The Palanca Awards are literary awards established in the Philippines in 1950 that are considered the most prestigious in the country. They are organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation and recognize works in both English and Filipino, as well as regional languages. In 2009, categories for poetry for children were added. Works are judged in categories including short stories, essays, plays, and poetry. The awards have been running for over 60 years and help fund the publication of winning works. The first Palanca Awards in 1951 recognized the short stories "Clay" in English and "Kuwento ni Mabuti" in Filipino.

1. Palanca Awards

2. • The Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for
Literature are literary awards of
the Philippines.
• The Manila Standard called it the
"Pulitzer Price" of the Philippines
in terms of prestige.
• The Palanca Awards, organized
by the Carlos Palanca
Foundation.
• One of the Philippines' longest-
running awards programs.

3. • The Palanca Awards was
established in 1950
• In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards
Committee started to fund the
publication of Palanca Award-
winning plays.
• production funds were committed
in 1975.
• In 2009, it added a category for
poetry for children, in
both Filipino and English.

4. Categories
Starting on the 60th awards
year, for which the call for
submissions opened on March
1, 2010 (ended April 30, 2010),
contestants could submit one
entry each in the following
categories:

5. English Division
• Short Story
• Short Story for Children
• Essay
• Poetry
• Poetry Written for Children
• One-act Play
• Full-length Play

6. Filipino Division
• Maikling Kuwento (Short Story in
Filipino)
• Maikling Kuwentong Pambata (Short
Story for Children in Filipino)
• Sanaysay (Essay in Filipino)
• Tula (Poetry in Filipino)
• Tulang Isinulat Para sa mga Bata (Poetry
for Children in Filipino)
• Dulang May Isang Yugto (One-act Play in
Filipino)
• Dulang Ganap ang Haba (Full-length Play
in Filipino)
• Dulang Pampelikula (Screenplay in
Filipino)

7. Regional Languages Division
• Short Story in Cebuano
• Short Story in Hiligaynon
• Short Story in Iluko

8. Kabataan Division
• Kabataan Essay
• Kabataan Sanaysay

9. 1951 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Literature winners in
the year 1951 (rank, title of winning
entry, name of author). Open only in
English and Tagalog Short Story,
these are the first recipient
winners of the Awards.

10. English Division
Short Story
• 1st Prize: "Clay" by Juan T.
Gatbonton
• 2nd Prize: "The Flowers of May" by
Francisco Arcellana
• 3rd Prize: "The Black Monkey" by
Edith L. Tiempo

11. Filipino (Tagalog) Division
Short Story in Filipino
• 1st Prize: "Kuwento ni Mabuti" by
Genoveva Edroza Matute
• 2nd Prize: "Mabangis na Kamay,
Maamong Kamay" by Pedro S.
Dandan
• 3rd Prize: "Planeta, Buwan at mga
Bituin" by Elpidio P. Kapulong

12. QUIZ
1. Longest running award
program
2. The manila standard
3. What year established
4. Added categories in
2009
5-8. Categories
9. 1st Price in 1951 short
story
10. 1st Price in 1951 short
story in filipino
1. Palanca Awards
2. Pulitzer Price
3. 1950
4. Poetry for children
5-8.
9. Clay
10. Kwento ni mabuti

13. Thank You