The 25th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.[1]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 1975 winners were divided into six categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, and one-act play:
Leoncio P. Deriada, “The Day of the Locusts”
Luning B. Ira, “Once Upon A Cruise: Generations and Other Languages”
Cirilo F. Bautista, “The Man Who Made a Covenant with the Wind”
Porfirio Villarin Jr., “Discovery”
Leoncio P. Deriada, “The Dog Eaters”
Mauro Avena, “The People's Prison”
Domingo G. Landicho, "Huwag Mong Tangisan Ang Kamatayan ng Isang Pilipino sa Dibdib ng Niyebe"
Benigno R. Juan, “Wala Nang Lawin sa Bukid ni Tata Felipe”
Alfonso Mendoza, “Silang mga Estatwa sa Buhay ni Valentin Dacuycoy”
Rolando S. Tinio, “12 Tula”
Jose Carreon, “Ang Pamumuno ni Abunnawa”
Rosalinda Pineda, “Genesis at Iba pang Tula”
Lualhati Alvero, “Isang Tungkal na Alabok”
Mar. Al Tiburcio, “Nagbabalik ang Dakilang mga Gabi”
Gloria Villaraza Guzman, “Namimintana Ako”
Alberto S. Cruz, “Sino ang Bulag at Iba Pang Tula”
Bienvenido Lumbera, “Sunog sa Lipa at Iba Pang Tula”
Simon Mercado, “Tatlong Tula”
Victor V. Francisco, “Tsinataklipan: Ugat ng Angkan”
Manuel Pambid, “Buhay Batilyo”
Mars D. Cavestany Jr., “Isang Palabas”
Bienvenido Noriega Jr., “Kulay Rosas na Mura ang Isang Pangarap”
Benjamin P. Pascual, “Luha Para sa Yumao”
Reuel Molina Aguila, “Sidewalk Vendor”