1991 Palanca Awards

The 41st 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.
LIST OF WINNERS
The 1991 winners were divided into thirteen categories, open only to English and Filipino short story, short story for children, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play, plus the Dulang Pantelebisyon, open only for the Filipino Division:

English Division

Short Story

First Prize: Jessica Zafra, “Portents”
Second Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “The Music Child”
Third Prize: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, “All Possible Pasts and Future”

Short Story for Children

First Prize: Ma. Elena Paterno-Locsin, “The Blanket”
Second Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “The Jink, the Dolphin, and the Deep Sea Mystery”
Third Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Blue, Red, Yello”

Poetry

First Prize: Arnold Molina Azurin, “Dogodog and Other Poems Bypassed by the Northerlies”
Second Prize: Merlie Alunan, “Poems of a Season”
Third Prize: Ma. Fatima V. Lim, “From the Hothouse”

Essay

First Prize: Arnold Molina Azurin, “Unravelling the Knots of Ethnicity”
Second Prize: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., “Killing Time in Little Earth”
Third Prize: Anthony L. Tan, “Intimations of Mortality”

One-Act Play

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Jessie B. Garcia, “A Footnote to History”
Third Prize: No Winner

Full-Length Play

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: No Winner
Third Prize: No Winner

Filipino Division

Maikling Kwento

Honorable Mention: Lav Indico Diaz, “Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Nano”

Maikling Kwentong Pambata

First Prize: Natasha Vizcarra, “Ang Pintor ni Garu”
Second Prize: Edgardo B. Maranan, “Ang Ambahan ni Ambo”
Third Prize: Reynaldo A. Duque, “Salidum-Ay”

Tula

First Prize: Franklin Cimatu, “Desparacido/Desaparadico”
Second Prize: JJ Alvarez Dela Rosa, “Hari ang Ari”
Third Prize: No Winner
Honorable Mention: Michael M. Coroza, “Putol”

Sanaysay

First Prize: Glecy C. Atienza, “Ang Pagdadalaga ng mga Batang Taludtod”
Second Prize: Roland Tolentino, “Ang Mito ng Pagkalalaki ni Richard Gomez”
Third Prize: Omer Oscar Almenario, “Talaarawan ng Isang Galang Peryodista”

Dulang May Isang Yugto

First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Ramon C. Jocson, “Sa Pusod ng Yungib”
Third Prize: Reuel Molina Aguila, “Open 25-hours a Day”
Honorable Mention: Rodolfo R. Lana Jr., “Eksodo”

Dulang Ganap ang Haba

First Prize: Wilfred S. Victoria, “Baclaran”
Second Prize: Manuel R. Buising, “Kung Paano Balatan ang Talop na Bunga”
Third Prize: Carlos Dela Paz Jr., “Poon”

Dulang Pantelebisyon

First Honorable Mention: Ronald S. Marcelo, “Kapanahon”
Second Honorable Mention: Diosdado Anzures Jr., “Ang Halamanan sa Paso”
Third Honorable Mention: Rolando S. Salvana, “Jayvee's Brother”