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CONTRIBUTORS Si Kisha Aleena Abuda ay kasalukuyang kumukuha ng M.A. sa Creative Writing sa UST. Nakuha niya ang kanyang undergraduate degree sa Literature sa parehong unibersidad. Kabilang siya sa mga napiling fellows noong nakaraang UST National Writer’s Workshop na ginanap sa Baguio. Nabingwit niya rin ang ikalawang gantimpala sa Katha sa ika-34 na Gawad USTETIKA. Isa siyang nagsisimulang manunulat na nais ikuwento ang karanasan ng mga hayop sa iba’t ibang larangan sa mundo, kung kaya’t sinusubukan niyang bumuo ng katipunan ng mga maikling kwento patungkol sa mga hayop o makabagong pabula. Kapag hindi nagsusulat, mahilig siyang manood ng mga palabas sa Netflix at matulog. Abigail Adriatico is a first-year Communication student with a lot of interests. She’s always been particularly fond of writing and uses it as a way to vocalize her musings creatively. Though she doesn’t get much of it, her free time is usually spent on either writing something - be it a song or a poem for someone - or reading whatever novel or manga she might stumble upon for the day. In the future, she’d like to be a famous writer and publish a few books or any other literary pieces of her own. Christine Andas is currently residing in Manila, Philippines where she spends her days browsing the internet to read and watch about her favorite fictional characters online. Her current project encompasses the era of social media and its influence on young women. She was a fellow in the 2019 UST National Writer’s Workshop and won first place in the Fiction category in the Gawad Ustetika in 2019. Von Zyron Alimorong, known by his pen name V. V. Childwright, is a poet, novelist, and shortstory writer whose style is heavily influenced by literary classics, as well as by the teachings and values of both his Thomasian and Tamaraw roots. He began writing at the age of seven years old, with his very first unpublished novel, Vampire Castle. Over the years, he had continuously developed his craft with extreme passion, something of which had paid off in his second unpublished novel, Dead Man’s Trail – a work that is the culmination of six years’ worth of honing his writing skill. In the recent two years, he had tirelessly developed his skills again and produced ten short stories, two novelettes, and 257 poems, as well as five non-fictions, with one essay that made him a finalist in the Don Angel C. Palanca Peace Essay Writing Contest back in 2017. Aside from his creative works, Von Zyron is also an editorial writer, competing in various contests since he was in grade school. He won first place on Editorial Writing in the 2016 Regional Schools Press Conference. He was also the Associate Editor-in-Chief in the official school publication of FEU High School. These are the small steps that shall propel him towards his dream of becoming one of the greatest writers – a laughable dream for many, a plausible one in his mind’s eye. He is currently taking AB Literature in the University of Santo Tomas. Due to the mercy of Bathala, Jazmeen Banzuela has successfully survived the four-year journey through the halls of the Faculty of Arts and Letters trying to decipher the mind-boggling jargon
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