2006 Palanca Awards
Encyclopedia
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2006 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
Futuristic fiction
Short story for children
Poetry
Essay
One-Act Play
Full-length Play
Futuristic fiction
Short story for children
Poetry
Essay
One-Act Play
Full-length Play
Teleplay
Screenplay
Sanaysay (Filipino)
English division
Short story- First Prize: Mahogany Water by Socorro Villanueva
- Second Prize: Sink or Swim by Myrza Sison
- Third Prize: Trips by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela
Futuristic fiction
- First Prize: No winner
- Second Prize: Suman by Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui
- Third Prize: A Monumental Race by Arturo Ilano
Short story for children
- First Prize: Cut by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela
- Second Prize: Big Brother by Grace Dacanay Chong
- Third Prize: How Rosang Taba Won a Race by Dean Francis Alfar
Poetry
- First Prize: The Highest Hiding Place by Lawrence L. Ypil
- Second Prize: Building a House, and other Poems by Sid G. Hildawa
- Third Prize: Illuminations and Sonorities by Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.
Essay
- First Prize: Fungibility, Dead Souls and OCWs by Jose Edmundo O. Reyes
- Second Prize: Hometown Stories and Footnotes to Childhood’s End by Edgardo B. Maranan
- Third Prize: He’d Rather be Relevant by Martin V. Villanueva
One-Act Play
- First Prize: Ming Ming by Steven Prince C. Fernandez
- Second Prize: Gabrielle by Joachim Emilio B. Antonio
- Third Prize: Life After Beth by Nikki Alfar
Full-length Play
- First Prize: The Death of Memory by Glenn S. Mas
- Second Prize: Chinchina and the Five Mountains by Amelia L. Bonifacio
- Third Prize: Ask Me Again When I’m Thirty by Maria Clarissa Estuar
Filipino division
Short story- First Prize: Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino by Eros S. Atalia
- Second Prize: Langaw by Kristian Sendon Cordero
- Third Prize: Buwan at Lupa by Edgardo B. Maranan
Futuristic fiction
- First Prize: Tala-Huli/Huling Tala: Si Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero by Michael Francis C. Andrada
- Second Prize: De-Lata by Enrique C. Villasis
- Third Prize: Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga by Vladimeir B. Gonzales
Short story for children
- First Prize: Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin by Bernadette V. Neri
- Second Prize: Taguan-Pung by Maynard G. Manasala
- Third Prize: Ang Regalo ng Taong Ibon by Allan Alberto N. Derain
Poetry
- First Prize: Sa Tanda ng Pagsisimula ng Buhay by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
- Second Prize: Salit-salitang mga Tula ng Pagsulyap, Pakikibaka at Paglingap by Maria Josephine C. Barrios
- Third Prize: Salamangka ng Santelmo by Emmanuel V. Dumlao
Essay
- First Prize: Batang Tundo by Rosario Torres-Yu
- Second Prize: Talambalay by Elyrah L. Salanga
- Third Prize: Alingawngaw ng mga Kuliglig, Kalansing ng mga Tansan by Ramon M. Bernardo
One-Act Play
- First Prize: The Palanca in My Mind by Job A. Pagsibigan
- Second Prize: Aba Ginoong Mag-asawa by Joel V. Almazan
- Third Prize: Dyip by Christian U. Tordecillas
Full-length Play
- First Prize: Gabriela by Ma. Josephine C. Barrios
- Second Prize: Teatro Porvenir by Timothy Dacanay
- Third Prize: ’Nay Isa by Liza Magtoto
Teleplay
- First Prize: Milagroso by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr.
- Second Prize: Pulo by Jose Dennis C. Teodosio
- Third Prize: Negatibo by Bonifacio P. Ilagan
Screenplay
- First Prize: Kusina by Cenon O. Palomares
- Second Prize: Tribu by Jim Diamond M. Libiran
- Third Prize: Ang Mundo ay Iisa at Marami by Carlos A. Arejola
Iloko Short Story
- First Prize: Nabungon Iti Lawag by Bernardo D. Tabbada
- Second Prize: Tugot by Danilo B. Antalan
- Third Prize: Ni Ina Baket Gimma, Ti Aso, ken Ti Atang by Arnold P. Jose
Cebuano Short Story
- First Prize: Ang Ungo sa San Pilar by Lamberto Ceballos
- Second Prize: Dayaspora by Richel G. Dorotan
- Third Prize: Mata sa Bagyo by Eleazar T. Acampado
Hiligaynon Short Story
- First Prize: Duta para sa mga Iskolar sang Banwa by Leoncio P. Deriada
- Second Prize: Ang Kapid by Peter Solis NeryPeter Solis NeryPeter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, and author. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Literary Grant, and the All-Western Visayas Literary Contest awardee...
- Third Prize: Sagal-i by Bryan Mari Argos
Kabataan Essay
Essay- First Prize: Restructuring Idealism by Katrina G. Gomez
- Second Prize: Home by Ryan Edward L. Chua
- Third Prize: Coming Home by Hannah L. Co
Sanaysay (Filipino)
- First Prize: No winner
- Second Prize: Ang Pangako kay Asterz by Allan Jay. T. Allonar Jr.
- Third Prize: No winner