1963 Palanca Awards

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The 13th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.^[1]

The 1963 winners, the thirteenth recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story and one-act play:

• First Prize: Juan Gatbunton, "A Record of My Passage"
• Second Prize: Leopoldo N. Cacnio, "The Taste of Dust"
• Third Prize: Alma De Jesus, "Mabuhay, My Country, My Lovely People"

• First Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, "Turn Red the Sea"
• Second Prize: Estrella D. Alfon, "Tubig"
• Third Prize: Julian E. Dacanay Jr., "The Executives"

• First Prize: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., "Himaymay"
• Second Prize: Rogelio Sicat, "Tata Selo"
• Third Prize: Efren Reyes Abueg, "Sa Bagong Paraiso"

• First Prize: Benjamin P. Pascual, "Huling Kahilingan"
• Second Prize: Gregorio A. Moral Jr., "Nakalipad ang Ibon"
• Third Prize: Mar V. Puatu, "Mukha ni Medusa"

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1963". Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.