Selected Works
“Lahat ng Nag-aangas ay Inaagnas“, Likhaan 14
“Alamat Tuwing May Salita“, Likhaan 9
“Cutter“, UBOD Anthology
“Lahat ng Nag-aangas ay Inaagnas” [digital exhibit], Curare Art Space
“Merienda,” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
“Screen Parasite,” Kritika Kultura
“Some Summer Sun,” Kritika Kultura
“The Unlikely Version,” “Museum,” “We Both Stayed,” Softblow
[Essay] “With Alien Eyes,” Suki: The Official Magazine of the Japan Foundation Manila
Awards, Exhibits and Residencies
2025
‣ Grand Prize Winner for Tula (Poetry) in Filipino
2025 Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera National Literary Contest
[Yearly national literary contest organized by the National Committee on Literary Arts, under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts]
‣ Makata ng Taon – Ikatlong Gantimpala
Talaang Ginto 2025, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
[Yearly national poetry awards held by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino]
2024
‣ Japan Foundation ASEAN Fellow
Kyoto Writers Residency
[Selected as one of ten participants from all over the world to participate in a one-month writing residency held in Kyoto, Japan.]
2023
‣ Winner – Best in Book Design
20th Gintong Aklat Awards, Book Development Association of the Philippines
[Won for the book design of Some Are Smarter Than Others: The History of Marcos’ Crony Capitalism by Ricardo Manapat, published by ADMU Press in 2020.]
‣ Winner – Best Book of Poetry in Filipino
40th National Book Awards, National Book Development Board
[Won for the book Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntong-Hininga, published by University of the Philippines Press in 2021.]
2022
‣ Finalist
Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award, UP Likhaan Institute of Creative Writing
[Finalist for the book Lahat ng Nag-aangas ay Inaagnas, self-published in 2020.]
‣ Finalist – Best Book of Poetry in Filipino
39th National Book Awards, National Book Development Board
[Finalist for the book Lahat ng Nag-aangas ay Inaagnas, self-published in 2020.]
2021
‣ Makata ng Taon – Unang Gantimpala
Talaang Ginto 2021, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
[Yearly national poetry awards held by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.]
2020
‣ Lahat ng Nag-aangas ay Inaagnas
Digital exhibit, Curare Art Space
[Poetry/art exhibit curated by John Alexis Balaguer for a digital exhibit on Curare.]
2016
‣ 3rd Place in Maikling Kuwento
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
[Long-running national literature competition in the Philippines]
‣ Fellow
Critical Platforms Residency for Art Criticism, Art+ Magazine
2015
‣ Shortlist
Purika Kalaw-Ledesma Prize for Art Criticism, Ateneo Art Awards
[Art Criticism award for the annual awards set by the Ateneo Art Gallery.]
2013
‣ Joseph Mulry Award for Literary Excellence
Ateneo de Manila University
[University-wide award, for a writer in a graduating batch.]
‣ Awardee for Creative Writing (Poetry)
Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts, Ateneo de Manila University
[Formerly Dean’s Awards for the Arts, award for student artists.]
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