Veteran Ilokano Writer To Participate in Iluko Poetry Contest

Veteran Ilokano writer Hermenegildo Viloria has expressed his desire to participate in the Severino and Eufemia Lacar Commemorative Iluko Poetry Contest, which was launched last May at the Convention Hall of the Philippine Ports Authority in San Fernando City. Hermie, a native of Vigan City, is not computer-savvy and will submit his entries typed from his old reliable Remington. We encourage submission of entries in hard copies--send them to Peter La. Julian, 23 National Highway, Oscariz, Ramon, Isabela. Hermie and Manuel S. Diaz are the only Ilokano writers I know who have not yet succumbed to modern gadgets and wonders of the Internet. Diaz, a retired government information man, has written an article about Carlos Bulosan, an Ilokano who made a name for himself in American letter. The story is published in the Hunio 30, 2012 issue of Timpuyog Journal. Diaz, who resides in Nagsaag, San Manuel, Pangasinan, submitted his article in hard copy and we had to encode it.