2004 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2004 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry): __NOTOC__ English division ;Futuristic Fiction *First prize: Irene Carolina Sarmiento, "They Don't Bite" *Second prize: Catherine Rose Torres, "Niche" *Third prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Hollow Girl: A Romance" ;Short story *First prize: Asterio Enrico Gutierrez, "Blind" *Second prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad" *Third prize: Paul de Guzman, "The Index of Forbidden Books." ;Short story for children *First prize: Victoria Estrella Bravo, "The Cat Painter" *Second prize: Maria Celeste Flores, "Touch Ball" *Third prize: C. Horatius Mosquera, "The Boy Who Had Three Brains" ;Essay *First prize: Wilfredo Pascual Jr., "Devotion" *Second prize: Erwin Romulo, "Confessions of a Space Boy" *Third prize: Jose Maria Alarilla, "Surviving the Zeroes" ;Poetry *First prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties" *Second prize: Joel Toledo, "Literature and Other Poem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards For Literature
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 Filipino language, Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 6 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Allan Lopez
Allan B. Lopez is a writer from the Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, with a BA in Speech Communication. A fellow for drama in the 38th and the 45th UP National Writers Workshop, Lopez has won a number of awards for his dramatic work, and his plays have been staged in various venues and laboratory festivals (Cultural Center of the Philippines, UP, DLSU, CSB, UST, among others). He is an active member of the playwrights group The Writersbloc, Inc. His fiction, non-fiction and poetry in both English and Filipino have been published in local newspapers and magazines like The Philippine Star, The Philippine Graphic and Liwayway Magazine. His play “Anatomiya ng Pag-Ibig” appears in the anthology Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Dula 1997-2003 edited by Rene Villanueva Rene O. Villanueva (September 22, 1954 – December 5, 2007) was a Filipino playwright and author. He is famed for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |