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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”
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
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;
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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