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10/07/2026

๐น๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ท๐“๐‘œ๐’ธ ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐’ถ๐“Ž, ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐“Ž!

The UP Literary Society would like to offer its tribute to our wonderful seniors, whose years in UP Mindanao had not just shaped their lives as writers, but also gave warmth and light to the lives of their underclassmen. Weโ€™ve seen them trek the campus, lingering from one room to another with their books and laptops. Their footsteps etched onto the pathways, their laughter echoing in the halls, and their shadows leaving behind traces of their hardships. Weโ€™ve seen our seniors in their ups and downs, witnessing them create despite it all. Indeed, they are a testament to the greatness that writers will achieve so long as they overcome and conquer.

Congratulations once again, BAE seniors! May the end of your academic years be the start of a much greater, more fulfilling journey.




๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐’๐š๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŒปโœ’๏ธThe UP Literary Society proudly honors our BA English (Creative Writing) graduates, ...
10/07/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐’๐š๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŒปโœ’๏ธ

The UP Literary Society proudly honors our BA English (Creative Writing) graduates, whose years in the university were marked not only by the stories they wrote, but by the communities they nurtured and the people they chose to serve.

As you don your Sablay, remember that graduation is not the final chapter of your story. It is simply the moment the margins widen. May your words continue to bridge divides, challenge injustice, preserve memory, and kindle change. May you never lose the courage to write, even when the pages are difficult, even when the world asks you to stay silent.

Because while today you lay down your Sablay, never lay down your pen.

Congratulations, Class of 2026!

Padayon, mga manunulat ng bayan. โœ๏ธ๐ŸŒป




๐ƒ๐Ž๐”๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‡๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘, ๐ƒ๐Ž๐”๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„!๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ”ฅThe ๐”๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐๐€ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก (๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ is absolutely t...
03/07/2026

๐ƒ๐Ž๐”๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‡๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘, ๐ƒ๐Ž๐”๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„!๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ”ฅ

The ๐”๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐๐€ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก (๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ is absolutely thrilled to honor ๐‡๐„๐๐‘๐ˆ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐„ ๐‚. ๐๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐‚ for achieving the University's Special Awards for ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’”.

๐Ÿ… ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’”
๐Ÿ… ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‚๐’โ€™๐’” ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’”

This is a testament to an extraordinary creative vision and relentless passion.

๐‘ท๐’‚๐’…๐’‚๐’š๐’๐’, ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’š๐’‚๐’! โœŠโœ’๏ธ

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ป. โœ๏ธโœจAfter weeks of intense deliberations and countless revisions...
01/07/2026

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ป. โœ๏ธโœจ

After weeks of intense deliberations and countless revisions, these standout voices emerged from an incredible flock of thesis works. The UP Literary Society is immensely proud to celebrate the writers who took a blank page and turned it into award-winning art.

๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐€ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก (๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿฅ‚

๐‘ฉ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ:
๐ŸŒป๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’๐’—๐’‚: ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐— ๐—œ๐—ซ๐—˜๐—— ๐— ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—” โ€” ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ: ๐€ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ

๐ŸŒป๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’ ๐‘ฉ. ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’: ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ก๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โ€” ๐”๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ : ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐› ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐จ๐ง

๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘พ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ช๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ:
๐ŸŒป๐‘ช๐’›๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’† ๐‘ถ. ๐’€๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’”: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

๐ŸŒป๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’“๐’‚๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ

๐ŸŒป๐‘น๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’‚ ๐‘น. ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐š๐š๐ง

๐ŸŒป๐‘ฐ๐’“๐’‚ ๐’€๐’‚๐’“๐’Š ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ƒ๐’๐’”: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ โ€” ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ง๐š

The BAE (CW) community is so incredibly proud of you all! May you never stop writing, and may the world never stop listening. Keep telling your stories! ๐ŸŽ‰

โœจ๏ธ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐๐€๐‚๐Š โœ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ŸŒป๐‘๐„๐€๐‹โœจ๏ธ: ๐‚๐Ž๐๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐”๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐Œ ๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐’!You kept the momentum going, and the 2nd S...
01/07/2026

โœจ๏ธ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐๐€๐‚๐Š โœ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ŸŒป๐‘๐„๐€๐‹โœจ๏ธ: ๐‚๐Ž๐๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐”๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐Œ ๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐’!

You kept the momentum going, and the 2nd Semester comeback was achieved! Loud and proud, the UP Literary Society celebrates the talented writers of ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ (๐‘ช๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ) ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐‘จ๐’„๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 2๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ.๐’€. 2024-2025. Having gone through challenges, writerโ€™s block, and pulling multiple all-nighters to chase deadlines, you valiantly survived it all and made it to the finish line. โœจ

Now that the academic year has ended and a new one will start, may this milestone be both a stepping stone towards something great, and a reminder of what youโ€™ve sacrificed to get to where you are now.

