Novel in Rinconada-Bicol wins writer’s prize

A story about a character whose body is mysteriously festered with scratches, won this year’s Writer’s Prize for the Novel in a contest sponsored by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Written by poet Estelito Jacob, the novel titled Kamrang (Scratches) is in Rinco­nada, one of the languages of Bicol chosen by the Executive Council of the Committee on Literary Arts of the NCCA as one of the categories in the annual literary contest.