WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories, A Contest
Posted by: Noemi in Blogging, Filipina, Site News, Women IssuesAwarding of the Winners of the WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories
Date: March 28, 2008
Time: 11-12:00 Noon
Venue: SMX Convention Hall # 3, SMX Convention Center, beside SM Mall of Asia, Manila
Map: Click on thumbnail
This is our tentative program for the March 28 event, 11-12nn
1. Opening Remarks
2. About Vibal Foundation
3. Empowering Women Through Internet
4. Walkthroughs: Filipiniana.net and Wikipilipinas.org and Filipinaimages.com
5. Raffle iPod Nano
6. Announcement of Winners
7. Closing
Wikipilipinas will host lunch in a restaurant in Mall of Asia after the program.
Dine, Gus Vibal, founder of WikiPilipinas, his staff and I met up last week to discuss ways to support their first online Encyclopedia of Philippine Women that they started in WikiPilipinas.org. I believe Gus is truly sincere in his WikiPilipinas’ vision to be “the largest Philippine knowledge database”. I mean, Gus pratically invested a lot on WikiPilipinas. (A few sponsors helped though).
Dine, Lorna, myself and most of you will agree that we all want to raise the profile of the Filipinas, and be part of a larger movement in uplifting the status of Philippine women. I believe that WikiPilipinas is sincere in their mission as we all are. Here is our collaborative project which I hope you will be a part of:
In line with the principle of honoring the diverse, beautiful, and powerful image of a Filipina, WikiPilipinas will launch a special portal Encyclopedia of Philippine Women inside the site which will compile and detail the achievements and triumphs of Filipinas everywhere. Its sister site Filipiniana.net will also have a Philippine Women Microsite containing documents discussing Filipino women, as well as selected texts from the oeuvres of Filipina writers. Through a combined effort for advocacy, WikiPilipinas partnered with Filipina Images to help promote a more empowering image of the Filipina. By having an online platform to showcase Filipina intelligence and talent, surely the goal will be closer.
To promulgate the advocacy, WikiPilipinas and Filipina Images websites will launch “Filipina Stories,” a writing contest with the mission of uplifting the image of the Filipina.
Check the prizes and mechanics of this contest.
Prizes at Stake
The three best essays will be selected, and their winning authors will be awarded cash prizes of:
- 1st placer - P5,000.00
- 2nd placer - P3,000.00
- 3rd placer - P2,000.00
An iPod Nano will also be raffled during the launch!
Mechanics
1. Open to Filipino bloggers of all ages.
2. Interested participants may choose to write an essay about any of these three sub-themes:
- The Iconography of the Modern Filipina;
- The Commercialization of the Filipina through the Internet
- The Role of Bloggers in Uplifting the Image of the Filipina.
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3. Articles to be submitted should be original, previously unpublished, at least 500 words long, and written in English.
4. Only one entry per person will be accepted. Participant’s entry together with the complete name and contact details, should be sent to:
mindy@wikipilipinas.org.ph
5. Essays must be published in the participants’ respective blogs and should contain the following links:
(5.1) a link to your entry at the WikiPilipinas or Filipiniana site (WikiPilipinas will upload your entry to the Wiki Portal. The url will be emailed to you. Link to that entry in their portal. Hence you have to email the entry so they can do the upload for you.)
(5.2) a link to WikiPilipinas, using the code
<a href="http://www.wikipilipinas.org">Philippine Encyclopedia</a>
(5.3) a link to Filipinaimages.com, with the code
<a href="http://filipinaimages.com">Filipina</a>
Submission of entries will be from February 1 to March 15, 2008.
Articles to be submitted will be available for public viewing in WikiPilipinas starting February 8, 2008.
Please take note that all entries will be licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
All submitted article titles for the contest will be shown in the WikiPilipinas Site.
Criteria
The entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by WikiPilipinas. These judges will use the following criteria for evaluation:
* Form – 20%
* Substance – 50%
* Originality – 30%
The winning essay will be announced at the launch of the WikiPilipinas Women’s Portal and the Filipiniana.net Philippine Women Microsite on March 26, 2008 in time for the celebration of Women’s Month.
Venue to be announced. The first 100 bloggers (with entries) to arrive at the venue will receive a FREE Filipina T-shirt.
(Enlarge thumbnail for the Press Release) I hope you join this contest. This contest also aims to raise awareness of the WikiPilipinas.org so that bloggers can eventually add content to the Wiki. For the contest, the WikiPilipinas staff will take charge of uploading your entry to the Wiki. After this contest, there will be a Phase 2 Workshop which is meant to teach us how to use the Wiki.
Be part in uplifting the image of the Filipina, the Knowledge base of the WikiPilipinas. Remember you are not only writing about Filipino women. You will help uplift the reputation…remove the prejudice, not just against Filipino women achievers but against your mothers, sisters, daughters. Against You.
So what are you waiting for?! See you on the unveiling of the WikiPilipinas’ Encyclopedia of Philippine Women and Filipiniana.net’s Philippine Women Microsite.
