“Hindi madali gumawa lang nang gawa at ialay ang sining sa madlang Pilipino,” Student Media Coordinator Jeanne Marie Phyllis Tan emphasized to open the 39th DLSU Annual Literary Awards (LITAW) and 14th Visual Arts Awards (VISAW) last Friday, March 22, at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium, Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall. Co-presented by the Malate Literary Folio and the Student Media Office, the awarding ceremony recognizes literary and visual artists from all De La Salle Philippines schools nationwide.
(It’s not easy creating art dedicated to the Filipino masses.)
Among the 147 submissions—66 of which were for written and 81 for graphical—only 34 were conferred the reputable accolades.
Malate Literary Folio Faculty Consultant Ina Abuan also acknowledged the support of the parents for the winners’ passion. She went on to proclaim that art is not to explore a world outside our own; instead, it is to see the “expression of our humanity.” “The magic of art does not solely lie in the infiniteness of our imagination, but it also lies in our ability to embrace the finiteness of our creativity,” she opined.
Nathan Aguirre, managing editor of Malate Literary Folio and head organizer for this year’s LITAW VISAW, wanted the awarding ceremony to “empower…and remind…that there is a space in DLSU that…values our artists.”
Below is the full list of awardees:
Poetry
Burn the dollhouse by Sophia Denise Del Rosario, second place
Today’s Not Today (and other poems) by Amelia Clarissa Monasterial, third place
She says by Trisha Marie Matabalan, third place
Dear _____, (and other poems) by Marianne Therese Roque, third place
Maikling Kwento
Sa Dulo ng Narra St by Odelia Raizel Taban, first place
Mga Armadong Daga sa Bituka ng Taft Avenue by Lance Jeremiah Tolentino, second place
Short Story
writing greed by Caitlyne Erika Cue, first place
Fixation by Charlotte Lim, second place
Devotion by Hans Gabriel Eron, third place
Mary Jane and the Amalanhig by Kemuel Gabriel Bolo, third place
Sanaysay
Nakakatakot Ba Magbasa ng Panitikang Pilipino? by Lawrence Andrew Basallote, first place
Presyo ng Kaunlaran by Justin Rainier Gimeno, second place
Ang Katagang Dila: Sandigan ng Filipino, Noon at Ngayon by Gavielle Gerico Cruz, third place
Essay
Notions of Home by Marie Therese Entao, first place
Music is the New Porn by Francis Nathe Omana, second place
Translation as Connection by Amelia Clarissa Monasterial, third place
Wrestling with Existential Realities by Hans Gabriel Eron, third place
Screenplay
Jade of Fortune by Marie Therese Entao, third place
Liwanag by Janna Ross Ladao, third place
Sa Dulo ng Kalsada by Luis Carlos Santos, third place
Playmates by Francis Exequiel Ampil, third place
Photo
too much by Georvene Kiolo Marzan, first place
Stark Disparity by Adrian John Teves, second place
get me out of this body by Jolani Carla Cartalla, third place
Traditional Art
Silent Echoes by Rodolfo Vinluan, first place
Remnants of Lost Time by Sharlotte Sta Ana, second place
Weaving Dreams by Shara Mae Chan, third place
Autochon’s Dichotomy by Sharlotte Sta Ana, third place
Digital Art
Iris by Sophia Carmona, first place
Comforting by Francis Omana, second place
The Maceration by Amelia Clarissa Monasterial, second place
The Hypocrite by Alexis Tiffany, third place
Arnibal ng Kabataan by Matthew Florendo, third place
Synthetic by Alexia Roman, third place
