2000 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2000 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author):__NOTOC__

English Division

Poetry
* First Prize: "Tabon and Other Poems" by Edgar Maranan
* Second Prize: "Afterhours, Afterlives" by Ramil Digal Gulle
* Third Prize: "The Memory of Skin" by Raymund Magno Garlitos

Short Story
* First Prize: "The Woman in the Box" by Jose Dalisay, Jr.
* Second Prize: "Dance" by Isolde Anmate
* Third Prize: "Drive" by Faye Ilogon

Short Story for Children
* First Prize: "Fish for Two" by Victoria Estrella C. Bravo
* Second Prize: "The Hare Tells His Story" by Mary Agnes Dizon
* Third Prize: "The Night Monkeys" by Lakambini Sitoy

Essay
* First Prize: "Many Mansions" by Alexis Abola
* Second Prize: "The Way She Was: Memories of Lola Posta's Hundred Years" by Edgar Maraan
* Third Prize: "The Ghost of Bebop on Bignay Street" by Lourd Ernest de Vera

Full Length Play
* First Prize: No winner
* Second Prize: No winner
* Third Prize: "In the Matter of Willie Grayson" by Reme Grefalda

One-Act Play
* First Prize: No winner
* Second Prize: "The Tuesday Club" by Lady Michelle Sering
* Third Prize: "Ghosts Don't Do That or Do They?" by Elma Famador

Future Fiction
* First Prize: "Subterania" by Luis Joaquin
* Second Prize: "Secret Notes on the Dead Stars" by Lakambini Sitoy
* Third Prize: "The Field" by Adel Gabot

Filipino Division

Tula
* First Prize: "Ang Maisisilid sa Pandama" by Eugene Evasco
* Second Prize: "Ang Pasipiko sa Loob ng Aking Maleta" by Alwynn C. Javier
* Third Prize: "Batubalani at Iba pang mga Tula" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Maikling Kuwento
* First Prize: "Alyas Juan de La Cruz" by Placido Parcero, Jr.
* Second Prize: "Kung Paano Ko Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay" by Norman Wilwayco
* Third Prize: "Logos sa Lotus" by Fr. Arnel Vitor, CM

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata
* First Prize: "Hilong Talilong" by Eugene Evasco
* Second Prize: "May Mga Lihim Kami ni Ingkong" by Luis Gatmaitan
* Third Prize: "Kung Bakit Espesyal si Tatay" by Eleanor Yu

Sanaysay
* First Prize: "Ang Resureksyon" by Roberto T. Añonuevo
* Second Prize: "Talinhaga ng Gana" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
* Third Prize: "Kilometro Zero ni Isang Lagalag na Taong-bahay" by Eugene Evasco

Full-Length Play in Filipino
* First Prize: No winner
* Second Prize: "Luto, Linis Laba" by Alfred A. Yuson
* Third Prize: "Me Esep o Wala, Sa Pera'y Lahat Namangha" by Dominic D. Manrique

One-act Play in Filipino
* First Prize: "Linggo ng Palaspas" by George de Jesus III
* Second Prize: "Kabsat" by Reynaldo A. Duque
* Third Prize: "Anino" by Allan Lopez

Teleplay
* First Prize: "Selyo at Kastilyo" by Aurora Yumul
* Second Prize: "Gintong Ilawan" by Lazaro P. Torres Jr.
* Third Prize: "Ang May Bahay" by Leah C. Eriguel

Screenplay
* First Prize: "Gabi ng Tinggiirin" by Floy Quintos
* Second Prize: "Sirena" by Jose Dennis C. Teodosio
* Third Prize: "Ang Bata sa Daan-Pari" by Joel V. Almazan

"'Future Fiction
* First Prize: "Kalinangan" by Johannes Chua
* Second Prize: "Cell Phone" by George de Jesus III
* Third Prize: "Desaparecidos" by Alwin Aguirre

Iloko Short Story

* First Prize: "Tupa: Ladawan ni Pangalatok Idi Daan a Milenio" by Jaime M. Agpalo Jr.
* Second Prize: "Ay-ayam Ti Gubat" by Maria L.M. Fres-Felix
* Third Prize: "Apo Lakay" by Reynaldo A. Duque

Cebuano Short Story

* First Prize: "Saloma sa Dagat" by Arturo Penaserada
* Second Prize: "Ang Suhito" by Januar Yap
* Third Prize: "Ang Mga Langgam-langgam" by Candido O. Wenceslao

Hiligaynon Short Story

* First Prize: "Aswang" by Isabel Sebullen
* Second Prize: "Baha" by Nerio E. Jedeliz Jr.
* Third Prize: "Ang Pangayaw" by Peter Solis Nery

Kabataan Essay

English
* First Prize: "The Hero in My Blood" by Enrico Miguel Subido
* Second Prize: "The Pinoy Also Rises" by Douglas James L. Candano
* Third Prize: "Neither Rizal, nor Bonifacio" by Mark Adrian C. Ramirez

Filipino
* First Prize: "Yaya" by Aleksandre Pates
* Second Prize: "Kumander Panas: Bayaning Filipino ng Bagong Milenyo" ni Ranjith M. Mendoza
* Third Prize: "Maestra Monica: Bagong Bayaning Angat sa Iba" by Rose Ativo Jabeguero