2003 Palanca Awards

Poetry

• First Prize: Isidoro Cruz, "Bodies Of Water"
• Second Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Exploratoria"
• Third Prize: Mike Maniquiz, "Tornadoes and Other Poems"

Short Story

• First Prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, "Doreen's Story"
• Second Prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad"
• Third Prize: Paul de Guzman, "The index of Forbidden Books"

Futuristic Fiction

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: Yvette Natalia Uy Tan, "Sidhi"

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: Honoel A. Ibardolaza, "The Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of Clouds"
• Second Prize: Cyan Abad-Jugo, "Behind The Old Aparador"
• Third Prize: Yvette Natalie Uy Tan, "Kulog"

Essay

• First Prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, "The Music Of Pestle-On-Mortar"
• Second Prize: Lourd Ernest de Veyra, "Videoke Blues"
• Third Prize: Xerxes Matza, "Licking Lollies: The Re-education of the Accidental American"

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner.
• Second Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "The Onan Circle"
• Third Prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "The Birth Of Light"

Full-Length Play

• First Prize: No winner.
• Second Prize: Floy Quintos, "Fluid"
• Third Prize: Frank Rivera, "The Adventures of Pilandok"

Tula

• First Prize: Alwynn C. Javier, "Ang Magneto sa Gitna ng Aking Daigdig"
• Second Prize: Raymund Magno Garlitos, "Nostos at Iba Pang Awit ng Pagtubos"
• Third Prize: Jing Castro Panganiban, "Ilang Pagsasanay sa Pangungulila"

Maikling Kwento

• First Prize: Reynaldo Duque, "Apong Simon"
• Second Prize: Alvin Yapan, "Bomba"
• Third Prize: Abdon Balde Jr., "Supay"

Futuristic Fiction

• First Prize: Ricardo Fernando III, "Bagong Developments Sa Pagbuo Ng Mito Sa Lungsod"
• Second Prize: Edgar Calabia Samar, "Project: Eyod"
• Third Prize: Alvin Yapan, "Nostalgia"

Maikling Kwentong Pambata

• First Prize: Renato Vibiesca, "Tahooieyy!"
• Second Prize: Mae Astrid Tobias, "Bayong ng Kuting"
• Third Prize: Alice Mallari, "Hayan Na Si Lolo Sinto"

Sanaysay

• First Prize: Niles Jordan Breis, "Kung Tawagin Sila’y Angela Buruka: Sa Alaala ni Angela Manalang-Gloria"
• Second Prize: Mjolnir Xoce Ong, "Adventures sa Kawatanan ng Rentas Internas"
• Third Prize: John Iremil Teodoro, "Maikling Talambuhay ng Isang Makatang Ipinaglihi sa Paa ng Manok at Sirena"

Dulang May Isang Yugto

• First Prize: Maria Kristine Chynna Roxas, "Traje De Boda"
• Second Prize: Christian Vallez, "Twenty Questions"
• Third Prize: Nathaniel Joseph de Mesa, "I Laugh You"

Dulang Ganap Ang Haba

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: Mari Jina Endaya, "Trese: Isang Panayam"

Dulang Pantelebisyon

• First Prize: Lazaro Torres Jr., "Kasama Sa Bahay"
• Second Prize: Rolando Salvana, "Ang Buhay Kong Duling"
• Third Prize: Nita Eden So, "Ay Em Nene"

Dulang Pampelikula

• First Prize: Jose Maria Manalo, "Mangha"
• Second Prize: Rica Leticia Arevalo, "ICU Bed #7"
• Third Prize: Norman Wilwayco, "Kung Paano Kong Inayos ang Buhok Ko Matapos ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay"

Short Story in Cebuano

• First Prize: Mario Batusa, "Pagbugto Sa Kataposang Higot"
• Second Prize: Lamberto Ceballos, "Tinggutom Sa Nayawak"
• Third Prize: Arnel Mardoquio, "Tikbalangkapre"

Short Story in Hiligaynon

• First Prize: Alice Tan Gonzales, "Esperanza"
• Second Prize: Lester Mark Carnaje, "Haligi Nga Asin"
• Third Prize: Isabel Sebullen, "Mga Misteryo Sa Kagulangan"

Short Story in Iloko

• First Prize: Reynaldo A. Duque, "Leon, 15"
• Second Prize: Ariel S. Tabag, "Sudario"
• Third Prize:Clarito de Francia, "No Tallikudan Dagiti Tugot"

Essay

• First Prize: Cristina Monica Buensalido, "Learning To Fly"
• Second Prize: Florianne Marie Jimenez, "Why I Am Who I Am"
• Third Prize: Enrico Miguel Subido, "Contemplating the Concept of Sanctuary"

Sanaysay

• No winners

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 2003". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.