P10,000 NOT P5,000 FOR FE'S SHORT STORY "KANIAW"

Apolohia for Fe Malucay, the store owner and former teacher from Cada, Mankayan, Benguet who won third prize in the 4th Tugade Literary Awards. Instead of P5,000 as previously announced here, she actually bagged P10,000 for her story "Kaniaw". There was a misreading of the press release prepared by Roy Aragon, coordinator of the LTA. We had made a pitch that we would be giving some privilege to Fe, but the amount is more than enough for her transportation fares from her village to Marcos, an inland town of Ilocos Norte. Sorry, Terry. All we wanted is for Fe to get intact that P5,000. Ta mano koma met laeng ti yawidno no isu pay ti aggasto iti pamasahena--no daydiay a gatad ti pudno a premiona? Incidentally, all Ilokano writers should be grateful for Terry for sponsoring for what could have been an annual Iluko literary contest. But we are working on him to continue the Ilokano literary project-- for the sake of the emerging Iluko writers.