2000 Palanca Awards

Poetry

• First Prize: "Tabon and Other Poems" by Edgar Maranan
• Second Prize: "Afterhours, Afterlives" by Ramil Digal Gulle
• Third Prize: "The Memory of Skin" by Raymund Magno Garlitos

Short Story

• First Prize: "The Woman in the Box" by Jose Dalisay, Jr.
• Second Prize: "Dance" by Isolde Anmate
• Third Prize: "Drive" by Faye Ilogon

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: "Fish for Two" by Victoria Estrella C. Bravo
• Second Prize: "The Hare Tells His Story" by Mary Agnes Dizon
• Third Prize: "The Night Monkeys" by Lakambini Sitoy

Essay

• First Prize: "Many Mansions" by Alexis Abola
• Second Prize: "The Way She Was: Memories of Lola Posta's Hundred Years" by Edgar Maranan
• Third Prize: "The Ghost of Bebop on Bignay Street" by Lourd Ernest de Vera

Full Length Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: "In the Matter of Willie Grayson" by Reme Grefalda

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: "The Tuesday Club" by Lady Michelle Sering
• Third Prize: "Ghosts Don't Do That or Do They?" by Elma Famador

Future Fiction

• First Prize: "Subterrania" by Luis Joaquin Katigbak
• Second Prize: "Secret Notes on the Dead Stars" by Lakambini Sitoy
• Third Prize: "The Field" by Adel Gabot

Tula

• First Prize: "Ang Maisisilid sa Pandama" by Eugene Evasco
• Second Prize: "Ang Pasipiko sa Loob ng Aking Maleta" by Alwynn C. Javier
• Third Prize: "Batubalani at Iba pang mga Tula" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo

Maikling Kuwento

• First Prize: "Alyas Juan de La Cruz" by Placido Parcero, Jr.
• Second Prize: "Kung Paano Ko Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay" by Norman Wilwayco
• Third Prize: "Logos sa Lotus" by Fr. Arnel Vitor, CM

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

• First Prize: "Hilong Talilong" by Eugene Evasco
• Second Prize: "May Mga Lihim Kami ni Ingkong" by Luis Gatmaitan
• Third Prize: "Kung Bakit Espesyal si Tatay" by Eleanor Yu

Sanaysay

• First Prize: "Ang Resureksyon" by Roberto T. Añonuevo
• Second Prize: "Talinhaga ng Gana" by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
• Third Prize: "Kilometro Zero ni Isang Lagalag na Taong-bahay" by Eugene Evasco

Full-Length Play in Filipino

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: "Luto, Linis Laba" by Alfred A. Yuson
• Third Prize: "Me Esep o Wala, Sa Pera'y Lahat Namangha" by Dominic D. Manrique

One-act Play in Filipino

• First Prize: "Linggo ng Palaspas" by George de Jesus III
• Second Prize: "Kabsat" by Reynaldo A. Duque
• Third Prize: "Anino" by Allan Lopez

Teleplay

• First Prize: "Selyo at Kastilyo" by Aurora Yumul
• Second Prize: "Gintong Ilawan" by Lazaro P. Torres Jr.
• Third Prize: "Ang May Bahay" by Leah C. Eriguel

Screenplay

• First Prize: "Gabi ng Tinggiirin" by Floy Quintos
• Second Prize: "Sirena" by Jose Dennis C. Teodosio
• Third Prize: "Ang Bata sa Daan-Pari" by Joel V. Almazan

Future Fiction

• First Prize: "Kalinangan" by Johannes Chua
• Second Prize: "Cell Phone" by George de Jesus III
• Third Prize: "Desaparecidos" by Alwin Aguirre

• First Prize: "Tupa: Ladawan ni Pangalatok Idi Daan a Milenio" by Jaime M. Agpalo Jr.
• Second Prize: "Uy-ayam Ti Gubat" by Maria L.M. Fres-Felix
• Third Prize: "Apo Lakay" by Reynaldo A. Duque

• First Prize: Aswang by Isabel D. Sebullen
• Second Prize: "Baha" by Nerio E. Jedeliz Jr.
• Third Prize

English

• First Prize: "The Hero in My Blood" by Enrico Miguel Subido
• Second Prize: "The Pinoy Also Rises" by Douglas James L. Candano
• Third Prize: "Neither Rizal, nor Bonifacio" by Mark Adrian C. Ramirez

Filipino

• First Prize: "Yaya" by Aleksandre Pates
• Second Prize: "Kumander Panas: Bayaning Filipino ng Bagong Milenyo" by Ranjith M. Mendoza
• Third Prize: "Maestra Monica: Bagong Bayaning Angat sa Iba" by Rose Ativo Jabeguero

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 2000". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.