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PALANCA AWARDS 1990- English Division Novel Grand Prize Winner: Azucena Grajo Uranza, “Bamboo in the Wind" Short Story Special Prizes Charlson Ong, “A Tropical Winter's Tale” Vicar Rosales, “Islas” Isagani R. Cruz, “Once Upon A Time Some Years From Now” Victorino Manalo, “The Hunting Season” Isagani R. Cruz, “What I Did Last Summer” Short Story for Children First Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Two Friends, One World” Second Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “The Boy Who Ate the Stars” Third Prize: Jaime An Lim, “Yasmin” Essay First Prize: Isagani R. Cruz, “The Other Other: Towards a Post Colonial Poetics” Second Prizes: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., “The Conscious Unconscious” Eric Gamalinda, “The Unbearable Lightness of EDSA” Third Prize: No Winner Poetry First Prize: Ricardo De Ungria, “Body English” and “Decimal Places” Second Prizes: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., “Pinoy Septych and Other Poems” Jaime An Lim, “Trios” Fidelito Cortes, “Waitressing for the Exterminator” Third Prize: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, “Cartography” J. Neil C. Garcia, “Fish Wife and Other Poems” Lina Sagaral Reyes, “Istorya” One-Act Play First Prize: No Winner Second Prize: No Winner Third Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, “Fragments of Memory” Full-Length Play Honorable Mentions Bobby Flores Villasis, “Eidolon” Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, “Retribution” Filipino Division Nobela Honorable Mentions Reynaldo A. Duque, “Gagamba” Rosauro Dela Cruz, “Kwadresentinyal”

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Page 1: Palanca Awards

PALANCA AWARDS

1990- English Division

Novel

Grand Prize Winner: Azucena Grajo Uranza,

“Bamboo in the Wind"

Short Story

Special Prizes

Charlson Ong, “A Tropical Winter's Tale”

Vicar Rosales, “Islas”

Isagani R. Cruz, “Once Upon A Time Some

Years From Now”

Victorino Manalo, “The Hunting Season”

Isagani R. Cruz, “What I Did Last Summer”

Short Story for Children

First Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Two Friends, One

World”

Second Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “The Boy Who

Ate the Stars”

Third Prize: Jaime An Lim, “Yasmin”

Essay

First Prize: Isagani R. Cruz, “The Other Other:

Towards a Post Colonial Poetics”

Second Prizes: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.,

“The Conscious Unconscious”

Eric Gamalinda, “The Unbearable Lightness of

EDSA”

Third Prize: No Winner

Poetry

First Prize: Ricardo De Ungria, “Body English”

and “Decimal Places”

Second Prizes: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., “Pinoy

Septych and Other Poems”

Jaime An Lim, “Trios”

Fidelito Cortes, “Waitressing for the

Exterminator”

Third Prize: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, “Cartography”

J. Neil C. Garcia, “Fish Wife and Other Poems”

Lina Sagaral Reyes, “Istorya”

One-Act Play

First Prize: No Winner

Second Prize: No Winner

Third Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, “Fragments of

Memory”

Full-Length Play

Honorable Mentions 

Bobby Flores Villasis, “Eidolon”

Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, “Retribution”

Filipino Division

Nobela

Honorable Mentions 

Reynaldo A. Duque, “Gagamba”

Rosauro Dela Cruz, “Kwadresentinyal”

Maikiling Kuwento

First Prize: Danilo Consumido, “Agam-agam ng

Isang Historyador”

Second Prize: Lav Indico Diaz, “Pula, Puti at

Saka Blu, At Marami Pang Kolor”

Third Prize: Henry Empeno, “Sanlibo't Isang

Gabi ng mga Palabas sa Pag-aantay . . .”

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

First Prizes: Rene O. Villanueva, “Ang Unang

Baboy sa Langit” at “Tungkung Langit at

Alunsina”

Second Prize: Ruben D. Canlas Jr, “Ang mga

Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran nina

Alegria at Andante sa Bimbolimbo

Reynaldo A. Duque, “Angalo at Aran”

Third Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Mata at Mangga”

Edgardo B. Maranan, “Si Kidlat, Si Kulog, Si

Kilot”

Sanaysay

First Prize: Isagani R. Cruz, “Ang Buhay sa

Page 2: Palanca Awards

Salamin ng Sining: Ang Kudeta Bilang Texto”

Second Prize: Josephine Barrios, “Ang

Sinderelang Hindi Sinderela”

Third Prize: Virgilio S. Almario, “Pasyon at

Katwiran sa Likod ng Salamin”

Tula

First Prize: Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, “Anyaya

ng Imperyalista”

Second Prize: Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., “Baryo”

Third Prize: Lilia Quindoza Santiago, “Ordinaryo

at Iba pang Tula”

Dulang May Isang Yugto

First Prize: Chris Millado, “Usapang Babae”

Second Prize: Rosauro Dela Cruz, “Ang

Pagliliwanag ng Isip ni Cecillo Segismundo”

Third Prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr.,

“Naikuwento Lang sa Akin”

Dulang Ganap ang Haba

First Prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr., “Deuterium”

Second Prize: Manuel R. Buising, “Lista sa

Tubig”

Third Prize: Rene O. Villanueva, “Botong”

Dulang Pantelebisyon

First Prizes: Emmanuel Q. Palo, “Ang

Pagbabalik ni Kiwada”

Manuel R. Buising, “Patay-Bata”

Second Prize: Eli Rueda Guieb III, ”Pilat”

Third Prizes: Melchor Salandanan Ventura,

“Mrs. Raquel V. Matias”

Jovenal Velasco, “Si Tomboy atbp."

Honorable Mentions 

Rolando S. Salvana, “Spirit”

Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, “Without Ceremony”

1991 - English division

Short story

First Prize: “Portents” by Jessica Zafra

Second Prize: “The Music Child” by Alfred A.

Yuson

Third Prize: “All Possible Pasts and Future” by

Ma. Luisa A. Igloria

Short story for children

First Prize: “The Blanket” by Ma. Elena Paterno-

Locsin

Second Prize: “The Jink, the Dolphin, and the

Deep Sea Mystery” by Edgardo B. Maranan;

and “Francisco” by Ma. Elena Paterno-Locsin

Third Prize: “Blue, Red, Yello” by Ramon

Sunico; “The Fifth Element” by Edgardo B.

Maranan; and “Tito Jose's Legacy” by Ametta

Suarez-Taguchi

Poetry

First Prize: “Dogodog and Other Poems

Bypassed by the Northerlies” by Arnold Molina

Azurin

Second Prize: “Poems of a Season” by Merlie

Alunan

Third Prize: “From the Hothouse” by Ma. Fatima

V. Lim; and “Living in the Movies” by Franklin

Cimatu

Essay

First Prize: “Unravelling the Knots of

Ethnicity” by Arnold Molina Azurin

Second Prize: “Killing Time in Little Earth” by

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

Third Prize: “Intimation of Morality” by Anthony

L. Tan

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: “A Footnote to History” by Jessie

B. Garcia; “Short Time” by Dean Francis Alfar;

Page 3: Palanca Awards

and “The Nuptial Initiation” by Felix A. Clemente

Third Prize: No winner

Filipino division

Short story

Special Mention:

“Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Nano” by Lav

Indico Diaz

“Isang Hindi Malilimutang Tanghali sa Buhay” by

Fernando Cao

“Marino” by Reynaldo A. Duque

“Si Ato sa Sangmagdamagang Pagtatakas sa

Kawalang Malay” by Pat V. Villafuerte

“Tatlong Bakas ng Paa” by Lorenzo Tabin

Short story for children

First Prize: “Ang Pintor ni Garu” by Natasha

Vizcarra

Second Prize: “Ang Ambahan ni Ambo” by

Edgardo B. Maranan

Third Prize: “Salidum-Ay” by Reynaldo A. Duque

Poetry

First Prize: “Desparacido/Desaparadico” by

Franklin Cimatu

Second Prize: “Hari ang Ari” by JJ Alvarez Dela

Rosa; and “Mga Tula sa Pagpapalit ng

Tadhana” ni Roberto Ofanda Umil

Third Prize: No winner

Special Mention: “Putol” by Michael M. Coroza

Essay

First Prize: “Ang Pagdadalaga ng mga Batang

Taludtod” by Glecy C. Atienza

Second Prize: “Ang Mito ng Pagkalalaki ni

Richard Gomez” by Roland Tolentino

Third Prize: “Talaarawan ng Isang Galang

Peryodista” by Omer Oscar Almenario

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: “Sa Pusod ng Yungib” by Ramon

C. Jocson

Third Prize: “Open 25-hours a Day” by Reuel

Molina Aguila

Honorable Mention: “Eksodo” by Rodolfo R.

Lana Jr.; and “Hindi Tungkol sa Mga Bayani” by

Jose Bernard Capino

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Baclaran” by Wilfred S. Victoria

Second Prize: “Kung Paano Balatan ang Talop

na Bunga” by Manuel R. Buising

Third Prize: “Poon” by Carlos Dela Paz Jr.

Teleplay

First Honorable Mention: “Kapanahon” by

Ronald S. Marcelo; and "Loida: Taxi Driver" by

Segundo D. Matias Jr.

Second Honorable Mention: “Ang Halamanan sa

Paso” by Diosdado Anzures Jr.; and “Isang

Bukas Para Kay Junjun” by Melchor Salandanan

Ventura

Third Honorable Mention: “Jayvee's Brother” by

Rolando S. Salvana

1992 - English division

Short story

First Prize: “The Trouble in Beijing” by Charlson

Ong

Second Prize: “On Cursed Ground” by Vicente

Groyon III

Third Prize: “Cogon” by Edgardo B. Maranan

Short story for children

First Prize: ”Lost” by Amado Lacuesta Jr.

