If you’re watching Cinderella any day soon, here’s something you shouldn’t miss:  Gibbs Cadiz is hosting a contest over at his blog, and the loot bag is something hefty–$100, plus Cinderella soundtrack album (the one that Lea Salonga …

What a great way to start the week with such good news! We just heard that another Filipino has made it in the World Championships of Performing Arts held recently in Hollywood. Thirteen-year-old Filipino delegate Catherine Loria from Tiaong, Quezon, was proclaimed grand champion in the junior division, while a Jamaican, Andrew Clarke, won in the senior level.

Loria sang Yolanda Adam’s version of “I Believe I Can Fly” at the finals, besting four other vocalists–two of them were Filipinos (Tippy dos Santos and Rachel Razon), while the two others were from New Zealand and Ukraine.

Want to test your limits? The North Face 100 is the longest trail-running marathon to be held in the Philippines, covering a 100-kilometer all-terrain route that includes asphalt, dirt road, and trail, as well as river crossings, steep climbs, …

Cash prize of P25,000 and chance to be interviewed by US literary agency for winning piece.

Nonprofit organization Canvas, which dedicates itself to promoting greater awareness for Philippine art, culture, and environment, has partnered with US-based Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency to launch the Canvas Story Writing for Young Children Competition.

The top five entries will be reviewed by Sandra Dijkstra literary agent Kelly Sonnack, who has previously worked with authors and illustrators in Singapore and brought their work to international attention. Sonnack has found success with Jin Pyn Lee’s The Elephant and the Tree, which will be published by Running Press in spring 2009.

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf figured prominently during the earliest months of my Pinoycentric life. It took me three months to get my home connected and I had to try four different Internet providers before I finally got connected.

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines is calling for entries to “Beyond the Stick,” a photography competition focusing on the socio-economic harms of cigarette smoking and the tobacco epidemic.

Canvas is calling for entries to the 4th Annual Romeo Forbes Storywriting Competition. A cash prize of P30,000 will be given to the winning author.

This year’s contest is based on an original and untitled oil painting by Joy Mallari, winner of the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards and finalist of the Osaka Triennial and ASEAN Art Awards in 2001. She was part of the prestigious artist collective Sanggawa, which counts Elmer Borlongan, Joy Flores, Mark Justiniani, and Federico Sievert among its members.