WikiPilipinas:Filipina Writing Contest
Posted on January 31, 2008
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Just a little backgrounder before we go to the business of the details of this writing contest. Since the birth of the Portal, Filipina Images: Reshaping the Filipina Image Online, launched by Noemi Dado, her sister Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz, and myself Dine Racoma last 9 August 2007, a lot of momentum has already been gained. Today, FilipinaImages.com ranks no. 1 in the keyword “filipina” of Google’s Search Engine Results (SERPS) in the Philippines and no. 3 in the USA Google SERPs. This timeless Filipina campaign of course was started through the efforts of countless bloggers who started this SEO campaign many years ago.
In continuing with this advocacy, Noemi, Lorna and myself agreed with WikiPilipinas to a joint project—the WikiPilipinas: Filipina Writing Project.
SEE THE DETAILS BELOW. WE URGE YOU ALL, DEAR READERS, TO TAKE PART IN THIS CONTEST.
In line with the principle of honoring the diverse, beautiful, and powerful image of a Filipina, WikiPilipinas will launch a special portal, Encyclopedia of Philippine Women, inside the site which will compile and detail the achievements and triumphs of Filipinas everywhere. Its sister site, Filipiniana.net, will also have a Philippine Women Microsite containing documents discussing Filipino women, as well as selected texts from the oeuvres of Filipina writers. Through a combined effort for advocacy, WikiPilipinas partnered with Filipina Images to help promote a more empowering image of the Filipina. By having an online platform to showcase Filipina intelligence and talent, the goal of developing more empowered Filipinas becomes achievable.
Many participants, through this project, will discover that they can help bridge the digital divide and promote gender mainstreaming and gender equality.
To promulgate the advocacy, WikiPilipinas and Filipina Images websites will launch “Filipina Stories,” a writing contest with the mission of uplifting the image of the Filipina.
Check the prizes and mechanics of this contest.
Prizes at Stake
The three best essays will be selected, and their winning authors will be awarded cash prizes of:
- 1st placer – P5,000.00
- 2nd placer – P3,000.00
- 3rd placer – P2,000.00
An iPod Nano will also be raffled during the launch!
So what are you waiting for?! See you on the unveiling of the WikiPilipinas’ Encyclopedia of Philippine Women and Filipiniana.net’s Philippine Women Microsite.
Mechanics
1. Open to Filipino bloggers of all ages.
2. Interested participants may choose to write an essay about any of these three sub-themes:
- The Iconography of the Modern Filipina;
- The Commercialization of the Filipina through the Internet
- The Role of Bloggers in Uplifting the Image of the Filipina.
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3. Articles to be submitted should be original, previously unpublished, at least 500 words long, and written in English.
4. Only one entry per person will be accepted. Participant’s entry together with the complete name and contact details, should be sent to:
mindy@wikipilipinas.org.ph
5. Essays must be published in the participants’ respective blogs and should contain the following links:
(5.1) a link to your entry at the WikiPilipinas or Filipiniana site
(5.2) a link to WikiPilipinas, using the code (copy and paste code inside the box)
(5.3) a link to Filipinaimages.com, with the code (copy and paste code inside the box)
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About Me
Dine Racoma is Sexy Mom, a Filipina doing what she likes best—writing, her passion. She writes freelance, does research, advises on new media, and manages a virtual assistance office for home-based jobs. A mother of 7 (what joy!) foremost, a wife, MIL, grandma to 2 pretty girls and an angel in heaven, sister, daughter, friend. Was in the corporate world for 27 years, the first 5 as Executive Secretary to an affiliate of the country’s biggest drug chain, and the last 22 as an international civil servant in an international development bank with HQ in Manila. Traveled extensively to many countries bringing about rich experiences and lessons learned to share with dear Readers. All these—in The D Spot
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