The 2013 Filipino Readers' Choice Awards (Children's Picture Book and Novel in English Categories)

I'd like to congratulate the finalists for the 2013 Filipino Readers' Choice Awards, especially the finalists in the children's picture book category:

Ako’y Isang Mabuting Pilipino by Noel Cabangon and Jomike Tejido (Lampara Books)

Mga Saranggola sa Tag-ulan by Eugene Evasco and Bernadette Solina-Wolf (LG&M Corporation)

Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy by Yvette Fernandez and Abi Goy (Dream Big Books)

And the finalists in the novel in English category, all young adult novels!

Salingkit: A 1986 Diary by Cyan Abad-Jugo (Anvil)

Voices in the Theater by A.S. Santos (Flipside Publishing)

Woman in a Frame by Raissa Rivera Falgui (Flipside Publishing)

If you want to catch the announcement of the winners of the 2013 Filipino Readers' Choice Awards, please attend the 3rd Filipino ReaderCon on Nov. 9 at the Rizal Library of the Ateneo de Manila University!

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