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1972 Palanca Awards
The 22nd 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 1972 winners 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: N.V.M. Gonzales, "The Tomato Game" * Second Prize: Gregorio Brillantes, "The Apollo Centennial" * Third Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "After This, Our Exile" Poetry * First Prize: Virginia R. Moreno, Virginia Moreno, "Batik Maker and Other Poems" * Second Prize: Artemio Tadena, "The Edge of the Wind" * Third Prize: Federico Licsi Espino Jr., "Tinikling: A Sheaf of Poems" One-Act Play * First Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, "Grave for Blue Flowers" * Second Prize: Manuel M. Martell, "The Undiscovered Country" * Third Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "The Renegade" : Julian E. Dacanay Jr., "Now is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palanca Awards
The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines", it is the country's highest literary honor in terms of prestige. Winning works are entered in the competition either as previously published pieces or in manuscript form. The Palanca Awards, organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, is one of the Philippines' longest-running awards programs. It was named after Carlos Palanca Sr. History Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of Palanca Award-winning plays, and production funds were committed in 1975. In 2009, it added a category for poetry for children, in both Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 60th awards year, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |