MANILA, Philippines--Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (Kuting), a private, non-stock, non-profit organization of Filipino writers for children, is inviting all writers who are at least 18 years old and interested in writing for children to apply for membership.

The Kuting orientation seminar will be held on September 18, 2010 (Saturday) from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at Room 309, CAL Building, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Interested parties must prepare four (4) copies of their sample work for children (18 years old and below), published or unpublished, in English or Filipino. The sample work can be any of the following: one fiction or non-fiction manuscript (not more than 12 pages), five poems, one TV/film script, one one-act play, or one comic script/book.

The sample work should be set in Times New Roman, 12 points, double-spaced on letter-sized bond paper with one-inch margin on each side. It must be submitted together with two copies of the applicant?s 2 X 2 photo and CV/resume.

All these requirements should be submitted in a legal-sized brown envelope during the Kuting orientation seminar on September 18, 12:00 noon. The applicant?s full name must be boldly printed on the upper right-hand corner of the envelope.

For inquiries send an e-mail to membership@kuting.org or log on to www.kuting.org.