Second Prize: “Chun” by Marivi Soliven

Third Prize: “The Zimbragatzes of the Planet

Zing” by Rene O. Villanueva

Poetry

First Prize: “Dream of the Blue Gypsy” by Merlie

Alunan

Page 4: Palanca Awards

Second Prize: “Crossing the Snow Bridge” by

Ma. Fatima V. Lim

Third Prize: “Santa Claus and Venus at the

Mall” by Fidelito Cortes

Essay

First Prize: “Island and Hinterland” by Edgardo

B. Maranan

Second Prize: “The Press: Nobody's Perfect” by

Claudio Leones

Third Prize: “An Old Fashioned Woman” by

Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: “Blind Alleys” by Crispin Ramos Jr.

Special Mention: “She Devil” by Rene O.

Villanueva

Full-length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: No winner

Special Mention: “The Jagged Edge of Being” by

Rainerio George Ramos

Filipino division

Short story

First Prize: “Gaya ng Dati” by Henry Nadong

Second Prize: “Si Regina at Ako” by Evelyn

Estrella-Sebastian

Third Prize: “Ang Mga Martir” by Ariel Valerio

Short story for children

First Prize: “Nemo, Ang Batang Papel” by Rene

O. Villanueva

Second Prize: “Alakdan” by Luna Sicat-Cleto

Third Prize: “Meek... Meeek...” by Jose A.

Bragado

Poetry

First Prize: “Bestiyaryo at iba pang Prosang

Itim” by Mike L. Bigornia

Second Prize: "Labinglima Lamang" by Victor

Emmanuel Nadera Jr.

Third Prize: “Makiling Suite at iba pang Tula” by

Romulo P. Baquiran Jr.; and “Sa

Pagbabalangkas ng mga Gunita” by Ma. Jovita

Zarate

Essay

First Prize: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation

O Kung Papaano Ko Ipaliliwanag” by Reuel

Molina Aguila

Second Prize: “Sa Panahon ng Pagpapaliban at

Pagpipinid” by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Third Prize: “Kumpisal ng Isang Nag-aatubiling

Mag-sulat” by Cesar Aljama

One-Act Play

First Prize: “Daigdig Dinaig ng Makamundong

Pananalig” by Abel Molina; and “Dalawang

Mukha ng Kagubatan” by Emelita Regis

Second Prize: “Isang Dulang Romantiko sa

Modernong Panahon” by Mars D. Cavestany Jr.;

and “Juan Bautista” ni Lakangiting Garcia

Third Prize: “Churchill” by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.;

and “I.C.U.” by Ramon C. Jocson

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Damas de Noche” by Josephine

Barrios

Second Prize: “Kung Paano Ko Pinatay si Diana

Ross” by Rodolfo C. Vera

Third Prize: “Jerry at Richie Twin Peaks” by

Rolando S. Salvana; and “Kapitan Popong: Ang

Pakikipagsapalaran ng Isang Batang Bayani” by

Rodolfo C. Vera

Teleplay

First Prize: “After Long Silence” by Elsa Martinez

Coscolluela; and “Walang Lunas” by Ronaldo C.

Tumbokon by 

Page 5: Palanca Awards

Second Prize: “One More Chance” by Rene O.

Villanueva

Third Prize: “A Tree to Cut Down” by Rolando S.

Salvana; and “Edukasyong Kalye” by Rolando F.

Santos

1993 - English division

Novel

Grand Prizes: “Killing Time in a Warm Place” by

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.; and “Subanons” ni Antonio

R. Enriquez

Short story

First Prize: “The Axolatl Colony” by Jaime An

Lim

Second Prize: “Molde Perdido” by Myra L. Go

Third Prize: “Blood on the Moon” by Mig Alvarez

Enriquez

Short story for children

First Prize: “The Man Who Hated Birds” by

Leoncio P. Deriada

Second Prize: “The Boy and the Tree of

Time” by Jaime An Lim; and “The Pillow Cat” by

Marivi Soliven

Third Prize: “Little Bird, Little Fish and the

Elephant” by Victorino Manalo; and “The

Bamboo Who Wanted to Become a Christmas

Tree” by Erlinda Acacio Flores

Poetry

First Prize: “Poems for Muddas” by Anthony L.

Tan

Second Prize: “In Time Passing and Other

Poems” by Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

Third Prize: “Excerpt from the Unfinished

Life” by Mariano Kilates

Essay

First Prize: “Undoing Secrets” by Ma. Luisa A.

Igloria

Second Prize: “Listening to My Father” by

Victorino Manalo

Third Prize: “Bad Boy, Robin, Baad, Baad

Boy” by Jessica Zafra

One-Act Play

First Prize: “Paper Anniversary” by Corinna

Esperanza A. Nuqui

Second Prize: “And There Was Light” by Edelisa

C. Cruz

Third Prize: “A Jewel for Two” by Ruby Senatin

Full-length Play

First Prize: “The Comfort of Women” by Elsa

Martinez Coscolluela

Second Prize: “Death in the Form of A Rose” by

Anton Juan Jr.

Third Prize: “Besame Mucho, Love Me

Forever” by Rolando S. Tinio

Filipino division

Novel

Grand Prizes: “Bulaklak ng Maynila” by Domingo

Landicho; and “Moog” by Buenaventura S.

Medina Jr.

Short story

First Prize: “Rosal” by Mayette Bayuga

Second Prize: “Kamusta na Bok?” by Marco

A.V. Lopez

Third Prize: “Lihim sa Tag-araw” by Honorio

Bartolome De Dios; and “Wala sa Sarili” by

Froilan Sempio Medina

Short story for children

First Prize: “Kuwento ni Malinis” by Rene O.

Villanueva

Second Prize: “Si Burnay, ang Batang

Palayok” by Augie D. Rivera Jr.

Third Prize: “Ang Paglalakbay ni Butirik, ang

Dyip na Masungit” by Adora Balmes

Poetry

First Prize: “Pangunungkan at iba pang

Page 6: Palanca Awards

Saliksik” by Roberto T. Añonuevo

Second Prize: “Ang Lunes na Mahirap

Bunuin” by Nicolas B. Pichay

Third Prize: ”Ilang Pagtutuwid sa Paraan ng

Pagtawid” by Fidel Rillo Jr.

Essay

First Prize: “May Katulong sa Aking Sopas” by

Reuel Molina Aguila

Second Prize: “Soledad: Ang Mga Babae sa

Kanilang Pag-iisa” by Glecy C. Atienza

Third Prize: “Paano ba Umuwi Sa Sariling

Bayan” by Cesar Aljama

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: “Kristo Tagala” by Ramon C.

Jocson

Third Prize: “Madumi” by Allan L. Palileo

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Separasyon” by Lito Casaje

Second Prize: “Aninag, Anino” by Jose Y.

Dalisay Jr.

Third Prize: “Ang Butihing Babae ng Timog” by

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.; and “Ang Ninoy ni Ninay” by

Ramon C. Jocson

Teleplay

First Prize: “Ang Kuwento ni A” by Rolando S.

Tinio

Second Prize: “Magnanakaw” by Rolando F.

Santos

Third Prize: “Karatula” by Mes De Guzman

1994 - English division

Short story

First Prize: “The Flight” by Katrina Tuvera

Second Prize: “Sanded Soles” by Ma. Romina

Gonzales

Third Prize: “Black” by Jessica Zafra

Short story for children

First Prize: “What is Serendipity?” by Muriel

Macaraig

Second Prize: “The Dream Weavers” by Ma.

Carla Pacis

Third Prize: “Veronica” by Marilen Cawad

Poetry

First Prize: “Journey to Luna and Other Poems

of Passage” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria; and “The

Link Immemorial” by Clovis Nazareno

Second Prize: “Enkanto” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria;

and “Every Day Things” by Fidelito Cortes

Third Prize: “Random Access Memories” by

Alma Aileen Joy S. Anonas; “The Leavings of

Family and Lovers” by Leigh Reyes; and “The

Most Careful of Stars” by Ruel S. De Vera

Essay

First Prize: “Reclaiming Vanished Geographies

and Identities by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria

Second Prize: “The Ludic Pleasures of Eating

Words” by Marjorie Evasco

Third Prize: “Bodies, Letters, Catalogues;

Filipinas in Transnational Space” by Roland

Tolentino; and “Orlando Nadres and the Politics

of Homosexual Identity” by J. Neil C. Garcia

One-Act Play

First Prize: “In the Works Department” by

Nicolas B. Pichay

Second Prize: “Loving Toto” by Dean Francis

Alfar

Third Prize: “Caves” by Bobby Flores Villasis;

and “T.G.I.F.” by Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui

Full-length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: “Island” by Dean Francis Alfar

Third Prize: “Sky Legends” by Rodolfo C. Vera

Honorable Mention: “Broken Icons” by Al Claude

Page 7: Palanca Awards

Evangelio; and “The Paraplegics” by Edilberto K.

Tiempo

Filipino division

Short story

First Prize: “Ang Pangangaluluwa” by Jimmuel

C. Naval

Second Prize: "Pinsan" by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Third Prize: “Mga Kagilagilalas na

Kababalaghan sa Ilang” by Levy Balgos Dela

Cruz

Short story for children

First Prize: “Si Duglahi, Isang Patak ng Dugo” by

Luis P. Gatmaitan

Second Prize: “Si Pinky, Si Tsinita, Si Rita Ritz

at si Barbie” by Simplicio Bisa

Third Prize: “Dagat sa Kama ni Troy” by Rene

O. Villanueva

Poetry

First Prize: “Kalatong at Iba pang Himig ng

Paglalakbay” by Roberto T. Añonuevo; and “Sa

Kandungan ng Cordillera at iba pang Tula” by

Romulo P. Baquiran Jr.

