Rules of the Contest

1. The Contest is open to all Filipino citizens of all ages (including
Filipinos holding dual citizenship) from June to August 2008.

2. The theme of the contest is “Amor, Vida, Patria” (Love, Life,
Nation). The story maybe historical or contemporary in subject matter.
The work must follow the three-act structure of the sarsuwela and must be
written in Filipino.

3. The author must submit the entry to the Board of Judges. The
deadline for submission is 29 August 2008 Friday, 5 p.m. The office of the
UP-CAL closes at 5 p.m. Entries sent by mail or courier should be
postmarked no later than the same date of the deadline.

4. All entries are to be submitted to the Board of Judges, U.P. College
of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon
City.  The said College is in the Faculty Center (FC), UP Diliman
campus.

5. All entries shall consist of a soft copy (CD in Word or Text Format)
and three (3) hard copies (Times New Roman, Helvetica, or Arial Narrow
fonts, 12 points, double spaced in 81/2 x 11 inches coupon bond). The
recorded score (CD in MP3 or other PC compatble format) shall also be
included. The author’s and the composer’s real names and addresses
must not appear on the entry; rather, they should seal in a letter
envelope both the prescribed Official Entry Form and Authorization Form,
together with their bio-notes or brief résumé; and this envelope should
be submitted together with the entry. On this sealed envelope should be
written or typed the title of the entry and the authors’ pen name.

6. In submitting the entry, the author warrants that the work is
his/her own and that he/she has absolute ownership of all intellectual
property rights thereto. Together with the entry, the author should submit
the Official Entry Form and the Authorization Form for the Contest.

7. The submission of the entry must be accompanied by the author’s
written consent to abide by the rules of the Contest, duly signed by the
author.

8. Authors may submit only one (1) entry.

9. The judges shall choose one (1) winner to be announced on September
30, 2008. The author and the composer shall equally divide between them
the contest cash prize.

10. Winning entries shall remain with, and become the property of, the
U.P. College of Arts and Letters which shall have prior right to its
production and publication.

11. In order that the winning entries may be accessible to the public,
the authors grant, assign and transfer to the U.P. College of Arts and
Letters the following rights without any necessity of any payment other
than the prize already awarded: (a) to publish from time to time the
winning entry or selection or portion thereof as it may at its
discretion determine; (b) to designate or appoint editors to edit the work or
any portion thereof to suit the demands of publication; (c) to furnish a
reasonable number of copies of the work to the National Library or
other libraries; (d) to make the work available for downloading on the
Internet or other electronic medium; and/or (e) allow scholars and students
to make copies for their research.

In making the works accessible to scholars, students, and lovers of
literature, the College only intends to promote a wider literary
appreciation of the works.

12. The prize for the winning entry is P200,000.00.

13. The U.P. College of Arts and Letters has the sole right to
designate the persons who shall constitute the Board of Judges for each contest
category.

14. The decision of the majority of the Board of Judges for the contest
is final.

15. All parties submitting entries to the UP Sarsuwela Writing Contest
are deemed to have accepted all the rules of the contest, and agree to
abide by them.