1961 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in 1961 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
English Division
Short Story
- First Prize: "The Sound of Sunday" by Kerima Polotan Tuvera
- Second Prize: "The Day the Dancers Came" by Bienvenido Santos
- Third Prize: "Adios Ossimandas" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
One-Act Play
- First Prize: "Longer Than Mourning" by Jesus T. Peralta
- Second Prize: "The Celebrants" by Julian E. Dacanay Jr.
- Third Prize: "Amour Impossible" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
Filipino (Tagalog) Division
Short Story in Filipino
- First Prize: "Parusa" by Genoveva Edroza-Matute
- Second Prize: "Binhi" by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
- Third Prize: "Mabangis na Lungsod" by Efren Reyes Abueg
One-Act Play in Filipino
- First Prize: "Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol" by Amado V. Hernandez
- Second Prize: "Ikalawang Mukha ng Paninindigan" by Fernando L. Samonte
- Third Prize: "Mga Kaawa-awa" by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
More winners by year
References
- "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1961". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
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