Second Prize: “Huling Hirit ni San Jose at Iba

pang Tula” by German V. Gervacio

Third Prize: “Kay Tu Fu na Makauunawa sa

Hindi Ko Babanggitin sa mga Taludtod na Ito” by

Benilda S. Santos; and “Mga Tula sa Sandali ng

Tunggali” by Roberto Ofanda Umil

Essay

First Prize: “Dalawang Alon sa Iisang Agos” by

Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

Second Prize: “Saling-Talinhaga: Pagsilang,

Pagdayo, Pagbabalik” by Buenaventura S.

Medina Jr.

Third Prize: “Hunab Kurditan, Sugilanong Lubad

Atbp" by Nilo Ocampo

One-Act Play

First Prize: “Ambon ng Kristal” by Elmer

Gatchalian

Second Prize: “Ang Dating Magkasintahan” ni

Jose Bernard Capino; and "Buwan, Salawahang

Buwan" by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr. 

Third Prize: “Dobol” by Rene O. Villanueva;

and “Taguan sa Ulan” by Blaise Rogel

Gacoscos

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Kalantiaw” by Rene O. Villanueva

Second Prize: “Lutong Bahay” by Glecy C.

Atienza

Third Prize: “Mga Estranghero at Ang Gabi” by

Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.

Teleplay

First Prize: “Maulap ang Langit sa Kanluran” by

Ella N. Madrigal

Second Prize: “Sayaw ng Kamatayan” by Levy

Balgos Dela Cruz

Third Prize: "Hello... Paalam" by Fanny A.

Garcia; and “Isang Araw sa Isang Bahay

Ampunan” ni Evelyn Estrella-Sebastian

Screenplay

First Prize: “Kulay Luha ang Pag-ibig” by

Rolando S. Tinio

Second Prize: “Ang Babae sa Burol” by Alfred

Adlawan; and “Ang Lalakeng Nangarap Maging

Anghel Ngunit...” by Lito Casaje by 

Third Prize: “Bonsai” by Elsa Martinez

Coscolluela; and “Dayo” by Ramon Felipe

Sarmiento

1995 - English division

Short story

First Prize: “The Apartment” by Clinton Palanca

Second Prize: “Blood” by Noelle De Jesus

Page 8: Palanca Awards

Third Prize: “I See My Shadow on the

Pavement” by Lakambini A. Sitoy

Short story for children

First Prize: “Pan de Sal Saves the Day” by

Norma Olizon-Chikiamco

Second Prize: “Little Star” by Mary Ann Tobias

Third Prize: “The Quarreling Kites” by Erlinda

Acacio Flores

Poetry

First Prize: “Katipunera and Other Poems” by

Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

Second Prize: “In the Ritual of Calling and Other

Poems” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria

Third Prize: “Amina Among the Angels and

Other Poems” by Merlie Alunan

Essay

First Prize: “For a Pair of Red Tsinelas/Child of

the River Dreams” by Susan T. Layug

Second Prize: “No More Sweet Wild Garden” by

Edmund Coronel

Third Prize: “In Paris” by Clinton Palanca

One-Act Play

No winner

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Sakurahime or the Princess of the

Cherry Blossoms” by Anton Juan Jr.

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: No winner

Filipino division

Short story

First Prize: “Fetad” by Levy Balgos Dela Cruz

Second Prize: “Iba-iba, Pare-pareho” by

Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Third Prize: “Taguan” by Rolando Bernales

Short story for children

First Prize: “Papel de Liha” by Ma. Corazon

Paulina Remegio

Second Prize: “Blip” by Rene O. Villanueva

Third Prize: “Ang Mga Tsismis sa Baryo Silid” by

Ronaldo L. Carcamo; “Isang Kuwentong

Ulap” by Natasha Vizcarra; and “Sapagkat ang

Special Children ay Bahagi rin ng Lipunan at

Mundo” by Fanny A. Garcia

Honorable Mention: “Ms. Serena

Serenata” by Merlinda Bobis; and “The

Flathouse Roof” by Jose Victor Z. Torres

Poetry

First Prize: “Bayan ng Lunggati, Bayan ng

Pighati” by Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo

Second Prize: “Tinatawag Nila Akong

Makata” by Vivian Limpin

Third Prize: “Mga Larawang Pisikal at Iba pang

Tula” by Lilia Quindoza Santiago

Essay

First Prize: “Lakambini: Mula Duyong Hanggang

Gunita” by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Second Prize: “Ganito Kami Noon, Ganito Pa

Rin Kami Ngayon” by Buenaventura S. Medina

Jr.

Third Prize: “Humabi ng mga Salita, Saksihan

ang Hiwaga” by Edmund Coronel

One-Act Play

First Prize: “Dalawang Bayani” by Amelia

L.Bonifacio

Second Prize: “Sulambi” by Sunnie Noel

Third Prize: “Sandaling Tagpo” by Jose Victor Z.

Torres

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Matrimonyal” by Lito Casaje

Second Prize: “1896” by Carlos Dela Paz Jr.

Third Prize: “Bintao” by Rene O. Villanueva;

and “Exodo” by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.

Teleplay

First Prize: “Plebo” by Mes De Guzman

Page 9: Palanca Awards

Second Prize: ”Siyasat” by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Third Prize: “Ang Lalaki sa Bubong” by Mes De

Guzman

Screenplay

First Prize: “Karinyo-brutal” by Rodolfo R. Lana

Jr.

Second Prize: “Kalapati” by Rolando S. Tinio

Third Prize: “Kapag Umawit ang Sirena” by Lore

Reyes; and “Ninoy” by Rosauro Dela Cruz

1996 - English division

Novel

Grand Prize: “Recuerdo” by Cristina Pantoja-

Hidalgo

Short story

First Prize: “The Late Comer” by Carlos Ojeda

Aureus

Second Prize: “Memory of Walking” by Antonio

Jocson

Third Prize: “The Fairy Prinsoid” by Carmelo

Juino, S.J.

Short story for children

First Prize: “Pure Magic” by Lakambini A. Sitoy

Second Prize: “The Gem” by Lina B. Diaz de

Rivera

Third Prize: “The Daughter of the Wind” by

Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta

Poetry

First Prize: “Twenty-fifth Fly” by Ramil Digal

Gulle

Second Prize: “Something Like

Remembrance” by Ruel S. De Vera

Third Prize: “Second Skin” by Conchitina Cruz

Essay

First Prize: “Translations in the Wilderness: The

Politics and Aesthetics of Subduing Colonial

Spaces” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria

Second Prize: “Short Circuit: Expariate Themes

in Philippine Poetry in English” by Jose Wendell

Capili

Third Prize: “The Irish Bard” by Joselito Zulueta

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: “The Feline Curse” by Glenn Sevilla

Mas

Full-length Play

No winners

Filipino division

Novel

Grand Prize: “Malaybay” by Edmund Coronel

Short story

First Prize: “Pag-uugat, Pagpapakpak” by Levy

Balgos Dela Cruz

Second Prize: “Kasal” by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Third Prize: “Miss Jones” by Jimmuel C. Naval

Short story for children

First Prize: “Ang Tsinelas ni Inoy” by Renato

Vibiesca

Second Prize: “Tuldok” by Ma. Corazon Paulina

Remegio

Third Prize: “Ang Mahiyaing Manok” by Rebecca

T. Añonuevo

Poetry

First Prize: “Lupain ng Kapangyarihan” by

Roberto T. Añonuevo

Second Prize: “Bago ang Babae” by Rebecca T.

Añonuevo

Third Prize: “Bago Mo Ako Ipalaot” by Luna

Sicat-Cleto

Essay

First Prize: “Tadhana at Talinhaga” by

Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

Second Prize: “Nang Binihag ng Titik ang

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Bibig” by Ma. Stella Valdez

Third Prize: “Pagsusuri at Pagkabighani sa mga

Nobela ng Pag-ibig” by Josephine Barrios

One-Act Play

First Prize: “Huling Panauhin” by Jose Victor Z.

Torres

Second Prize: “Ang Mahabang Patlang ay Isang

Malaking Katanungan” by Jose Jay B. Cruz

Third Prize: “Lipad, Narda, Lipad” by Mervin C.

Salazar

Full-length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: “Balanggiga” by Rodolfo C. Vera

Third Prize: “Los Indios Bravos” by Jose Bernard

Capino

Teleplay

First Prize: “Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil” by

Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.

Second Prize: “Closing Time” by Rolando F.

Santos

Third Prize: “Sa Bingit ng Bagong Buhay” by Ma.

Clarissa Estuar

Screenplay

First Prize: "Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw" by

Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: No winner

1997 - English Division

Short Story

First Prize: "The Amulet" by David C. Martinez

Second Prize: "The Window" by Clinton Palanca

Third Prize: "Welostit" by Ma. Romina M.

Gonzales

Poetry

First Prize: "Presence" by Ma. Luisa A. Cariño

Second Prize: "Shadow in the Sun" by David C.

Martinez

Third Prize: "The Assassin and Other Poems" by

Francis C. Macasantos

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "How My Sister Turned Me Into a

Worm" by Natasha Vizcarra

Second Prize: "Fetch" by Victoria Estrella C.

Bravo

Third Prize: "Speedy and Jet" by Jeanne Lim

Essay

First Prize: "On Presidential Portraits" by Manuel

L. Quezon III

Second Prize: "Mother of Stories" by Melba

Padilla Maggay

Third Prize: "The Inner Life" by Tomas C.

Boquiren

Full Length Play

First Prize: "Return to Santander" by Crispin

Ramos

Second Prize: "Dog Days in America" by

Jorshinelle T. Sonza

Third Prize: "Istorya ni Bonipasyo: Kasla Gloria

Ti Hawaii" by Behn Cervantes

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "A Daughter's Seed" by Jose

Victor Z. Torres

Third Prize: "The Guest is Reluctant But..." by

Felix A. Clemente

Filipino Division

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Nang Gabing Mamatay ang Nana

Soling" by Alvin B. Yapan

Second Prize: "Ang Baliw" by Mayette Bayuga

Third Prize: "Si Joe Cool Kasi" by Olivia L.

Cantor

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Poetry in Filipino

First Prize: "Pink Guba at Iba Pang Alinignig" by

Roberto T. Añonuevo

Second Prize: "Larombata" by Khan N. de la

Cruz

Third Prize: "Pagkapaso ng Puso, Mga Tula ng

Pagsuyo" by Roberto Ofanda Umil

Short Story for Children in Filipino

First Prize: "Salu-salo" by Susie R. Baclagon-

Borrero

Second Prize: "May Lugar Kaya sa Langit Para

sa Asong Batik-batik?" by Teresita G. Hizon

Third Prize: "Si Totoy sa Gubat ng Diwata" by

Olivia L. Cantor

Essay in Filipino

First Prize: "Reseta at Letra: sa Daigdig ng

Isang Doktor-Manunulat" by Luis P. Gatmaitan,

MD

Second Prize: "Sa Aking Pinipintuho, Isang

Sayaw ng Paghuhubad" by Glecy C. Atienza

Third Prize: "Chapter Eight" by Ma. Josephine

Barrios

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: "In Karakter" by Aurora D. Yumul

Second Prize: "Unang Ulan ng Mayo" by John

Iremil E. Teodoro

Third Prize: "Macho Motel" by Sid Gomez

Hildawa

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Lakhan Bini" by Allan L.Palileo

Second Prize: "Despidida" by Ma. Josephine

Barrios

Third Prize: "Rogad por Nosotros" by Jun F.

Flavier Pablo

Teleplay

First Prize: "Pula" by Jun Lana and Peter Ong

Lim

Second Prize: "23rd Floor" by Jun Lana

Third Prize: "Par" by Edzel Cardil

Screenplay

First Prize: "Daluyong sa Dibdib" by Al A.

Puedan

Second Prize: "Barber's Cut" by Jun Lana and

Peter Ong Lim

Third Prize: "West Side Avenue, JC" by Lav

Indico Diaz

Iloko Short Story

First Prize: "Colorum" by Reynaldo A. Duque

Second Prize: "Ti Ligsay, Ti Anniniwan, Ken Ti

Daton" by Aurelio S. Agcaoili

Third Prize: "Gita Dagiti Ledda" by Reynaldo A.

Duque

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: "Bugti" by Ernesto D. Lariosa

Second Prize: "Hangtod Matapos Ang Gabi" by

Ricardo I. Patalinjug

Third Prize: "Sa Sabakan Sa Bukid" by Genaro

Enad Tanudtanud

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: "Kami nga Waay Diri, Waay

Didto" by Alfredo R. Siva

Second Prize: "Mga Luha Para Kay Tatay

Jose" by Alice Tan Gonzales

Third Prize: "Isa Ka Pompong Nga Rosas" by

Alice Tan Gonzales

1998 - English division

Short Story

First Prize: "Touch" by Lakambini Sitoy

Second Prize: "What I Love Or Will Remember

Most About High School" by Vicente G. Groyon

III

Third Prize: "Door 59" by Felisa Batacan

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Poetry

First Prize: "White Sill" by John Labella

Second Prize: "Shiva in Profile" by Marc

Escalona Gaba

Third Prize: "15 Rhapsodies" by Aida Santos

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "The Brothers Wu and The Good

Luck Eel" by Fran Ng

Second Prize: "Nico's Flight" by Luis Joaquin

Katigbak

Third Prize: "Masks" by Honoel Ibardolaza

Essay

First Prize: "A Dogged Defense Against

Dogmatism of Doggone Dogooders" by Rolando

Loredo

Second Prize: "Departures" by Priscilla

Macansantos

Third Prize: "Queen of The Orient: Vignettes

About Mama" by Ronald Baytan

Full Length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: "The Day Philippine Military Honor

was Savaged" by Felix Clemente

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "My Mommie Dearest" by Jeanne

Lim

Third Prize: "The Sun Shines In The Dark" by

Elmo Famador

Filipino division

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Ipanalangin Mo Siya, Ipanalangin

Mo Kami" by Evelyn Sebastian

Second Prize: "Anino Sa Buhangin" by Edgar

Maranan

Third Prize: "Aripuen" by Reynaldo A. Duque

Poetry in Filipino

First Prize: "Pagtingala: Pananahan At

Paglalayag Sa Mga Tula ng Lagalag" by

Rebecca Añonuevo

Second Prize: "Ako, Bana, Ama" by Michael

Coroza

Third Prize: "Kuwadernong Rosas ng Pagdating

at Paglisan" by Raymund Magno-Garlitos

Short Story for Children in Filipino

First Prize: "Si Tanya, Ang Uwak Na Gustong

Pumuti" by German Gervacio

Second Prize: "Sa Ilalim ng Dagat" by Augie

Rivera Jr.

Third Prize: "Dalawang Lumang Saklay" by

Remigio Alvarez Alva

Essay in Filipino

First Prize: "Sa Pagdapo ng Paroparo" by Luna

Sicat

Second Prize: "Ang Birhen ng Peñafrancia at

South Border: Isang Personal Na Repleksiyon

sa Pagtatanghal ng Spectacle ng Pagsalat" by

Roland Tolentino

Third Prize: "Dyipni" by Domingo Landicho

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: "Padre de Familia" by Lito Casaje

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Ma-Te!" by Abel Molina

Second Prize: "Digma" by Roel S. Ang

Third Prize: No winner

Teleplay

First Prize: "Salubong" ni Rene O. Villanueva

Second Prize: "Ang Repleksyon ni Miss

Trajano" ni Layeta P. Bucoy

Third Prize: "Makina" ni Mes de Guzman

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Screenplay

First Prize: "Azucena" by Enrique Ramos

Second Prize: "KBL (Kasal, Binyag, Libing)" by

Oskar Monje

Third Prize: "Nokturnal" by Lito Casaje

Iloko short story

First Prize: "Dagiti Ulep Iti Arinunos Ti Abril" by

Ricarte Agnes

Second Prize: "Wayawaya" by Aurelio Agcaoili

Third Prize: "Dagiti Banias Iti Alintatao ni

Pasintawi Gagan-ayan, Gagangay Nga Umili" by

Reynaldo Duque

Cebuano short story

First Prize: "Aron Usbon ang Kalibotan" by

Ricardo Patalinhug

Second Prize: "Ang Nagharag Nga Balite" by

Mario Batausa

Third Prize: "Ang Baybayon Ni Simon" by

Ernesto Lariosa

Hiligaynon short story

First Prize: "Lirio" by Peter Solis Nery

Second Prize: "Tugalbong" by Leoncio Deriada

Third Prize: "May Lago, Manong Eddie" by

Alfonso Hiponia

Kabataan essay

English

First Prize: "Onward to the Millennium" by

Catherine Candano

Second Prize: "Odd Man In" by Juan Ruffo

Chong

Third Prize: "This Seventeen Year Old and The

Country's Progress" by Mary Grace Concepcion

Filipino

First Prize: "Diwang Adhika" by Christopher

Bernardo

Second Prize: "Kabataan, Kaming

Nakapupuwing" by Olivia Wenceslao Valleramos

Third Prize: "Ang Pag-unlad ng Bayan At

Ako" by Ma. Jocelyn Cortez-Bordador

1999 - English Division

Novel

Grand Prize: "Smaller and Smaller

Circle" by Ma. Felisa H. Batacan

Short Story

First Prize: "Life Before X" by Angelo Rodriguez

Lacuesta

Second Prize: "Flood" by Ma. Romina M.

Gonzales

Third Prize: "Rhinoplasty" by Maria L.M. Fres-

Felix

Poetry

First Prize: "The Taste of One Wave" by John

Labella

Second Prize: "Native Tongue" by Ulysses B.

Aparece

Third Prize: "Reaching Destination" by Nerisa

Del Carmen Guevarra

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "The Boy Who Had Five Lolas" by

Grace D. Chong

Second Prize: "Magnificent Benito and His Two

Front Teeth" by Michelle G. Rivera and Augie

Rivera

Third Prize: "Danny Goes Home" by Michelle

Antoinette S. Tom

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Essay

First Prize: "Once Upon a Bright Happy Boy" by

Melba Padilla Maggay

Second Prize: "Remembering Villa" by Alfred A.

Yuson

Third Prize: "The Rite of Strings" by Lourd

Ernest de Veyra

Full Length Play

First Prize: "Original Grace" by Elsa M.

Coscolluela

Second Prize: "Halakata, MS.D" by Jhoanna

Lynn B. Cruz

Third Prize: "Legend of the Cross" by Ametta

Suarez Taguchi

One-Act Play

First Prize: "Medea of Syquijor" by Leoncio P.

Deriada

Second Prize: "Blind Names" by Crispin Ramos

Third Prize: "Sayonara Lola Bashang" by John

Joseph S. Coronel

Filipino Division

Novel in Filipino

Grand Prize: "Ang Kaulayaw ng Agila" by Lilia

Quindoza Santiago

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Sinsil Boys" by German V. Gervacio

Second Prize: "BI" by Marco A.V. Lopez

Third Prize: "Dalantao" by Alwin C. Aguirre

Poetry in Filipino

First Prize: "Lilok ng Lilo" by Lamberto E.

Antonio

Second Prize: "May Laman at Mababalatan" by

Joseph T. Salazar

Third Prize: "Kuwentong-Baryo, Kuwentong

Kanto" by Ariel Dim. Borlongan

Short Story for Children in Filipino

First Prize: "Tatlong Ungas" by Rene O.

Villanueva

Second Prize: "Ang Ballet Dancer at ang

Basketball Player" by Imelda C. Bautista

Third Prize: "Xilef" by Augie Rivera

Essay in Filipino

First Prize: "Bakasin Mo Sa Bakasyon" by

Lamberto E. Antonio

Second Prize: "Abante Sa Aking Buhay" by Ariel

Dim. Dorlongan

Third Prize: "Tatlong Lumang Sutana" by Niles

Jordan Breis

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Luna, Isang Romansang

Aswang" by Rodolfo C. Vera

Second Prize: "Despedida De Soltera" by Liza

C. Magtoto

Third Prize: "Bagting" by Edward P. Perez

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Watawat" by Rene O. Villanueva

Second Prize: "Unang Dalaw" by Edward P.

Perez

Third Prize: "Wan Chai Yuki" by Dominic D.

Manrique

Teleplay

First Prize: "Babaeng Tilapia, Natagpuan sa

Coastal Road" by Nicolas B. Pichay

Second Prize: "Banta" by Eli Rueda Guieb III

Third Prize: "Ayala Avenue" by Isagani A.

Amoncio

Screenplay

First Prize: "Si Maria at si Magdalena" by

Ramon Felipe Sarmiento

Second Prize: "Karumal-Dumal" by Diosdado

Sa. Anzures Jr.

Third Prize: "Syota ng Masa" by Ronaldo C.

Tumbokon

Iloko Short Story

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First Prize: "Dayyeng Dagiti Karayan" by Ricarte

A. Agnes

Second Prize: "Dagiti Inna nga Umulog iti

Sardam" by Reynaldo A. Duque

Third Prize: "Murkat" by Roy V. Aragon

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: "Ting-Ani" by Ricardo I. Patalinhug

Second Prize: "Sambunot" by Leonilo E. Estimo

Third Prize: "Ang Hari sa Tulay" by Oscar C.

Pineda

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: "Ang Likum sang Isla San Miguel" by

Alice Tan Gonzales

Second Prize: "Kamatayon sang Isa ka

Kalye" by Leoncio P. Deriada

Third Prize: "Ulan sa Bulan sang Abril" by

Jonathan P. Jurilla

Kabataan Essay

English

First Prize: "Learn from the Oldies and Teach

the Kiddies" by Juan Ruffo D. Chong

Second Prize: "Got Pinoy" by Catherine

Candano

Third Prize: "Cultivating Our Roots" by Melissa

Mae B. Santos

Filipino

First Prize: "Sugat At Lipad" by Shirley Anne S.

Caparas

Second Prize: "Ang Papel Ng Kabataan Sa

Pangangalaga ng Kahalagahang Pangkultura

Ng Filipino" by Ranjith M. Mendoza

Third Prize: "Ang Papel ng Kabataan sa

Pangangalaga ng Kahalagahang Pangkultra ng

Filipino" by Melecio P. Vizcarra Jr.

2000 - English Division

Poetry

First Prize: "Tabon and Other Poems" by

Edgar Maranan

Second Prize: "Afterhours, Afterlives" by

Ramil Digal Gulle

Third Prize: "The Memory of Skin" by

Raymund Magno Garlitos

Short Story

First Prize: "The Woman in the Box" by Jose

Dalisay, Jr.

Second Prize: "Dance" by Isolde Anmate

Third Prize: "Drive" by Faye Ilogon

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "Fish for Two" by Victoria

Estrella C. Bravo

Second Prize: "The Hare Tells His Story" by

Mary Agnes Dizon

Third Prize: "The Night Monkeys" by

Lakambini Sitoy

Essay

First Prize: "Many Mansions" by Alexis

Abola

Second Prize: "The Way She Was:

Memories of Lola Posta's Hundred

Years" by Edgar Maraan

Third Prize: "The Ghost of Bebop on Bignay

Street" by Lourd Ernest de Vera

Full Length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: "In the Matter of Willie

Grayson" by Reme Grefalda

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "The Tuesday Club" by Lady

Michelle Sering

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Third Prize: "Ghosts Don't Do That or Do

They?" by Elma Famador

Future Fiction

First Prize: "Subterania" by Luis Joaquin

Second Prize: "Secret Notes on the Dead

Stars" by Lakambini Sitoy

Third Prize: "The Field" by Adel Gabot

Filipino Division

Tula

First Prize: "Ang Maisisilid sa Pandama" by

Eugene Evasco

Second Prize: "Ang Pasipiko sa Loob ng

Aking Maleta" by Alwynn C. Javier

Third Prize: "Batubalani at Iba pang mga

Tula" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Maikling Kuwento

First Prize: "Alyas Juan de La Cruz" by

Placido Parcero, Jr.

Second Prize: "Kung Paano Ko Inayos ang

Buhok Ko Matapos ang Mahaba-haba Ring

Paglalakbay" by Norman Wilwayco

Third Prize: "Logos sa Lotus" by Fr. Arnel

Vitor, CM

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

First Prize: "Hilong Talilong" by Eugene

Evasco

Second Prize: "May Mga Lihim Kami ni

Ingkong" by Luis Gatmaitan

Third Prize: "Kung Bakit Espesyal si

Tatay" by Eleanor Yu

Sanaysay

First Prize: "Ang Resureksyon" by Roberto

T. Añonuevo

Second Prize: "Talinhaga ng Gana" by

Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Third Prize: "Kilometro Zero ni Isang

Lagalag na Taong-bahay" by Eugene

Evasco

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "Luto, Linis Laba" by Alfred A.

Yuson

Third Prize: "Me Esep o Wala, Sa Pera'y

Lahat Namangha" by Dominic D. Manrique

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Linggo ng Palaspas" by George

de Jesus III

Second Prize: "Kabsat" by Reynaldo A.

Duque

Third Prize: "Anino" by Allan B. Lopez

Teleplay

First Prize: "Selyo at Kastilyo" by Aurora

Yumul

Second Prize: "Gintong Ilawan" by Lazaro P.

Torres Jr.

Third Prize: "Ang May Bahay" by Leah C.

Eriguel

Screenplay

First Prize: "Gabi ng Tinggiirin" by Floy

Quintos

Second Prize: "Sirena" by Jose Dennis C.

Teodosio

Third Prize: "Ang Bata sa Daan-Pari" by Joel

V. Almazan

Future Fiction

First Prize: "Kalinangan" by Johannes Chua

Second Prize: "Cell Phone" by George de

Jesus III

Third Prize: "Desaparecidos" by Alwin

Aguirre

Iloko Short Story

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First Prize: "Tupa: Ladawan ni Pangalatok

Idi Daan a Milenio" by Jaime M. Agpalo Jr.

Second Prize: "Ay-ayam Ti Gubat" by Maria

L.M. Fres-Felix

Third Prize: "Apo Lakay" by Reynaldo A.

Duque

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: "Saloma sa Dagat" by Arturo

Penaserada

Second Prize: "Ang Suhito" by Januar Yap

Third Prize: "Ang Mga Langgam-

langgam" by Candido O. Wenceslao

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: Aswang by Isabel Sebullen

Second Prize: "Baha" by Nerio E. Jedeliz Jr.

Third Prize: "Ang Pangayaw" by Peter Solis

Nery

Kabataan Essay

English

First Prize: "The Hero in My Blood" by

Enrico Miguel Subido

Second Prize: "The Pinoy Also Rises" by

Douglas James L. Candano

Third Prize: "Neither Rizal, nor Bonifacio" by

Mark Adrian C. Ramirez

Filipino

First Prize: "Yaya" by Aleksandre Pates

Second Prize: "Kumander Panas: Bayaning

Filipino ng Bagong Milenyo" ni Ranjith M.

Mendoza

Third Prize: "Maestra Monica: Bagong

Bayaning Angat sa Iba" by Rose Ativo

Jabeguero

2001 - English Division

Short Story

First Prize: "The Death of Fray Salvador

Montano, Conquistador of Negros" by

Rosario Lucero

Second Prize: "White Elephants" by Angelo

Rodriguez Lacuesta

Third Prize: "Lyra" by Lakambini Sitoy

Poetry

First Prize: "Pillage and Other Poems" by

Alfred Yuson

Second Prize: "The Shortest Distance" by

Conchitina Cruz

Third Prize: "To The Dreamer of Last

Things" by John Labella

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "Apo Mayor" by Grace Chong

Second Prize: "The Ghost of Maria

Matalas" by Irene Limpe

Third Prize: "Nor Has Ear Heard" by Marie

Louise Kalaw Santos

Essay

First Prize: "Cogito Ergo Sum, or What I

Know for Sure I Learned from

Mathematics" by Queena Lee-Chua

Second Prize: "Lengua Estopado Does Not

Mean Stupid Language" by Ernie Zarate

Third Prize: "Satellite of Love" by Tad

Ermitano

Full Length Play

First Prize: "Maragtas: How Kapinangan

Tricked Sumakwel Twice" by Leoncio

Deriada

Second Prize: "The Dreamweavers" by

Rodolfo Vera

Third Prize: "War Booty" by Christopher

Gozum ??