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January 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
[…] Edit: January 31, 2008- Join WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories Contest […]
January 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
It’s good to know that there are movements like this that makes an effort in uplifting the Filipina Image in the internet. A contest is a good way to create buzz in the internet but contest or no contest, every Filipino should take part in this.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
@lovie- hope you can join and spread the buzz
January 31st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
i want to join but i’m not that good in english hekhek. Good luck to all who will participate. (If ever a friend would like to join and doesn’t have his own blog, can he post it to my blog? )
January 31st, 2008 at 7:19 pm
@toingks- you can do it. I am sure you can write.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
hi noemi, would love to join but i dont know if i would have the time to compose a post before our vacation. let me see. but this is a another great project for the pinay image. i would love to be there on march 12, though
February 1st, 2008 at 8:30 am
this is a contest worth joining not only because there are cool prizes at stake but more importantly, because of the advocacy on Filipino women being pushed forth.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:40 am
[…] Join the WikiPilipinas Filipina Story Contest being sponsored by WikiPilipinas and supported Noemi and Dine. […]
February 1st, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi Noemi,
Could you explain item 5.1. I quite confused. Thanks
February 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
@jeric- WikiPilipinas will upload your entry to the Wiki Portal. Link to that entry in their portal. The url will be emailed to you. Hence you have to email the entry so they can do the upload for you.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 am
What a wonderful project, and incredible way to empower women. The world would be a better place if more projects like this were implemented.
February 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
This sounds like another great and worthwhile contest. Thanks for sharing.
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
[…] I think I won’t be able to compose an entry for this contest but I would like to promote about the WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories, A Contest. […]
February 4th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I’ve attended numerous events advocating women, including last year’s International Women’s Month hosted by the NCRFW. I would like to join in this blog writing contest, I just hope to find time collecting all my ideas as I have heavy work load at present.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am
I’m a Filipina teacher who lives overseas. Can I join this contest?
February 9th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Hi! This is a great project.
BTW, the link for this page on your front page uppermost right, the text one, just under the logo of wikipilipinas filipinas stories does not seem to work. Missing “h” in the http:// address
February 10th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Hi Noemi, can we use the WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories Writing contest logo above in our blogs?
February 10th, 2008 at 7:41 am
[…] WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories, A Contest I am supporting this endeavor in raising the image of Filipinas all over the world, specially in the net. If I can write an article, that would be better. But meantime, I will just help spread the word From Noemi’s blog, […]
February 10th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Hi Noemi, i took the liberty to use the WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories Writing contest logo above in my blog.
btw, my links in my above comments are wrong, hehe, typo error
February 10th, 2008 at 10:06 am
@uteach- you can participate of course
@deb- sure use the logo. Thanks for your support!
February 10th, 2008 at 10:19 am
[…] February 10, 2008 by trishadeb I am supporting this endeavor in raising the image of Filipinas all over the world, specially in the net. If I can write an article, that would be better. But meantime, I will just help spread the word From Noemi’s blog, […]
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
[…] February 10, 2008 at 10:22 am · Filed under Pilipinas and tagged: Contest, Filipina, Philippines, Pinay, WikiPilipinas I am supporting this endeavor in raising the image of Filipinas all over the world, specially in the net. If I can write an article, that would be better. But meantime, I will just help spread the word From Noemi’s blog, […]
February 10th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
[…] February 10, 2008 at 8:41 am (Advocacy, Filipina, Philippines, Pinay) Tags: Contest, Filipina, Philippines, Pinay, WikiPilipinas I am supporting this endeavor in raising the image of Filipinas all over the world, specially in the net. If I can write an article, that would be better. But meantime, I will just help spread the word From Noemi’s blog, […]
February 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Hello again Noemi!
Can my entry be posted in more than one blog? I author several blogs with wordpress (and i also have mirror blogs with blogger). Thanks in advance!
deb
February 10th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
@deb- you can post a link to the original entry so that you won’t have duplicate content.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I really like th idea. I have written an article about two women dairy farmers , pwede ba yun?
February 13th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
@marilo- sure please submit the article to mindy@wikipilipinas.org.ph and let us know the url from your blog
February 15th, 2008 at 7:28 am
i’ve submitted my entry already. more power to us, Filipina bloggers!
February 20th, 2008 at 3:13 am
[…] Speaking of being a Filipina, let me take this chance to inform you all that the Contest for WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories is still running and submission for entries is accepted until March 1, 2008. […]
March 9th, 2008 at 8:41 am
[…] Noemi and I, in partnership with WikiPilipinas, had the opportunity to take part of the program, through the launch of Encylopedia of Philippine Women, the Philippine Women’s Studies Microsite and extension of the deadline for the Wikipilipinas Filipina Writing Contest to March 15. We shared how FilipinaImages.com continue to contribute to a meaningful change in the internet through our campaign, Reshaping the Filipina Image Online. We encouraged the audience to be empowered through technology. […]
March 12th, 2008 at 5:12 am
[…] FilipinaImages.com — an advocacy blog and news portal that I co-founded together with my sister, Noemi Dado, and our friend, Dine Racoma — is helping out with the Women’s History Month’s “Filipina Stories” writing contest. wikiPilipinas.org is the primary organizer. Check out the March schedule of activities in the Philippines here. We invite everyone to join us in this worthy campaign of “Reshaping the Filipina Image Online.” […]