Lakambini Sitoy

Lakambini A. Sitoy is a Filipino writer.

She is also known as Bing Sitoy. Sitoy has published two collections of short stories in Manila. Mens Rea and Other Stories was published by Anvil in 1999 and received a Manila Critics Circle National Book Award that same year. Jungle Planet was published by the University of the Philippines Press in 2006 and was shortlisted for the MCC National Book Award for that year.

Sitoy is among 21 authors on the Man Asian Literary Prize's long list for 2008. The novel, Sweet Haven, is her first.

She received the "David T.K. Wong fellowship" from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom in 2003.

Her short stories have appeared in magazines such as "Philippines Free Press", "Philippine Graphic" and Story Philippines. They have appeared in various anthologies in the Philippines, such as "Likhaan Anthology of Poetry and Fiction" (published by the University of the Philippines Press) and "The Best Philippine Stories", a 2000 anthology published by Tahanan Books and edited by Isagani Cruz.

Other stories have appeared in "Manoa", the literary journal of the University of Hawaii; Wake, an anthology of stories, essays and poems about Southeast Asia published in Britain to benefit victims of the 2004 tsunami; and Ansigter, an anthology of Southeast Asian short stories published by Forlaget Hjulet in Copenhagen in 2008.

Sitoy has received writing fellowships from the "National Writers' Workshop" in Dumaguete (1989) and the "University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop" (1990). She has also received nine prizes in the annual Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards and a "Philippines Free Press Award" (1994).

As a journalist, Sitoy also served as a lifestyle and cultural section editor and columnist for the "Manila Times".

She was an MA guest student at Roskilde University in Denmark in 2006.

AWARDS/ RECOGNITION RECEIVED and PUBLICATIONS

1. Longlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize, 2008 for novel "Sweethaven"

2. David TK Wong Fellow for Fiction, 2003, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

3. MCC National Book Award for Fiction, 1999from The Manila Critics Circlefor fiction collection "Mens Rea and Other Stories" published in 1998held at The Philippine Book FairMandaluyong, Metro Manila September 12, 1999

4. Finalist in Fiction category, MCC National Book Awards, 2006For fiction collection "Jungle Planet and Other Stories," published by University of the Philippines Press in 2005 5. NCCA Young Artists' Competitive Grant For Completion of 12 Short Stories with a One-Year PeriodAwarded by National Commission for Culture and the Arts 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

6. Chosen as Member, 3-person Board of Judges, Story for Children Category, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature 2002 Carlos Palanca Foundation, CPJ Building, 105 C. Palanca Jr. St.Legaspi Village, Makati City 1229, PhilippinesTel. no. 818-36-81 to 85 locals 31 and 24 Fax no. 817-40-45

7-14. Nine-Time Awardee, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Carlos Palanca Foundation, CPJ Building, 105 C. Palanca Jr. St.Legaspi Village, Makati City 1229, PhilippinesTel. no. 818-36-81 to 85 locals 31 and 24 Fax no. 817-40-45

*First Place, Story for Children Category, English Division, "The Elusive Banana Dog", 2007
*First Place, Essay Category, English Division, "From the Outlands with Love," 2005
*First Place, Short Story Category, English Division, for "Touch," 1998
*First Place, Story for Children Category, English Division, for "Pure Magic," 1996
*Second Place, Fiction Category, English Division, for "Shut up and live", 2005
*Second Place, Future Fiction Category, English Division, for "Secret Notes on the Dead Star", 2000
*Third Place, Short Story Category, English Division, for "Lyra," 2001
*Third Place, Story for Children Category, English Division, for "The Night Monkeys," 2000
*Third Place, Short Story Category, English Division, for "I See My Shadow on the Pavement", 1995

15. Second Place Winner – Philippine Graphic Literary Awards, 2005, for short story "The Sisterhood." Awarded by Philippine Graphic (Newsweekly), Dominga Building, 2113 Pasong Tamo Street cor. dela Rosa Street Makati, Metro Manila

16. Second Place Winner – Philippine Graphic Literary Awards, 2001, for short story "Jungle Planet."

17. Honorable Mention – Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, 1994 for short story "Mens Rea" Awarded by Philippines Free Press, 55 Paseo de Roxas, Urdaneta Village, Makati City 1225

II. PUBLICATIONS (as of mid-2008)

BOOKS

Jungle Planet (a collection of 17 short stories) © 2005University of the Philippines PressDiliman, Quezon City, Philippinesemail: [e-mail]

Mens Rea and other stories (a collection of nine short stories), © 1998Anvil Publishing, Inc.2/F Team Pacific Bldg. 13 Jose Cruz St., Barrio Ugong Pasig City, Philippines(632) 6719235 email: [e-mail] NEWSPAPER WORK

Over 200 lifestyle, feature and travel articles,reviews, newspaper columns and uncredited Opinion-page editorials, in Sitoy’s capacity as Lifestyle Editor of Manila Standard, Isyu and The Evening Paper, published over the period from May 1996 to December 1999 and Opinion page editor of The Manila Standard (1998-1999) and The Manila Times (2000-2001)