One-Act Play

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First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "In The Dark" by Glenn

Sevilla Mas

Third Prize: No winner

Future Fiction

First Prize: "Turtle Season" by Timothy

Montes

Second Prize: "Past Forward" by Maria

Fres-Felix

Third Prize: "The Second Coming" by

Antonio Hidalgo

Filipino Division

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Ang Apo ni Lola Soledad" by

Edgardo Maranan

Second Prize: "Ang Baliw ng Bayan ng

Sili" ni Roy V. Aragon

Third Prize: "Kalayo" by Gil Olea Mendoza

Poetry in Filipino

First Prize: "Mga Lagot na Liwanag" Michael

Coroza

Second Prize: "Nakatanim ng Granada Ang

Diyos" by Rebecca Anonuevo

Third Prize: "Ang Paghagilap sa

Karaniwan" by Eugene Evasco

Short Story for Children in Filipino

First Prize: "Sandosenang Sapatos" by Dr.

Luis Gatmaitan

Second Prize: "Ang Madyik ni Paolo" by

Glenda Oris

Third Prize: "Ang Mahiwagang Kahon" by

Dencel Limbo-Aquino

Essay in Filipino

First Prize: "Mga Pilat Sa Pilak" by Eugene

Evasco

Second Prize: "Ang Kumbento, Ang Aklatan

at Ang Casa Tribunal ng Candon" by

Reynaldo Duque

Third Prize: "Sari-Saring Paninda" by Jing

Castro Panganiban

Future Fiction in Filipino

First Prize: "Ampalaya" by Reuel Molina

Aguila

Second Prize: "Ima" by Jimmuel Naval

Third Prize: "Ang Pamilyang Kumakain ng

Lupa" by Khavn dela Cruz

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Last Order sa Penguin" by Chris

Martinez

Second Prize: "Iraya" by Edward Perez

Third Prize: "Indio Anakbanua" by Allan

Librada Panlileo

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Resureksiyon" by Jose Victor Z.

Torres

Second Prize: "Sardinas" by Ferdinand Jarin

Third Prize: "Kumpit: Sa Ngalan ng Krus at

ng Kris" by Aurora Yumul

Teleplay

First Prize: "A Date With Jao Mapa" by

Enrique Belo Henares

Second Prize: "Pick Up" by Althea Lauren

Ricardo

Third Prize: "San Nicolas" by Tomas Agulto

Screenplay

First Prize: "Ligalig" by Roy Iglesias

Second Prize: "Pagkatapos ng Paalam" by

Ma. Rebecca Arcega

Third Prize: "Bayad Luha" by Edward Mark

Meily

Iloko Short Story

First Prize: "Ysabelo" by Reynaldo Duque

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Second Prize: "Dagiti Maris Ti

Bannagaw" by William Alvarado

Third Prize: "Ti Wagayway, Ni Lakay Pedro

Salacnib Ken Maysa A Bigat" by Arnold

Pascual Jose

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: "Ang Bata Nga Dili Matulog" by

Macario Tiu

Second Prize: "Tuli" by Arturo Penaserada

Third Prize: "Takna sa Kagabhion" by

Ricardo Patalinjug

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: "Ang Mga Birhen sa Masulog" by

Isabel Sebullen

Second Prize: "Lubid" by Leoncio Deriada

Third Prize: "Ang Likom Sang Baryo

Malikom" by Nerio Jedeliz Jr.

Kabataan Essay

English

First Prize: "Of Enormous Turnips, Little

Books and Life’s Big Lessons" by Enrico

Miguel Subido

Second Prize: "The Greatest ‘Trash’ I’ve

Read" by Patricia Nicole Golez

Third Prize: "A Glimpse of Dawn" by

Frances Majella Tan Cabahug

Filipino

First Prize: "Bagani Ubbog: Paghahanap sa

Tatak ng Angkan" by Reynaldo Bienvenido

Duque II

Second Prize: "Ang Libro, Ang Mambabasa,

Ang Pagbabago" by Karen Jamora

Third Prize: "Huwag Mo Akong Salingin,

Indiong Gusgusin" by Jefferson Capati

2002 - English Division

Novel Grand Prize: Vicente Garcia

Groyon, "The Sky Over Dimas"

Short Story

First Prize: Socorro A. Villanueva, "We

Won't Cry About This"

Second Prize: Ian Rosales Casocot, "Old

Movies"

Third Prize: Edgar B. Maranan, "Doomsday"

Futuristic Fiction-English

First Prize: Raissa Claire U. Rivera, "Virtual

Center"

Second Prize: David Peter Jose J.

Hontiveros, "Kaming mga Seroks"

Third Prize: Baryon Tensor Posadas, "Mall"

Short Story for Children

First Prize: Luis Joaquin M. Katigbak, "Mico

and Friends"

Second Prize: Raissa Claire U. Rivera, "The

Slipper"

Third Prize: Herbeth Fondevilla, "The Peace

Crane"

Essay

First Prize: Melba Padilla Maggay, "Death

and Early Sorrow"

Second Prize: Pareto Oliver B. Patacsil

II, "Bread and Quiz Shows"

Third Prize: Noel P. Pingoy,

M.D., "Becoming a Hematologist"

Kabataan Essay

First Prize: Enrico Miguel T.

Subido, "Waging War for Humanity: The

Battle for Peace"

Second Prize: Monica S. Macansantos, "My

Brush with Eugenics"

Third Prize: Patricia Nicole J. Golez, "World

Peace in My Own Little Way, Bow"

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Poetry

First Prize: Paolo Manalo, "Jolography"

Second Prize: Anthony L. Tan, "Crossing

the River and Other Poems"

Third Prize: Mariano L. Kilates, "Things of

Light"

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: Joseph Israel M. Laban, "The

Day Lola Lilia Finished Weaving"

Third Prize: Hans Leo J. Cacdac, "Choosers

of the Slain"

Full-Length Play

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: Francis Tanglao-

Aguas, "When the Purple Settles"

Third Prize: Christopher Q. Gozum, "The

Pasyon of Pedro Calosa and the Tayug

Colorum Uprising of 1931"

Regional Languages Division

Short Story-Cebuano

First Prize: Rolando S. Salvaña, "Libat"

Second Prize: Sheilfa B. Alojamiento, "Ang

Mga Babaye sa Among Baryo"

Third Prize: Ernesto D.

Lariosa, "Sakdapanay"

Short Story-Hiligaynon

First Prize: Alice Tan Gonzales, "Sa

Taguangkan Sang Duta"

Second Prize: Genevieve L. Asenjo, "taga-

uma@manila"

Third Prize: John Iremil E. Teodoro, "Anghel

Sang Capiz"

Short Story-Iluko

First Prize: Lorenzo G. Tabin, "Puon"

Second Prize: William V.

Alvarado, "Alipugpog 1762-1765"

Third Prize: Eden Aquino Alviar, "Salmo"

Filipino Division

Nobela

Tanging Gantimpala: Norman Wilwayco, "Kung

Paano Ko Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos ang

Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay"

Futuristic Fiction-Filipino

Unang Gantimpala: Alvin B.

Yapan, "Apokalipsis"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Alwin C.

Aguirre, "Semi-Kalbo"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Jimmuel C. Naval, "Mr.

Doily"

Maikling Kuwento

Unang Gantimpala: Marco A.V.

Lopez, "Bukbok"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Jerry Arcega-

Gracio, "Isda"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Pat V.

Villafuerte, "Huling Hiling, Hinaing at

Halinghing ni Hermano Huseng"

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

Unang Gantimpala: Genaro R. Gojo

Cruz, "Ang Lumang Aparador"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Joseph Patrick V.

Arevalo, "Pagbibilang sa Bookstore"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Enrico C.

Torralba, "Ang Ama ni Pando"

Sanaysay

Unang Gantimpala: Luis P. Gatmaitan,

M.D., "Tuwing Miyerkules"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Neil Bustamante

Campos, "Paano Nga Ba Kung Matanda Ka

Na?"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Michael M. Coroza, "Si

Nanay, Si Lolo Ceferino, Ang Lira, at si Eliot

o ang Henesis ng Aking Pananaludtod"

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Kabataan Sanaysay

Unang Gantimpala: Margaret P.

Yarcia, "Kabataang Mandirigma"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Lester John Cariaga

Lim, "Pandaigdigang Kapayapaan:

Kabataan Game Ka Na Ba?"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Ivan D.J.

Josue, "Mangarap Ka Nang Gising"

Tula

Unang Gantimpala: Roberto T.

Añonuevo, "Estalon at Iba Pang Simoy ng

Bait"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Edgar Calabia

Samar, "Pag-aabang sa Kundiman at Iba

Pang Tula"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Jerry Arcega-

Gracio, "Sinaunang Pag-ibig sa Apoy"

Dulang May Isang Yugto

Unang Gantimpala: Nathaniel Joseph F. De

Mesa, "SubTEXT"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Harlene Charmaine

Bautista-Tejedor, "Kasal, Sakal, Xenical"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Salvador T.

Biglaen, "Ang Bayani ng Hannaga"

Dulang Ganap Ang Haba

Unang Gantimpala: Liza C.

Magtoto, "Agnoia"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: George A. De Jesus

III, "Sala sa Pito"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Edward Perez, "Teatro

Porvenir"

Dulang Pantelebisyon

Unang Gantimpala: Vincent Kua, "Shashin

Lullabye"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Joel V.

Almazan, "Balikbayan Box"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Lynda

Casimiro, "Suspect"

Dulang Pampelikula

Unang Gantimpala: Michael Angelo P.

Dagñalan, "Isnats!"

Ikalawang Gantimpala: Jose Dennis C.

