1956 Palanca Awards

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The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1956 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).

English Division

Short Story

First Prize: "The Trap" by Kerima Polotan Tuvera

Second Prize: "The Transfer" by Bienvenido Santos

Third Prize: "The Lost Ones" by S.V. Epistola

One-Act Play

First Prize: "New Yorker in Tondo" by Marcelino Agana Jr.

Second Prize: "Island of the Heart" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

Third Prize: "The Strike" by Isabel Taylor Escoda

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: No winner

Second Prize: "Lupa, Ulan at Supling" by Martin Del Rosario

Third Prize: "Mga Butil, Mga Busal" by Pedrito Salazar

One-Act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Karalitaan" by Ruben Vega

Second Prize: "Bakas ng Kahapon" by Gregorio De Vega

Third Prize: "Kidnapped" by Deogracias Tigno Jr.

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