The 18th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.[1]
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LIST OF WINNERS
The 1968 winners, the eighteenth recipients of the awards, were divided into six categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, and one-act play:
English Division edit
Short Story edit
- First Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "All About Me"
- Second Prize: Edilberto K. Tiempo, "Kulasising Hari"
- Third Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, "The Hill of Samuel"
Poetry edit
- First Prize: Burce Bunao, "The Quiver and the Fear"
- Second Prize: Cirilo F. Bautista, "The Cave and Other Poems"
- Third Prize: Emmanuel Torres, "Having a Drink of Water from a Broken Fire Hydrant..."
One-Act Play edit
- First Prize: Nestor Torre Jr., "A Second Generation"
- Second Prize: Mar B. Arcega, "The Corruptibles"
- Third Prize: Estrella D. Alfon, "Knitting Straw"
Filipino Division edit
Maikling Kwento edit
- First Prize: Epifanio San Juan Jr., "Anay"
- Second Prize: Pedro L. Ricarte, "Si Boy Nicolas"
- Third Prize: Domingo Landicho, "Himagsik ni Emmanuel Lazaro"
Tula edit
- First Prize: Bienvenido Ramos, "Mga Ibon at Iba pang Tula"
- Second Prize: Victor Fernandez, "Ito ba Ang Kabihasnan"
- Third Prize: Martin D. Pantaleon, "Kaktus ng Bungo"
Dulang May Isang Yugto edit
- First Prize: Dionisio S. Salazar, "Makapaghihintay ang Amerika"
- Second Prize: Agapito M. Joaquin, "Bubungang Lata"
- Third Prize: Lazaro R. Banag Jr., "Sa Kuko ng Agila"
References edit
Sources edit
- "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1968". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22.