Teodosio, "Tanso"

Ikatlong Gantimpala: Agustin del Mundo

Sugatan, Jr., "Fish Crackers"

2003 - English Division

Poetry

First Prize: Isidoro Cruz, "Bodies Of Water"

Second Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Exploratoria"

Third Prize: Mike Maniquiz, "Tornadoes and

Other Poems"

Short Story

First Prize: Rosario Cruz-Lucero, "Doreen’s

Story"

Second Prize: Ian Rosales Casocot, "The

Hero of the Snore Tango"

Third Prize: Maria Francezca Theresa

Carasig Kwe, "Closed Doors"

Futuristic Fiction

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: Yvette Natalia Uy Tan, "Sidhi"

Short Story for Children

First Prize: Honoel A. Ibardolaza, "The

Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of

Clouds"

Second Prize: Cyan Abad-Jugo, "Behind

The Old Aparador"

Third Prize: Yvette Natalie Uy Tan, "Kulog"

Essay

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First Prize: Rosario Cruz-Lucero, "The

Music Of Pestle-On-Mortar"

Second Prize: Lourd Ernest de

Veyra, "Videoke Blues"

Third Prize: Xerxes Matza, "Licking Lollies:

The Re-education of the Accidental

American"

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner.

Second Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "The

Onan Circle"

Third Prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "The Birth Of

Light"

Full-Length Play

First Prize: No winner.

Second Prize: Floy Quintos, "Fluid"

Third Prize: Frank Rivera, "The Adventures

of Pilandok"

Filipino Division

Tula

First Prize: Alwynn C. Javier, "Ang Magneto

sa Gitna ng Aking Daigdig"

Second Prize: Raymund Magno

Garlitos, "Nostos at Iba Pang Awit ng

Pagtubos"

Third Prize: Jing Castro Panganiban, "Ilang

Pagsasanay sa Pangungulila"

Maikling Kwento

First Prize: Reynaldo Duque, "Apong Simon"

Second Prize: Alvin Yapan, "Bomba"

Third Prize: Abdon Balde Jr., "Supay"

Futuristic Fiction

First Prize: Ricardo Fernando III, "Bagong

Developments Sa Pagbuo Ng Mito Sa

Lungsod"

Second Prize: Edgar Samar, "Project: Eyod"

Third Prize: Alvin Yapan, "Nostalgia"

Maikling Kwentong Pambata

First Prize: Renato Vibiesca, "Tahooieyy!"

Second Prize: Mae Astrid Tobias, "Bayong

ng Kuting"

Third Prize: Alice Mallari, "Hayan Na Si Lolo

Sinto"

Sanaysay

First Prize: Niles Jordan Breis, "Kung

Tawagin Sila’y Angela Buruka: Sa Alaala ni

Angela Manalang-Gloria"

Second Prize: Mjolnir Xoce

Ong, "Adventures sa Kawatanan ng Rentas

Internas"

Third Prize: John Iremil Teodoro, "Maikling

Talambuhay ng Isang Makatang Ipinaglihi

sa Paa ng Manok at Sirena"

Dulang May Isang Yugto

First Prize: Maria Kristine Chynna

Rojas, "Traje De Boda"

Second Prize: Christian Vallez, "Twenty

Questions"

Third Prize: Nathaniel Joseph de Mesa, "I

Laugh You"

Dulang Ganap Ang Haba

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: Mari Jina Endaya, "Trese: Isang

Panayam"

Dulang Pantelebisyon

First Prize: Lazaro Torres Jr., "Kasama Sa

Bahay"

Second Prize: Rolando Salvana, "Ang

Buhay Kong Duling"

Third Prize: Nita Eden So, "Ay Em Nene"

Dulang Pampelikula

First Prize: Jose Maria Manalo, "Mangha"

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Second Prize: Rica Leticia Arevalo, "ICU

Bed #7"

Third Prize: Norman Wilwayco, "Kung

Paano Kong Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos

ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay"

Regional Language Division

Short Story in Cebuano

First Prize: Mario Batusa, "Pagbugto Sa

Kataposang Higot"

Second Prize: Lamberto

Ceballos, "Tinggutom Sa Nayawak"

Third Prize: Arnel

Mardoquio, "Tikbalangkapre"

Short Story in Hiligaynon

First Prize: Alice Tan Gonzales, "Esperanza"

Second Prize: Lester Mark Carnaje, "Haligi

Nga Asin"

Third Prize: Isabel Sebullen, "Mga Misteryo

Sa Kagulangan"

Short Story in Iloko

First Prize: Reynaldo A. Duque, "Leon, 15"

Second Prize: Ariel S. Tabag, "Sudario"

Third Prize: Clarito Garcia de Francia, "No

Tallikudan Dagiti Tugot"

Kabataan Division

Essay

First Prize: Cristina Monica

Buensalido, "Learning To Fly"

Second Prize: Florianne Marie

Jimenez, "Why I Am Who I Am"

Third Prize: Enrico Miguel

Subido, "Contemplating the Concept of

Sanctuary"

2005 - English Division

Novel

Grand Prize: "Salamanca" by Dean Francis

Alfar

Short Story

First Prize: "The Shakespeare Guy" by

Alexis A.L. Abola

Second Prize: "Shut Up and Live" by

Lakambini A. Sitoy

Third Prize: "At Merienda" by Maryanne Moll

Futuristic Fiction

First Prize: "Treasure Islands" by Karen

Manalastas

Second Prize: "Last Bus Ride" by Pia R.

Roxas

Third Prize: "Espiritu Santos" by Pearlsha

Abubakar

Poetry

First Prize: "What Little I Know of

Luminosity" by Joel M. Toledo

Second Prize: "Evasions" by Naya S.

Valdellon

Third Prize: "The Proxy Eros" by Ana Maria

Katigbak

Short Story for Children

First Prize: "No Lipstick for Mother" by

Grace Dacanay-Chong

Second Prize: "The Dancers of

Malumbay" by Raissa Claire U. Rivera

Third Prize: "Menggay’s Magical

Chicken" by Nikki Alfar

Essay

First Prize: "From the Outlands with

Love" by Lakambini A. Sitoy

Second Prize: "Metaphor Man and Migrant,

I" by Aurelio S. Agcaoili

Third Prize: "Thorn" by Maria Angela Nicole

S. Perreras

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One-Act Play

First Prize: "First Snow of November" by

Alfonso I. Dacanay

Second Prize: "Children of the Sea" by

Glenn Sevilla Mas

Third Prize: "Welcome to Intelstar" by

Christopher D. Martinez

Full Length Play

First Prize: "In the Land of the Giants" by

Glenn Sevilla Mas

Second Prize: "Jyan Ken Pon" by Ma.

Clarissa N. Estuar

Third Prize: "Something Happened" by Allan

B. Lopez

Filipino Division

Novel in Filipino

Grand Prize: "Unang Ulan ng Mayo" by

Ellen Sicat

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Mga Landas Ng Pangarap" by

Agustin Pagusara Jr.

Second Prize: "Anay Sa Dagat Na Asul" by

Domingo G. Landicho

Third Prize: "Ang Santo Niño Na Walang

Ulo" by John Iremil E. Teodoro

Poetry in Filipino

First Prize: "Sa Pagitan ng Emerhensiya" by

Joseph Rosmon M. Tuazon

Second Prize: "Buong Buo" by Rebecca T.

Anonuevo

Third Prize: "Una Prosa" by Mesandel

Virtusio Arguelles

Futuristic Fiction in Filipino

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: No winner

Third Prize: "Vic" by Dick Garcia Enoya

Short Story for Children in Filipino

First Prize: "Tag-araw ng mga Ibong

Hilaga" by Eugene Y. Evasco

Second Prize: "Ang Batang Nanaginip Na

Siya'y Nakalilipad" by Edgardo B. Maranan

Third Prize: "Ang Kahon Ni Lolo Yoyong" by

Perry C. Mangilaya

Essay in Filipino

First Prize: "Tapok at Banlik" by Luis P.

Gatmaitan, M.D.

Second Third Prize: "Anim Na Sabado Ng

Beyblade" by Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin

Third Prize: "Segunda Mano" by Eugene Y.

Evasco

One-act Play in Filipino

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "Sa Loob ng Kawayan" by

Joseph Patrick V. Arevalo

Third Prize: "Ateng..." by Vincent A. De

Jesus

Full-Length Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Baligho" by Reuel M. Aguila

Second Prize: "Si Marya at Si Kiling" by

Edward P. Perez Jr.

Third Prize: "Masa" by Rodolfo Carlos Vera

Teleplay

First Prize: "Niños Inocentes" by Manuel R.

Buising

Second Prize: "Pasalubong" by Elmer L.

Gatchalian

Third Prize: "Bayad Utang" by Ma. Clarissa

N. Estuar

Screenplay

First Prize: "Hubog Ng Langit" by Erlito G.

Reyes

Second Prize: "Boy" by Veronica B. Velasco

Third Prize: "Blue Moon" by Allan Tijamo

Iloko Short Story

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First Prize: "Goyo: Ti Dangadang iti Rabaw

ti Ulep" by Danilo B. Antalan

Second Prize: "Ti Galienera, Ti Ili, ken Tallo

A Kronika" by Joel B. Manuel

Third Prize: "Dagiti Dir-i ken Tagay iti

Daradara a Bangabanga" by Daniel L.

Nesperos

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: "Balyan" by Macario D. Tiu

Second Prize: "Bangka sa Kinabuhi" by

Agustin Pagusara Jr.

Third Prize: "Sesyon" by Josua S. Cabrera

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: "Turagsoy" by Genevieve L.

Asenjo

Second Prize: "Kaupod" by Christian F.

Emague

Third Prize: "Daguob Sang Dagat" by Lester

Mark P. Carnaje

Kabataan Essay

English

First Prize: "Stories" by Patricia Marie I.

