1964 Palanca Awards

Winners

The 1964 winners, the fourteenth recipients of the awards, were divided into six categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, and one-act play:

English division

Short story

• First Prize: Gilda Cordero Fernando, “A Wilderness of Sweets”
• Second Prize: Lilia Pablo Amansec, “The Dream Tiger”
• Third Prize: Julian E. Dacanay Jr., “Mud Under the Sea”

Poetry

• First Prize: Carlos Angeles, “A Stun of Jewels”
• Second Prize: Emmanuel Torres, “Becoming Dark, Sunflower by Van Gogh, Out of the Parrot Cage...”
• Third Prize: Rita Baltazar Gaddi, “The Lady of October and Image of the Dancer”

One-act play

• First Prize: Rolando S. Tinio, “It's April, What are We Doing Here”
• Second Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, “Rise, Terraces”
• Third Prize: Nestor Torre Jr., “Out of Darkness”

Filipino division

Maikling Kwento

• First Prize: Dominador Mirasol, “Mga Aso sa Lagarian”
• Second Prize: Edgardo M. Reyes, “Si Ama”
• Third Prize: Efren R. Abueg, “Dugo sa Ulo ni Corbo”

Tula

• First Prize: Fernando Monleon, “Alamat ng Pasig”
• Second Prize: Bienvenido Ramos, “Ito ang Ating Panahon”
• Third Prize: Vedasto Suarez, “A Group of Poems Published in Halimuyak 101”

Dulang May Isang Yugto

• First Prize: Dioisio S. Salarzan, “Sinag sa Karimlan”
• Second Prize: Orlando C. Rodriguez, “Babasagang Alon”
• Third Prize: Benjamin P. Pascual, “Kintin”

References

References

1. "BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CARLOS PALANCA MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE". Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.