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.