Cognayan Poetry Slam

The Cognayan Poetry Slam took place on two Friday nights, October 11 and 18, at SGD Coffee Bodega in Teachers Village, Quezon City. The event premiered online on Likhaan UP Creative Writing Institute’s Ganap series on Facebook last October 19.

The events were attended by participant poets, supporters, musicians Gaia & Andrei, and judges Iza Marie Reyes, Rommel Fabros Bonus, Siglo Pecho, Vlad Gonzales, and Kooky Tuason, and representatives from the UP Psychology Department. 

The contest is one of the key initiatives of a broader research project led by Dr. AJ Galang under the BalikPhD program by the OVPAA. The event marks the second in-house competition organized by the Cognayan team, following an Atchara-making competition held with the Alfonso Women’s Council (AWC) last August 2023.

The Cognayan Project is partnering with exhibits and competitions to study the psychology of creatives in the arts and sciences to better understand the kind of thinking behind original ideas and cutting-edge performance.

For further inquiries or partnership opportunities, interested parties can contact the project via email at upcognayan@up.edu.ph, through social media at @cognayan on Instagram and Facebook, or through our website tinyurl.com/cognayan