ATTENTION ALL FOOD WRITER out there, here is a chance to win some cash and gift certificates by writing delicious essays on “merienda”! This award is in honor of Doreen Fernandez, a great Filipino essayists.

Here are the contest rules:

The Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award announces that it is accepting entries to this year’s food writing contest. The theme for Award 2008 is MERIENDA, the in-between meals taken mid-afternoon.

The essay must be in English, not less than 4,500 characters nor more than 5,000 characters or 800 words, printed on two pages of bond paper, double-spaced.

All entries must use a pen name. Accompany the essay with a separate envelope containing the Author’s Information Sheet revealing your (1) name; (2) pen name; (3) residential address and telephone number; (4) business address and telephone number, if you work; (5) cell phone number.

Deadline for submission is August 31, 2008. Submit the printed entry together with a digital copy (Word file or rtf-rich text format on a CD) and the Author’s Information Sheet to:

DOREEN GAMBOA FERNANDEZ FOOD WRITING AWARD 2008
Gastronomy Group, 14/F ELJ Communications Center
ABS-CBN
Mother Ignacia cor. Eugenio Lopez Jr. Ave.
Quezon City 1103

For more information, e-mail dgfawards@yahoo.com.ph or call (02) 412-8507.

The first prize winner gets P10,000. The runner up gets P5,000. Expect gift certificates as well from bookstores, publishing houses and restaurants.

Announcement of winners will be in September 2008.

[via Write Life Guide]

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