2004 Palanca Awards

Futuristic Fiction

• First Prize: Irene Carolina Sarmiento, "They Don't Bite"
• Second Prize: Catherine Rose Torres, "Niche"
• Third Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Hollow Girl: A Romance"

Short Story

• First Prize: Asterio Enrico Gutierrez, "Blind"
• Second Prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad"
• Third Prize: Paul de Guzman, "The Index of Forbidden Books."

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: Victoria Estrella Bravo, "The Cat Painter"
• Second Prize: Maria Celeste Flores, "Touch Ball"
• Third Prize: C. Horatius Mosquera, "The Boy Who Had Three Brains"

Essay

• First Prize: Wilfredo Pascual Jr., "Devotion"
• Second Prize: Erwin Romulo, "Confessions of a Space Boy"
• Third Prize: Jose Maria Alarilla, "Surviving the Zeroes"

Poetry

• First Prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties"
• Second Prize: Joel Toledo, "Literature and Other Poems"
• Third Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Else It Was Purely Girls"

One-Act Play

• First Prize: Glenn Mas, "Her Father's House"
• Second Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "The Kite of Stars"
• Third Prize: Robert Arlo de Guzman, "Sakura"

Full-Length Play

• First Prize: Isagani Cruz, "The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos"
• Second Prize: Anna Felicia Sanchez, "In Search of a Storybook Dragon"
• Third Prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "Rite of Passage"

Futuristic Fiction

• First Prize: Charles Bryan Acosta, " Dalawang Butil ng Asukal at Bigas"

Maikiling Kuwento

• First Prize: Honorio Bartolome De Dios, "Etong Bayad, Sang Kalayaan Lang
• Second Prize: Clarito Garcia de Francia, "Mik-Eng"
• Third Prize: Johannes Chua, "Dinuguan"

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

• First Prize: No Winner
• Second Prize: Eugene Evasco, "Si Mabait at Ang Mga Daliri ng Liwanag"
• Third Prize: Russell Roland Molina, "Tuwing Sabado"

Sanaysay

• First Prize: Luna Sicat Cleto, "Balanse"
• Second Prize: Mary Grace Mendoza, "Suson-susong Suso"
• Third Prize: Melecio Antonio Adviento III, "Diwa ng Manlalakbay"

Tula

• First Prize: Edgar Samar, "Tayong Lumalakad Nang Matulin"
• Second Prize: Joseph Rosmon Tuazon, "Puti ang Anino ng Minsang Narito"
• Third Prize: Renato Santos' "Sa Mall ng Mega-buhay-buhay"

Dulang May Isang Yugto

• First Prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Pangulo Naming Mahal"
• Second Prize: Rodolfo C. Vera, "Mga Aswang sa Panahon ng Digmaan"
• Third Prize: George de Jesus III, "Unang Ulang ng Mayo"

Dulang Ganap ang Haba

• First Prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Psychedelia Apocalypsis"
• Second Prize: Jeanne Lim, "Gulong"
• Third Prize: Allan Lopez, "Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig"

Dulang Pantelebisyon

• First Prize: Lourd Ernest De Veyra and Homer Novicio, "Tugtog Tinapay"
• Second Prize: Ma. Clarissa Estuar, "Riles"
• Third Prize: Ramon Orbeta, "Adik sa TV"

Dulang Pampelikula

• First Prize: Mark Meily, "Good Friday Archipelago"
• Second Prize: Ma. Abigael Malonzo, "Snapshots"
• Third Prize: Jose Maria Manalo, "Adoboville"

Short Story-Cebuano

• First Prize: Arnel Mardoquio, "Ang Katapusang Sonata sa Clarinet ni Nikolet"
• Second Prize: Agustin Pagusara Jr., "Talia Migrante"
• Third Prize: Gumer Rafanan, "Gutom"

Short Story-Hiligaynon

• First Prize: Winton Lou Ynion, "Sinipad sa Balaan Bukid"
• Second Prize: Genevieve L. Asenjo, "Si Beryong Balikbayan"
• Third Prize: John Iremil Teodoro, "Balaan"

Short Story-Iluko

• First Prize: Prescillano Bermudez, "Apong Gabriel, Pundador"
• Second Prize: Daniel Nesperos, "Opas"
• Third Prize: Severino Pablo, "Silaw a Makidinnaeg iti Di Maungpot nga Isisingising ti Init"

Essay

• First Prize: Charles Bryan Acosta, "My Philosophy"
• Second Prize: Marc Gregory Yu, "To Be President? Why Not"
• Third Prize: Marie Kristine Reyes, "In Over-anticipation of the Future"

Sanaysay

• First Prize: Marylaine Louise Viernes, "Iboto! Ako Para Pangulo"
• Second Prize: Cassandra Czarina Yap, "Kung Ako ay Presidente ng Pilipinas"
• Third Prize: Mark Christopher delos Angeles Deatras, "Kapitan"

http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/2004.html (Archived 2009-10-23)