Gala Night Program.p65 - Silliman University

The 50th Anniversary Writing Fellows
CHARMAINE CARREON is taking up her M.A.
in Creative Writing at the University of the
Philippines in Diliman. She also teaches in UP-
Cebu. She has attended the 10th Iyas Creative
Writing Workshop and the UP Visayas Centennial
All-Visayan Writers Workshop.
GLENN L. DIAZ is taking up his M.A. in Creative
Writing at the University of the Philippines in
Diliman. He was a Fellow for the 10th Ateneo
National Writers Workshop. He has a short story
published in the Philippine Free Press, and is at
present a freelance writer, contributing non-fiction
articles to the Philippine Star, Philippine Daily
Inquirer, BusinessWorld, and others.
PHILLINE P. DONGGAY is a presenter of The
Climate Project, a leadership training group
established by Al Gore. She is also a PR/Media
Communications Manager of GREENERGY
Development Corporation. She is also an editor of
an online magazine, an ABS-CBN producer/writer
for CHUY!, and an events organizer. Originally
from Cagayan, she received her BS in Commerce
from De La Salle University. She is passionate about
traveling and writing.
ROGELIO FANTONIAL GARCIA JR. is an
instructor at the Department of English Language
and Literature in Xavier University and is also
taking up his M.A. in the school. He was Mindanao
State University’s Writer of the Year in 2009 and
was a writing fellow to the Sulat-Dula Playwriting
Workshop. His works have been published in
Sun.Star Davao, Dagmay, and in the “Youngblood”
column of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
EVANGELINE B. GUBAT is taking up her M.A.
in Creative Writing at the University of the
Philippines in Diliman. She earned her Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Her works have appeared in different publications,
and one of her poems is anthologized in One
Hundred Love Poems: Philippine Love Poetry Since
1905. Currently, she is a freelance feature writer.
JEFFREY JAVIER is a Creative Writing major in
the University of the Philippines Mindanao. He has
attended the DWG-ADDU Writers Workshop in
2009. His stories and poems have appeared in
Dagmay and in Sun.Star Davao.
CHRISTINE LAO, after earning her Bachelor of
Laws in the University of the Philippines College
of Law, has been a Philippine attorney since 2001.
She was a legal consultant for the Asian
Development Bank and was also a lecturer at the
English Department in the Ateneo de Manila
University. Her stories have been published in the
Philippine Speculative Fiction series (in 2008 and in
2011), and her poems in 100 Filipina Poets: First
Annual Festival of Women’s Poetry (in 2008). One of
her stories has just recently appeared in Kritika
Kulura.
EMMANUEL LEAN P. LAVA is a corporate
Business English Trainer in goFluent Phils., Inc. and
is a contributing writer in GabLifeStyle Magazine. He
has previously received his BA in Economics in the
Ateneo de Manila University.
ANDREA MACALINO earned her B.A. in English
Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Her short story was a finalist in the Philippine Free
Press Awards. Currently, Andrea is an Executive
Assistant of the Ateneo Center for Continuing
Education and is a content developer in Phinma
Education Network.