2003 Don Palanca Awards for Literature results

Here’s the list of winners, for the English Division for those who want to know (why only English? Well, it’s the division I compete in. I’m certain someone else will post the Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and Iluko Division winners).

English Division

Future Fiction (no awards for 1st and 2nd)

3rd – Sidhi by Yvette Tan

Short Story

1st – Doreen’s Story by Rosario Lucero
2nd – The Hero of the Snore Tango by Ian Casocot
3rd – Closed Doors by Maria Theresa Kwe

Short Story for Children

1st – The Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of Clouds by Honoel Ibardaloza
2nd – Behind the Old Aparador by Cyan Abad-Jugo
3rd – Kulog by Yvette Tan

Essay

1st – The Music of Pestle-on-Mortar by Rosario Lucero
2nd – Videoke Blues by Lourd de Veyra
3rd – Licking Lollies by Xerxes Matza

Poetry

1st – Bodies of Water by Isodoro Cruz
2nd – Exploratoria by Angelo Suarez
3rd – Tornadoes and other Poems by Mike Maniquz

One-Act Play (no 1st prize)

2nd – The Onan Circle by Dean Francis Alfar
3rd – The Birth of Flight by Glenn Sevilla Mas

Full-length Play (no 1st-prize)

2nd – Fluid by Floy Quintos
3rd – The Adventures of Pilandok by Frank Rivera

*Sigh. 3 out of the 4 times I placed 2nd, there was no first prize. It's an odd feeling, being the best for the year but no-exactly-so. Oh well.*