"'ANTHOLOGIZED STORIES AND ESSAYS, PUBLISHED BY FOREIGN AND PHILIPPINE PUBLICATIONS (partial)"'

A. International Publishers

“Armani” (translated) in Danish anthology of Southeast Asian short fiction, scheduled for publication by Forlaget Hjulet, Inc., Copenhagen, 2007, Denmark, Vagn Plenge, editor

“Renata” and “Jungle Planet” in Manoa (winter 2004 edition titled “Jungle Planet” after Sitoy’s story) , University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

“Jungle Planet” and “Touch” in Wake (a collection of short stories, profit of which benefitted the victims of the 2004 tsunami. Edited by Nathan Hamilton and Zoe Green. Other authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Rose Tremain and Patricia Duncker), Ó 2005, Egg Box Publishing, London, U.K.

“Touch” in Coming Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas, edited by Marianne Villanueva. Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Ó 2003. New York, U.S.A.

“Armani” in Tulikarpanen (“Firefly”), an anthology of Filipino women’s writings translated into Finnish , Riitta Vartti, editor and translatorKaantopiiri, Helsinki, Finland Ó 2001

“A Dream of Women” in Manoa (Century of Dreams: New Writing from America, the Pacific and Asia) University of Hawaii Press Ó 1997, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

B. Philippine Publishers

“Sisters” in anthology project of PEN, Philippines, scheduled for release in 2007, Vicente Groyon, editor

“The Night Monkeys” in The Night Monkeys, anthology of Palanca award-winning short stories for children, published by Tahanan Books, Makati, Manila, 2008

“Zenaida Amador” in Ten Outstanding Filipino Biographies for high school readers, published by Insular Life, Inc., Makati, Manila, 2007

“Shut up and Live” in Latitude: Writing from the Philippines and Scotland, edited by Angelo Lacuesta and Toni Davidson, Anvil Publishing, Inc., Manila, 2006.

“Sr. Mary John Mananzan,” in Heroes, a coffee table book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of EDSA, published by Alay sa Bansa Community and Ninoy and Cory Aquino Center for Leadership, edited by Alfred Yuson, Manila, 2006.

“When You Wish Upon a Jollibee,” essay in A 25-Year Love Story with the Pinoy (coffee table book to celebrate Jollibee’s 25th anniversary), edited by Alfred Yuson, 2004.

“Moon Silver” in Fast Food Fiction: Short Stories to Go, Anvil Publishing, Ó 2003edited by Noelle de Jesus

“The Vampire” in The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 2002, Carla Pacis, editorUniversity of the Philippines Press Ó 2003

“Secret Notes on the Dead Star” in Future Shock: An anthology of young writers and new literatures, Ian Rosales Casocot, editorSilliman University, Dumaguete City Ó 2002

“Touch” in Best Philippine Short Stories of the 20th Century, Isagani Cruz, editorTahanan Books, Makati City Metro Manila Ó 2000

“The Atheneum” in Dream Noises: A Generation Writes, Anvil Publishing, Manila Ó 1999

“Pure Magic” in The Golden Loom: Palanca Prize-winners for Children, Tahanan Books for Young Readers, Makati City, Metro Manila Ó 1997

“I See My Shadow on the Pavement” in The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1995University of the Philippines Press, Diliman, Quezon City Ó 1995

"'SHORT STORIES and ARTICLES IN LIFE-STYLE GLOSSIES "'

Over 25 short stories and non-fiction articles published in Philippine magazines such as Cosmopolitan-Philippines, Preview, Free Press, Graphic.

External links

* [http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1412 culturebase.net]
* [http://www.oovrag.com/books/firefly.shtml Firefly]
* [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/manoa/v016/16.2sitoy01.html Jungle Planet by Lakambini Sitoy]
* [http://members.surfeu.fi/filippiinitseura/Bing.html A Filipino Writer's Story by Lakambini Sitoy]
* [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/sept/03/yehey/top_stories/20050903top7.html Times' Sitoy wins Palanca]
* [http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/ser_ann/2005/sep/15-01 Palanca Foundation announces 2005 winners]
* [http://www.sushidog.com/bpss/authors.htm The Best Philippine Short Stories]
* [http://manoajournal.hawaii.edu/text/issues/descriptions/jungle04.html Manoa Winter 2004]
* [http://www.uea.ac.uk/eas/fellowships/wong/wong.shtml David TK Wong Fellowship]
* [http://manoajournal.hawaii.edu/text/issues/descriptions/philippines97.html manoa Winter 1997]
* [http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/comarticles.php?artcl_Id=145 The Country's Literary Produce for 2000 by Bienvenido L. Lumbera]
* [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Mar/29/il/FP603290310.html The Honolulu Advertiser]
* [http://www.newsflash.org/2001/09/sb/sb001832.htm 51st PALANCA WINNERS FOR LITERATURE HONORED]