19TH LUZONWIDE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS CONFERENCE
ILOCOS * CAGAYAN VALLEY * CENTRAL LUZON * CALABARZON * MIMAROPA * BICOL * CORDILLERA
Date: March 19-21, 2024
Venue: Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City
AI and Ethics: Shaping the Future of Campus Journalism in the Digital Age
Conference Theme
APPROVED RULES OF CONTESTS
Contents:
A. INDIVIDUAL WRITING CONTESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
B. GROUP COMPETITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. OTHER REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
E. GROUP CONTEST REGISTRATION FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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19TH LUZONWIDE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS CONFERENCE
ILOCOS * CAGAYAN VALLEY * CENTRAL LUZON * CALABARZON * MIMAROPA * BICOL * CORDILLERA
Date: March 19-21, 2024
Venue: Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City
AI and Ethics: Shaping the Future of Campus Journalism in the Digital Age
Conference Theme
A. INDIVIDUAL WRITING CONTESTS
1. Eligibility. Any bona fide college student is eligible to participate in the press
conference. Certification from the school registrar (with dry seal) is required upon
registration. Each contestant shall bring a duly authenticated student identification
card for AY 2023-2024. Strict compliance with CHED CMO No. 63, S. 2017 is required.
No delegates will be allowed to participate unless accompanied by an adviser
or personnel-in-charge.
2. The registration fee per participant for the three-day press conference is PhP 6,000.00.
a. The deadline for early bird payment is on February 19, 2024. Participants
who will avail of this will be given conference shirts and kits.
b. Those who will not be able to pay before February 19, 2024 shall be considered
walk-in participants. They will NOT be given conference shirts and kits.
First meal shall be lunch of March 19 and last meal shall be breakfast of March 21.
Only cash payments shall be accepted during the registration for walk-in participants
or for those who did not deposit their pre-registration payment. No check payments
will be accepted on-site.
Conference pre-registration payments may be deposited through:
Bank : Banco de Oro
Account Name : Bicol Association of Tertiary Schools Publication
Advisers (BATSPA) Inc.
Account Number : 010240-038002
Please send pre-registration form with deposit slip of full payment to the above-
mentioned account. Scanned deposit slip should be sent to
Dr. Bernard S. Pantonilla at e-mail: bernardpantonilla@yahoo.com on or before
February 19, 2024. Dr. Pantonilla may be reached at mobile number 09264070971.
3. Participation in the individual writing contest is exclusive to the top 5 regional winners
as certified by the report from the Regional Association Presidents. However, in the
absence of any one of the qualified regional winners, other top 10 regional winners (6th
to 10th place) in the same event and medium may serve as substitute provided that: a)
this is formally endorsed by the Regional President; and b) the organizing committee
is informed before the general registration of participants.
4. Contestants may participate in not more than three (3) contests.
Participants/contestants who will not comply with this shall be disqualified in ALL
events.
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5. There shall be 12 contested categories in English and Filipino. These are the following:
newswriting, editorial writing, sports writing, feature writing, poetry writing,
development communication writing, comic strip drawing, copyreading/headline
writing, column writing, editorial cartooning, photojournalism and literary graphics
illustration.
Meanwhile, layouting shall follow these guidelines:
a. Each contestant should bring a laptop or desktop computer with CD/DVD writer
or USB port. The laptop/desktop computer should have Adobe Photoshop and
In-Design of any version.
b. Materials (text, photos, graphics, masthead, editorial box) shall be provided by
the lecturer/judge either in Filipino or English.
c. In two and a half (2 ½) hours, including the lecture, each contestant shall make
a layout of a 4-page newsletter with 8.5”x11” sized paper that shall contain
news, opinion, feature and sports sections.
d. Contestants are not allowed to add or remove any of the materials provided by
the judge in the final layout.
e. Final layout should be saved in portable data format (.pdf) and should also be
saved in a blank cd/dvd or flash drive for submission to the proctor for judging.
Contestants should bring their own cd/dvd or flashdrive.
f. Placing of any marks that shall identify the school is not allowed. Entries with
marks shall be automatically disqualified.
6. Contestants in Editorial Cartooning shall use charcoal and/or pencil only. A 1/8-
illustration board shall be used for the competition. Contestants shall bring their own
illustration board.
7. Use of ink in Comic Strip Drawing is allowed. Comics drawing should be in 4 boxes.
1/8-illustration board shall be used for the competition. Contestants shall bring their
own illustration board.
8. For Literary Graphics Illustration, contestants are to interpret a poem or any prose to
be given by the lecturer/judge in a 1/8-illustration board. Any medium maybe used.
Contestants shall bring their own illustration board.
9. Topic for opinion writing shall be on national or development issues.
10. Photojournalism contestants shall use digital SLR cameras, and the SD card
containing the photos will be submitted to the proctor and judge after the contest
proper. Caption-writing will immediately follow, hence, the contestants are expected to
keep copies of the photos they submitted.
11. Participants who shall come late in his/her contest due to participation in another
individual contest shall be given one (1) hour. Participants who shall arrive late not
due to participation in another contest shall be allowed in the contest but he/she shall
only consume the remaining time allotted for that particular contest.
12. Top 10 shall be announced winners. All shall receive medals and certificates of
recognition, while certificates of merit shall be awarded to the winners’ advisers.
Note: Dress code shall be strictly observed. Contestant shall not be allowed inside the
contest rooms in house clothes. Advisers are not exempted from this rule.
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B. GROUP COMPETITIONS
1. School papers/publications published within the present academic year (2023-2024)
shall be considered entries to the group competitions.
