2008 Palanca Awards winners honored

MANILA, September 1, 2008 – Continuing its tradition of honoring Filipino writers and promoting literary arts in the country, the Carlos Palanca Foundation Inc. honored the winners of this year’s Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

On in its 58th year, the Palanca Awards remains one of the most prestigious and sought-after literary awards in the Philippines, with this year’s roster of winners almost equally distributed among Palanca veterans (57%) and first-time winners (43%). Done every other three years, the “Novel” was once more part of the 20 categories in this year’s competition.

The awarding ceremony held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati had for its guest speaker, Secretary Jesli Lapus of the Department of Education, the largest department in the government sector, accounting for one-third of the entire Philippine bureaucracy. Under his watch, the Department of Education registered unprecedented achievements such as: the highest public approval rating among government agencies, top performing cabinet secretary, breakthrough student ratings in achievement measurements (NAT), highest mobilization of resources for education and World Bank acclaimed management and education reforms as international “best practices”.

Established in 1950 to honor Don Carlos Palanca Sr., the awards aims to help develop Philippine literature for writers to craft their most outstanding literary work; to be a treasury of the Philippines’ literary gems from our gifted writers; and to assist in its dissemination to the public, especially the students.

For more information, visit the Palanca Awards website at www.palancaawards.com.ph.

The following is this year’s complete roster of winners:

FILIPINO DIVISION

MAIKLING KUWENTO:

1st – Maria Lucille Roxas (Game Show)
2nd – Lemuel E. Garcellano (Anghel Kalahig)
3rd – Rommel B. Rodriguez (Kabagyan)

MAIKLING KUWENTONG PAMBATA

1st – No Winner
2nd – April Jade B. Imson (Si Karding at ang Buwaya)
3rd – Allan Alberto N. Derain (May Tatlong Kurimaw)

SANAYSAY:

1st – Jing Panganiban-Mendoza (Ang Pagbabalik ng Prinsesa ng Banyera)
2nd – Michael M. Coroza (Ang Mabuhay Singers at Ako sa Pag-awit at Pag-ibig)
3rd – Eugene Y. Evasco (Agaw-buhay)

KABATAAN SANAYSAY:

1st – No Winner
2nd – No Winner
3rd – Allen D. Yuarata (Nang Dumating si Joe)

TULA:

1st – Mikael de Lara Co (Ang Iba’t-ibang Ngalan ng Hangin)
2nd – Renato L. Santos (Sari-saring Salaghati… (At good-bye-my-kangkungan)
3rd – Niles Jordan Breis (“Rubrica” mga lakbay nilay at pagbubunyag)

DULANG MAY ISANG YUGTO:

1st – Floy C. Quintos (Ang Kalungkutan ng mga Reyna)
2nd – Debbie Ann Tan (Teroristang Labandera)
3rd – Allan B. Lopez (Masaganang Ekonomiya)

DULANG PAMPELIKULA:

1st – Emmanuel A. Dela Cruz/ Michiko Yamamoto (1434456 – “The Singalong Singhs”)
2nd – Dennis Marasigan (Joy)
3rd – Alfred Aloysius Adlawan (Padyak)

DULANG GANAP ANG HABA:

1st – No Winner
2nd – No Winner
3rd – No Winner

REGIONAL DIVISION

MAIKLING KUWENTO – CEBUANO:

1st – Macario D. Tiu (Tsuru)
2nd – Edgar S. Godin (Bingo)
3rd – Lilia Tio (Sapatos)

MAIKLING KUWENTO - HILIGAYNON

1st – Leoncio P. Deriada (And Pagbalik sang Babaylan)
2nd – Alice Tan Gonzales (Dawata, Anak)
3rd – Marcel Milliam (Bitay)

MAIKLING KUWENTO - ILUKO

1st – Danilo Antalan (Dangilen)
2nd – Ariel Tabag (Littugaw)
3rd – Aurelio Agcaoili (Alegoria Uno)

ENGLISH DIVISION

SHORT STORY:

1st – Ian Fermin Rosales Casocot (Things You Don’t Know)
2nd – Tara FT Sering (Good People)
3rd – Nadine L. Sarreal (Night Sounds)

SHORT STORY FOR CHILDREN:

1st – Celestine Marie G. Trinidad (The Storyteller and the Giant)
2nd – No Winner
3rd – Kathleen Aton-Osias (The Mapangarap and the Dream Trees)

ESSAY:

1st – Jose Claudio B. Guerrero (Talking to a Fu Dog on a Wedding Afternoon)
2nd – Katrina Stuart Santiago (Mirrors)
3rd – Jhoanna Lynn Cruz (Sapay Coma)

KABATAAN ESSAY:

1st – Miro Frances Dimaano Capili (Rated X)
2nd – Cristina Gratia F. Tantengco (Things that Lie Beyond the Postcards)
3rd – Elfermin Manalansan Mallari, Jr. (The Roads and Dreams that Meander)

POETRY:

1st – Francis C. Macansantos (Morphic Variations)
2nd – Anna Maria Katigbak (Sl(e)ights)
3rd – Marie La Viña (The Gospel According to the Blind Man)

ONE-ACT PLAY:

1st – Maria Clarissa N. Estuar (Anybody’s Revolution)
2nd – Percival Intalan (Secret Identities)
3rd – Joachim Emilio B. Antonio (Newspaper Dance)

FULL-LENGTH PLAY:

1st – Peter Solis Nery
2nd – No Winner
3rd – No Winner

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

NOBELA:

Norman Wilwayco (Gerilya)

NOVEL:

Grand Prize – Miguel Syjuco (Ilustrado)