ISSN: 3116-5265

 
 
&: The DECL Journal of Student Creative Writing collects the best work of the year written by both undergraduate and graduate students in the Creative Writing courses offered by the Department of English and Comparative Literature. 
Ensuring diversity in subject, substance, and style, it features the most imaginative work to come out of basic courses in creative writing (CW 10 and CW 100); workshops in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, writing for children/young adults, and comic book writing; and special topics courses in creative writing (such as erotica and science fiction). 
 & is published by the Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines – Diliman

 

Introduction

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

by LARISSA MAE SUAREZ, Volume Editor 

 

 

FICTION

 
 
 
 
 
 

by SYDNEY PAIGE GUERRERO

 

And Then There’s Louie 

by CLAIRE DENISE ARADA

 

The Heat That Comes 

Before a Heavy Rain 

by KIKO CARAMAT

 

Have I Told You About that Night? 

by CHARLIE COQUIA

 

Sunrise, Sunset 

by KATHLEEN ANNE FLORENDO

  

 

POETRY

 
 
 
 
 

by MICHAEL BALILI

 

Longing City

by DENIEL BASILIO

 

elem notes

by FELIPE HERNANDEZ DIMACULANGAN II

 

Stitching

by JESSICA LEIGH A. DYCOCO 

 

Dear 21st Century Woman,

by PATRICE NOAN ROSALES

 

The Clothes Chair 

by MARIELLE TOLENTINO 

 

Snakes and Ladders

by JM ZORILLA

 

CREATIVE NONFICTION 

by DINO PINEDA 

 

Mom is Enough

by ALYSSA ONG CASIÑO 

 

A Journey for a Smile 

by ASHLEY CUA

 

Fearfully, Wonderfully Made

by THIRDY DE GUZMAN

 

The Weight of Ten Thousand Grains of Sand

by SOPHIA BIANCA DELA CRUZ

 

Medicated Break 

by REINA HORTEL 

 

The Odyssey Back to the Province 

by MIGUEL LORENZO PERALTA 

Canine Eulogy 

by J.R.

 

 

THE PICTURE BOOK

by May Cardoso

 

Trina’s Tirintas 

by KATHLEEN ANNE FLORENDO 

 

Contributors

 

Editorial Board

 

 
 

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