UNFAIR TI NCCA?

We tried unsuccessfully to make the magazine a credible outlet for struggling Iluko writers and those who write in English. Awan ti bayad dagiti bannogmi kada Errol--it's all for our love for writing and the language.

For one of our activities, pinadasmi ti nagsolisit iti pondo iti Ahensia dagiti Arte ti Pagilian, ngem pinaaydakami after providing them the necessary requirements. Kunada a we fell short of their expectations, or whatever. But they earlier said we satisfied the requirements and, therefore, we were qualified for the grant.

SALIP TI DANIW 2012

Mayalnag iti daytoy a kalgaw ti Severino V. Lacar Iluko Literary Awards nga esponsoran dagiti agkakabsat a Lacar, sigud a taga-Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, ngem agnaeddan idiay Canada ken Australia. Mismo a ni Franciso, sigud a mannurat iti Bannawag, ti mangipakaammonto dagiti pagannurotan iti tinawen a gunggona bayat ti panagtitimpuyog dagiti kameng ti Timpuyog dagiti Mannurat iti Iluko iti Filipinas idiay San Fernando, La Union.

Iti e-mailna iti Timpuyog Journal,mamindua iti makabulan a magasin ti TMIF, kinuna ni Francisco a maisentro iti daniw ti umuna a tallo a tawen ti pasalip. Kinunana nga aganay a P22,000 dagiti gunggona para iti tallo a major awards. Pagsasaritaanto dagiti kameng ti Hunta Directiva ti TMIF no mano ti gatad ti umuna a gunggona, maikadua, ken maikatlo ken no ania a kategoria dagiti mabalin a makisalip.

Ngem kinuna ti maysa a kameng ti TMIF Hunta, a para kadagiti agsursurat iti daniw iti Timpuyog Journal, subscriber iti magasin, ken campus writers ti nasao a pasalip. Qualipikado kano dagiti daniw a naipablaak iti Timpuyog Journal sipud Enero 2012.

SIKSIKA LAENG/Manipud iti pluma ti maysa kadagiti kalaingan nga agsursurat iti romansa

Nagpatnga da Rafael San Diego ken Jennifer iti nawada a sala. Saanda a naginniggem a dagus. Nagmattiderda laeng ken nagminnatmat.

"Nagpintaskan, Jenny," nagbarbar ti lalaki idinto a nagdakiwas dagiti matana iti pammagi ti kasangsangona, iti napudaw a lengngesna, kadagiti agar-arimasa a bibigna."Adu a rabii a binuybuyaka iti entablado. Tunggal agawidak manipud iti Paradise Club, pampanunotenka. Adu a rabii a saanak a makaturturog. Ar-arapaapenka, Jenny."

"Aw, come on, Mr. San Diego, manon a babbai ti nangibagaam kadagiti a balikas?" inggarakgak ni Jennifer. Ngem iti kinapudnona, mayin-indayon ti riknana iti sangaribu ket maysa a ragsak.

--manipud iti SIKSIKA LAENG, romance novel ni Genaro R. Sumaoang, maikalima a paset, iti Timpuyog Journal, Marso 15-31, 2012.

PADRE DAMASO'S GIRL (2)

I think of you
A pink angel falling from the sky
Into the cup of my hands:
The eternal sorrow in the altar
Of memory.



Model: Margarita de los Santos Julian

Subscriptions to Timpuyog Journal

Dr. Jean A. Duldulao, Dean of Academic affairs of the Northern Christian College in Laoag, has taken a one-year subscription to Timpuyog Journal. Jean and I started Gumil in Ilocos Norte in the 1960s along with the late Lina Lorenzo, a Bannawag writer and scriptwriter of a local radio station.

Laoag Vice-Mayor Eddie Domingo has also subscribed to the magazine, billed as the best Ilokano-English magazine in the North.

"FIRES OF HELL"

Senator-Judge Miriam Santiago deserves the "fires of hell" a priest said in his homily, citing the Scriptures.

She should be admired for her brilliant knowledge of the ins and outs of the law. She is actually a despicable person, according to some people, an unprofessional human being, we add, parading her brains and low social IQ.