About the Awards
The Filipino Readers Choice Awards seeks to engage the Filipino reading public in honoring their favorite Philippine-published titles. An initiative of the Filipino Book Bloggers Group, the Filipino RCA was established to develop awareness and appreciation of Philippine literature; recognize the reader’s role in creating the meaning and experience of a literary work; and give the readers a voice in the Philippine book industry.
Categories
On its first year, the Filipino RCA is open to titles published in the Philippines from January 2010 to December 2011, in the following categories:
- Children’s picture book
- Chick lit
- Novel in English
- Novel in Filipino
- Comics / Graphic novels
- Short story anthology
- Essay anthology
- Poetry
Phase 1: Nominations (2 weeks)
Phase 2: Voting (1 week)
Phase 3: Semi-finals (1 week)
Phase 4: Panel Judging (2 weeks)
Awarding
2013 schedule will be announced at a later date. Preliminary survey for the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards is now ongoing at http://filipinoreadercon.wordpress.com/readers-choice-awards/frca-2013-survey/.
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