Shirley Siaton


Shirley Siaton, officially credited in bylines as Shirley O. Siaton, is a journalist and writer of fiction and poetry based in the Philippines. She is best known for the Center series that ran in MOD Filipina magazine, stories that chronicled the lives of members of a fictional Filipino pop-rock band.

Awards and Credits

In 1996, she was the champion of the Regional Secondary Schools Press Conference English Editorial contest and the silver medallist of the same category at the National level. She is also a recipient of the National Philippine Information Agency IWAG Award for Excellence in Journalism and the much-coveted Esteban Javellana Award for Creative Writing, both given in 1997.
Most of her fiction has been published in Philippine magazines such as MOD Filipina and Glitter. Her poetry was showcased in several issues of The Philippine Star. She has also worked as a columnist for Files Magazine, the weekly magazine of Panay News.

Writings

These are Shirley Siaton's works, grouped by publication and by no means comprehensive:
Files Magazine
  1. Telltale: The Oasis
  2. Telltale: A Few Good Books
  3. Telltale: Random Collisions
Glitter Magazine
  1. Hobo
MOD Filipina Magazine
  1. Blue Sunset -Center Series
  2. Rivals -Center Series
  3. The One -Center Series
  4. Leaving the Mountain
  5. Fires
  6. Storms
The Philippine Star
  1. Other
  2. Foodcourt
  3. Fudge
  4. Who Cares
  5. Shoes
  6. Stone
  7. Graduation Day
  8. Passengers
She is also the author of two Filipino stageplays, Tatsulok and Gisi, both staged at the University of the Philippines Iloilo City campus in 1999.