1977 Palanca Awards

English Division

• First Prize: “Janis Joplin, The Revolution and the Melancholy Widow of Gabriela Silang Street” by Gregorio Brillantes
• Second Prize: “Prodigal Season” by Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas
• Third Prize: “Victor and Other Issues” by Paul Stephen Lim

• First Prize: “Moses and Other Poems” by Domingo De Guzman; and “Stonehenge and Other Poems” by Edwardo Orozco
• Second Prize: “A Filigree of Seasons” by Tita Lacambra Ayala; and “Foliage and Tiger Fire and Other Poems” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: “Gin Tonic” by Edel Garcellano; and “Poems” by Rita Baltazar Gaddi

• First Prize: “The Reunion” by Hermibya Sison
• Second Prize: “Points of Departure” by Paul Stephen Lim
• Third Prize: “The Carpenter” by Emeterio G. Roa III

• First Prize: “The Terrorist Dialogue” by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
• Second Prize: No winner
• Third Prize: No winner
• Honorable Mention: “Jessy Ebon” by Manuel Cacdac; and “The Wounded Womb” by Elsa M. Coscolluela

  Filipino (Tagalog) Division

• First Prize: “Ahibay” by Hercules Del Mundo
• Second Prize: “Isang Kuwento ng Paraisong Walang Katapusan” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: “Lagablab ng Isang Yagit” by Benigno R. Juan

• First Prize: “Sa Bibig ng Balon at Iba pang Tula” by Lamberto E. Antonio
• Second Prize: “Sa Pagdalaw ng Pangungulila” by Jesus Manuel Santiago
• Third Prize: “Maskara at Mahika” by Teo T. Antonio; and “Pagkat Tayo'y Nagmamahal” by Romulo Sandoval

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: “Magkano ka Walong Oras, Isang Araw” by Diosdado Anzures Jr.
• Third Prize: “Kanluran ng Buhay” by Bienvenido Noriega Jr.
• Honorable Mention: “Ang Huling Hibla ng Kabaliwan ni Sisa” by Rogelio Sese; “Ang Multo sa Hawla” by Lorenzo Banag; and “Ang Pagbabalik ng Musikero” by Nonilon Queano

• First Prize: “Mayo A-Biente Uno Atbp. Kabanata” by Al Santos
• Second Prize: “Barasoain” by Noel De Leon
• Third Prize: “Talambuhay” by Bienvenido Noriega Jr.

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