Call for Entries: The 2013 Salanga Prize

The 29th NCBD and the 2md Best Reads NCBA have been recently concluded. Another writing season begins for the Salanga Prize 2013.

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2013 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library of the Philippines (NLP).
The winner shall receive Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos and a medal. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children’s Book Day in July 2013.

2013 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio. To commemorate this event, all 2013 PBBY-Salanga entries should be inspired in part or in whole by the life or works of Andres Bonifacio. Prizes will be awarded in an appropriate ceremony to be held during the celebration of National Children’s Book Day in July 2013.

For contest rules, go to the PBBY website.