๐“ž๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ทโ€”๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ, ๐”€๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ! โœ’๏ธ



๐““๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ด๐“ช ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ, ๐“ด๐“ช๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐“ด๐“ช๐“ต๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐ŸŽƒ? ๐“š๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฒ ๐“ด๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ซ๐“ช ๐Ÿค’? ๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“ด๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ฒ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ท๐“ช ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“น๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐Ÿ“– ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ผ ...
28/06/2026

๐““๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ด๐“ช ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ, ๐“ด๐“ช๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐“ด๐“ช๐“ต๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐ŸŽƒ? ๐“š๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฒ ๐“ด๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ซ๐“ช ๐Ÿค’? ๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“ด๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ฒ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ท๐“ช ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“น๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช ๐Ÿ“– ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ท๐“ช ๐Ÿ‘ฌโœจ๏ธ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท โœจ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ญ ๐“น๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ถ๐“น๐“ช๐“ด ๐“ฒ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐ŸŒˆ ๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐Ÿ—“ ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ทโœจ๏ธ!

Pride Month unfolded in ways, both joyful and heartbreaking, across different parts of the world. The LGBTQIA+ community continues to face discrimination, lack of recognition and respect, and even fatal violence fueled by extremist bigotry. Because these injustices remain a reality, we continue to push forward the fight for q***r rights in our country.

These lived experiences are well-documented in literature, exposing the sociopolitical and intrapersonal effects of state apparatuses that constantly marginalize q***r people. Writers have long since embedded LGBTQIA+ voices into their writings, and q***r literature continues to expand as more and more writers have begun to take up the pen to share their stories as an outright rejection of the notion that q***r identities and love are anything less valid.

In celebration of Pride Month, UP Mindanaoโ€™s Literary Society compiled a curated list of q***r literature from international and local writers, including from the BAE faculty and studentsโ€”an emotive yet solemn coffee table repose to a month-long celebration. These literary works encompass different nuances of being q***r, portraying the joys and hardships that come with it.

Grab a coffee, take a seat, and come read these colorful literary works that remind us why ๐ŸŒˆ we deserve sunshine. โ˜€๏ธ


UP Literary Societyโ€™s Statement | on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒThis Independence Day, we reflect on the gap betwe...
12/06/2026

UP Literary Societyโ€™s Statement | on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

This Independence Day, we reflect on the gap between the freedom we celebrate and the freedom we continue to fight for.

As imperialism, exploitation, and foreign intervention continue to shape the conditions of our nation, we are called to remain critical, vigilant, and committed to the pursuit of genuine national liberation. As Filipino writers, we bear the responsibility of amplifying the voices of the people, confronting injustice, and using our words in service of truth and resistance.

Today, we honor those who struggled before us by carrying their aspirations forward and continuing the fight for a truly free Philippines.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜.


๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง | ๐—ฃ๐—ก๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ...
29/05/2026

๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง | ๐—ฃ๐—ก๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ก๐—ฃ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ง๐—™-๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—”๐—– ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ

The UP Literary Society and BA English (Creative Writing) Alumna strongly condemns the Philippine National Police (PNP) Cateel for the baseless red-tagging and terrorizing of current and previous UP Mindanao Student Leaders and activists, one of which is Allaiza Gerodiaz, a UP Literary Society alumna, further pushing their anti-activism narrative. Redtagging causes ostracization, false charges, physical violence, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings, and hundreds of student activists across the country face these risks. As writers, and as Iskolar ng Bayan, we are a medium for the stories of the victims to the power of the state and we stand with the activists who show genuine care, and are truly in the service of the Filipino masses. As such, we must hold the PNP and NTF-ELCAC accountable for their brazen display of despotism against the people who are actively exposing the corruption of the state, attaching false accusations unto these figures as a baseless and futile attempt to repress and publicly crucify them.

We urge the public to be vigilant and careful of these campaigns meant to discredit our activists and local mass organizations.





๐๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐˜, ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐˜! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŽญ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ?A sharp mind? ๐Ÿง  A charming smile? ๐Ÿ˜ A flawless performance...
25/05/2026

๐๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐˜, ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐˜! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŽญ

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ?

A sharp mind? ๐Ÿง  A charming smile? ๐Ÿ˜ A flawless performance? ๐ŸŽญ Or the ability to survive a room where everyone is willing to fight for the same dream? ๐ŸŒŸ

As pressure tightens and tensions slowly unfold, hidden motives begin to surface. Beneath professionalism lies fear. Beneath confidence lies uncertainty. And beneath every polished answer is a person silently asking: โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ข ๐™„ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™?โ€ ๐Ÿ‘€

Join the sophomore students of BA English (Creative Writing) as they bring to the stage a story of ambition, competition, and the haunting desire to finally hear the words: โ€œ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!โ€ ๐ŸŒŸ

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐†: ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐–๐ˆ๐๐๐„๐‘ ๐ŸŒŸ
๐Ÿ—“ May 26, 2026
๐Ÿ•” 5:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ UP Mindanao Mini Theatre

Because in a world where everyone wants to be seen, only one applicant will receive the call. โ˜Ž๏ธ


๐Ÿ”ฎ ๐ƒ-๐ƒ๐€๐˜Today is the day! The stars have aligned and the universe has spoken. The eleven stories of the BAE seniors are b...
22/05/2026

๐Ÿ”ฎ ๐ƒ-๐ƒ๐€๐˜

Today is the day! The stars have aligned and the universe has spoken. The eleven stories of the BAE seniors are bound to come to life!

Witness this yearโ€™s rendition of ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐”๐/๐“๐„๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„๐ƒ on ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ” ๐๐Œ, ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐‡๐’๐’ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ŸŽญ

๐˜œ๐˜•/๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜‹: ๐˜š๐˜๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜ž๐˜š 2026 ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ˆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ (๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ) ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

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