JUDGES IN LACAR ILUKO POETRY CONTEST

     The Contest Committee of the Severino and Eufemia Lacar Iluko Poetry Contest has announced the judges of the said contest. They are: Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Vicente Bonoan of the Data Center Philippines and Dr. Alegria Tan-Visaya of the Mariano Marcos State University. The deadline for submission of entries is April 30, 2013.
     Some of the entries have been published in Timpuyog Journal, the official magazine of the Timpuyog dagiti Mannurat iti Iluko iti Filipinas.
     Incidentally, the March 15, 2013 issue of Timpuyog Journal carried an article about Baay-Licuan, a town of gold in the North. The photo essay was composed by Edgar Guquib of Ayusan Sur, Vigan City.Where is Baay-Licuan, once a hotbed of insurgents? Also in the issue of the magazine are the latest entries in the Lacar Poetry Contest, the first prize of which is P10,000; 2nd prize, P7,000; third prize P5,000; and three consolation prizes of P1,000 each.The theme or topic should be cut from the Ilokano landscape or the Ilokano diaspora. 

Some of the rules of the Contest:

1. Orihinal laeng dagiti maisalip ket saan a kualipikado dagiti naipablaaken wenno maipablaak iti sabali a pagiaranak iti Iluko.
2. Uray ania a tem ti suraten a daniw ngem ketdi adda mailaga a kultura, ugali ken tradision ni Ilokano a makita iti sinurat.
 3. Tallo a daniw ti isubmitir ti mannurat ket saan a lumbes iti duapulo ket maysa a linia ti tunggal daniw. Kayatna a sawen, tallo a daniw ti mangbukel iti maysa a pakisalip a qualipikado iti maysa a gunggona.
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No hard copy dagiti manuskrito, ipatulod a saggaysa kada Mr. Peter La.Julian, 23 National Road, Oscariz, Ramon Isabela ; ken Mr. Franklin P. Macugay, Municipal Hall, CabatuaIsabela.