1987 Palanca Awards

English division

• Grand Prize: “Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café” by Alfred A. Yuson

• First Prize: “The Flood in Tarlac” by Gregorio Brillantes
• Second Prize: “The Body” by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
• Third Prize: “Another Country” by Charlson Ong; and “The Bird Lover of City Hall” by Eli Ang Barroso

• First Prize: “ For All the Loved Ones” by Lina Sagaral Reyes; and “Peopleness” by Merlinda Bobis
• Second Prize: “Enemigo Mortal” by Constantino Tejero; and “Hinterland” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: “The Quality of Light ” by Ma. Fatima V. Lim; and “Word Without End” by Cesar Ruiz Aquino

• First Prize: “The Legacy of the Old-Chinese Merchants of Manila” by Wilson Lee Flores
• Second Prize: “Dislocation” by Danton R. Remoto
• Third Prize: “Don Jose Ma. Basa, the Untold Saga of an Illustrado Patriot” by Wilson Lee Flores; and “Gen. Macario Sakay and the Katagalugan Republic vs. the United States” by Wilson Lee Flores

• First Prize: “Fiesta” by Bobby Flores Villasis
• Second Prize: “Wish Afternoon in A Slum” by Ametta Suarez Taguchi
• Third Prize: “In Transit” by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

• First Prize: “Busman's Holiday” by Jessie B. Garcia
• Second Prize: “Song of the Sparrow” by Elsa M. Coscolluela
• Third Prize: “Cachil Kudarat or Cachil Corrala” by Mig Alvarez Enriquez

  Filipino division

• Special Mention: “Mga Aninong Hubad” by Cyrus P. Borja; and “Mga Limbas sa Lupa ng Muhammad” ni Ramon V. Lim

• First Prize: “Isang Pook, Dalawang Panahon” by Evelyn E. Sebastian
• Second Prize: “Batang Plantasyon” by Cyrus P. Borja
• Third Prize: “Talinhaga ng Talahib ng Los Indios Bravos” by Fidel Rillo, Jr.

• First Prize: “Mga Liham ni Pinay at Iba Pang Tula” by Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo
• Second Prize: “Namulandayan” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: “Bangungot ng Lungsod at Iba pang Tula” by Aida Santos Maranan

• First Prize: “Lakas ng Libro/Lakas ng Tao: Pagdidiskonstrak sa Teksto ng Pebrero” by Isagani R. Cruz
• Second Prize: “Bulkan, Bundok, Baha” by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: “Malay” by Emmanuel Mario B Santos aka

• First Prize: “Kinang sa Uling” by Ronaldo C. Tumbokon; and “Mutya ng Saging” by Leoncio P. Deriada
• Second Prize: “Agunya” by Aileen M. Aromin; and “Asawa” by Rolando Dela Cruz and Rene O. Villanueva
• Third Prize: “Pal” by Ronaldo L. Carcamo

• First Prize: “Marissa” by Isagani R. Cruz
• Second Prize: “Awit ng Adarna” by Rene O. Villanueva
• Third Prize: “Salidumay: Awit sa Apoy” by Jose C. Papa