2006 Palanca Awards

English division

• First Prize: Mahogany Water by Socorro Villanueva
• Second Prize: Sink or Swim by Myrza Sison
• Third Prize: Trips by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: Suman by Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui
• Third Prize: A Monumental Race by Arturo Ilano

• First Prize: Cut by Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela
• Second Prize: Big Brother by Grace Dacanay Chong
• Third Prize: How Rosang Taba Won a Race by Dean Francis Alfar

• First Prize: The Highest Hiding Place by Lawrence L. Ypil
• Second Prize: Building a House, and other Poems by Sid G. Hildawa
• Third Prize: Illuminations and Sonorities by Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.

• First Prize: Fungibility, Dead Souls and OCWs by Jose Edmundo O. Reyes
• Second Prize: Hometown Stories and Footnotes to Childhood’s End by Edgardo B. Maranan
• Third Prize: He’d Rather be Relevant by Martin V. Villanueva

• First Prize: Ming Ming by Steven Prince C. Fernandez
• Second Prize: Gabrielle by Joachim Emilio B. Antonio
• Third Prize: Life After Beth by Nikki Alfar

• First Prize: The Death of Memory by Glenn S. Mas
• Second Prize: Chinchina and the Five Mountains by Amelia L. Bonifacio
• Third Prize: Ask Me Again When I’m Thirty by Maria Clarissa Estuar

  Filipino division

• First Prize: Si Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino by Eros S. Atalia
• Second Prize: Langaw by Kristian Sendon Cordero
• Third Prize: Buwan at Lupa by Edgardo B. Maranan

• First Prize: Tala-Huli/Huling Tala: Si Manong, Sa Dyip, Ang Drayber at Ako, Ako Lang Naman, Ang Kanyang Pasahero by Michael Francis C. Andrada
• Second Prize: De-Lata by Enrique C. Villasis
• Third Prize: Lunes, Alas Diyes ng Umaga by Vladimeir B. Gonzales

• First Prize: Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin by Bernadette V. Neri
• Second Prize: Taguan-Pung by Maynard G. Manasala
• Third Prize: Ang Regalo ng Taong Ibon by Allan Alberto N. Derain

• First Prize: Sa Tanda ng Pagsisimula ng Buhay by Rebecca T. Añonuevo
• Second Prize: Salit-salitang mga Tula ng Pagsulyap, Pakikibaka at Paglingap by Maria Josephine C. Barrios
• Third Prize: Salamangka ng Santelmo by Emmanuel V. Dumlao

• First Prize: Batang Tundo by Rosario Torres-Yu
• Second Prize: Talambalay by Elyrah L. Salanga
• Third Prize: Alingawngaw ng mga Kuliglig, Kalansing ng mga Tansan by Ramon M. Bernardo

• First Prize: The Palanca in My Mind by Job A. Pagsibigan
• Second Prize: Aba Ginoong Mag-asawa by Joel V. Almazan
• Third Prize: Dyip by Christian U. Tordecillas

• First Prize: Gabriela by Ma. Josephine C. Barrios
• Second Prize: Teatro Porvenir by Timothy Dacanay
• Third Prize: ’Nay Isa by Liza Magtoto

• First Prize: Milagroso by Rodolfo R. Lana Jr
• Second Prize: Pulo by Jose Dennis C. Teodosio
• Third Prize: Negatibo by Bonifacio P. Ilagan

• First Prize: Kusina by Cenon O. Palomares
• Second Prize: Tribu by Jim Libiran
• Third Prize: Ang Mundo ay Iisa at Marami by Carlos A. Arejola

  Iloko Short Story

• First Prize: Nabungon Iti Lawag by Bernardo D. Tabbada
• Second Prize: Tugot by Danilo B. Antalan
• Third Prize: Ni Ina Baket Gimma, Ti Aso, ken Ti Atang by Arnold P. Jose

  Cebuano Short Story

• First Prize: Ang Ungo sa San Pilar by Lamberto Ceballos
• Second Prize: Dayaspora by Richel G. Dorotan
• Third Prize: Mata sa Bagyo by Eleazar T. Acampado

  Hiligaynon Short Story

• First Prize: Duta para sa mga Iskolar sang Banwa by Leoncio P. Deriada
• Second Prize: Ang Kapid by Peter Solis Nery
• Third Prize: Sagal-i by Bryan Mari Argos

  Kabataan Essay

• First Prize: Restructuring Idealism by Katrina G. Gomez
• Second Prize: Home by Ryan Edward L. Chua
• Third Prize: Coming Home by Hannah L. Co

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: Ang Pangako kay Asterz by Allan Jay. T. Allonar Jr.
• Third Prize: No winner