‘Himig Handog’ now accepting entries

CEBU, Philippines - The search is on once again for the next big Pinoy Pop love song with the launch of the country’s biggest multimedia songwriting competition “Himig Handog Pinoy Pop (P-POP) Love Songs.”

After its successful grand comeback last year that awarded director-composer Jovinor Tan with P1million for his heartbreaking love song “Ano’ng Nangyari Sa Ating Dalawa,” “Himig Handog” continues to search for exceptional songwriters whose works are set to be the next Original Pilipino Music (OPM) classics.

Amateur and professional Filipino composers worldwide can send their best original love songs online via the official website of “Himig Handog” at Himighandog.abs-cbn.com.

“Himig Handog P-POP Love Songs 2014” is open to any Filipino composer (Filipino citizen or Filipino descent); here and abroad, amateur or professional; an individual composer and/or lyricist, or up to three individual composers and/or individual lyricists collaborating for one entry. An individual composer may submit a maximum of two entries. Entries may be written in Filipino, English or Taglish, and in any popular music genre or a fusion of known genres.

ABS-CBN will accept songs entries beginning Nov. 15 until January 31, 2014. For more details, visit the “Himig Handog P-POP Love Songs” secretariat at Star Creatives Group, 2/F ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, ELJCC Bldg., Eugenio Lopez Drive, Quezon City 1100, Philippines; call 415-2272 locals 3423, 3437, 3415, and 3621; visit its official website Himighandog.abs-cbn.com, Facebook fan page at Facebook.com/HimigHandogPPop, or follow @PPopLoveSongs on Twitter. (FREEMAN)