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1991 Palanca Awards

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The 41st Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.

LIST OF WINNERS

The 1991 winners were divided into thirteen categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, short story for children, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play, plus the Dulang Pantelebisyon, open only for the Filipino Division:

English Division

Short Story

First Prize: Jessica Zafra, “Portents”
Second Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “The Music Child”
Third Prize: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, “All Possible Pasts and Future”

Short Story for Children

First Prize: Ma. Elena Paterno-Locsin, “The Blanket”
Second Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “The Jink, the Dolphin, and the Deep Sea Mystery” : Ma. Elena Paterno-Locsin, “Francisco”
Third Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Blue, Red, Yello” : Edgardo B. Maranan, “The Fifth Element” : Ametta Suarez-Taguchi, “Tito Jose's Legacy”

Poetry

First Prize: Arnold Molina Azurin, “Dogodog and Other Poems Bypassed by the Northerlies”
Second Prize: Merlie Alunan, “Poems of a Season”
Third Prize: Ma. Fatima V. Lim, “From the Hothouse” : Franklin Cimatu, “Living in the Movies”

Essay

First Prize: Arnold Molina Azurin, “Unravelling the Knots of Ethnicity”
Second Prize: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., “Killing Time in Little Earth”
Third Prize: Anthony L. Tan, “Intimations of Mortality”

One-Act Play

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Jessie B. Garcia, “A Footnote to History” : Dean Francis Alfar, “Short Time” : Felix A. Clemente, “The Nuptial Initiation”
Third Prize: No Winner

Full-Length Play

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: No Winner
Third Prize: No Winner

Filipino Division

Maikling Kwento

Honorable Mention: Lav Indico Diaz, “Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Nano” : Fernando Villarca Cao, “Isang Hindi Malilimutang Tanghali sa Buhay ng mga Ginoo at Ginang ng Bitukang Manok” : Reynaldo A. Duque, “Marino” : Pat V. Villafuerte, “Si Ato sa Sangmagdamagang Pagtatakas sa Kawalang Malay” : Lorenzo Tabin, “Tatlong Bakas ng Paa”

Maikling Kwentong Pambata

First Prize: Natasha Vizcarra, “Ang Pintor ni Garu”
Second Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “Ang Ambahan ni Ambo”
Third Prize: Reynaldo A. Duque, “Salidum-Ay”

Tula

First Prize: Franklin Cimatu, “Desparacido/Desaparadico”
Second Prize: JJ Alvarez Dela Rosa, “Hari ang Ari” : Roberto Ofanda Umil, “Mga Tula sa Pagpapalit ng Tadhana”
Third Prize: No Winner
Honorable Mention: Michael M. Coroza, “Putol”

Sanaysay

First Prize: Glecy C. Atienza, “Ang Pagdadalaga ng mga Batang Taludtod”
Second Prize: Roland Tolentino, “Ang Mito ng Pagkalalaki ni Richard Gomez”
Third Prize: Omer Oscar Almenario, “Talaarawan ng Isang Galang Peryodista”

Dulang May Isang Yugto

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Ramon C. Jocson, “Sa Pusod ng Yungib”
Third Prize: Reuel Molina Aguila, “Open 25-hours a Day”
Honorable Mention: Rodolfo R. Lana Jr., “Eksodo” : Jose Bernard Capino, “Hindi Tungkol sa Mga Bayani”

Dulang Ganap ang Haba

First Prize: Wilfred S. Victoria, “Baclaran”
Second Prize: Manuel R. Buising, “Kung Paano Balatan ang Talop na Bunga”
Third Prize: Carlos Dela Paz Jr., “Poon”

Dulang Pantelebisyon

First Honorable Mention: Ronald S. Marcelo, “Kapanahon” : Segundo D. Matias Jr., "Loida: Taxi Driver"
Second Honorable Mention: Diosdado Anzures Jr., “Ang Halamanan sa Paso” : Melchor Salandanan Ventura, “Isang Bukas Para Kay Junjun”
Third Honorable Mention: Rolando S. Salvana, “Jayvee's Brother”

References

Sources

References

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

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