1984 Palanca Awards

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34th Palanca Awards
 1983 ·
· 1985 

The 34th 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 category of Novel/Nobela, for both the English and Filipino Divisions, being open for competition only every two years.[1]

LIST OF WINNERS

The 1984 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

Short Story

  • First Prize: Susan S. Lara, "The Reprieve"
  • Second Prize: Sylvia Mendrez Ventura, "The Tangerine Gumamela"
  • Third Prize: Gregorio Brillantes, "Stranger in an Asian City"
Lemuel Torrevillas, "The Little Wars of Filemon Sayre"

Poetry

  • First Prize: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, "Configuring the Gods and Other Poems"
Edgardo B. Maranan, "Voyage: Poem"
Felix Fojas, "Port of Entry"
Fidelito Cortes, "Waiting for Lobregat"
Susan Pe, "Moving with the Wind"
Bing Caballero, "Songs in Three Continents"

Essay

  • First Prize: Gregorio C. Brillantes, "Climate of Disaster, Season of Disgrace"
  • Second Prize: Ricaredo Demetillo, "The Socio-political Implication in the Fiction of F. Sionil Jose"
  • Third Prize: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., "Tales of the Subdivided"

One-Act Play

  • First Prize: Rolando S. Tinio, "Claudia and Her Mother"
  • Second Prize: Alexander Lee, "Lunch"
  • Third Prize: Renato L. Zamora, "A Showcase of Basic Sentiments"

Full-Length Play

  • First Prize: No Winner
  • Second Prize: No Winner
  • Third Prize: Herminia Sison, "The Squirrels"
  • Honorable Mention: Floy Quintos, "Gironiere"


Filipino Division

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