Dapitan Literary Folio


DAPITAN, the official literary folio of The Flame, is now calling for submissions.

The Flame, alongside its role in delivering independent and fearless journalism reportage, honors the artistic and creative prowess of the Artlets community by inviting them to submit their works for Dapitan.

Dapitan compiles selected contributions made by the Artlets community. Throughout the years since the faculty’s existence, it has maintained the burning passion to keep the art and literature of its literary predecessors alive.

Dapitan: Desire

Art by Allan Rudjz Laniba and Janssen Romero/ THE FLAME

 

This year’s Dapitan interrogates Desire not merely as longing of the heart, but as a force that permeates systems, structures and everyday life. 

Desire is framed as the continuous flow of penetration through institutions, language, memory and resistance. Beyond romance and emotions, it is embedded in how societies function, how identities are shaped and how individuals move within structures that both constrain and propel them.

The theme is inspired by the mechanisms of power articulated in Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze.

In this folio, Desire reveals its many facets: personal and political, intimate and systemic, tender and violent. It manifests in yearning and excess, in absence and obsession, in survival and revolt, in the abject and the sublime.

Deadline for submissions is on February 14, 2026.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

This is open to all students, alumni and professors of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters.

FOR POETRY/TULA, PROSE/KATHA, FLASH FICTION/DAGLI (300 words or less) AND CREATIVE NONFICTION:

• Strictly no identifying marks on the work itself

• Maximum of two (2) entries

• No word limit for written entries except for flash fiction/dagli (300 words or less)

• Use the following format: Times New Roman or Calibri, 11, 1.5 spacing, justified, letter size

FOR PHOTOGRAPHS: 

• 4R size

• Minimum of three (3) entries and a maximum of five (5) entries

FOR ART:

DIGITAL ART

• 300 dpi

• In short bond paper

• Maximum of five (5) entries

TRADITIONAL ART

• Maximum of five (5) entries

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Submit a screenshot or photo of your registration form or alumni card. 
  2. Provide a creative self-description (maximum of 250 words, written in the third person point of view).
  3. Like our official Facebook page and share this official poster to validate your submissions.
  4. Submit your entries and requirements at https://forms.gle/hrmADNUXzNUKkZnj9.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The deadline for submissions is on February 14, 2026.

Those who wish to submit entries may do so using this form: https://forms.gle/hrmADNUXzNUKkZnj9.

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