Jonathan Siason

Jonathan Jimena Siason is a 26-year-old Filipino writer who hails from Zamboanga City. He is currently finishing his MFA degree in Creative Writing at the De La Salle University-Manila. His stories have seen print in national publications like "Philippine Graphic" and the "Philippines Free Press", as well as reputable anthologies which include "Malate", "Dapitan", "The Literary Apprentice", "Heartbreak: Love Stories", "Bul-Ol: Stories for Children", and "Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 2" edited by Dean Francis Alfar. In 2006, he was shortlisted for the Romeo Forbes Prize for Children's Literature.

Jonathan Jimena Siason is a part-time college professor at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Literary Contributions

*"The Pull of Home", "Bul-Ol: Stories for Children", September 2006

*"Curves", "Philippine Graphic", October 2006

*"Popeye", "The Literary Apprentice", October 2006

*"Here Be Monsters", "Philippines Free Press", October 2006

*"Re-Genesis", "Philippine Speculative Fiction", December 2006

*"Seeing Red", "Philippine Graphic", January 2007

*"Leave-taking", "Heartbreak:Love Stories", January 2007

*"324", "Dapitan", "coming"

Writing Workshops Attended

*"1st Tamaraw Workshop for Children's Literature

*"7th UST National Writers Workshop

*"14th Iligan National Writers Workshop

External links

* [http://www.junie-isms.blogspot.com Junie-isms]

* [http://www.canvas.ph/stories_and_other_projects.htm Romeo Forbes Prize]