THE winning entries of “Matod Pa Sa Lola ni Noy Kulas,” a Cebuano story writing contest, are now available in print and online.

The launch of the book, also titled “Matod Pa sa Lola ni Noy Kulas”, was held in Casa Gorordo, Parian, Cebu City by Sun.Star Cebu Superbalita and Sun.Star Network Exhange (Sunnex), with the support of Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu College-Central Visayas Studies Center (UPVCC-CVSC).

Featured are 10 winning entries, as well as a story written by Sun.Star Cebu Superbalita’s language consultant Lamberto Ceballos; Ang Buaya ug ang Bitin by Elaine O. Versoza; Si Kan, ang Agta nga Dangas og Agtang by Fred Fuentes Monternel; Gikaibgan sa Dili Ingon Nato by Nilo S. Ejercito; Ang Gikalisangang Dakit sa Catmondaan by Glecerio P. Ares Jr.; Ang Linaw sa Naukban by Christian Q. Salta; Ang Kamatayon ni Leon Kilat by Rey Briccio A. Alesna; Ang Kahoy nga Bolbolan by Ailee M. Anoba; Pung-olanan sa Ulo by Carla Mae Sumalinog; Kasugiran ni Maria Tang-an o Maria Cacao by Judith L. Abellanosa; Kinsa si Carmen Rubia? by Homer V. Landiza; and Ang Kapitan ni Maria Cacao by Ceballos.

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Matod Pa Sa Lola ni Noy Kulas (cover)
Talaan sa mga Sulod
Pagpalambo sa Sugbuanong Tradisyon/Katuyoan ning Proyekto
Nagpaluyo sa Mugna

Stories:

	Ang Buaya ug ang Bitin (Ni Elaine O. Versoza)
	Si Kan, ang Agta nga Dangas og Agtang (Ni Fred Fuentes Monternel)
	Gikaibgan sa Dili Ingon Nato (Ni Nilo S. Ejercito)
	Ang Gikalisangang Dakit sa Catmondaan (Ni Glecerio P. Ares Jr.)
	Ang Linaw sa Naukban (Ni Christian Q. Salta)
	Ang Kamatayon ni Leon Kilat (Ni Rey Briccio A. Alesna)
	Ang Kahoy nga Bolbolan (Ni Ailee M. Anoba)
	Pung-olanan sa Ulo (Ni Carla Mae Sumalinog)
	Kasugiran ni Maria Tang-an o Maria Cacao (Ni Judith L. Abellanosa)
	Kinsa si Carmen Rubia? (Ni Homer V. Landiza)
	Ang Kapitan ni Maria Cacao (Ni Lamberto Ceballos)

ONCE upon a time, the stories of Leon Kilat and Maria Cacao were told by word of mouth. The thing with oral stories, you could smell the sour breath of the storyteller.

In the new millennium, Sun.Star Superbalita [Cebu] and Smart took care of the unwanted smell, not by giving mouthwash to the storyteller but by compiling selected Cebuano folklore in one Bisaya storybook.

The storybook “Matod Pa sa Lola ni Noy Kulas” is as Bisdak as it can be. The folklore is about a place in Cebu or a Bisaya character, written in the Bisaya language by a Bisaya and illustrated by a Bisaya.

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