User:DrJennyO/sandbox

Beginnings
Writer, editor, proofreader, journalist, and broadcaster with proven track record. MBA // PhD with concentration in qualitative research in communication and ethnography. Newspaper columnist writing thrice-weekly columns on opinion, sports, and arts and culture. Published writer in fiction; non-fiction book for publication in 2019. Award-winning essayist and fictionist. Experienced manager and C-suite executive support staffer. Operations management specialist. Photographer, illustrator, and fiber and textile artist.

Awards
Nick Joaquin Literary Award honor dateSep 2018 honor issuerPhilippines Graphic magazine honor descriptionSecond place for short story "The High Priestess"

honor titleBest Dissertation Award honor dateJun 2016 honor issuerUniversity of the Philippines Diliman College of Mass Communication honor descriptionAwarded at the 2016 College Commencement Exercises for a pioneering work in subcultural studies and ethnography - "Kulturang Karera: Communicating Philippine Horseracing Culture".

honor titleNick Joaquin Literary Award honor dateSep 2015 honor issuerPhilippines Graphic magazine honor descriptionThird place for short story "Marry Me"

honor titleNIck Joaquin Literary Award NIck Joaquin Literary Award honor dateSep 2014 honor issuerPhilippines Graphic magazine honor descriptionSecond place for short story "Wolves I Have Known"

honor titleNick Joaquin Literary Award honor dateSep 2013 honor issuerPhilippines Graphic Magazine honor descriptionThird place for short story "How I Spent My US Vacation"

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature honor dateSep 2011 honor issuerDon Carlos Palanca Memorial Foundation honor description1st place, English Essay, for "Turn For Home," a memoir about my years at the Santa Ana Park racetrack

Fictionary: New and Award-Winning Stories publication dateNov 2016 publication descriptionUniversity of Santo Tomas Publishing House publication descriptionFICTION A collection of 16 new and award-winning short stories in English

Publications

publication titleFictionary: New and Award-Winning Stories publication dateNov 2016 publication descriptionUniversity of Santo Tomas Publishing House publication descriptionFICTION A collection of 16 new and award-winning short stories in English See publication Fictionary: New and Award-Winning StoriesSee publication

publication title"Philippine Horseracing” and “Philippine Lotto TV Show"​ publication dateAug 2016 publication descriptionPop Culture in Asia and Oceania: Entertainment and Society Around the World. Jeremy A. Murray and Kathleen M. Nadeau, editors. Pub. by ABC-CLIO publication descriptionNON-FICTION; ACADEMIC Two entries for an encyclopedia on pop culture

“Snakes in the Cane” publication date2013 publication descriptionTomas Vol. 2, Issue 3, 1st. sem 2013-2014, University of Santo Tomas, Manila publication descriptionCREATIVE NON-FICTION CNF essay/memoir for the literary journal of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. (My essay starts at page 146).

The Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana Park publication dateDec 2011 publication descriptionLikhaan Journal of Contemporary Literature, December 2011, University of the Philippines publication descriptionCREATIVE NON-FICTION CNF essay/memoir for the literary journal of the University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters, Diliman, Quezon City. (My essay starts at page 173.) Winner, 1st place for Essay, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, Sept. 2011 See publication The Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana ParkSee publication

The Philippine National ICT Infrastructure: Bringing Social Reform and Development Through Seamless Wireless Connection publication dateDec 2010 publication descriptionPCS Review, Philippine Communication Society, Manila publication descriptionNON-FICTION; ACADEMIC Bylined as "Jennifer Rebecca O. Alcasid"

Columnist, Manila Standard (print and online) 2008 to present Journalism, opinion writing, current events analysis, literary and arts criticism. Writes three weekly columns for print and online versions - opinion, arts, and sports: the only person in PH to presently be writing three different column topics.

Best Dissertation Award, University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Mass Communication June 2016 • for “Kulturang Karera: Communicating Philippine Horseracing Culture,” a pioneering work on subcultural studies and ethnography (for future publication; grant awarded by National Book Development Board, PHL, 2015)

Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, Carlos Palanca Sr. Memorial Foundation Sept. 2011 • 1st Place, English Essay, “Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana Park”, a memoir (published in UP-CAL Likhaan Journal of Contemporary Literature, Dec. 2011)

Nick Joaquin Literary Award (for short fiction), Philippines Graphic magazine, pub. Mar. 2013 Sept. 2013 • 3rd Place for “How I Spent My US Vacation” Nick Joaquin Literary Award (for short fiction), Philippines Graphic magazine, pub. Feb. 2014 Sept. 2014 • 2nd Place for “Wolves I Have Known” Nick Joaquin Literary Award (for short fiction), Philippines Graphic magazine, pub. Oct. 2014 Sept. 2015 • 3rd Place for “Marry Me” Nick Joaquin Literary Award (for short fiction), Philippines Graphic magazine, pub. June 2018 Sept. 2018 • 2nd Place for “High Priestess” Fictionary: New and Award-Winning Stories, short stories, UST Publishing House, Manila, Nov. 2016

Fire and Ice, novel, (writing as “Jennifer Alcasid”), Solar Publishing Corporation, Manila, 1993

“The Hoarse Whisperer,” sports column in Manila Standard print and online, weekly starting April 2008 to present

“Pop Goes the World,” opinion column in Manila Standard print and online Twice-weekly (Wed and Sun) starting Sept. 2016, sometimes more often. Weekly from April 2010 to Aug. 2016.

“Philippine Horseracing” and “Philippine Lotto TV Show,” August 2016. Entries for Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania: Entertainment and Society Around the World. ABC-CLIO. Jeremy A. Murray and Kathleen M. Nadeau, editors.

“The Philippine National ICT Infrastructure: Bringing Social Reform and Development Through Seamless Wireless Connection”, with Rivera, Arriola, Lapa, and Baldo, and Diangson. PCS Review, Philippine Communication Society, Manila. December 2010.

Various lifestyle articles on Manila Standard, 2009 to present; GMA News Online, 2013 to present

“In the Name of the Father,” memoir, UP Likhaan Journal of Contemporary Literature, December 2017 “The Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana Park”, memoir, UP Likhaan Journal, Dec. 2011 “Snakes in the Cane”, memoir, Tomas Vol. 2, Issue 3, 1st. sem 2013-2014, University of Santo Tomas “Barbie’s Basement,” short story, July 2015, Philippines Graphic magazine “Mermaid,” short story, Sept. 2014, Philippines Graphic magazine “Sire of Sires”, short story, March 2013, Philippines Graphic magazine “Last Race”, short story, 2014, Philippine Speculative Fiction vol. 9 (e-book), Kestrel DDM

Other prose and fiction pieces have appeared at philippinegenrestories.com, manilaspeak.com, Esquire Philippines magazine, Horseman’s Digest, and other publications.

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication (PhD) 2016 • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines ϖ	Best Dissertation Award for pioneering work in ethnography/subculture studies

Master of Business Management (MBA) 2007 • Ateneo de Manila University, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines ϖ	Silver Medal for academics

Bachelor of Arts in Communication (major in Journalism) 1988 • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Palanca_Awards

http://jennyo.net/gogirlracing/?page_id=626

https://www.facebook.com/151450926767/posts/the-2015-nick-joaquin-literary-awards-with-winners-in-fiction-ed-maranan-1st-bet/10153584748876768/

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/378797/winners-of-the-2014-nick-joaquin-literary-awards-announced/story/

https://philippinesgraphic.net/nick-joaquin-literary-awards-roster-of-fiction-winners/

https://www.manilatimes.net/women-rule-2018-nick-joaquin-literary-awards/446530/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Standard

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyortuostephd/