Writing Contest #2!

Thanks very much to all who took the time to submit!

The winner will be announced in PGS3!

PGS will give a free copy of the next issue and P100 -- enough for a good cup of coffee -- to the person who writes the best story in 300 words or less based on the above image. The winning
story will also be published in a future issue. Send your entries to pdoimage@yahoo.com and label your email "PGS2 Image Entry". Deadline is June 3, 2007. Include your name and pertinent contact information.

The above image is the work of Andrew Drilon (andrew.drilon@gmail.com), a talented writer, artist, editor, and irreverent punk. His short story, Thriller, was included in PGS1. He has been featured among the Philippine Daily Inquirer's "22 Under 22 Avant-Guardians" and Meg Magazine's "Top 50 Achievers" as one of the country's hottest young voices. Mostly known for his comic book work, Drilon maintains a weekly Sunday strip for The Philippine Star and continues to make contributions to various publications such as K-Zone, The-Engine.net, and the annual Project: Hero series, which he edits as well. A short story are slated to appear in the upcoming collection, A Time for Dragons, and he has also been published in Philippine Speculative Fiction, volumes 1 and 2. He is currently working on several projects, including an anthology, Kare Kare Komiks, various short stories, and an official comic for the US-based ska band, Reel Big Fish.

Image Inspiration Winner for Issue 1

A committee of readers of various ages, interests, preferences, and backgrounds has decided: the winner of Issue 1's Image Inspiration Writing contest is Anne Lagamayo (username: eclipse_922, yahoo email account)! Her story, After Hours, inspired by this photograph, can be read in the just released issue 2 of The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories.

Congratulations, Anne!