The Nation

Palanca winners honored

September 27, 2006

THE Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature honored last Sept. 1 this year’s winners of the country’s premier literary awards for its 56^th edition.

Majority of the winners are university students, two winners are affiliated with the two leading networks, and one winner each from a local radio station and a national magazine.

More than half of the awardees are first-time winners.

The awarding ceremonies had National Artist for Literature Dr. Edith Lopez Tiempo as guest speaker.

Tiempo holds key positions that are geared towards the development of Philippine literature. She is the executive consultant and head of the National Academic Review Board, CAP College - Dumaguete Office; English professor in Silliman University; and director of the National Summer Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City.

She herself has won several Palanca awards: Tracts of Babylon and Other Poems, first prize, poetry in English, 1967; “The Black Monkey,” third prize, 1951; “The Dam,” second prize, 1955; and “Un Bel Di,” first prize in 1969, all in the short story in English category.

Her novel, His Native Coast, won the grand prize in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Literary Contest in 1979, while her short stories “Chamber of the Sea,” 1955, and “The Dimensions of Fear,” 1959, both won first prizes in the Philippine Free Press Literary contest.

Established in 1950 to honor Don Carlos Palanca Sr., the awards aims to serve as an incentive for Filipino writers to craft their outstanding literary works; to serve as a repository of Filipino literary masterpieces, and dissemination to the public especially students.

This year’s Palanca awardees are: Dulang Pampelikula 1^st Place – Cenon O. Palomares (Kusina), 2^nd Place – Jim Diamond M. Libiran (Tribu), 3^rd Place – Carlos A. Arejola (Ang Mundo ay Iisa at Marami);

Dulang Pantelebisyon 1^st Place – Rodolfo R. Lana Jr. (Milagroso), 2^nd Place – Jose Dennis C. Teodosio (Pulo), 3^rd Place – Bonifacio P. Ilagan (Negatibo);

Dulang Ganap ang Haba 1^st Place – Ma. Josephine C. Barrios (Gabriela), 2^nd Place – Timothy Dacanay (Teatro Porvenir), 3^rd Place – Liza Magtoto (’Nay Isa);

Dulang May Isang Yugto 1^st Place – Job A. Pagsibigan (The Palanca in My Mind), 2^nd Place – Joel V. Almazan (Aba Ginoong Mag-asawa), 3^rd Place – Christian U. Tordecillas (Dyip);

Sanaysay 1^st Place – Rosario Torres - Yu (Batang Tundo), 2^nd Place – Elyrah L. Salanga (Talambalay), 3^rd Place – Ramon M. Bernardo (Alingawngaw ng mga Kuliglig, Kalansing ng mga Tansan);

Kabataan Sanaysay 1^st Place – Wilminia J. Balon (Package), 2^nd Place – Allan Jay. T. Allonar Jr. (Ang Pangako kay Asterz), 3^rd Place – No Winner;

Tula 1^st Place – Rebecca T. Añonuevo (Sa Tanda ng Pagsisimula ng Buhay), 2^nd Place – Maria Josephine C. Barrios (Salit-salitang mga Tula ng Pagsulyap, Pakikibaka at Paglingap), 3^rd Place – Emmanuel V. Dumlao (Salamangka ng Santelmo);

Futuristic Fiction – Filipino 1^st Place – Michael Francis C. Andrada (Tala-Huli / Huling Tala: Si Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero), 2^nd Place – Enrique C. Villasis (De-Lata), 3^rd Place – Vladimeir B. Gonzales (Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga);

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata 1^st Place – Bernadette V. Neri (Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin), 2^nd Place – Maynard G. Manasala (Taguan-Pung), 3^rd Place – Allan Alberto N. Derain (Ang Regalo ng Taong Ibon);

Maikling Kuwento 1^st Place – Eros S. Atalia (Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino), 2^nd Place – Kristian Sendon-Cordero (Langaw), 3^rd Place – Edgar B. Maranan (Buwan at Lupa);

Maikling Kuwento – Cebuano 1^st Place - Lamberto Ceballos (Ang Ungo sa San Pilar), 2^nd Place – Richel G. Dorotan (Dayaspora), 3^rd Place – Eleazar T. Acampado (Mata sa Bagyo);

Maikling Kuwento – Hiligaynon 1^st Place – Leoncio P. Deriada (Duta para sa mga Iskolar sang Banwa), 2^nd Place – Peter S. Nery (Ang Kapid), 3^rd Place – Bryan Mari Argos (Sagal-i); Maikling Kuwento – Iluko 1^st Place – Bernardo D. Tabbada (Nabungon Iti Lawag), 2^nd Place – Danilo B. Antalan (Tugot), 3^rd Place – Arnold P. Jose (Ni Ina Baket Gimma, Ti Aso, ken Ti Atang).

