1998 Palanca Awards

Short Story

• First Prize: "Touch" lakambini story

• Second Prize: "What I Love Or Will Remember Most About High School" by Vicente G. Groyon III
• Third Prize: "Door 59" by Felisa Batacan

Poetry

• First Prize: "White Sill" by John Labella
• Second Prize: "Shiva in Profile" by Marc Escalona Gaba
• Third Prize: "15 Rhapsodies" by Aida Santos

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: "The Brothers Wu and The Good Luck Eel" by Fran Ng
• Second Prize: "Nico's Flight" by Luis Joaquin Katigbak
• Third Prize: "Masks" by Honoel Ibardolaza

Essay

• First Prize: "A Dogged Defense Against Dogmatism of Doggone Dogooders" by Rolando Loredo
• Second Prize: "Departures" by Priscilla Macansantos
• Third Prize: "Queen of The Orient: Vignettes About Mama" by Ronald Baytan

Full Length Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: "The Day Philippine Military Honor was Savaged" by Felix Clemente

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: "My Mommie Dearest" by Jeanne Lim
• Third Prize: "The Sun Shines In The Dark" by Elmo Famador

Short Story in Filipino

• First Prize: "Ipanalangin Mo Siya, Ipanalangin Mo Kami" by Evelyn Sebastian
• Second Prize: "Anino Sa Buhangin" by Edgar Maranan
• Third Prize: "Aripuen" by Reynaldo A. Duque

Poetry in Filipino

• First Prize: "Pagtingala: Pananahan At Paglalayag Sa Mga Tula ng Lagalag" by Rebecca Añonuevo
• Second Prize: "Ako, Bana, Ama" by Michael Coroza
• Third Prize: "Kuwadernong Rosas ng Pagdating at Paglisan" by Raymund Magno-Garlitos

Short Story for Children in Filipino

• First Prize: "Si Tanya, Ang Uwak Na Gustong Pumuti" by German Gervacio
• Second Prize: "Sa Ilalim ng Dagat" by Augie Rivera Jr.
• Third Prize: "Dalawang Lumang Saklay" by Remigio Alvarez Alva

Essay in Filipino

• First Prize: "Sa Pagdapo ng Paroparo" by Luna Sicat
• Second Prize: "Ang Birhen ng Peñafrancia at South Border: Isang Personal Na Repleksiyon sa Pagtatanghal ng Spectacle ng Pagsalat" by Roland Tolentino
• Third Prize: "Dyipni" by Domingo Landicho

Full-Length Play in Filipino

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: "Padre de Familia" by Lito Casaje

One-act Play in Filipino

• First Prize: "Ma-Te!" by Abel Molina
• Second Prize: "Digma" by Roel S. Ang
• Third Prize: No winner

Teleplay

• First Prize: "Salubong" ni Rene O. Villanueva
• Second Prize: "Ang Repleksyon ni Miss Trajano" ni Layeta P. Bucoy
• Third Prize: "Makina" ni Mes de Guzman

Screenplay<

• First Prize: "Azucena" by Enrique Ramos
• Second Prize: "KBL (Kasal, Binyag, Libing)" by Oskar Monje
• Third Prize: "Nokturnal" by Lito Casaje

• First Prize: "Dagiti Ulep Iti Arinunos Ti Abril" by Ricarte Agnes
• Second Prize: "Wayawaya" by Aurelio Agcaoili
• Third Prize: "Dagiti Banias Iti Alintatao ni Pasintawi Gagan-ayan, Gagangay Nga Umili" by Reynaldo Duque

• First Prize: "Aron Usbon ang Kalibotan" by Ricardo Patalinhug
• Second Prize: "Ang Nagharag Nga Balite" by Mario Batausa
• Third Prize: "Ang Baybayon Ni Simon" by Ernesto Lariosa

• First Prize: "Lirio" by Peter Solis Nery
• Second Prize: "Tugalbong" by Leoncio Deriada
• Third Prize: "May Lago, Manong Eddie" by Alfonso Hiponia

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1998". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.