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1994 Palanca Awards
The 44th 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. This year saw the inclusion of a new category, Dulang Pampelikula creenplay for the Filipino Division.http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/history LIST OF WINNERS The 1994 winners were divided into fourteen categories, open only to English and Filipino agalogshort story, short story for children, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play, plus the Dulang Pantelebisyon and Dulang Pampelikula, open only for the Filipino Division: English Division Short Story * First Prize: Katrina Tuvera, "The Flight" * Second Prize: Ma. Romina Gonzales, "Sanded Soles" * Third Prize: Jessica Zafra, "Black" Short Story for Children * First Prize: Muriel Macaraig, "What is Serendipity?" * Second Prize: Ma. Carla Pacis, "The Dream Weavers" * Third Prize: Marilen Cawad, "Veronica" Poet ... [...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] |
1993 Palanca Awards
The 43rd 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.http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/history LIST OF WINNERS The 1993 winners were divided into fifteen categories, open only to English and Filipino agalognovel, 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 Novel * Grand Prize: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., ''Killing Time in a Warm Place'' : Antonio R. Enriquez, ''Subanons'' Short Story * First Prize: Jaime An Lim, “The Axolatl Colony” * Second Prize: Myra L. Go, “Molde Perdido” * Third Prize: Mig Alvarez Enriquez, “Blood on the Moon” Short Story for Children * First Prize: Leoncio P. Deriada, “The Man Who Hated Birds” * Second Prize: Jaime An Lim, “The Boy and the Tree of Time” : M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Palanca Awards
The 45th 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. The Palanca Hall of Fame was also established in 1995 and is presented to a Palanca awardee who has achieved the distinction of winning five first prizes in the regular categories. It awarded the distinction to seven writers who have already reached the milestone, including Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., Rolando S. Tinio, Rene O. Villanueva, Gregorio C. Brillantes, Cirilo F. Bautista, and Jesus T. Peralta. Peralta clinched his fifth first prize way back in 1978 for “Exit No Exit” under the Full-Length Play category. Bautista clinched his fifth first prize way back in 1979 for “Crossroads” under the Poetry category. Brillantes clinched his fifth first prize way back in 1984 for “Climate of Disaster, Season of Disgrace” under the Essay category. Villanueva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Francis Alfar
Dean Francis Alfar (born 2 January 1969), is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and the Exotic Gothic series. He is the author of the novel ''Salamanca'' (Ateneo Press, 2006), as well as three collections of short fiction - ''The Kite of Stars and other stories'' (Anvil Publishing, 2007), ''How to Traverse Terra Incognita'' (Visprint, 2014), and ''A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila'' (Anvil Publishing, 2015). His literary awards include ten Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) — including the Grand Prize for Novel — as well as the Manila Critics' Circle National Book Awards for the graphic novels Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion, and the Philippines Free Press Literary Award. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |