1978 Palanca Awards
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The 28th 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.[1]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 1978 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: F. Sionil Jose, “Waywaya”
- Second Prize: Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, “Sunday Morning”
- Third Prize: Luis Teodoro Jr., “Borrowed Time”
Poetry
- First Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “15 Poems”
- Alfred A. Yuson, “Icon Corner”
- Second Prize: Luis Francia, “Point of View”
- Jolica Cuadra, “The Dugging Years”
- Third Prize: Ricardo Trinidad, “Rule Acrobat from Planet F”
- Jose Carreon, “The Kayumanggi Cycle”
One-Act Play
- First Prize: Bobby Flores Villasis, “Vigil”
- Second Prize: Herminia Sison, “Idiot Boy”
- Third Prize: No Winner
- Honorable Mention: Paul Stephen Lim, “Hatchet Club”
- Elsa M. Coscolluela, “Sundered Selves”
Full-Length Play
- First Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, “Exit No Exit”
- Second Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, “Katalona”
- Third Prize: Mig Alvarez Enriquez, “A Tale of Two Houses”