1980 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1980 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).
English division
Novel

Special Prize: "Silapulapu and The Zebut Brothers" by Remmie Suaco Brillo

Short story

First Prize: “The Fruit of the Vine” by Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas
Second Prize: “Flashback” by Rosario Garcellano
Third Prize: “The Outsider” by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

Poetry

First Prize: “Voices Prompted by the News, A Staple Food” by Alfredo N. Salanga
Second Prize: “Counterclockwise” by Gemino Abad Jr.; and “R+A+D+I+O” by Ricardo De Ungria
Third Prize: “The Running Shadow and the Street Tree” by Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas; and “Travelogue” by Alfred A. Yuson

Essay

First Prize: “Deja Vu In America or One of the Songs
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