The Philippine Star invites Filipinos residing overseas, foreigners living in the Philippines and Filipinos with relatives or friends abroad to share their personal stories and get a chance to win great prizes.

The story must be at least 500 but not more than 1,000 words typed on a letter-size bond paper with one-inch margins on all sides, using verdana font, 12 points. Please send entries via email (in word format) to philstareditorial@gmail.com, along with your full name, complete address, telephone nos., (landline and cellphone), a short profile and a Xerox copy of your passport and a student or company ID. Each published story will be paid Php2000 as contributor’s fee and will automatically qualify as an entry in the Barangay PhilStar story writing competition. At the end of the year, we will pick out the best published entries and will award Php15000 for the first prize, Php10,000 for the second prize and Php5000 for the third prize in the overseas Filipino category.

For complete details, go to www.philstar.com