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
• 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.