1961 Palanca Awards
Encyclopedia
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1961 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
One-Act Play
One-Act Play in Filipino
English Division
Short Story- First Prize: "The Sound of Sunday" by Kerima Polotan TuveraKerima Polotan TuveraKerima Polotan Tuvera was a Filipino author.-Early life:Born in Jolo, Sulu, she was christened Putli Kerima. Her father was an army colonel, and her mother taught home economics...
- Second Prize: "The Day the Dancers CameThe Day the Dancers Came"The Day the Dancers Came" is a 1955 short story written by award-winning Filipino American author Bienvenido N. Santos. Set in 1950s Chicago, it is a classic work of the Filipino diaspora...
" by Bienvenido Santos - Third Prize: "Adios Ossimandas" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
One-Act Play
- First Prize: "Longer Than Mourning" by Jesus T. Peralta
- Second Prize: "The Celebrants" by Julian E. Dacanay Jr.
- Third Prize: "Amour Impossible" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
Filipino (Tagalog) Division
Short Story in Filipino- First Prize: "Parusa" by Genoveva Edroza-MatuteGenoveva MatuteGenoveva Edroza-Matute was a Filipino author. In 1951, she was the recipient of the first ever Palanca Award for Short Story in Filipino, for her short story "Kuwento ni Mabuti", which has been cited as the most anthologized Tagalog language short-story.-Life:i Francisco Balagtas , Francisco...
- Second Prize: "Binhi" by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
- Third Prize: "Mabangis na Lungsod" by Efren Reyes Abueg
One-Act Play in Filipino
- First Prize: "Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol" by Amado V. Hernandez
- Second Prize: "Ikalawang Mukha ng Paninindigan" by Fernando L. Samonte
- Third Prize: "Mga Kaawa-awa" by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.