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BY PETER SOLIS NERY
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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IMAGINE the things that happened at the Last Supper. Imagine the characters involved.
Imagine Mary Magdalene, if she was there. Imagine why she wasn’t there.
Imagine what Jesus and his disciples were thinking. What they were saying.
What if you could put words into their mouth? What if you could put poetry in their thoughts?
Imagine if you could tell what happened then in today’s slang and street language. Or in gay lingo. Or in Textese, complete with LOL, ATM, IDK.
Or, if you could put the story in today’s setting. When each disciple has an iPhone. And Judas is bipolar.
Imagine writing ten poems about these!
Cool idea, eh? Well, that’s Jesus Christ Superstar, isn’t it?
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We have already announced the 2017 Peter’s Prize for Visual Arts (Painting) based on the Palanca-winning story “Lirio”.
This year’s literature category follows up on the “derivative” idea: Story-inspired Poetry (Mga Binalaybay nga Gintugda sang Sugilanon).
To keep things simple, the poems must be based on “Lirio”, a magical realist story about a deaf-mute who turned into a lily. The story can be accessed from my website, www.petersolisnery.com.
The original Hiligaynon version is filed under the tab “Hiligaynon”, while the wonderful English translation by UP Prof. Celia F. Parcon is under “Recent Posts”.
What are you waiting for? Go read!
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Three prizes will be awarded: first prize will get P5,000 in cash; second prize, P3,000; and third prize, P2,000.
All will receive certificates of award.
In addition, the first prize winner will be awarded the specially crafted Peter’s Prize medallion, and will become The Peter Solis Nery Foundation’s Ambassador for Literature for a year, or until the next ambassador is chosen.
Awarding of prizes will be on September 5 in a venue to be announced later. But most likely, a gallery where the entries for the Peter’s Prize for Painting will be exhibited (and sold!).
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The contest starts June 20, with a deadline of July 31, midnight, Philippine standard time.
Only electronic submissions will be entertained. All entries must be emailed to 500tinaga@gmail.com (that’s the Peter’s Prize address); and be sure to “carbon copy” (or cc:) the Nery Foundation at psnfoundation@gmail.com.
An entry must be a collection of ten poems with individual titles. Plus, the collection must also be titled. So yeah, we are looking at eleven titles.
After the last/tenth poem, write your name, and contact information. (I keep this info to myself, and remove the same before forwarding your entries to the judges.)
Single space the poems. No special fonts needed, no special margins and paragraphing.
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Titles: Bold typeface. Or, All caps. Or, Simply set it off with a space before the first line. Understand my conjunction… Or.
Or is a conjunction that is used to introduce “another” possibility. I think that’s an Oxford Dictionary meaning, emphasis mine.
Word file is preferred, but go ahead and use something else if you prefer. Or, if you don’t have Microsoft Word. I understand your poverty, believe me. I’ve been there.
However, you must await for an email acknowledgment of receipt and acceptance of your entry. If we can’t read it, we can’t accept it.
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Think collection, think big picture.
Entries will be judged on the strength of the whole collection. The whole suite or sequence of ten poems. Not one very brilliant poem, and nine crappy ones.
Multiple submissions are allowed. Especially if you are truly prolific, and have many great ideas.
But I suggest you concentrate on ten outstanding poems. A collection of poems that effectively retells, and expands, the drama and lyricism of the tragic story of Lirio the Mute.
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Oh, by the way, you understand that Peter’s Prize is biased to the Hiligaynon language, right?
Well, we are, because nobody supports and promotes the Hiligaynon language better like we do.
Hiligaynon is my Foundation’s preferential option. You want to write your poems in English? Submit them to another contest.
Mixed languages? Sure, but each piece should be at least 80% Hiligaynon. The remaining 20% can be French, Kinaray-a, Akeanon, Bisaya, Tagalog, Spanish, English, Russian. Just be sure it is an artistic blend of the languages. A delicious blend of ingredients like chop suey. (To be continued) (500tinaga@gmail.com/PN)
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