20/03/2026
๏ผฅ ๏ผธ ๏ผด ๏ผฅ ๏ผฎ ๏ผค ๏ผฅ ๏ผค ๏ผ
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ!
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๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ร๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๏ธ ๐๐๐ร๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is a three-day event for five Bikolnon critics whose foci revolve around different areas of Bikol criticism.
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๐ธThere is no age requirement.
๐ธ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐ธApplicants who have not yet published written works are encouraged to apply; applicants should show genuine interest in critical writing and cultural analysis.
๐ธPriority will be given to unpublished and previously unknown voices and perspectives.
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Each applicant may submit one critical essay in any of the following areas:
๐ธBikol Literary and Translation Criticism
๐ธBikol Visual Arts Criticism
๐ธBikol Music Criticism
๐ธBikol Film Criticism
๐ธBikol Theater Criticism
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๐ธCritical Essay Length: 1,500โ2,500 words
๐ธLanguage: Essays may be written in Bikol, Filipino, or English.
๐ธFormat: Typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. Submit as a Word document (.doc/.docx) or PDF.
๐ธOriginality: Submissions must be sworn to by the candidate as their own original and unpublished work.
โ๏ธ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๏ธ
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๐ธInterested applicants must submit their application via this official Google Form: https://forms.gle/8SSuU3LouuKAsn1L8
๐ธAll applications must be submitted on or before 5:00 PM of March 31, 2026.
๐ธAll applicants will be notified of their application results by April 6, 2026 via the email address they provided in the Google Form.
๐ธLetter of acceptance will include the fellowship guidelines, confirmation form, and consent form to be submitted by the selected fellows on or before 5:00 PM of April 8, 2026.
๐ธFailure to confirm may result in forfeiture of the slot, which may then be offered to the next qualified applicant.
๐ฑFor any inquiries, you may contact us on our page Kabulig Bikol Inc.
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The term "tarรณk" in Bikol agriculture is to transplant. It is the process of planting rice on a field bed and as it grows and matures as a healthy rice plant, it gets transferred to a bigger field along with the rest of the rice plants for a careful and safe early growth for the crops. In agriculture, transplanting has been a common technique used by arborists, botanists, and farmers to make the plants survive and thrive in different weather and soil conditions. Those that have grown too big in their pots get transplanted to a bigger patch of soilโto make them grow bigger. Those that are easily infested with pests and have weak sapling bodies get protected from the harsh open-field conditions. Those that are in need of specific nutrients get nurtured and can be transplanted once they get healthier enough to be grown in the wilderness.
Much like transplanting, critical writing is a form of nurturing, protecting, and expanding one's view. Finding the points where ideas would clash, consider revising and reconcile with different techniques in writing and in their forms of art. Nurturing the ones that can be further improved, protecting the views and areas of discussion that should have been preserved, and expanding both the critic's and artist's view on the creation and how these forms of literature and art affect the culture and society we live inโand vice versa.
Critical writing exists because one understands the other's message. And those who have understood would want to give their own thoughts to help the other grow.
The goal of this workshop is to expand the space for cultural criticism in Bikol and its diverse forms through multiple mediumsโliterature and translation, music, visual art, film, and theater.
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