1961 Palanca Awards

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The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in 1961 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).

English Division

Short Story

First Prize: "The Sound of Sunday" by Kerima Polotan Tuvera

Second Prize: "The Day the Dancers Came" by Bienvenido Santos

Third Prize: "Adios Ossimandas" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

One-Act Play

First Prize: "Longer Than Mourning" by Jesus T. Peralta

Second Prize: "The Celebrants" by Julian E. Dacanay Jr.

Third Prize: "Amour Impossible" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

Short Story in Filipino

First Prize: "Parusa" by Genoveva Edroza-Matute

Second Prize: "Binhi" by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.

Third Prize: "Mabangis na Lungsod" by Efren Reyes Abueg

One-Act Play in Filipino

First Prize: "Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol" by Amado V. Hernandez

Second Prize: "Ikalawang Mukha ng Paninindigan" by Fernando L. Samonte

Third Prize: "Mga Kaawa-awa" by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

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