2. There shall be four brackets: MAGAZINE, NEWSLETTER, TABLOID, and
LITERARY FOLIO.
3. The registration fee is PhP. 1,000.00 for each bracket a campus publication will be
competing in.
4. Payments may be deposited through:
Bank : Banco de Oro (BDO) Magalang Branch
Account Name : Association of Tertiary School Paper Advisers of
Region III (ATSPAR III) Inc.
Account Number : 007850086632
Please send the group contest registration form with deposit slip of full payment to the
above-mentioned account. The form and scanned deposit slip should be sent to Mr.
Dexter Andrew O. Manalo at e-mail address: dexterandrew_manalo@psau.edu.ph on
or before February 19, 2024.
5. Schools can enter their publications in ANY or ALL bracket categories provided there
is no duplication of the same bracket type as entry. Any form of duplication of
articles/contents/pictures in different brackets shall be ground for disqualification. Only
schools participating in the 19th LHEPC shall be allowed to join the group contests.
However, schools without regional winners shall be allowed to send entries provided
they have official participants in the Luzonwide press conference.
6. Standard sizes of Print Publications shall be observed as stated below. The decision
of the organizing committee shall be respected in determining acceptance of entries
deviating from the following:
• Magazine - Glossy/White Book Paper or Newsprint
(8.5” x 11.5” or 9”x12”, minimum of 24 pages)
• Newsletter – Newsprint only
(8.5” x 11.5” or 9”x12”, minimum of 12 pages)
• Literary Folio - Glossy/White Book Paper or Newsprint
(any size, minimum of 40 pages)
• Tabloid – Newsprint only
(12” x 18”, minimum of 12 pages)
7. Mimeographed and computer printed papers or publications shall not be allowed for
competition. ONLY OFFSET PRINTED PUBLICATIONS SHALL BE ACCEPTED.
8. Five (5) copies are required in each bracket for the competition.
9. All group entries should be received on or before February 19, 2024 by the 19th LHEPC
Secretariat. Please send entries to:
Name : Mr. Dexter Andrew O. Manalo
School : Pampanga State Agricultural University
Address : PAC, San Agustin, Magalang, Pampanga
Email address : dexterandrew_manalo@psau.edu.ph
10. Mailed group entries post-marked on or before February 19, 2024 shall still be
accepted by the Secretariat.
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11. Failure to comply with any of these requirements shall disqualify the paper from the
contests.
12. For further details about the group competitions, please contact the Secretariat thru:
Name : Mr. Dexter Andrew O. Manalo
School : Pampanga State Agricultural University
Address : PAC, San Agustin, Magalang, Pampanga
Email address : dexterandrew_manalo@psau.edu.ph
13. Top 10 in each category shall be announced winners. ALL shall receive trophies and
certificates of recognition.
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C. OTHER INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS:
1. A certificate of compliance with CMO No. 63, S. 2017 signed by an authorized school
official should be submitted to the Registration Committee.
2. Accommodations shall be strictly on a “FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.”
Participating schools who shall send their pre-registration forms early shall be given
priority in billeting. Updates on received pre-registration forms and group contest
entries shall be posted on the official Facebook update page of the 19th LHEPC or via
email. Pre-registration payments are non-refundable.
3. Participants with special food requirements should coordinate with the Secretariat
immediately upon registration. Only principal meals (Day 1 lunch and dinner; Day 2
breakfast, lunch and dinner; and Day 3 breakfast) will be served. No snacks.
4. Presidents of regional associations shall submit to Dr. Bernard S. Pantonilla the
following on or before February 19, 2024. Please e-mail to
bernardpantonilla@yahoo.com:
• List of Regional Winners (1st to 10th place)
• List of Officers (Student Editors and Advisers Group)
• At least 8 pictures of the conduct of regional press conference
• Date, venue, number of delegates and attendance of institutions during
the regional press conference
• Expected number of delegates attending the 19th LHEPC
• Message from the CHED regional director (with picture)
5. Regional colors: Ilocos (Gray), Cagayan (Green), Central Luzon (Yellow),
CALABARZON (Orange), MIMAROPA (Pink), BICOL (Blue), Cordillera (Red).
Regional shirts shall be worn during the opening program on March 19.
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D. CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
19TH LUZONWIDE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS CONFERENCE
March 19-21, 2024 | Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City
Name of School :
Name of School Publication :
Region :
No. of Adviser/(s) : Male Female
No. of Student-Participants : Male Female
Total No. of Delegates :
*Pls. use additional sheet, if necessary.
Name of Delegates Sex Mobile Number Size of Shirt
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AUTHORIZED PERSON MAKING THIS RESERVATION / PRE-REGISTRATION
Name :
Designation :
Signature :
Time of Arrival :
Copy of Scanned Deposit Slip (Full Payment)
Please send/e-mail this conference registration form to Dr. Bernard S. Pantonilla at e-mail
address: bernardpantonilla@yahoo.com on or before February 19, 2024. Dr. Pantonilla may be
reached at mobile number 09264070971.
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E. GROUP CONTEST REGISTRATION FORM
19TH LUZONWIDE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS CONFERENCE
March 19-21, 2024 | Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City
Name of School :
Name of School Publication :
Region :
Brackets the campus publication will be competing in (please check):
TABLOID
NEWSLETTER
MAGAZINE
LITERARY FOLIO
AUTHORIZED PERSON MAKING THIS REGISTRATION
Name :
Designation :
Signature :
Copy of Scanned Deposit Slip (Full Payment)
Please send/e-mail this group contest registration form to Mr. Dexter Andrew O. Manalo at e-
mail address: dexterandrew_manalo@psau.edu.ph on or before February 19, 2024.
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