1985 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1985 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).

English division

First Prize: “A Nobel Prize for Jorge Luis Borges” by Eli Ang Barroso; and “The Hand of God” by Conrado De Quiros
Second Prize:
Third Prize: “Men of the East” by Charlson Ong

First Prize: “Dream of Knives” by Alfred A. Yuson; and “Miscellanea 1984-1985” by Alfredo N. Salanga
Second Prize: “Ara Vos Prec” by Eric Gamalinda; “Confabulations” by Felix Fojas; and “Finders of the Image” by Mariano Kilates
Third Prize: “In the South Country” by Juaniyo Arcellana; “The Gift Supreme” by Merlie Alunan; and “Voyage in Dry Season” by Jose Victor Peñaranda

First Prize: “Micro Sense, Macro Madness” by Conrado De Quiros
Second Prize: “In Memory of Rizal, In Remembrance of Madrid” by Gregorio Brillantes
Third Prize: “A Filipino Poet's Tokyo” by Alfred A. Yuson; and “Reportage on the State of Class War and Philippine Poetry” by Edel Garcellano

One-Act Play

First Prize: “El Sentido del Indio” by Jorge Hernandez^{[disambiguation needed]}
Second Prize: “First Fruits” by Elsa M. Coscolluela
Third Prize: “Blessed are the Poor” by Herminia Sison

Full-length Play

First Prize: No winner
Second Prize: No winner
Third Prize: “The Maragondon Conspiracy” by Felix A. Clemente; and “Passion Play” by Florencio Quintos

Short story

Poetry

Essay

One-Act Play

First Prize: No winner
Second Prize: No winner
Third Prize: No winner
Special Mention: “Experimento” by Vergel A. Ramos; “Pulanlupa” by Bonifacio Ilagan; and “Sa Ngalan ng Ama” by Roberto Jose De Guzman

Full-length Play

First Prize: “Sandatahan” by Jose C. Papa
Second Prize: “Pansamantalang Dilim” by Bienvenido Noriega Jr.
Third Prize: “Martir” by Roberto Jose De Guzman; and “Stateside” by Corazon Urquico

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