The 1966 winners, the fourteenth recipients of the awards, were divided into six categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, and one-act play:
- First Prize: Lilia Pablo Amansec, "Loverboy"
- Second Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, "A Various Season"
- Third Prize: Fr. Rodolfo Villanueva, "A Gift of Tongues"
- First Prize: Emmanuel Torres, "Angels and Fugitives"
- Second Prize: Valdemar Olaguer, "A Collection of Poems"
- Third Prize: Manuel Viray, "After this Exile"
- First Prize: Wilfredo Pa. Virtusio, "Bilanggo"
- Second Prize: Pedro S. Dandan, "Ang Anino ng Kanyang Ama"
- Third Prize: Jeremias Victor Lacanieta, "Ang Dalaw"
- First Prize: Cresenciano C. Marquez Jr., "Ebolusyon"
- Second Prize: Vict. Dela Cruz, "Logos"
- Third Prize: Rogelio Mangahas, "Tinig Mula sa Kung Saan"
- First Prize: Bernardo Del Rosario Jr., "Itim ang Kulay ng Paruparo"
- Second Prize: Rogelio Sicat, "Mga Kaluluwang Naghahanap"
- Third Prize: Benjamin P. Pascual, "Anino ng Kahapon"