The 51st Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2001, 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. Ateneo de Manila University President Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, S.J. was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year's awarding ceremony.[1]
Leoncio P. Deriada and Alfred A. Yuson were this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardees. Deriada clinched his fifth first prize for “Maragtas: How Kapinangan Tricked Sumakwel Thrice” under the Full-Length Play category. And Yuson clinched his fifth first prize for “Pillage and Other Poems” under the Poetry category. The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.[2]
LIST OF WINNERS
The 2001 winners are divided into four categories:
English Division
Short Story
First Prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, "The Death of Fray Salvador Montano, Conquistador of Negros"
Second Prize: Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta, "White Elephants"
Third Prize: Lakambini Sitoy, "Lyra"
Future Fiction
First Prize: Timothy Montes, "Turtle Season"
Second Prize: Maria Fres-Felix, "Past Forward"
Third Prize: Antonio Hidalgo, "The Third Placed Coming"
Short Story for Children
First Prize: Grace Chong, "Apo Mayor"
Second Prize: Irene Limpe, "The Ghost of Maria Matalas"
Third Prize: Marie Louise Kalaw Santos, "Nor Has Ear Heard"
Poetry
First Prize: Alfred Yuson, "Pillage and Other Poems"
Second Prize: Conchitina Cruz, "The Shortest Distance"
Third Prize: John Labella, "To The Dreamer of Last Things"
Essay
First Prize: Queena Lee-Chua, "Cogito Ergo Sum, or What I Know for Sure I Learned from Science"
Second Prize: Ernie Zarate, "Lengua Estopado Does Not Mean Stupid Language"
Third Prize: Tad Ermitano, "Satellite of Hate"
One-Act Play
First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "In The Gray"
Third Prize: No Winner
Full-Length Play
First Prize: Leoncio Deriada, "Maragtas: How Kapinangan Tricked Sumakwel Thrice"
Second Prize: Rodolfo Vera, "The Dreamweavers"
Third Prize: Christopher Gozum, "War Booty"
Filipino Division
Maikling Kwento
First Prize: Edgardo Maranan, "Ang Apo ni Lola Soledad"
Second Prize:
Roy V. Aragon, "Ang Baliw ng Bayan ng Sili"
Third Prize: Gil Olea Mendoza, "Kalayo"
Future Fiction [Filipino]
First Prize: Reuel Molina Aguila, "Ampalaya"
Second Prize: Jimmuel Naval, "Ima"
Third Prize: Khavn De La Cruz, "Ang Pamilyang Kumakain ng Lupa"