2008 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners for the year 2008 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry (italicized, in parentheses)). The awarding ceremonies were held on September 1, 2008.

Filipino Division

Dulang Pampelikula

  • First prize: Michael B. Largo / Michael Joshua Roberto (1434456 – “The Singalong Singhs”)
  • Second prize: Dennis Marasigan (Joy)
  • Third prize: Alfred Aloysius Adlawan (Padyak)

Dulang Ganap Ang Haba

  • First prize: No winner
  • Second prize: No winner
  • Third prize: No winner

Dulaang May Isang Yugto

  • First prize: Floy C. Quintos (Ang Kalungkutan ng mga Reyna)
  • Second prize: Debbie Ann Tan (Teroristang Labandera)
  • Third prize: Allan B. Lopez (Masaganang Ekonomiya)

Sanaysay

  • First prize: Jing Panganiban-Mendoza (Ang Pagbabalik ng Prinsesa ng Banyera)
  • Second prize: Eugene Y. Evasco (Agaw-buhay)
  • Third prize: Michael M. Coroza (Si nanay, si lolo ceferino, ang lira at si eliot o ang henesis ng aking pananaludtod)

Kabataan Sanaysay

  • First prize: No Winner
  • Second prize: No Winner
  • Third prize: Allen D. Yuarata (Nang Dumating si Joe)

Tula

  • First prize: Mikael de Lara Co (Ang Iba’t-ibang Ngalan ng Hangin)
  • Second prize: Renato L. Santos (Sari-saring Salaghati... (At good-bye-my-kangkungan))
  • Third prize: Niles Jordan Breis (“Rubrica” mga lakbay nilay at pagbubunyag)

Maikling Kuwentong Pambata

  • First prize: No winner
  • Second prize: April Jade B. Imson (Si Karding at ang Buwaya)
  • Third prize: Allan Alberto N. Derain (May Tatlong Kurimaw)

Maikling Kuwento

  • First prize: Maria Lucille Roxas (Game Show)
  • Second prize: Lemuel E. Garcellano (Anghel Kalahig)
  • Third prize: Rommel B. Rodriguez (Kabagyan)

Nobela

  • Grand prize winner – Norman Wilwayco (Gerilya)

Regional Division

Maikling Kuwento - Cebuano

  • First prize: Macario D. Tiu (Tsuru)
  • Second prize: Edgar S. Godin (Bingo)
  • Third prize: Lilia Tio (Sapatos)

Maikling Kuwento - Hiligaynon

  • First prize: Leoncio P. Deriada (And Pagbalik sang Babaylan)
  • Second prize: Alice Tan Gonzales (Dawata, Anak)
  • Third prize: Marcel Milliam (Bitay)

Maikling Kuwento - Iluko

  • First prize: Danilo Antalan (Dangilen)
  • Second prize: Ariel Tabag (Littugaw)
  • Third prize: Aurelio Agcaoili (Alegoria Uno)

English Division

Full-Length Play

  • First prize: Peter Solis Nery (The Passion of Jovita Fuentes)
  • Second prize: No winner
  • Third prize: No winner

One-Act Play

  • First prize: Maria Clarissa N. Estuar (Anybody’s Revolution)
  • Second prize: Percival Intalan (Secret Identities)
  • Third prize: Joachim Emilio B. Antonio (Newspaper Dance)

Poetry

  • First prize: Francis C. Macansantos (Morphic Variations)
  • Second prize: Anna Maria Katigbak (Sl(e)ights)
  • Third prize: Marie La Viña (The Gospel According to the Blind Man)

Short Story

  • First prize: Ian Fermin Rosales Casocot (Things You Don’t Know)
  • Second prize: Tara F.T. Sering (Good People)
  • Third prize: Nadine L. Sarreal (Night Sounds)

Short Story For Children

  • First prize: Celestine Marie G. Trinidad (The Storyteller and the Giant)
  • Second prize: No winner
  • Third prize: Kathleen Aton-Osias (The Mapangarap and the Dream Trees)

Essay

  • First prize: Jose Claudio B. Guerrero (Talking to a Fu Dog on a Wedding Afternoon)
  • Second prize: Katrina Stuart Santiago (Mirrors)
  • Third prize: Jhoanna Lynn Cruz (Sapay Coma)

Kabataan Essay

  • First prize: Miro Frances Dimaano Capili (Rated X)
  • Second prize: Cristina Gratia F. Tantengco (Things that Lie Beyond the Postcards)
  • Third prize: Elfermin Manalansan Mallari, Jr. (The Roads and Dreams that Meander)

Novel

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References
  • "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
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