A FORMER Varsitarian editor bagged the grand prize in an international poetry contest, based in the United States.
Former Varsitarian associate editor Carlomar Daoana, a Literature major from the Faculty of Arts and Letters, placed first in the 2001 Holiday Poetry Contest, sponsored by Meritage Press, run by writers Eileen Tabios and Jade Afable in the US.
His entry “Wonder,” bested several other pieces, some of them were by established writers who now reside in the US. The poem will be posted in the February issue of Babaylan Speaks of the Meritage Press website (www.MeritagePress.com)
Daoana, considered one of the most exciting poets of his generation, has attended all the major national writers workshops in the country, and has published extensively in major dailies, literary journals and anthologies.
He was also an editorial board member of the Flame, the official journal of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, and was two-time editor of Montage, the Varsitarian’s literary magazine.
Daoana was the sole winner for poetry in the 13th Ustetika Annual Awards for Literature in 1997. Louie Jon A. Sanchez
