2015 Palanca Awards

Novel

• Grand Prize: "All My Lonely Islands" by Victorette Joy Z. Campilan

Judges:

Short Story

• First Prize: "Phallic Symbols " by Alexis A. L. Abola
• Second Prize: "The Backroom Angels Buggaloo " by Maria Carmen G. Aquino Sarmiento
• Third Prize: "The Storyteller" by Hammed Q. Bolotaolo

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: "Monster Rescue: A Children’s Story for Adult Readers " by Raymond G. Falgui
• Second Prize: "The Bear" by Victoria Estrella C. Bravo
• Third Prize: "The Three Questions of Tarongoy " by Jonathan R. Guillermo

Essay

• First Prize: "Symphony of Dry Winds in a Time without Rain" by Eli Rueda Guieb III
• Second Prize: "Violence, A Biography" by Jennifer Dela Rosa Balboa
• Third Prize: "The Bangkok Masseur" by Miguel Antonio N. Lizada

Judges:

Poetry

• First Prize: "An Abundance of Selves" by Charisse-Fuschia A. Paderna
• Second Prize: "There Are No Monsters" by Arkaye Kierulf
• Third Prize: "Aria and Trumpet Flourish" by Rodrigo V. Dela Peña Jr.

Poetry for Children

• First Prize: "The Rainbow Collection" by Peter Solis Nery
• Second Prize: "Ordinary Adventures" by Patricia Celina A. Ngo
• Third Prize: "The Cockroach’s Prayer" by Elyrah L. Salanga-Torralba

One-Act Play

• First Prize: "The Adopted Healthy Baby" by Layeta P. Bucoy
• Second Prize: "Looking for Ulysses" by Jose Elvin Bueno
• Third Prize: "The Hawk and the Viper" by Jonathan R. Guillermo

Full Length Play

• First Prize: "No Winner"
• Second Prize: "Obando" by Jose Maria Manalo
• Third Prize: "Haiyan" by Jorshinelle Taleon-Sonza

Nobela (Novel)

• Grand Prize: "Toto O. " by Charmaine Mercader Lasar

Maikling Kuwento (Short Story)

• First Prize: Ang Reyna ng Espada at mga Pusar by John Carlo I. Pacala
• Second Prize: Mag-ambahan Tayo by Lilia Quindoza Santiago
• Third Prize: "Johnson at Putol" by Andrian M. Legaspi

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata (Short Story for Children)

• First Prize: "Sulat sa Birhen " by Manuelita Contreras-Cabrera
• Second Prize: "Ang Alamat ng Gulugod Baka " by Salvador T. Biglaen
• Third Prize: "Ang Hiling sa Punso " by Corazon L. Santos

Sanaysay (Essay)

• First Prize: "Silat" by Adelma L. Salvador
• Second Prize: " Tawag ng Pangangailangan " by Dionie Cabral Tañada
• Third Prize: " Ang Tiktik sa Kalye Moriones " by Jayson Bernard B. Santos

Tula (Poetry)

• First Prize: " Mula sa Silong " by Christa I. De La Cruz
• Second Prize: " Sa Antipolo pa rin ang Antipolo " by Abner Dormiendo
• Third Prize: " Sapagkat Umiibig: Mga Tula " by Christian Jil R. Benitez

Tulang Pambata (Poetry for Children)

• First Prize: " Ang Iisang Paa ng Tsinelas " by Errol A. Merquita
• Second Prize: " Si Iking Pasaway " by John Romeo Leongson Venturero
• Third Prize: "No Winner"

Dulang May Isang Yugto (One-Act Play)

• First Prize: "Sa Isang Hindi Natatanging Umaga, at Ang Mga Ulap ay Dahan-Dahang Pumaibabaw sa Nabubulok na Lungsod " by Allan B. Lopez
• Second Prize: "Mal" by Vladimeir B. Gonzales
• Third Prize: "Igba" by Marco Antonio R. Rodas

Dulang May Ganap na Haba (Full-Length Play)

• First Prize: " Mga Buhay na Apoy " by Kanakan Balintagos
• Second Prize: "Diwata ng Bayan " by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: "Maniacal" by George A. De Jesus III

Dulang Pampelikula (Screenplay)

• First Prize: " Pink o Blue " by Eloisa Angeli Andrada Palileo
• Second Prize: " Sekyu" by Brylle B. Tabora
• Third Prize: " Alyas FPJ " by Nita Eden So

Short Story - Cebuano

• First Prize: "Tuba" by Lamberto G. Ceballos
• Second Prize: "Sa Lalaking Naligsan sa may Interseksyon" by Manuel M. Avenido Jr.
• Third Prize: "Liboa’g Usa Ka Hugon-Hugon Kabahin sa Tagulilong" by Januar E. Yap

Short Story - Hiligaynon

• First Prize: "Amburukay" by Jesus C. Insilada
• Second Prize: "Kalamay Nga Pula" by Ritchie D. Pagunsan
• Third Prize: "Ang Lapsag sa Taguangkan ni Belen" by Gil S. Montinola

Short Story - Ilokano

• First Prize: No Winner
• Second Prize: No Winner
• Third Prize: "Ti Naimas a Luto ni Inangko ken Dagiti Babbai iti Biwong " by Rhea Rose Domasing Berroy

English

• First Prize: " That Man, That Hero in Our Stories " by Catherine Regina Hanopol Borlaza
• Second Prize: " A Loaded Gun in the House Next Door " by Richard C. Cornelio
• Third Prize: " Until Transcendence " by Annicka B. Koteh

Filipino

• First Prize: "Hindi Ko Alam " by Karl Gabrielle B. De Los Santos
• Second Prize: "Ang Nakakikiliting Kalabit ng Bukang- Liwayway " by Lance Lauren L. Santiago
• Third Prize: " Kahimanawari: Mga Kwentong Aswang ni Lola Basyang " by Jason Renz D. Barrios

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• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature