1978 Palanca Awards

Short story

• First Prize: “Waywaya” by Francisco Sionil Jose
• Second Prize: “Sunday Morning” by Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas
• Third Prize: “Borrowed Time” by Luis Teodoro Jr.

Poetry

• First Prize: “15 Poems” by Alfred A. Yuson; and “Icon Corner” by Alfred A. Yuson
• Second Prize: “Point of View” by Luis Francia; and “The Dugging Years” by Jolica Cuadra
• Third Prize: “Rule Acrobat from Planet F” by Ricardo Trinidad; and “The Kayumanggi Cycle” by

Jose Carreon

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Vigil” by Bobby Flores Villasis
• Second Prize: “Idiot Boy” by Herminia Sison
• Third Prize: No winner
• Special Mention: “Hatchet Club” by Paul Stephen Lim; and “Sundered Selves” by Elsa M. Coscolluela

Full-length Play

• First Prize: “Exit No Exit” by Jesus T. Peralta
• Second Prize: “Katalona” by Elsa M. Coscolluela
• Third Prize: “A Tale of Two Houses” by Mig Alvarez Enriquez

Short story

• First Prize: “Talsik ng Liwanag sa Mata ng Isang Musmos” by Lilia Quindoza Santiago
• Second Prize: “Ayoko Na” by Rosauro Dela Cruz
• Third Prize: “Utos ng Hari” by Jun Cruz Reyes

Poetry

• First Prize: Awan nangabak
• Second Prize: “Duyan, Araro, Punglo” by Lamberto E. Antonio
• Third Prize: “Mga Tulang Pambata, Mga Tulang Pambatuta” by Rosauro Dela Cruz
• Special Mention: “Ako'y Ulilang Tinig sa Ilang” by Bienvenido Ramos; “Ang Makata” by Rolando Bartolome; “Inspirasyon” by Rolando Natividad; “Mga Tula” by Eli Ang Barroso; and “Oyayi ng Isang Pulubing Ina” by Miguel Arguelles

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Bangkang Papel” by Manuel Pambid
• Second Prize: “Langit-langitang Kumunoy” by Antonio Victor Reyes
• Third Prize: “Muhon” by Dong Delos Reyes

Full-length Play

• First Prize: “Ang Panahon ni Cristy” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Second Prize: “Konsiyerto ng Apat” by Benjamin P. Pascual
• Third Prize: “Ang mga Propesyonal” by Bienvenido Noriega Jr.

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.