Jonathan siason
Jonathan Jimena Siason is a 26-year-old Filipino writer who hails from Zamboanga City. He is currently finishing his MFA degree in Creative Writing at the De La Salle University-Manila. His stories have seen print in national publications like Philippine Graphic and the Philippines Free Press, as well as reputable anthologies which include Malate, Dapitan, The Literary Apprentice, Heartbreak: Love Stories, Bul-Ol: Stories for Children, and Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 2 edited by Dean Francis Alfar. In 2006, he was shortlisted for the Romeo Forbes Prize for Children's Literature.
Jonathan Jimena Siason is a part-time college Professor at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
Literary Contributions
- "The Pull of Home", Bul-Ol: Stories for Children, September 2006
- "Curves", Philippine Graphic, October 2006
- "Popeye", The Literary Apprentice, October 2006
- "Here Be Monsters", Philippines Free Press, October 2006
- "Re-Genesis", Philippine Speculative Fiction, December 2006
- "Seeing Red", Philippine Graphic, January 2007
- "Leave-taking", Heartbreak:Love Stories, January 2007
- "324", Dapitan, coming
Writing Workshops Attended
- ''1st Tamaraw Workshop for Children's Literature
- ''7th UST National Writers Workshop
- ''14th Iligan National Writers Workshop