Palanca Awards

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
Awarded for	Excellence in literary works
Country	Philippines
First awarded	1950
Official website	www.palancaawards.com.ph

The Palanca Awards or Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature are literary awards of the Philippines. The Manila Standard called it the "Pulitzer Prize" of the Philippines in terms of prestige. Unlike works acceptable as nominees for the Pulitzers, however, entries to the Palanca competition are previously unpublished pieces in their manuscript form. The Palanca Awards, organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, is one of the Philippines' longest-running awards programs.

The Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Filipino writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of Palanca Award-winning plays, and production funds were committed in 1975. In 2009, it added a category for poetry for children, in both Filipino and English.

Starting on the 60th awards year, for which the call for submissions opened on March 1, 2010 (ended April 30, 2010), contestants could submit one entry each in the following categories:

English Division

Filipino Division

Regional Languages Division

Kabataan Division (Open only to those below 18 years of age)

Palanca Awardees by year:

The Palanca Hall of Fame honors was established in 1995 and is presented to a Palanca awardee who already won five first prizes in the regular categories.

Palanca Hall of Fame awardees are: