Writing Fellowships
The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center awards an annual fellowship to a deserving member of the faculty and non-teaching staff of De La Salle University who is completing a work in any of the following genres: poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction. Fellows are nominated and selected by the Center鈥檚 Board of Directors and Associates.
The fellows are expected to complete a publishable writing project during the school year covered by the writing grant, and this creative output is submitted to De La Salle University Press for publication.
Since its initial offering in 1991, the writing fellowships have enabled writers to make contributions to the diverse and growing body of Philippine literature.
Writing Fellows
1991-1992
Marjorie M. Evasco聽– Poetry in English
Buenaventura S. Medina, Jr.聽– Fiction in Filipino1992-1993
Ester V. Daroy聽– Fiction in English
Connie Jan Maraan聽– Fiction in English1993-1994
Fanny Haydee B. Llego聽– Fiction in English
Lakangiting Garcia聽– Fiction in Filipino1994-1995
Juaniyo Arcellana聽– Poetry in English
Simplicio Bisa聽– Fiction in Filipino1995-1996
David Jonathan Y. Bayot聽– Literary Criticism in English
Ma. Stella Valdez聽– Literary Criticism in Filipino1996-1997
Gerardo Z. Torres聽– Fiction in English
Manolito C. Sulit聽– Poetry in Filipino1997-1998
Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz聽– Fiction in English
Isabel Sebullen聽– Fiction in Hiligaynon1998-1999
Isidro Gomez Hildawa聽– Poetry in English
Ma. Asuncion Santos聽– Poetry in Filipino1999-2000
Ronald Baytan聽– Creative Nonfiction in English
Dinah Roma聽– Poetry in English2000-2001
John Iremil Teodoro聽– Poetry in Filipino
Camilo Villanueva聽– Poetry in Filipino2001-2002
No fellowships awarded2002-2003
No fellowships awarded2003-2004
Vicente Garcia Groyon聽– Fiction in English2004-2005
Ernesto V. Carandang II聽– Fiction in Filipino2005-2006
Genevieve L. Asenjo –聽Fiction in Hiligaynon and Filipino2006-2007
John Enrico C. Torralba聽– BNS Writing Fellow for Poetry.2007-2008
No Fellowship awarded2008-2009
No Fellowship awarded2009-2010
Genaro R. Gojo Cruz聽鈥 Poetry in Filipino2010-2011
Antonette P. Talaue聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Literary Criticism2011-2012
Ma. Teresa Wright聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Cultural Studies2012-2013
Ramon Felipe A. Sarmiento聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Film
Anne Frances Sangil聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Film2013-2014
Visconde Carlo Vergara聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Graphic Fiction2014-2015
Joshua Lim So聽鈥 Writing Fellow for Drama
Mario Mendez, Jr. 鈥Writing Fellow for Drama2015-2016
Timothy Montes聽鈥Writing Fellow for Fiction2017-2018
Noelle Leslie de la Cruz聽鈥Writing Fellow for Poetry2018-2019
Roseann Tan-Mansukhani聽鈥揥riting Fellow for Poetry2019-2020
Maynard Manansala聽鈥揥riting Fellow for Drama (Filipino)2020-2021
No Fellowship awarded2021-2022
Mesa虂ndel Virtusio Arguelles 鈥Writing Fellow for Poetry