of the top 9 alternative film entries for the 2007 MMFF -
    http://thelegallyinclined.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-top-9-alternative-2007-mmff-films/

    (The original entries are: Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo; Enteng Kabisote; Shake, Rattle & Roll; Resiklo; Bahay Kubo; Katas ng Saudi; Banal; Desperadas; Anak Ng Kumander)

  69. cynch on June 27th, 2008 3:20 am

    Hi po!

    I’d like to submit my entry for the contest entitled: change, http://parasapilipinas.blogspot.com/

    cencya na s pagka-amateur ng pagkasulat, but i’d like to have your sticker :) TIA

  70. aajao on June 27th, 2008 7:19 am

    Hi Nick!

    pahabol… mga isyu ng pangulo ng bansa at ang pagiging bihasa sa pagtitiis ng mga Pilipino. Naisulat ko ito sa blog ko noong Pebrero 28, 2008 pa: http://jonmagat.blogspot.com/2008/02/bihasa-sa-pagtitiis-ang-mga-pilipino.html

  71. Danny Sabino on June 27th, 2008 10:20 am

    Culture Building Peace Initiatives For the Tri-People (Christians, Muslims, Lumads)

    Culture building will have a greater impact if collaboration is active. The Peace Network of SOCSARGEN thru Kapayapaan Kapatid Council (KKC) will continue to build peace inspite of the odds!

  72. Danny Sabino on June 27th, 2008 10:22 am

    article: http://cpnn-world.org/cgi-bin/read/articlepage.cgi?ViewArticle=394

  73. Shari on June 27th, 2008 10:41 pm

    Yes, habol ako! :) I had to write this in a hurry (and with so much loud noise in the background that makes it hard hear what I’m thinking, heh). Hopefully, it still makes sense. Will improve on it…eventually.

    Lack of Involvement

  74. Eugene on June 28th, 2008 4:06 am

    Pahabol! I’m having Internet problems. :-)

    http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/lakbayan_nationalism

  75. Nick on June 29th, 2008 6:28 pm

    Thanks to everyone who joined the writing project, I wish we could extend it longer, but I promise there will be more writing projects to come..

  76. irish on August 6th, 2008 7:06 pm

    ewan ko

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