English Division: Full-Length Play 1^st Place – Glenn S. Mas (The Death of Memory), 2^nd Place – Amelia L. Bonifacio (Chinchina and the Five Mountains), 3^rd Place – Maria Clarissa Estuar (Ask Me Again When I’m Thirty);

One-Act Play 1^st Place – Steven Prince C. Fernandez (Ming Ming), 2^nd Place – Joachim Emilio B. Antonio (Gabrielle), 3^rd Place – Nikki Alfar (Life After Beth);

Poetry 1^st Place – Lawrence L. Ypil (The Highest Hiding Place), 2^nd Place – Sid G. Hildawa (Building a House, and other Poems), 3^rd Place – Raymundo T. Pandan Jr. (Illuminations and Sonorities);

Futuristic Fiction 1^st Place – No Winner, 2^nd Place – Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui (Suman), 3^rd Place – Arturo Ilano (A Monumental Race);

Short Story 1^st Place – Socorro Villanueva (Mahogany Water), 2^nd Place – Myrza Sison (Sink or Swim), 3^rd Place – Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela (Trips);

Short Story for Children 1^st Place – Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela (Cut), 2^nd Place – Grace D. Chong (Big Brother), 3^rd Place – Dean Francis Alfar (How Rosang Taba Won a Race);

Essay 1^st Place – Jose Edmundo O. Reyes (Fungibility, Dead Souls and OCWs), 2^nd Place – Edgar B. Maranan (Hometown Stories and Footnotes to Childhood’s End), 3^rd Place – Martin V. Villanueva (He’d Rather be Relevant);

Kabataan Essay 1^st Place – Katrina G. Gomez (Restructuring Idealism), 2^nd Place – Ryan Edward L. Chua (Home), 3^rd Place – Hannah L. Co (Coming Home).

Big names in Philippine literature adjudge this year’s Palanca awardees

September 27, 2006

This year’s recipients of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature were adjudged by the country’s leading literary personalities, the award sponsor Carlos Palanca Foundation announced recently.

All the judges hold key positions in institutions that promote the development of Philippine arts and literature.

Majority of the judges are members of the academe, national media organizations, publishing houses, and the performing arts, namely movie, television, and theater.

The panel of judges includes: Filipino Division: DULANG PAMPELIKULA Joel Lamangan, Mel Chionglo, Annette Gozon;

DULANG PANTELEBISYON Loida F. Viriña, Roy C. Iglesias, Rio Locsin;

DULANG GANAP ANG HABA Chris B. Millado, Arthur P. Casanova, Lito Casaje;

DULANG MAY ISANG YUGTO Manuel R. Buising, Sol Juvida, Anita M. Navarro;

SANAYSAY Lilia F. Antonio, Violeta A. Laraya, Arlene May Macapanpan;

KABATAAN SANAYSAY Pamela Constantino, Vina P. Paz, Vivencio M. Talegon Jr.;

TULA Rogelio G. Mangahas, Nicolas B. Pichay, Luna Sicat-Cleto;

FUTURISTIC FICTION Eugene Y. Evasco, Galileo S. Zafra, Ronan Capinding;

MAIKLING KUWENTONG PAMBATA Luis P. Gatmaitan, Ani Rosa Almario, Heidi Emily E. Abad;

MAIKLING KUWENTO Herminio Beltran, Jr., Glady E. Gimena, Marco A.V. Lopez;

MAIKLING KUWENTO-CEBUANO Belen Calingacion, Jaime An Lim, Edgar S. Godin;

MAIKLING KUWENTO-HILIGAYNON Isabel D. Sebullen, Ruby G. Alcantara, Nerio E. Jedeliz Jr.;

MAIKLING KUWENTO-ILUKO Reynaldo A. Duque, Noemi U. Rosal, Ma. Leonida Fres-Felix;

English Division: FULL-LENGTH PLAY Behn Cervantes, Irma Adlawan-Marasigan, Ricky Davao;

ONE-ACT PLAY Floy Quintos, Pinky Amador, Joel Torre;

POETRY Ophelia A. Dimalanta, Ricardo de Ungria, Danton Remoto;

FUTURISTIC FICTION Ma. Milagros C. Laurel, Jose Neil Garcia, Khavn Dela Cruz;

SHORT STORY Gregorio C. Brillantes, Emily A. Abrera, Benjamin Bautista;

SHORT STORY FOR CHILDREN Ma. Elena P. Locsin, Ma. Teresa H. Madamba, Edizon A. Fermin;

ESSAY Bienvenido Lumbera, Conrado de Quiros, Lito Zulueta;

KABATAAN ESSAY Ma. Corazon R. Reyes, Helen Lopez, Jasmin E. Acuña.