1969 Palanca Awards

Short story

• First Prize: “Un Bel Di” by Edith L. Tiempo
• Second Prize: “The Trial of Professor Riesco” by Luis Teodoro Jr.
• Third Prize: “The Icon” by Antonio R. Enriquez

Poetry

• First Prize: “Counter-clockwise: Poems 1965-1969 and Dark Sutra” by Federico Licsi Espino Jr.
• Second Prize: “Northward Into Noon” by Artemio Tadena
• Third Prize: “Black or Otherwise” by Jose M. Lansang Jr.

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Dialogue” by Nestor Torre Jr.
• Second Prize: “Days of the Clock” by Jesus T. Peralta
• Third Prize: “The Summit” by Mar V. Puatu

Short story

• First Prize: “Huwag, Huwag Mong Kukuwentuhan Ang Batang Si Wei Fung” by Ricardo Lee
• Second Prize: “Mariang Makiling” by Eli Ang Barroso
• Third Prize: “Elias at Salome” by Domingo Landicho

Poetry

• First Prize: “May Luha ang Tula” by Aniceto Silvestre
• Second Prize: “Paraanin Ako” by Jose M. Buhain
• Third Prize: “Walong Tukod Langit” by Celestino M. Vega

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Moses, Moses” by Rogelio Sicat
• Second Prize: “Neon” by Clodualdo Del Mundo
• Third Prize: “Ang Huling Pasiya” by Fernando L. Samonte

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1969". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.