1990 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1990 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author):
English division[]
Novel
- Grand prize winner: Azucena Grajo Uranza, "Bamboo in the Wind"
Short story
- Special prizes
Charlson Ong, "A Tropical Winter's Tale"
Vicar Rosales, "Islas"
Isagani R. Cruz, "Once Upon A Time Some Years From Now"
Victorino Manalo, "The Hunting Season"
Isagani R. Cruz, "What I Did Last Summer"
Short story for children
- First prize: Ramon Sunico, "Two Friends, One World"
- Second prize: Alfred A. Yuson, "The Boy Who Ate the Stars"
- Third prize: Jaime An Lim, "Yasmin"
Essay
- First prize: Isagani R. Cruz, "The Other Other: Towards a Post Colonial Poetics"
- Second prizes: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., "The Conscious Unconscious"
- Eric Gamalinda, "The Unbearable Lightness of EDSA"
- Third prize: No Winner
Poetry
- First prize: Ricardo De Ungria, "Body English" and "Decimal Places"
- Second prizes:
- Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., "Pinoy Septych and Other Poems"
- Jaime An Lim, "Trios"
- Fidelito Cortes, "Waitressing for the Exterminator"
- Third prizes: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, "Cartography"
- J. Neil C. Garcia, "Fish Wife and Other Poems"
- Lina Sagaral Reyes, "Istorya"
One-act play
- First prize: No Winner
- Second prize: No Winner
- Third prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Fragments of Memory"
Full-length play
- Honorable mentions:
- Bobby Flores Villasis, "Eidolon"
- Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, "Retribution"
Filipino division[]
Nobela
- Honorable mentions
- Reynaldo A. Duque, "Gagamba"
- Rosauro Dela Cruz, "Kwadresentinyal"
Maikiling Kuwento
- First prize: Danilo Consumido, "Agam-agam ng Isang Historyador"
- Second prize: Lav Indico Diaz, "Pula, Puti at Saka Blu, At Marami Pang Kolor"
- Third prize: Henry Empeno, "Sanlibo't Isang Gabi ng mga Palabas sa Pag-aantay . . ."
Maikling Kuwentong Pambata
- First prizes: Rene O. Villanueva, "Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit" at "Tungkung Langit at Alunsina"
- Second prize: Ruben D. Canlas Jr, "Ang mga Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran nina Alegria at Andante sa Bimbolimbo"
Reynaldo A. Duque, "Angalo at Aran"
- Third prizes:
- Ramon Sunico, "Mata at Mangga"
- Edgardo B. Maranan, "Si Kidlat, Si Kulog, Si Kilot"
Sanaysay
- First prize: Isagani R. Cruz, "Ang Buhay sa Salamin ng Sining: Ang Kudeta Bilang Texto"
- Second prize: Josephine Barrios, "Ang Sinderelang Hindi Sinderela"
- Third prize: Virgilio S. Almario, "Pasyon at Katwiran sa Likod ng Salamin"
Tula
- First prize: Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, "Anyaya ng Imperyalista"
- Second prize: Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., "Baryo"
- Third prize: Lilia Quindoza Santiago, "Ordinaryo at Iba pang Tula"
Dulang May Isang Yugto
- First prize: Chris Millado, "Usapang Babae"
- Second prize: Rosauro Dela Cruz, "Ang Pagliliwanag ng Isip ni Cecillo Segismundo"
- Third prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr., "Naikuwento Lang sa Akin"
Dulang Ganap ang Haba
- First prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr., "Deuterium"
- Second prize: Manuel R. Buising, "Lista sa Tubig"
- Third prize: Rene O. Villanueva, "Botong"
Dulang Pantelebisyon
- First prizes:
- Emmanuel Q. Palo, "Ang Pagbabalik ni Kiwada"
- Manuel R. Buising, "Patay-Bata"
- Second prize: Eli Rueda Guieb III, "Pilat"
- Third prizes:
- Melchor Salandanan Ventura, "Mrs. Raquel V. Matias"
- Jovenal Velasco, "Si Tomboy atbp."
- Honorable mentions
- Rolando S. Salvana, "Spirit"
- Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, "Without Ceremony"
More winners by year[]
References[]
- "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
Categories:
- Palanca Awards
- 1990 literary awards