1996 Palanca Awards

Novel

• Grand Prize: “Recuerdo” by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

Short story

• First Prize: “The Late Comer” by Carlos Ojeda Aureus
• Second Prize: “Memory of Walking” by Antonio Jocson
• Third Prize: “The Fairy Prinsoid” by Carmelo Juino, S.J.

Short story for children

• First Prize: “Pure Magic” by Lakambini A. Sitoy
• Second Prize: “The Gem” by Lina B. Diaz de Rivera
• Third Prize: “The Daughter of the Wind” by Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta

Poetry

• First Prize: “Twenty-fifth Fly” by Ramil Digal Gulle
• Second Prize: “Something Like Remembrance” by Ruel S. De Vera
• Third Prize: “Second Skin” by Conchitina Cruz

Essay

• First Prize: “Translations in the Wilderness: The Politics and Aesthetics of Subduing Colonial Spaces” by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria
• Second Prize: “Short Circuit: Expariate Themes in Philippine Poetry in English” by Jose Wendell Capili
• Third Prize: “The Irish Bard” by Joselito Zulueta

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: “The Feline Curse” by Glenn Sevilla Mas

Full-length Play

• No winners

Novel

• Grand Prize: “Malaybay” by Edmund Coronel

Short story

• First Prize: “Pag-uugat, Pagpapakpak” by Levy Balgos Dela Cruz
• Second Prize: “Kasal” by Eli Rueda Guieb III
• Third Prize: “Miss Jones” by Jimmuel C. Naval

Short story for children

• First Prize: “Ang Tsinelas ni Inoy” by Renato Vibiesca
• Second Prize: “Tuldok” by Ma. Corazon Paulina Remegio
• Third Prize: “Ang Mahiyaing Manok” by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Poetry

• First Prize: “Lupain ng Kapangyarihan” by Roberto T. Añonuevo
• Second Prize: “Bago ang Babae” by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
• Third Prize: “Bago Mo Ako Ipalaot” by Luna Sicat-Cleto

Essay

• First Prize: “Tadhana at Talinhaga” by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
• Second Prize: “Nang Binihag ng Titik ang Bibig” by Ma. Stella Valdez
• Third Prize: “Pagsusuri at Pagkabighani sa mga Nobela ng Pag-ibig” by Josephine Barrios

One-Act Play

• First Prize: “Huling Panauhin” by Jose Victor Z. Torres
• Second Prize: “Ang Mahabang Patlang ay Isang Malaking Katanungan” by Jose Jay B. Cruz
• Third Prize: “Lipad, Narda, Lipad” by Mervin C. Salazar

Full-length Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: “Balanggiga” by Rodolfo C. Vera
• Third Prize: “Los Indios Bravos” by Jose Bernard Capino

Teleplay

• First Prize: “Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil” by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.
• Second Prize: “Closing Time” by Rolando F. Santos
• Third Prize: “Sa Bingit ng Bagong Buhay” by Ma. Clarissa Estuar

Screenplay

• First Prize: "Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw" by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: No winner

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1996". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.