1980 Palanca Awards
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The 30th 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, Novel/Nobela, for both the English and Filipino Divisions.[1]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 1980 winners were divided into twelve categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] novel, short story, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play:
Novel
- Special Prize: Remmie Suaco Brillo, Silapulapu and The Zebut Brothers
Short Story
- First Prize: Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, "The Fruit of the Vine"
- Second Prize: Rosario Garcellano, "Flashback"
- Third Prize: Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, "The Outsider"
Poetry
- First Prize: Alfredo N. Salanga, "Voices Prompted by the News, A Staple Food"
- Second Prize: Gemino H. Abad, "Counterclockwise"
- Ricardo M. De Ungria, "R+A+D+I+O"
- Third Prize: Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, "The Running Shadow and the Street Tree"
- Alfred A. Yuson, "Travelogue"
Essay
- First Prize: Marra Pl. Lanot, "Deja Vu In America or One of the Songs"
- Second Prize: Patricia Melendrez-Cruz, "Liberal Individualism and the Commonwealth Novels"
- Third Prize: Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, "Turning Back and Moving Back"
One-Act Play
- First Prize: Eric Gamalinda, "Anatomy of a Passionate Derangement"
- Second Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "Captive Word"
- Third Prize: Alfredo N. Salanga, "The Surrender"
Full-Length Play
- First Prize: No Winner
- Second Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "In My Father's House"
- Third Prize: Herminia Sison, "Fiesta"
- Honorable Mention: Lemuel Torrevillas, "Looking for Edison, or What's the Name of the Guy Who Invented Something"