1984 Palanca Awards

Novel

• Grand Prize: “Vaya Con Virgo” by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

Short story

• First Prize: “The Reprieve” by Susan Lara
• Second Prize: “The Tangerine Gumamela” by Sylvia Mendrez Ventura
• Third Prize: “Stranger in an Asian City” by Gregorio Brillantes; and “The Little Wars of Filemon Sayre” by Lemuel Torrevillas

Poetry

• First Prize: “Configuring the Gods and Other Poems” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria; and “Voyage: Poem” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Second Prize: “Gossamer” by Simeon Dumdum, Jr.; “Port of Entry” by Felix Fojas; and “Waiting for Lobregat” by Fidelito Cortes
• Third Prize: “February 1899” by Alfredo N. Salanga; “Moving with the Wind” by Susan Pe; and “Songs in Three Continents” by Bing Caballero

Essay

• First Prize: “Climate of Disaster, Season of Disgrace” by Gregorio Brillantes
• Second Prize: “The Socio-political Implication in the Fiction of F. Sionil Jose” by Ricaredo Demetillo
• Third Prize: “Tales of the Subdivided” by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Claudia and Her Mother” by Rolando S. Tinio
• Second Prize: “Lunch” by Alexander Lee
• Third Prize: “A Showcase of Basic Sentiments” by Renato L. Zamora

Full-length Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: “The Squirrels” by Herminia Sison
• Special Mention: “Gironiere” by Florencio Quintos

Novel

• Grand Prize: “Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa” by Lualhati Bautista; and “Bata, Sinaksak, Isinilid sa Baul” by Tony Perez

Short story

• First Prize: “Sa Kadawagan ng Pilikmata” by Fidel Rillo, Jr.
• Second Prize: “Gamugamo sa Kalawakan” by Dong Delos Reyes
• Third Prize: “Ang Huling Itineraryo ng Pulo-pulong Utak ni Propesor Balisungsong” by Pat V. Villafuerte

Poetry

• First Prize: “Bakasyunista” by Tomas F. Agulto
• Second Prize: “Isang Mamamayan ng Lungsod at Iba pang Tula” by Virgilio S. Almario
• Third Prize: “Mga Tugma ng Paglikha, Mga Talinhaga ng Pagpuksa” by Fidel Rillo, Jr.; and “Sa Bibig ng Bulkan at Iba pang Krisis” by Teo T. Antonio

Essay

• First Prize: “Mga Titik sa Dambuhalang Bato” by Lilia Quindoza Santiago
• Second Prize: “Si Lam-ang, Si Fernando Poe, Jr. at si Aquino” by Isagani R. Cruz
• Third Prize: “Mga Tinig ng Pagtutol” by Edgardo B. Maranan

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: “Punla ng Dekada” by Rene O. Villanueva
• Third Prize: “Kalapating Dagat” by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

Full-length Play

• First Prize: “Sigwa” by Rene O. Villanueva
• Second Prize: “Juego de Prendas” by Bonifacio Ilagan
• Third Prize: “Mga Puntod” by Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1984". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22.