The senior guest panelists of this year’s workshop are Gémino H. Abad (UP University Professor Emeritus and distinguished poet, critic and scholar), Bernardo Bernardo (playwright, director, and veteran stage and film actor), and Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr. (director of the Philippine High School for the Arts and founder of the annual USTetika Awards).
Ang mga inaasahang kalahok sa unang araw (Pebrero 24) ay mga guro ng Panitikan, Ingles, Filipino, at/o Malikhaing Pagsulat sa antas elementarya, high school, senior high school, at kolehiyo.