The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1990 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author):
Novel
Grand Prize Winner: Azucena Grajo Uranza, “Bamboo in the Wind"
Short Story
Special Prizes
Charlson Ong, “A Tropical Winter's Tale”
Vicar Rosales, “Islas”
Isagani R. Cruz, “Once Upon A Time Some Years From Now”
Victorino Manalo, “The Hunting Season”
Isagani R. Cruz, “What I Did Last Summer”
Short Story for Children
First Prize: Ramon Sunico, “Two Friends, One World”
Second Prize: Alfred A. Yuson, “The Boy Who Ate the Stars”
Third Prize: Jaime An Lim, “Yasmin”
Essay
First Prize: Isagani R. Cruz, “The Other Other: Towards a Post Colonial Poetics”
Second Prizes: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., “The Conscious Unconscious”
Eric Gamalinda, “The Unbearable Lightness of EDSA”
Third Prize: No Winner
Poetry
First Prize: Ricardo De Ungria, “Body English” and “Decimal Places”
Second Prizes:
Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., “Pinoy Septych and Other Poems”
Jaime An Lim, “Trios”
Fidelito Cortes, “Waitressing for the Exterminator”
Third Prizes: Ma. Luisa A. Igloria, “Cartography”
J. Neil C. Garcia, “Fish Wife and Other Poems”
Lina Sagaral Reyes, “Istorya”
One-Act Play
First Prize: No Winner
Second Prize: No Winner
Third Prize: Dean Francis Alfar, “Fragments of Memory”
Full-Length Play
Honorable Mentions:
Bobby Flores Villasis, “Eidolon”
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, “Retribution”
Nobela
Honorable Mentions
Reynaldo A. Duque, “Gagamba”
Rosauro Dela Cruz, “Kwadresentinyal”
Maikiling Kuwento
First Prize: Danilo Consumido, “Agam-agam ng Isang Historyador”
Second Prize: Lav Indico Diaz, “Pula, Puti at Saka Blu, At Marami Pang Kolor”
Third Prize: Henry Empeno, “Sanlibo't Isang Gabi ng mga Palabas sa Pag-aantay . . .”
Maikling Kuwentong Pambata
First Prizes: Rene O. Villanueva, “Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit” at “Tungkung Langit at Alunsina”
Second Prize: Ruben D. Canlas Jr, “Ang mga Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran nina Alegria at Andante sa Bimbolimbo”
Reynaldo A. Duque, “Angalo at Aran”
Third Prizes:
Ramon Sunico, “Mata at Mangga”
Edgardo B. Maranan, “Si Kidlat, Si Kulog, Si Kilot”
Sanaysay
First Prize: Isagani R. Cruz, “Ang Buhay sa Salamin ng Sining: Ang Kudeta Bilang Texto”
Second Prize: Josephine Barrios, “Ang Sinderelang Hindi Sinderela”
Third Prize: Virgilio S. Almario, “Pasyon at Katwiran sa Likod ng Salamin”
Tula
First Prize: Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, “Anyaya ng Imperyalista”
Second Prize: Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., “Baryo”
Third Prize: Lilia Quindoza Santiago, “Ordinaryo at Iba pang Tula”
Dulang May Isang Yugto
First Prize: Chris Millado, “Usapang Babae”
Second Prize: Rosauro Dela Cruz, “Ang Pagliliwanag ng Isip ni Cecillo Segismundo”
Third Prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr., “Naikuwento Lang sa Akin”
Dulang Ganap ang Haba
First Prize: Bienvenido Noriega Jr., “Deuterium”
Second Prize: Manuel R. Buising, “Lista sa Tubig”
Third Prize: Rene O. Villanueva, “Botong”
Dulang Pantelebisyon
First Prizes:
Emmanuel Q. Palo, “Ang Pagbabalik ni Kiwada”
Manuel R. Buising, “Patay-Bata”
Second Prize: Eli Rueda Guieb III, ”Pilat”
Third Prizes:
Melchor Salandanan Ventura, “Mrs. Raquel V. Matias”
Jovenal Velasco, “Si Tomboy atbp."
Honorable Mentions
Rolando S. Salvana, “Spirit”
Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, “Without Ceremony”
