2004 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2004 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry):
English Division
Short Story
First Prize: Asterio Enrico Gutierrez, "Blind"
Second Prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad"
Third Prize: Paul de Guzman, "The Index of Forbidden Books"
Short Story for Children
First Prize: Victoria Estrella Bravo, "The Cat Painter"
Second Prize: Maria Celeste Flores, "Touch Ball"
Third Prize: C. Horatius Mosquera, "The Boy Who Had Three Brains"
Essay
First Prize: Wilfredo Pascual Jr., "Devotion"
Second Prize: Erwin Romulo, "Confessions of a Space Boy"
Third Prize: Jose Maria Alarilla, "Surviving the Zeroes"
Poetry
First Prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties"
Second Prize: Joel Toledo, "Literature and Other Poems"
Third Prize: Angelo Suarez, "Else It Was Purely Girls"
One-Act Play
First Prize: Glenn Mas, "Her Father's House"
Second Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "The Kite of Stars"
Third Prize: Robert Arlo de Guzman, "Sakura"
Full-Length Play
First Prize: Isagani Cruz, "The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos"
Second Prize: Anna Felicia Sanchez, "In Search of a Storybook Dragon"
Third Prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "Rite of Passage"
Futuristic Fiction
First Prize: Irene Carolina Sarmiento, "They Don't Bite"
Second Prize: Catherine Rose Torres, "Niche"
Third Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Hollow Girl: A Romance"
Filipino Division
Maikling Kuwento (Short Story)
First Prize: Honorio Bartolome De Dios, "Etong Bayad, Sang Kalayaan Lang"
Second Prize: Clarito Garcia de Francia, "Mik-Eng"
Third Prize: Johannes Chua, "Dinuguan"
Maikling Kuwentong Pambata (Short Story for Children)
First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Eugene Evasco, "Si Mabait at Ang Mga Daliri ng Liwanag"
Third Prize: Russell Roland Molina, "Tuwing Sabado"
Sanaysay (Essay)
First Prize: Luna Sicat Cleto, "Balanse"
Second Prize: Mary Grace Mendoza, "Suson-susong Suso"
Third Prize: Melecio Antonio Adviento III, "Diwa ng Manlalakbay"
Tula (Poetry)
First Prize: Edgar Samar, "Tayong Lumalakad Nang Matulin"
Second Prize: Joseph Rosmon Tuazon, "Puti ang Anino ng Minsang Narito"
Third Prize: Renato Santos' "Sa Mall ng Mega-buhay-buhay"
Dulang May Isang Yugto (One-Act Play)
First Prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Pangulo Naming Mahal"
Second Prize: Rodolfo C. Vera, "Mga Aswang sa Panahon ng Digmaan"
Third Prize: George de Jesus III, "Unang Ulang ng Mayo"
Dulang Ganap ang Haba (Full-Length Play)
First Prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Psychedelia Apocalypsis"
Second Prize: Jeanne Lim, "Gulong"
Third Prize: Allan Lopez, "Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig"
Dulang Pantelebisyon (Teleplay)
First Prize: Lourd Ernest De Veyra and Homer Novicio, "Tugtog Tinapay"
Second Prize: Ma. Clarissa Estuar, "Riles"
Third Prize: Ramon Orbeta, "Adik sa TV"
Dulang Pampelikula (Screenplay)
First Prize: Mark Meily, "Good Friday Archipelago"
Second Prize: Ma. Abigael Malonzo, "Snapshots"
Third Prize: Jose Maria Manalo, "Adoboville"
Futuristic Fiction
No Winners
Iloko Short Story
First Prize: Prescillano N. Bermudez, "Apong Gabriel, Pundador"
Second Prize: Daniel L. Nesperos, "Opas"
Third Prize: Severino Pablo, "Silaw a Makidinnaeg iti Di Maungpot nga Isisingising ti Init"
Cebuano Short Story
First Prize: Arnel Mardoquio, "Ang Katapusang Sonata sa Clarinet ni Nikolet"
Second Prize: Agustin Pagusara Jr., "Talia Migrante"
Third Prize: Gumer Rafanan, "Gutom"
Hiligaynon Short Story
First Prize: Winton Lou Ynion, "Sinipad sa Balaan Bukid"
Second Prize: Genevieve L. Asenjo, "Si Beryong Balikbayan"
Third Prize: John Iremil Teodoro, "Balaan"
Kabataan Essay
Essay
First Prize: Florianne Jimenez, "Window Pains"
Second Prize: Marc Gregory Yu, "To Be President? Why Not"
Third Prize: Marie Kristine Reyes, "In Over-anticipation of the Future"
Sanaysay
First Prize: Marylaine Louise Viernes, "Iboto! Ako Para Pangulo"
Second Prize: Cassandra Czarina Yap, "Kung Ako ay Presidente ng Pilipinas"
Third Prize: Mark Christopher delos Angeles Deatras, "Kapitan"