List of Filipino women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in the Philippines or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968), Cebuano dramatist
- Mila D. Aguilar (born 1949), poet, essayist, educator
- Erlinda K. Alburo (active since 1970s), poet, Cebuano scholar
- Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), short story writer, playwright, journalist
- Cora Almerino (active since 1990s), poet
- Mia Alvar (active since 1999), short story writer
- Ivy Alvarez (active since 2000), poet, editor, reviewer
- Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001), historian, educator, suffragist
- Liwayway Arceo (1920–1999), novelist, journalist, radio scriptwriter
B
- Felisa Batacan (active since the 1990s), journalist, novelist, short story writer
- Lualhati Bautista (born 1945), novelist
- Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), playwright, short story writer, novelist
- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
C
- Linda Ty Casper (born 1931), novelist, short story writer
- Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (active since 1980s), Spanish-language writer, educator
- Martha Cecilia (born 1953), romance novelist
- Arlene J. Chai (born 1955), Filipino-Chinese-Australian novelist
- Josefina Constantino (born 1920), essayist, critic, poet, nun
- Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1930–2020), publisher, short story writer, non-fiction writer
- Sheila Coronel (active since 2003), journalist, educator
- Conchitina Cruz (active since 1998), poet, educator
D
- Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (1932–2010), poet, editor, playwright, educator
E
- Lina Espina-Moore (1919–2000), Cebuano short story writer, novelist
- Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014), folklorist, educator
- Marjorie Evasco (born 1953), poet, feminist
F
- Lina Flor (1914–1976), radio scriptwriter, columnist, biographer
- Leona Florentino (1849–1884), poet writing in Spanish and Ilocano
G
- Candy Gourlay (born 1962), journalist, children's writer
- Evelyn May Guinid (born 1971), romance novelist
H
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist
- Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer
- Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist
- Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor
I
- Luisa Aguilar Igloria (born 1961), Filipino-American poet
J
- Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978), autobiographer, poet, novelist, short story writer
- Armie Jarin-Bennett (active since 1980s), journalist, television presenter, executive CNN director
- Rina Jimenez-David (born 1955), journalist, columnist
K
- Karen Kunawicz (active since 1990s), poet, journalist, columnist, broadcaster
M
- Melba Padilla Maggay (born 1950), social anthropologist, journalist, non-fiction writer
- Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995), poet
- Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983), short story writer
- Genoveva Matute (1915–2009), short story writer
- Armine Rhea Mendoza (active since the 1990s), romance novelist
- Hilda Montaire (1922–2004), short story writer, novelist
- Virginia R. Moreno (1923–2021), poet, playwright, film director
O
- Maria Odulio de Guzman (active since 1960s), lexicographer
- Gilda Olvidado (born 1957), novelist, scriptwriter
P
- Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008), short story writer
- Elena Patron (1933–2021), Tagalog columnist, comics writer, novelist
- Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011), short story writer, novelist, essayist
R
- Soledad Reyes (born 1946), novelist, essayist
- Sophia Romero (active since 1998), novelist
- Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946), novelist, non-fiction writer
S
- Michelle Cruz Skinner (born 1965), short story writer, educator
- Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (active since 1992), romance novelist
- Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), politician, non-fiction writer
- Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007), essayist, columnist, diplomat
- Shirley Siaton (active since the 1990s), playwright, journalist, poet
- Lakambini Sitoy (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, journalist, educator
T
- Eileen Tabios (born 1960), poet, novelist, publisher
- Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (active since 1980s), scriptwriter for television, film
- Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994), linguist, poet
- Edith Tiempo (1919–2011), poet, novelist, short story writer
- Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born 1951), poet, novelist, essayistr
U
- Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012), novelist, short story writer, playwright
Z
- Jessica Zafra (born 1965), essayist, columnist