The 53rd Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2003, at
The Peninsula Manila in
Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year’s awarding ceremony.[1]
Reynaldo A. Duque was this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardee. Duque clinched his fifth first prize for “Apong Simon” under the Maikling Kwento category. The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.[2]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 2003 winners are divided into four categories:
English Division
Short Story
First Prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, "Doreen's Story"
Second Prize: Ian Rosales Casocot, "The Hero of the Snore Tango"
Third Prize: Maria Francezca Theresa C. Kwe, "Closed Doors"
Future 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"
Poetry
First Prize: Isidoro Cruz, "Bodies Of Water"
Second Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Exploratoria"
Third Prize: Mike Maniquiz, "Tornadoes and Other Poems"
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"
The 53rd Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2003, at
The Peninsula Manila in
Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year’s awarding ceremony.[1]
Reynaldo A. Duque was this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardee. Duque clinched his fifth first prize for “Apong Simon” under the Maikling Kwento category. The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.[2]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 2003 winners are divided into four categories:
English Division
Short Story
First Prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, "Doreen's Story"
Second Prize: Ian Rosales Casocot, "The Hero of the Snore Tango"
Third Prize: Maria Francezca Theresa C. Kwe, "Closed Doors"
Future 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"
Poetry
First Prize: Isidoro Cruz, "Bodies Of Water"
Second Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Exploratoria"
Third Prize: Mike Maniquiz, "Tornadoes and Other Poems"
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"