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The National Book Development Board is pleased to announce the winners of the Tulaan sa Tren 2 Poetry Writing Contest.

Filipino Category

1^st Prize

Pan-Rush Hour by Joselito delos Reyes

2^nd Prize

Sa Metro Linea 3 by Gexter Ocampo Lacambra

3^rd Prize

Tren, Tren, Tren by Abdon Balde Jr.

Runners-Up

Dahilan ay Ikaw by Danilo Diaz

Amay Nang Magdiklom (Maaga Nang Dumilim) by Kristian Sendon Cordero

English Category

1^st Prize

Bus Trip by Raymond G. Falgui

2^nd Prize

A Train Window Picture Show by Louella Santiago Suque

3^rd Prize

I, Migrant by Raymund P. Reyes

The winners were selected by National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera and Italy’s Premio Feronia recipient Gemino Abad. First prize winners will receive P5,000.00 each, second prize winners will receive P3,000.00, and third prize winners will receive P2,000.00. Aside from the cash prizes, the winning entries are now posted in LRT trains, along the poems of established poets. The poems were also recorded by celebrity readers and will be part of Off the beaten track, a compilation of Tulaan sa Tren 2 poems.

The winners will be awarded during the launch of Tulaan sa Tren 2 on January.

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