1976 Palanca Awards
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The 26th 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, Full-Length Play/Dulang Ganap ang Haba, for both the English and Filipino Divisions.[1]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 1976 winners were divided into eight categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, one-act play, and full-length play:
Short Story
- First Prize: Paul Stephen Lim, “Taking Flight”
- Second Prize: Leoncio P. Deriada, “Trilogy”
- Third Prize: Jose Nadal Carreon, “The Chieftain's Trophy, Abunnawas”
Poetry
- First Prize: Gémino H. Abad, “The Space Between”
- Second Prize: Ricardo M. De Ungria, “Poyms Tch Tch Passwords”
- Third Prize: Alejandrino G. Hufana, “Three Obligations”
One-Act Play
- Special Mention:
- Esteban Javellana, “Age of Heroes”
- Roel T. Argonza, “El Supremo”
- Marina N. Cruz, “The Red Bikini”
- Domingo Nolasco, “This Land is Mine”
- Felix A. Clemente, “What Might Have Been”
Full-Length Play
- First Prize: Nick Joaquin, “The Beatas”
- Second Prize: No Winner
- Third Prize: No Winner
- Special Prize: Manuel M. Martell, “Like the Days of a Hireling”
- Elsa M. Coscolluela, "The Primordial Quotient"