List of Filipino women writers explained

This is a list of women writers who were born in the Philippines or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968), Cebuano dramatist
• Mila D. Aguilar (born 1949), poet, essayist, educator
• Erlinda K. Alburo (active since 1970s), poet, Cebuano scholar
• Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), short story writer, playwright, journalist
• Cora Almerino (active since 1990s), poet
• Mia Alvar (active since 1999), short story writer
• Ivy Alvarez (active since 2000), poet, editor, reviewer
• Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001), historian, educator, suffragist
• Liwayway Arceo (1920–1999), novelist, journalist, radio scriptwriter

B

• Felisa Batacan (active since the 1990s), journalist, novelist, short story writer
• Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023), novelist
• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), playwright, short story writer, novelist
• Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

C

• Linda Ty Casper (born 1931), novelist, short story writer
• Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (active since 1980s), Spanish-language writer, educator
• Martha Cecilia (1953–2014), romance novelist
• Arlene J. Chai (born 1955), Filipino-Chinese-Australian novelist
• Josefina Constantino (1920–2024), essayist, critic, poet, nun
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1930–2020), publisher, short story writer, non-fiction writer
• Sheila Coronel (active since 2003), journalist, educator
• Conchitina Cruz (active since 1998), poet, educator

D

• Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (1932–2010), poet, editor, playwright, educator

E

• Lina Espina-Moore (1919–2000), Cebuano short story writer, novelist
• Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014), folklorist, educator
• Marjorie Evasco (born 1953), poet, feminist

F

• Lina Flor (1914–1976), radio scriptwriter, columnist, biographer
• Leona Florentino (1849–1884), poet writing in Spanish and Ilocano

G

• Candy Gourlay (born 1962), journalist, children's writer
• Evelyn May Guinid (born 1971), romance novelist

H

• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist
• Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer
• Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist
• Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor

I

• Luisa Aguilar Igloria (born 1961), Filipino-American poet

J

• Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978), autobiographer, poet, novelist, short story writer
• Armie Jarin-Bennett (active since 1980s), journalist, television presenter, executive CNN director
• Rina Jimenez-David (born 1955), journalist, columnist

K

• Karen Kunawicz (active since 1990s), poet, journalist, columnist, broadcaster

M

• Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (born 1991), lawyer, author and opinion columnist

M

• Melba Padilla Maggay (born 1950), social anthropologist, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995), poet
• Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983), short story writer
• Genoveva Matute (1915–2009), short story writer
• Armine Rhea Mendoza (active since the 1990s), romance novelist
• Hilda Montaire (1922–2004), short story writer, novelist
• Virginia R. Moreno (1923–2021), poet, playwright, film director

O

• Maria Odulio de Guzman (active since 1960s), lexicographer
• Gilda Olvidado (born 1957), novelist, scriptwriter

P

• Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008), short story writer
• Elena Patron (1933–2021), Tagalog columnist, comics writer, novelist
• Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011), short story writer, novelist, essayist

R

• Soledad Reyes (born 1946), novelist, essayist
• Sophia Romero (active since 1998), novelist
• Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946), novelist, non-fiction writer

S

• Michelle Cruz Skinner (born 1965), short story writer, educator
• Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (active since 1992), romance novelist
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), politician, non-fiction writer
• Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007), essayist, columnist, diplomat
• Lakambini Sitoy (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, journalist, educator

T

• Eileen Tabios (born 1960), poet, novelist, publisher
• Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (active since 1980s), scriptwriter for television, film
• Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994), linguist, poet
• Edith Tiempo (1919–2011), poet, novelist, short story writer
• Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born 1951), poet, novelist, essayist

U

• Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012), novelist, short story writer, playwright

Z

• Jessica Zafra (born 1965), essayist, columnist