The UP Institute of Creative Writing is dedicated to ensuring the steady development of a national literature, by providing invaluable support for successive generations of writers through a myriad projects, among which are the annual National Writers’ Workshop, the national literature portal (website) and numerous publications.
Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature hopes to showcase the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino, and welcomes other art forms like pictorial essays, translations, graphic fiction, even blog entries.
It is UP Likhaan’s mission to stimulate writers from all parts of the Philippines to create and contribute to national cultural development; and to assert the leadership of the UP in creative writing and in the formation of policies and programs related to the development of Philippine culture and literature.
Likhaan: the UP Institute of Creative Writing
Room 3200, Pavilion 3, Palma Hall
Roxas Street, UP Diliman, Quezon City 1101
