- 2008 Palanca Awards
The
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year2008 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry (italicized, in parentheses)). The awarding ceremonies were held onSeptember 1 ,2008 .__NOTOC__Filipino Division
Dulang Pampelikula
1st – Emmanuel A. Dela Cruz / Michiko Yamamoto ("1434456 – “The Singalong Singhs”")
2nd – Dennis Marasigan ("Joy")
3rd – Alfred Aloysius Adlawan ("Padyak")
Dulang Ganap Ang Haba
1st – No winner
2nd – No winner
3rd – No winner
Dulaang May Isang Yugto
1st – Floy C. Quintos ("Ang Kalungkutan ng mga Reyna")
2nd – Debbie Ann Tan ("Teroristang Labandera")
3rd – Allan B. Lopez ("Masaganang Ekonomiya")
Sanaysay
1st – Jing Panganiban-Mendoza ("Ang Pagbabalik ng Prinsesa ng Banyera")
2nd – Michael M. Coroza ("Ang Mabuhay Singers at Ako sa Pag-awit at Pag-ibig")
3rd – Eugene Y. Evasco ("Agaw-buhay")
Kabataan Sanaysay
1st – No Winner
2nd – No Winner
3rd – Allen D. Yuarata ("Nang Dumating si Joe")
Tula
1st – Mikael de Lara Co ("Ang Iba’t-ibang Ngalan ng Hangin")
2nd – Renato L. Santos ("Sari-saring Salaghati... (At good-bye-my-kangkungan)")
3rd – Niles Jordan Breis ("“Rubrica” mga lakbay nilay at pagbubunyag")
Maikling Kuwentong Pambata
1st – No winner
2nd – April Jade B. Imson ("Si Karding at ang Buwaya")
3rd – Allan Alberto N. Derain ("May Tatlong Kurimaw")
Maikling Kuwento
1st – Maria Lucille Roxas ("Game Show")
2nd – Lemuel E. Garcellano ("Anghel Kalahig")
3rd – Rommel B. Rodriguez ("Kabagyan")
Nobela
Grand prize winner – Norman Wilwayco ("Gerilya")
Regional Division
Maikling Kuwento - Cebuano
1st – Macario D. Tiu ("Tsuru")
2nd – Edgar S. Godin ("Bingo")
3rd – Lilia Tio ("Sapatos")
Maikling Kuwento - Hiligaynon
1st – Leoncio P. Deriada ("And Pagbalik sang Babaylan")
2nd – Alice Tan Gonzales ("Dawata, Anak")
3rd – Marcel Milliam ("Bitay")
Maikling Kuwento - Iluko
1st – Danilo Antalan ("Dangilen")
2nd – Ariel Tabag ("Littugaw")
3rd – Aurelio Agcaoili ("Alegoria Uno")
English Division
Full-Length Play
1st – Peter Solis Nery ("The Passion of Jovita Fuentes")
2nd – No winner
3rd – No winner
One-Act Play
1st – Maria Clarissa N. Estuar ("Anybody’s Revolution")
2nd – Percival Intalan ("Secret Identities")
3rd – Joachim Emilio B. Antonio ("Newspaper Dance")
Poetry
1st – Francis C. Macansantos ("Morphic Variations")
2nd – Anna Maria Katigbak ("Sl(e)ights")
3rd – Marie La Viña ("The Gospel According to the Blind Man")
Short Story
1st – Ian Fermin Rosales Casocot ("Things You Don’t Know")
2nd – Tara F.T. Sering ("Good People")
3rd – Nadine L. Sarreal ("Night Sounds")
Short Story For Children
1st – Celestine Marie G. Trinidad ("The Storyteller and the Giant")
2nd – No winner
3rd – Kathleen Aton-Osias ("The Mapangarap and the Dream Trees")
Essay
1st – Jose Claudio B. Guerrero ("Talking to a Fu Dog on a Wedding Afternoon")
2nd – Katrina Stuart Santiago ("Mirrors")
3rd – Jhoanna Lynn Cruz ("Sapay Coma")
Kabataan Essay
1st – Miro Frances Dimaano Capili ("Rated X")
2nd – Cristina Gratia F. Tantengco ("Things that Lie Beyond the Postcards")
3rd – Elfermin Manalansan Mallari, Jr. ("The Roads and Dreams that Meander")
Novel
Grand prize winner – Miguel Syjuco ("Ilustrado")
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