Timothy Montes

Timothy R. Montes (born September 12, 1970 in Borongan) is a Filipino journalist, essayist and short story writer in the English language from Eastern Samar.

Biography Montes was born on September 12, 1970 in Borongan, Eastern Samar. He graduated his secondary studies at Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School and took Creative Writing Program at Silliman University under the mentorship of Edilberto and Edith Tiempo during late 19980s and early 1990s.

In the 1990s, Montes began teaching in Silliman before joining the Faculty of Creative Writing Program at University of the Philippines Mindanao in the 2000s.

In 1994, Anvil published a collection of his short stories titled "The Black Men and Other Stories." He also co-edited Tribute, a memorial anthology of stories dedicated to his mentor Edilberto Tiempo, alongside César Ruiz Aquino. In 1989, he earned the third prize of Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for his short story "The Doubters", and in 2001, he was awarded the first prize for "Turtle Season".

He currently lives in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental and has written an essay about the town entitled "How To Write About Dumaguete" in 2023.

Publications Novel Running Amok (2001)

Short stories "The Doubters" (1989) The Black Men and Other Stories (1994) "The Black Men" "The Pigeons of Sto. Domingo" "Surfaces" "Fire from Heaven" "The Last Enemy" "The Great Darkness" "On the Road" "Fogtown" "The Fish Dealer's Tale" (1997) "The Fish Story" (2000) Turtle Season and Other Stories (2001) "A Sense of Place" "Turtle Season" "Land Off the Morning" "Love Sermon and Disputation" "Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women" "The Assassin's Tale" "Under the Waves" "The Housemaid" (2007)

Anthologies and essays Literary Technophobia and the Case for Philippine Future Fiction (Ed. with César Ruiz Aquino, 2000) Tribute: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction (2001) "On the Stories and Essays" "Philosophical Analysis" "Young Writers and the Tradition in the Philippine Folk Literature in English" Beautiful Accidents: Stories (Ed. with Ian Casocot, 2011) Philippine Short Story Masterpieces (2021) "How to Write About Dumaguete" (2023)