1982 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1982 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
English division
Novel
- Grand Prize: "Surveyors of the Liguasan Marsh" by Antonio R. Enriquez
Short story
- First Prize: “Heartland” by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
- Second Prize: “Pas De Deux” by Azucena Grajo Uranza
- Third Prize: “The Sky is Always Blue” by Jose Marte Abueg
Poetry
- First Prize: “Monologues or Otherwise I & II” by Pablo Liwanag; and “Outsider and Other Poems” by Cesar Felipe Bacani Jr.
- Second Prize: “Masbate” by Simeon Dumdum, Jr.; and “Tightwire and Other Poems” by Alfred A. Yuson
- Third Prize: “Dolphin, Dinosaurs and Eagles” by Augusta Almedda; and “Pax Panda and Other Poems” by Edgardo B. Maranan
Essay
- First Prize: “Archipelagos of Time: Islands of the Universe” by Jesus S.M. Dimapilis
- Second Prize: “A Gift From the Island” by Jorshinelle Sonza
- Third Prize: “Bound to the Earth” by Sheila Coronel
One-Act Play
- First Prize: no winner
- Second Prize: No winner
- Third Prize: “The Wayside Café” by Tony Perez
- Special Mention: “Late Journey Home” by Elsa M. Coscolluela
Full-length Play
- First Prize: No winner
- Second Prize: No winner
- Third Prize: No winner
- Special Mention: “Return to Villa Fuente” by Leopoldo C. Gonzales; and “The Gemini Conspiracy” by Elsa M. Coscolluela
Filipino division
Novel
- Grand Prize: “Kulang ng Isa sa Sandosena: Ba't di pa Magkasya sa Labing-isa na Lang” by Victor V. Francisco; and “Tutubi! Tutubi! 'Wag Kang Magpapahuli sa Mamang Salbahe” by Jun Cruz Reyes
Short story
- First Prize: “Tatlong Kuwento ng Buhay ni Julian Candelabra” by Lualhati Bautista
- Second Prize: “Arrivederci” by Fanny A. Garcia
- Third Prize: Awan nangabak
- Special Mention: “Biyernes Santo: Mainit na Araw, Malamig na Sago” by Ma. Cristina Mata-Basco; and “Paglaya” by Cresenciano Marquez Jr.
Poetry
- First Prize: “Odyssey ng Siglo” by Cresenciano Marquez Jr.
- Second Prize: “Tula ng Aking Panahon” by Mar Al. Tiburcio
- Third Prize: “Balada sa Baklad, sa Darating na Liwanag” by Edgardo B. Maranan
Essay
- First Prize: “Isang Liham sa Baul ng Isang Manunulat” by Fanny A. Garcia
- Second Prize: “Italia! Italia!” by Fanny A. Garcia
- Third Prize: “Proyekto sa Ilog Chico: Isang Dambuhalang Talinhaga sa Panahon Natin” by Anselmo Roque
One-Act Play
- First Prize: “Taong-Grasa” by Anton Juan Jr.
- Second Prize: “Nana” by Rene O. Villanueva
- Third Prize: “Si Mr. Daga, Si Mrs. Daga at ang Doktor” by Leoncio P. Deriada
Full-length Play
- First Prize: 'Awan nangabak
- Second Prize: “Ang Mahabang Pagdadalawang-isip sa Maikling Buhay ng Isang Petiburgis” by Malou Leviste Jacob
- Third Prize: “Lamat” by Jose Javier Reyes
References