PRESS RELEASE: 63rd Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards fetes winners of this year’s literary tilt

De La Salle alumnus and renowned writer Dr. Cirilo Bautista receives this year’s Gawad Dangal ng Lahi award in the 63rd Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.

Continuing its tradition of promoting the Filipino cultural heritage through literary excellence, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) honors the authors of winning entries in this year’s competition in its annual ceremony held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City.

Celebrating its 63^rd year, the most prestigious and longest-running literary competition in the country received for its various categories over 1,100 literary entries that were evaluated by their respective board of judges.

Of the total number of entries received this year, the judges selected 58 winning entries. The winning works will be accessible to other writers, students, and fellow literature enthusiasts through the Palanca Awards official website, www.palancaawards.com.ph and the Palanca Awards Research Facility.

The Palanca Awards is yearly organized and hosted by the Carlos Palanca Foundation (Palanca Foundation) as part of its commitment to develop Philippine literature by providing incentives for writers to craft their most outstanding literary works as well as being a treasury of Philippine literary gems from our gifted writers.

The Palanca Foundation also conferred to Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista, this year’s guest of honor, the Gawad Dangal ng Lahi award. Dr. Bautista is a versatile writer whose literary works have been published locally and internationally, earning him a multitude of awards. Dr. Bautista is also a Palanca Awards Hall of Famer and this year’s recipient of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Gawad CCP Para sa Sining and an Achievement Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

The winners for the 63^rd Palanca Awards are as follows:

 

FILIPINO DIVISION

 

NOBELA

Grand prize     Eros Sanchez Atalia               Tatlong Gabi, Tatlong Araw

 

 

DULANG PAMPELIKULA

1^st        NO WINNER

2^nd       George A. De  Jesus III                      Kung Paano Maghiwalay

3^rd        Patrick John R. Valencia                    The Revenge of the Comfort Woman

 

DULANG GANAP ANG HABA

1^st        NO WINNER

2^nd       NO WINNER

3^rd        Luciano Sonny O. Valencia                Dhahran Queens Manila

 

DULANG MAY ISANG YUGTO

1^st        Miguel Antonio Alfredo V. Luarca       Mga Kuneho

2^nd       George A. De Jesus III                       Kapit

3^rd        Bernadette Villanueva Neri                 Pamamanhikan

 

TULA

1^st        Enrique S. Villasis                               Manansala

2^nd       Mark Anthony Angeles                       Asal-Hayop

3^rd        Kristian Sendon Cordero                    Lobo sa Loob: Mga Tula

 

TULANG PAMBATA

1^st        Eugene Y. Evasco                              Harana ng Kuliglig

2^nd       April Jade I. Biglaen                            Family Tree na Tumubo sa Anit

3^rd        Alvin Capili Ursua                               Sisid

 

MAIKLING KUWENTO

1^st        Lilia Quindoza Santiago                      Bayanggudaw

2^nd       Bernadette Villanueva Neri                 Pamamanhikan

3^rd        Kristian Sendon Cordero                    Ad Astra Per Aspera

 

MAIKLING KUWENTONG PAMBATA

1^st        Maryrose Jairene C. Cruz                  Ang Paglalakbay ni Pipoy Piso

2^nd       Eugene Y. Evasco at Chris Martinez Ang Singsing-Pari sa Pisara

3^rd        Lucky Virgo Joyce Tinio                     Salusalo para kay Kuya

 

SANAYSAY

1^st        Kristian Sendon Cordero                    Our Lady of Imelda

2^nd       Salvador T. Biglaen                            Gabay sa Gurong-Lingkod

3^rd        Laurence Marvin S. Castillo               Mga Birtwal na Karahasan

 

KABATAAN SANAYSAY

1^st        Rowin C. de Leon                               Ang Alamat ng Batang Manunulat

2^nd       Annette Irina C. Tanlimco                   Pagkatok ng Dumadagundong na Manok sa Umaga

3^rd        Rajee S. Florido                                  Deus ex Machina: Sapagkat Tayo ay Bulag Pa

 

ENGLISH DIVISION

 

NOVEL

Grand prize     Jose Elvin Bueno                    Subversivo, Inc.

 

 

FULL-LENGTH PLAY

1^st        Jay M. Crisostomo IV                         End of the Gallows

2^nd       Mario L. Mendez Jr.                            The Son of Ashes

3^rd        Floy C. Quintos                                   Collection

 

ONE-ACT PLAY

1^st        Allan B. Lopez                                     Blue Eyes

2^nd       Lystra Aranal                                       Debrief

3^rd        Danilo Niño Calalang                          Call of Duty

 

POETRY

1^st        Mikael de Lara Co                              Pastoral and other poems

2^nd       Carlomar Arcangel Daoana                Crown for Maria

3^rd        Joy Anne Icayan                                 Animal Experiments

 

POETRY FOR CHILDREN

1^st        Mia A. Buenaventura                          Attack of the Persistent Cold Virus and Other Poems

2^nd       Francis C. Macansantos                     Mr. Bully and Other Poems for Children

3^rd        Kathleen Aton-Osias                           Monsters Under my Bed

 

SHORT STORY

1^st        John Bengan                                       Armor

2^nd       Erlinda V. Kravetz                               Krystal Hut

3^rd        Lystra Aranal                                       Ren

 

SHORT STORY FOR CHILDREN

1^st        Nadeth Rae E. Rival                           Marvino’s League of Superheroes

2^nd       Cheeno Marlo Sayuno                        The Magic Bahag

3^rd        Patricia Marie Grace S. Gomez         A Thousand of Paper Cranes

 

ESSAY

1^st        Shakira Andrea C. Sison                    The Krakauer Table

2^nd       Laurel Anne Fantauzzo                       Under My Invisible Umbrella

3^rd        Maria Neobie G. Gonzalez                 Voices from the Village

 

KABATAAN ESSAY

1^st        Marc Christian M. Lopez                    Hymns of the Mountains, Dreams of the Stars

2^nd       Vicah Adrienne P. Villanueva             Panacea

3^rd        Pauline Samantha B. Sagayo                        Manifesto of Literature

 

REGIONAL LANGUAGES DIVISION

 

SHORT STORY – CEBUANO

1^st        Jona Branzuela Bering                       Tubod

2^nd       Richel G. Dorotan                               Ang Batang Tamsi

3^rd        Noel P. Tuazon                                   Padre Botox

 

SHORT STORY – HILIGAYNON

1^st        Peter Solis Nery                                  Si Padre Olan Kag Ang Dios

2^nd       Norman Tagudinay Darap                  Ulubrahon

3^rd        Alice Tan Gonzales                             Torbik

 

SHORT STORY – ILUKO

1^st        NO WINNER

2^nd       Danilo B. Antalan                                Bagnos Payegpeg, Beterano

3^rd        Gorgonia B. Serrano                           Ti Palimed ni Katugangak