1996 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1996 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).__NOTOC__

English division

Novel
Grand Prize: "“Recuerdo”" by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

Short story
First Prize: "“The Late Comer”" by Carlos Ojeda Aureus
Second Prize: "“Memory of Walking”" by Antonio Jocson
Third Prize: "“The Fairy Prinsoid”" by Carmelo Juino, S.J.

Short story for children
First Prize: "“Pure Magic”" by Lakambini A. Sitoy
Second Prize: "“The Gem”" by Lina B. Diaz de Rivera
Third Prize: "“The Daughter of the Wind”" by Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta

Poetry
First Prize: "“Twenty-fifth Fly”" by Ramil Digal Gulle
Second Prize: "“Something Like Remembrance”" by Ruel S. De Vera
Third Prize: "“Second Skin”" by Conchitina Cruz

Essay
First Prize: "“Translations in the Wilderness: The Politics and Aesthetics of Subduing Colonial Spaces”" by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria
Second Prize: "“Short Circuit: Expariate Themes in Philippine Poetry in English”" by Jose Wendell Capili
Third Prize: "“The Irish Bard”" by Joselito Zulueta

One-Act Play
First Prize: No winner
Second Prize: No winner
Third Prize: "“The Feline Curse”" by Glenn Sevilla Mas

Full-length Play
No winners

Filipino division

Novel
Grand Prize: "“Malaybay”" by Edmund Coronel

Short story
First Prize: "“Pag-uugat, Pagpapakpak”" by Levy Balgos Dela Cruz
Second Prize: "“Kasal”" by Eli Rueda Guieb III
Third Prize: "“Miss Jones”" by Jimmuel C. Naval

Short story for children
First Prize: "“Ang Tsinelas ni Inoy”" by Renato Vibiesca
Second Prize: "“Tuldok”" by Ma. Corazon Paulina Remegio
Third Prize: "“Ang Mahiyaing Manok”" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Poetry
First Prize: "“Lupain ng Kapangyarihan”" by Roberto T. Añonuevo
Second Prize: "“Bago ang Babae”" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
Third Prize: "“Bago Mo Ako Ipalaot”" by Luna Sicat-Cleto

Essay
First Prize: "“Tadhana at Talinhaga”" by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
Second Prize: "“Nang Binihag ng Titik ang Bibig”" by Ma. Stella Valdez
Third Prize: "“Pagsusuri at Pagkabighani sa mga Nobela ng Pag-ibig”" by Josephine Barrios

One-Act Play
First Prize: "“Huling Panauhin”" by Jose Victor Z. Torres
Second Prize: "“Ang Mahabang Patlang ay Isang Malaking Katanungan”" by Jose Jay B. Cruz
Third Prize: "“Lipad, Narda, Lipad”" by Mervin C. Salazar

Full-length Play
First Prize: No winner
Second Prize: "“Balanggiga”" by Rodolfo C. Vera
Third Prize: "“Los Indios Bravos”" by Jose Bernard Capino

Teleplay
First Prize: "“Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil”" by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.
Second Prize: "“Closing Time”" by Rolando F. Santos
Third Prize: "“Sa Bingit ng Bagong Buhay”" by Ma. Clarissa Estuar

Screenplay
First Prize: "Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw" by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.
Second Prize: No winner
Third Prize: No winner