2005 Palanca Awards
Encyclopedia
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2005 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author):
Short Story
Futuristic Fiction
Poetry
Short Story for Children
Essay
One-Act Play
Full Length Play
Filipino .
English Division
Novel- Grand Prize: "Salamanca" by Dean Francis AlfarDean Francis AlfarDean Francis Alfar , is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit, The...
Short Story
- First Prize: "The Shakespeare Guy" by Alexis A.L. Abola
- Second Prize: "Shut Up and Live" by Lakambini A. Sitoy
- Third Prize: "At Merienda" by Maryanne Moll
Futuristic Fiction
- First Prize: "Treasure Islands" by Karen Manalastas
- Second Prize: "Last Bus Ride" by Pia R. Roxas
- Third Prize: "Espiritu Santos" by Pearlsha Abubakar
Poetry
- First Prize: "What Little I Know of Luminosity" by Joel M. Toledo
- Second Prize: "Evasions" by Naya S. Valdellon
- Third Prize: "The Proxy Eros" by Ana Maria Katigbak
Short Story for Children
- First Prize: "No Lipstick for Mother" by Grace Dacanay-Chong
- Second Prize: "The Dancers of Malumbay" by Raissa Claire U. Rivera
- Third Prize: "Menggay’s Magical Chicken" by Nikki Alfar
Essay
- First Prize: "From the Outlands with Love" by Lakambini A. Sitoy
- Second Prize: "Metaphor Man and Migrant, I" by Aurelio S. Agcaoili
- Third Prize: "Thorn" by Maria Angela Nicole S. Perreras
One-Act Play
- First Prize: "First Snow of November" by Alfonso I. Dacanay
- Second Prize: "Children of the Sea" by Glenn Sevilla Mas
- Third Prize: "Welcome to Intelstar" by Christopher D. Martinez
Full Length Play
- First Prize: "In the Land of the Giants" by Glenn Sevilla Mas
- Second Prize: "Jyan Ken Pon" by Ma. Clarissa N. Estuar
- Third Prize: "Something Happened" by Allan LopezAllan LopezAllan B. Lopez is a writer from the Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, with a BA in Speech Communication...
Iloko Short Story
- First Prize: "Goyo: Ti Dangadang iti Rabaw ti Ulep" by Danilo B. Antalan
- Second Prize: "Ti Galienera, Ti Ili, ken Tallo A Kronika" by Joel B. Manuel
- Third Prize: "Dagiti Dir-i ken Tagay iti Daradara a Bangabanga" by Daniel L. Nesperos
Cebuano Short Story
- First Prize: "Balyan" by Macario D. Tiu
- Second Prize: "Bangka sa Kinabuhi" by Agustin Pagusara Jr.
- Third Prize: "Sesyon" by Josua S. Cabrera
Hiligaynon Short Story
- First Prize: "Turagsoy" by Genevieve L. Asenjo
- Second Prize: "Kaupod" by Christian F. Emague
- Third Prize: "Daguob Sang Dagat" by Lester Mark P. Carnaje
Kabataan Essay
English- First Prize: "Stories" by Patricia Marie I. Ranada
- Second Prize: "As Silly As It Gets" by Joan Paula A. Deveraturda
- Third Prize: "Learning To Be Filipino" by Katrina G. Gomez
Filipino .
- First Prize: "Wahahahahahahahaha" by Kristina D.C. Javier
- Second Prize: "Alaala ng Quiapo" by Jamaica Jane J. Pascual
- Third Prize: "K" by Arnold Pantaleon Pascua II