Ranada

Second Prize: "As Silly As It Gets" by Joan

Paula A. Deveraturda

vThird Prize: "Learning To Be Filipino" by

Katrina G. Gomez

Filipino

First Prize: "Wahahahahahahahaha" by

Kristina D.C. Javier

Second Prize: "Alaala ng Quiapo" by

Jamaica Jane J. Pascual

Third Prize: "K" by Arnold Pantaleon Pascua

II

2006 - English division

Short story

First Prize: Mahogany Water by Socorro

Villanueva

Second Prize: Sink or Swim by Myrza Sison

Third Prize: Trip by Ma. Celeste Flores-

Coscolluela

Futuristic fiction

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: Suman by Corinna

Esperanza A. Nuqui

Third Prize: A Monumental Race by Arturo

Ilano

Short story for children

First Prize: Cut by Ma. Celeste Flores-

Coscolluela

Second Prize: Big Brother by Grace

Dacanay Chong

Third Prize: How Rosang Taba Won a

Race by Dean Francis Alfar

Poetry

First Prize: The Highest Hiding Place by

Lawrence L. Ypil

Second Prize: Building a House, and other

Poems by Sid G. Hildawa

Third Prize: Illuminations and Sonorities by

Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.

Essay

First Prize: Fungibility, Dead Souls and

OCWs by Jose Edmundo O. Reyes

Second Prize: Hometown Stories and

Footnotes to Childhood’s End by Edgardo B.

Maranan

Third Prize: He’d Rather be Relevant by

Martin V. Villanueva

One-Act Play

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First Prize: Ming Ming by Steven Prince C.

Fernandez

Second Prize: Gabrielle by Joachim Emilio

B. Antonio

Third Prize: Life After Beth by Nikki Alfar

Full-length Play

First Prize: The Death of Memory by Glenn

S. Mas

Second Prize: Chinchina and the Five

Mountains by Amelia L. Bonifacio

Third Prize: Ask Me Again When I’m

Thirty by Maria Clarissa Estuar

Filipino division

Short story

First Prize: Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye

Marino by Eros S. Atalia

Second Prize: Langaw by Kristian Sendon

Cordero

Third Prize: Buwan at Lupa by Edgardo B.

Maranan

Futuristic fiction

First Prize: Tala-Huli/Huling Tala: Si

Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako

Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero by

Michael Francis C. Andrada

Second Prize: De-Lata by Enrique C. Villasis

Third Prize: Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga by

Vladimeir B. Gonzales

Short story for children

First Prize: Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin by

Bernadette V. Neri

Second Prize: Taguan-Pung by Maynard G.

Manasala

Third Prize: Ang Regalo ng Taong Ibon by

Allan Alberto N. Derain

Poetry

First Prize: Sa Tanda ng Pagsisimula ng

Buhay by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Second Prize: Salit-salitang mga Tula ng

Pagsulyap, Pakikibaka at Paglingap by

Maria Josephine C. Barrios

Third Prize: Salamangka ng Santelmo by

Emmanuel V. Dumlao

Essay

First Prize: Batang Tundo by Rosario

Torres-Yu

Second Prize: Talambalay by Elyrah L.

Salanga

Third Prize: Alingawngaw ng mga Kuliglig,

Kalansing ng mga Tansan by Ramon M.

Bernardo

One-Act Play

First Prize: The Palanca in My Mind by Job

A. Pagsibigan

Second Prize: Aba Ginoong Mag-asawa by

Joel V. Almazan

Third Prize: Dyip by Christian U. Tordecillas

Full-length Play

First Prize: Gabriela by Ma. Josephine C.

Barrios

Second Prize: Teatro Porvenir by Timothy

Dacanay

Third Prize: ’Nay Isa by Liza Magtoto

Teleplay

First Prize: Milagroso by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.

Second Prize: Pulo by Jose Dennis C.

Teodosio

Third Prize: Negatibo by Bonifacio P. Ilagan

Screenplay

First Prize: Kusina by Cenon O. Palomares

Second Prize: Tribu by Jim Diamond M.

Libiran

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Third Prize: Ang Mundo ay Iisa at Marami by

Carlos A. Arejola

Iloko Short Story

First Prize: Nabungon Iti Lawag by Bernardo

D. Tabbada

Second Prize: Tugot by Danilo B. Antalan

Third Prize: Ni Ina Baket Gimma, Ti Aso,

ken Ti Atang by Arnold P. Jose

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: Ang Ungo sa San Pilar by

Lamberto Ceballos

Second Prize: Dayaspora by Richel G.

Dorotan

Third Prize: Mata sa Bagyo by Eleazar T.

Acampado

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: Duta para sa mga Iskolar sang

Banwa by Leoncio P. Deriada

Second Prize: Ang Kapid by Peter S. Nery

Third Prize: Sagal-i by Bryan Mari Argos

Kabataan Essay

Essay

First Prize: Restructuring Idealism by Katrina

G. Gomez

Second Prize: Home by Ryan Edward L.

Chua

Third Prize: Coming Home by Hannah L. Co

Sanaysay (Filipino)

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: Ang Pangako kay Asterz by

Allan Jay. T. Allonar Jr.

Third Prize: No winner

2007 - English division

Short story

First Prize: Flames by Angelo Rodriguez

Lacuesta

Second Prize: Dreaming Valhalla by

Douglas James Limpe Candano

Third Prize: Crystal Gail Shangkuan Koo by

Douglas James Limpe Candano

Short story for children

First Prize: The Elusive Banana Dog by

Lakambini A. Sitoy

Second Prize: Poor, Poor Luisa by Dean

Francis Alfar

Third Prize: The Last Days of Magic by Ian

Rosales Casocot

Poetry

First Prize: Hands for a Fistful of Sand by

Mikael de Lara Co

Second Prize: Imaginary Number by Jose

Edmundo Ocampo Reyes

Third Prize: Geographies of Light by Dinah

Roma-Sianturi

Essay

First Prize: Lost in Childrensville by Wilfredo

O. Pascual, Jr.

Second Prize: Culture Shocked: A Story of

Recovery by Rosalinda Lejano-Massebieau

Third Prize: The Lady's Train by Allan J.

Pastrana

One-Act Play

First Prize: Time Waits by Debbie Ann Tan

Second Prize: Portraits by Joshua Lim So

Third Prize: Battery Park by Allan Lopez

Full-length Play

First Prize: Pure by Jorshinelle Taleon-

Sonza

Second Prize: Games People Play by Glenn

Sevilla Mas

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Third Prize: The Piano by Cynthia Lapena-

Amador

 Filipino division

Short story

First Prize: Paputian ng Laba by Allan

Alberto N. Derain

Second Prize: Desperately, Susan by

Jerome B. Gomez

Third Prize: D Bampyr Chronicles ... O ang

Kwento ng mga Tao sa Bayang Walang

Hope by Dana Batnag

Futuristic fiction

First Prize: Tala-Huli/Huling Tala: Si

Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako

Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero by

Michael Francis C. Andrada

Second Prize: De-Lata by Enrique C. Villasis

Third Prize: Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga by

Vladimeir B. Gonzales

Short story for children

First Prize: Junior by Sheila Gonzales-Dela

Cuesta

Second Prize: Ang Ampalaya sa Pinggan ni

Peepo by Joachim Emilio B. Antonio

Third Prize: Imbisibol Man ang Tatay by

Michael M. Coroza

Poetry

First Prize: Corpus by Carlos M. Piocos III

Second Prize: Paglingon sa Pag-asa at Iba

Pang Tula by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Third Prize: Sosy Atbp... by Renato L.

Santos

Essay

First Prize: Bahay-Bahayan by Annalyn L.

Leyesa

Second Prize: Sa Hulo't Libis ng Aking

Bayan by Ma. Jovita E. Zarate

Third Prize: Stet by Maribel Bagabaldo-

Frasure

One-Act Play

First Prize: Our Lady of Arlegui by

Christopher D. Martinez

Second Prize: Baka Sakali by Jose Dennis

C. Teodosio

Third Prize: Ellas Inocentes by Layeta P.

Bucoy

Full-length Play

First Prize: Tres Ataques de

Corazon by Nicolas B. Pichay

Second Prize: Apuntador' by Edward P.

Perez

Third Prize: Ang Mga Huwad by Rodolfo C.

Vera

Screenplay

First Prize: Prisoner Alpha by Miguel G.

Alcarazen

Second Prize: Kolono by Marlon G. Miguel

Third Prize: Katay by Renei Patricia Dimla

Iloko Short Story

First Prize: Dadapilan by Noli S. Dumlao

Second Prize: Ti Danapidip nga Addang ni

Manong Rod by Bernardo D. Tabbada

Third Prize: Alimpapatok Iti Panawen Ti

Ariangga by Aurelio S. Agcaoili

Cebuano Short Story

First Prize: Pamato by Merlie M. Alunan

Second Prize: Absent, Ma'am by Ferdinand

L. Balino

Third Prize: Kundat sa Unang Gugma by

Noel P. Tuazon

Hiligaynon Short Story

First Prize: Candido by Peter Solis Nery

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Second Prize: Sa Hingapusan by Felino

Salem Garcia, Jr.

Third Prize: No winner

 Kabataan Essay

Essay

First Prize: Humor, Faith, Bayanihan, and

Kayod: Survival Tools for the 21st

Century by Cristina Gratia T. Tantengco

Second Prize: Sterling Pinoy by Juan

Emmanuel P. Batuhan

Third Prize: Adaptability by Hannah L. Co

Sanaysay (Filipino)

First Prize: Ang Huling Ngiti ng

Pagkalinga by Anna Larisa Victoria U. Vega

Second Prize: Isang Siglo, Isang Dekada't

Isang Taon by Mary Anne Jelli E. Gaza

Third Prize: Tatawa Na 'Yan by Kathleen

Teresa M. Ramos