2008 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2008 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry (italicized, in parentheses)). The awarding ceremonies were held on September 1, 2008.

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]http://allenyuarata.blogspot.com (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)