2004 Palanca Awards Explained

54th Palanca Awards
Date:	September 1, 2004
Location:	The Peninsula Manila, Makati, Philippines
Previous:	2003
Next:	2005

The 54th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2004, at The Peninsula Manila in Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. ^[1]

Isagani R. Cruz was this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardee. Cruz clinched his fifth first prize for “The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos” under the Full-Length Play category. The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.^[2]

LIST OF WINNERS

The 2004 winners are divided into four categories:

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"

Future 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"

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"

Poetry

First Prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties"
Second