ACCOLADES
Literary Awards
- Best Anthology in Filipino, "Bata, Hiwaga, Bansa: Pamana ni Rene O. Villanueva sa Panitikang Pambata" (co-editor), 42nd National Book Awards, National Book Development Board and Manila Critics Circle.
- 1st Place, “Gustong Mag-Kini-Kini ni Ahil,” Maikling Kuwentong Pambata, 1st Normal Awards for Gender-Inclusive Literature, Phillipine Normal University, 2021
- Palanca Awardee, “Si Tiya Salome,” 3rd Prize, Kwentong Pambata, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2017
- Finalist, “Kung Paano Kami Nagkaroon ng Kamay na Bulaklak,” 13th Romeo Forbes Children’s Story Writing Competition, 2016
- PBBY-Salanga Prize Awardee (Honorable Mention), “The Missing Blanket,” Philippine Board on Books for Young People, 2015
- Palanca Awardee, “The Magic Bahag,” 2nd Prize, Short Story for Children, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2013
Academic Achievements
- UP Arts Productivity System Award, 2019-2021 and 2022-2024
- UPLB Centennial Professorial Chair, "Towards a Unified Children's Literature Production Framework: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Storybook Outputs in UPLB vis-a-vis the Philippine Contemporary Children's Literature Landscape," 2024-2025
- UPLB Centennial Professorial Chair, "The Child as World Builder: Theorizing the Children’s Agentic Transmedia Engagement Through Creativity Towards a Rethinking of (Trans)Media Literacy," Makiling Film Lab, December 11, 2023
- UPLB CAS Outstanding Teacher Award (Senior Category), 2022
- UPLB CAS Outstanding Researcher for Humanities and Social Science (Senior Category), 2022
- One UP Faculty Grant (Children's Literature), 2019-2021 and 2022-2024
- Best Oral Paper in Education - Lardizabal, J., & Sayuno, C.M.M., “Estado ng mga Akdang Pampanitikan sa Paaralan sa Paghubog ng Ponolohiya ng Bata sa Panahon ng Pandemya: Mga Karanasan mula sa Cabay Day Care Center,” 15th UPLB-CAS Student-Faculty Research Conference and 1st National Student-Faculty Research Conference in the Arts and Sciences, November 28 and December 5, 2022
Grants Received
- Frankfurter Buchmesse (FBM) Participation Grant, 2024
- Enhanced Creative Work and Research Grant, 2020-2021 UPLB
- National Book Development Board Creative Nations Grant, 2021
- Writing Fellowship Grant, UP Padayon Public Service Office, 2021
- K to 12 Transition Program Scholarship, 2016, Commission on Higher Education
- UPLB Basic Research Grant, “Data-Driven Assessment of the LP4Y English Literacy Program: Basis for Decision Making in Instructional Planning,” 2016 (deferred due to study leave)
- National Book Development Board Travel Grant, 2015
- Philippine Board on Books for Young People Travel Aid, 2015
Writing Workshops and Fellowships
- Writing Fellow, 2019 Barlaya Writing Workshop for Intermediate and Young Adult Literature, Adarna House, July to September 2019
- Workshop Participant, Normal Awards Book Development Writeshop, PNU University Center for Gender and Development, October 22-24, 2021
- Workshop Participant, Room to Read’s Kwentong Musmos: Palihan sa Pagsulat ng Kwentong Pambata, Bohol, September 30–October 4, 2019.
- Workshop Participant, DIWA Innovators Congress Design Thinking Workshop, University Press of First Asia, Makati City, August 5 and 12, 2017
- Workshop Participant, Productivity Enhancement Workshop for Authors, University Press of First Asia, Makati City, May 19 and 22, 2017
- Writing Fellow, 55th UP National Writers’ Workshop, Los Baños, Laguna, May 22–26, 2016
- Workshop Participant, 1st UP Gawad Plaridel Masterclass: Script Writing with Ricky Lee, UP College of Mass Communication, September 12–26, 2015
- Writing Fellow, Asian Festival of Children’s Content Writers and Illustrators Retreat, Angsana Bintan, Indonesia, and Singapore City, Singapore, May 28–June 4, 2015
- Writing Fellow, Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop: Palihan sa Panitikang Pambata, Baguio City, October 2014
- Workshop Participant, Kwentong Komedi: The TV5 Writing for Comedy Workshop, TV5 Media Center, Mandaluyong City, May 24–July 12, 2014
- Research Fellow, UST J. Elizalde Navarro National Workshop in Criticism on the Arts and Humanities, Baguio City, May 2014
- Research Fellow, DLSU BNSCWC Kritika Workshop on Arts and Cultural Criticism, University of St. Lasalle, Bacolod City, April 2013