2006 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2006 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
English division
Short story
- First Prize: Mahogany Water by Socorro Villanueva
- Second Prize: Sink or Swim by Myrza Sison
- Third Prize: Trips by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela
Futuristic fiction
- First Prize: No winner
- Second Prize: Suman by Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui
- Third Prize: A Monumental Race by Arturo Ilano
Short story for children
- First Prize: Cut by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela
- Second Prize: Big Brother by Grace Dacanay Chong
- Third Prize: How Rosang Taba Won a Race by Dean Francis Alfar
Poetry
- First Prize: The Highest Hiding Place by Lawrence L. Ypil
- Second Prize: Building a House, and other Poems by Sid G. Hildawa
- Third Prize: Illuminations and Sonorities by Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.
Essay
- First Prize: Fungibility, Dead Souls and OCWs by Jose Edmundo O. Reyes
- Second Prize: Hometown Stories and Footnotes to Childhood’s End by Edgardo B. Maranan
- Third Prize: He’d Rather be Relevant by Martin V. Villanueva
One-Act Play
- First Prize: Ming Ming by Steven Prince C. Fernandez
- Second Prize: Gabrielle by Joachim Emilio B. Antonio
- Third Prize: Life After Beth by Nikki Alfar
Full-length Play
- First Prize: The Death of Memory by Glenn S. Mas
- Second Prize: Chinchina and the Five Mountains by Amelia L. Bonifacio
- Third Prize: Ask Me Again When I’m Thirty by Maria Clarissa Estuar
Filipino division
Short story
- First Prize: Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino by Eros S. Atalia
- Second Prize: Langaw by Kristian Sendon Cordero
- Third Prize: Buwan at Lupa by Edgardo B. Maranan
Futuristic fiction
- First Prize: Tala-Huli/Huling Tala: Si Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero by Michael Francis C. Andrada
- Second Prize: De-Lata by Enrique C. Villasis
- Third Prize: Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga by Vladimeir B. Gonzales
Short story for children
- First Prize: Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin by Bernadette V. Neri
- Second Prize: Taguan-Pung by Maynard G. Manasala
- Third Prize: Ang Regalo ng Taong Ibon by Allan Alberto N. Derain
Poetry
- First Prize: Sa Tanda ng Pagsisimula ng Buhay by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
- Second Prize: Salit-salitang mga Tula ng Pagsulyap, Pakikibaka at Paglingap by Maria Josephine C. Barrios
- Third Prize: Salamangka ng Santelmo by Emmanuel V. Dumlao
Essay
- First Prize: Batang Tundo by Rosario Torres-Yu
- Second Prize: Talambalay by Elyrah L. Salanga
- Third Prize: Alingawngaw ng mga Kuliglig, Kalansing ng mga Tansan by Ramon M. Bernardo
One-Act Play
- First Prize: The Palanca in My Mind by Job A. Pagsibigan
- Second Prize: Aba Ginoong Mag-asawa by Joel V. Almazan
- Third Prize: Dyip by Christian U. Tordecillas
Full-length Play
- First Prize: Gabriela by Ma. Josephine C. Barrios
- Second Prize: Teatro Porvenir by Timothy Dacanay
- Third Prize: ’Nay Isa by Liza Magtoto
Teleplay
- First Prize: Milagroso by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr
- Second Prize: Pulo by Jose Dennis C. Teodosio
- Third Prize: Negatibo by Bonifacio P. Ilagan
Screenplay
- First Prize: Kusina by Cenon O. Palomares
- Second Prize: Tribu by Jim Libiran
- Third Prize: Ang Mundo ay Iisa at Marami by Carlos A. Arejola
Iloko Short Story
- First Prize: Nabungon Iti Lawag by Bernardo D. Tabbada
- Second Prize: Tugot by Danilo B. Antalan
- Third Prize: Ni Ina Baket Gimma, Ti Aso, ken Ti Atang by Arnold P. Jose
Cebuano Short Story
- First Prize: Ang Ungo sa San Pilar by Lamberto Ceballos
- Second Prize: Dayaspora by Richel G. Dorotan
- Third Prize: Mata sa Bagyo by Eleazar T. Acampado
Hiligaynon Short Story
- First Prize: Duta para sa mga Iskolar sang Banwa by Leoncio P. Deriada
- Second Prize: Ang Kapid by Peter Solis Nery
- Third Prize: Sagal-i by Bryan Mari Argos
Kabataan Essay
Essay
- First Prize: Restructuring Idealism by Katrina G. Gomez
- Second Prize: Home by Ryan Edward L. Chua
- Third Prize: Coming Home by Hannah L. Co
Sanaysay (Filipino)
- First Prize: No winner
- Second Prize: Ang Pangako kay Asterz by Allan Jay. T. Allonar Jr.
- Third Prize: No winner
References
- "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.