1992 Palanca Awards
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The 42nd 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 1992 winners were divided into thirteen categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, short story for children, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play, plus the Dulang Pantelebisyon, open only for the Filipino Division:
Short Story
- First Prize: Charlson Ong, “The Trouble in Beijing”
- Second Prize: Vicente Garcia Groyon, “On Cursed Ground”
- Third Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “Cogon”
Short Story for Children
- First Prize: Amado Lacuesta Jr., ”Lost”
- Second Prize: Marivi Soliven, “Chun”
- Third Prize: Rene O. Villanueva, “The Zimbragatzes of the Planet Zing”
Poetry
- First prize: Merlie Alunan, “Dream of the Blue Gypsy”
- Second prize: Ma. Fatima V. Lim, “Crossing the Snow Bridge”
- Third prize: Fidelito Cortes, “Santa Claus and Venus at the Mall”
Essay
- First Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “Island and Hinterland”
- Second Prize: Claudio Leones, “The Press: Nobody's Perfect”
- Third Prize: Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, “An Old Fashioned Woman”
One-Act Play
- First Prize: No Winner
- Second Prize: No Winner
- Third Prize: Crispin Ramos Jr., “Blind Alleys”
- Honorable Mention: Rene O. Villanueva, “She Devil”
Full-Length Play
- First Prize: No Winner
- Second Prize: No Winner
- Third Prize: No Winner
- Honorable Mention: Rainerio George Ramos, “The Jagged Edge of Being”