National Book Awards finalists

The 38th Manila Critics Circle and the National Book Development Board are pleased to announce the finalists for the National Book Awards for books published in 2018:

Literary Division

Novel in English: The Betrayed: A Novel by Reine Arcache Melvin, Ateneo de Manila University Press (ADMUP); Nightfall by Eliza Victoria, Visprint Inc.

Short Fiction in English: A River, One-Woman Deep by Linda Ty-Casper, University of Sto. Tomas Publishing House Inc. (USTPH); Field of Play by Francis Paolo Quina, Visprint Inc.; Heroes, Villains, and Other Women by Kate Osias (ADMUP); The Last Sacristan Mayor and The Most Expensive Mass For The Dead by Tito Genova Valiente, Ateneo de Naga University Press (ADNUP); Seekers of Spirits by Jude Ortega, University of the Philippines Press (UPP).

Short Fiction in Filipino: Hantong: Mga Kuwento ni John Jack G. Wigley, USTPH; Muling Nanghaharana ang Dapithapon: Imus Novel 5 ni RM Topacio-Aplaon, UPP; Mga Apoy sa Ilaya at Iba Pang Kuwento ni Rommel B. Rodriguez, UPP; Pwera Bisita ni Emmanuel Barrameda, Isang Balangay Media Productions (IBMP); Salamin at iba pang Panglaw ni Almayrah A. Tiburon, IBMP.

Nonfiction Prose in English: The Diplomat-Scholar: A Biography of Leon Ma. Guerrero by Erwin S. Fernandez, ADMUP; Honor: The Legacy of Jose Abad Santos by Desiree Ann Cua Benipayo, Philippine World War II Memorial Foundation Inc.; I Am Jake by Jake Zyrus, Anvil Publishing Inc. ; A Split Second in Time: My Life, Times, and Works by Teodulo M. Topacio Jr., UPP; Spots of Time: Memoir of a Mind by Paulino Lim Jr., ADNUP.

Nonfiction Prose in Filipino: Bagay Tayo ni Jerry B. Gracio, ADMUP; Finding Teo by Joselito Delos Reyes, USTPH.

Essays in Filipino: 56 ni Bob Ong, Visprint Inc.

 Anthology in English: The Achieve of, the Mastery: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, mid-’90s to 2016; The Sequel to A Habit of Shores Volume 1 and 2 by Gemino H. Abad and Mookie Katigbak- Lacuesta (editors), UPP; Bamboo Girls: Stories and Poems from a Forgotten Life by Ian Rosales Casocot, ADNUP; The First Five: A New Collection of Southeast Asian Writing by Chan Wai Han (editor), ADMUP; Made in Japan: Stories of Japanese-Filipino Children by Rey Ventura (editor), ADMUP-Bughaw; Voices on the Waters: Conversation with Five Mindanao Writers by Ricardo M. de Ungria (editor), ADMUP.

Anthology in Filipino: Ang Imahen ng Filipino sa Sining ni John Iremil E. Teodoro (editor), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF); Kolab: Koleksiyon ng mga Dula ni U.Z. Eliserio, Maynard Manansala, Chuckberry Pascual, UPP; Lab: Mga Dulang Adaptasyon at Iba Pang Laro para sa mga Klaseng Panlaboratoryo ni Vladimeir B. Gonzales, UPP; Tatlong Dula (na Itinanghal ng Dulaang UP) ni Rody Vera, UPP.

Literary Criticism/Literary History in English: Interpreting Rizal by Caroline S. Hau, ADMUP.

Poetry in English: Drift by Joel H. Vega, USTPH; How to Make a Salagubang Helicopter & Other Poems by Jim Pascual Agustin, San Anselmo Publications Inc.

Poetry in Filipino: Damagan ni Allan Popa, USTPH; Hindi Bagay ni Jerry B. Gracio, Visprint Inc.; Samantalang Sakop at Iniibig ni Edgar Calabia Samar, ADNUP; Walang Halong Biro ni Mesandel V. Arguelles, De La Salle University Publishing House; Walang Iisang Salita ni Paul A. Castillo, USTPH.

Graphic Literature: Biyak by Joyce Rochelle Montañano, IBMP; Kikomachine Komix Blg. 14: Alaala ng Kinabukasan by Manix Abrera, Visprint Inc.; Liryo by Paolo Magtira, Adarna Housse Inc.; Pukiusap by Beverly Siy (translator), Anvil Publishing Inc.; Stay: 21 Comic Stories by Angelo R. Lacuesta, Good Intentions Books Inc.

Translations: Digmaan at Kapayapaan by Leo Tolstoy (author), Lamberto E. Antonio (translator), KWF; Dusking, Dawning by Lualhati Abreu (author), Bonifacio Ilagan (translator), UPP; Malikmata: Mga Kuwentong Kababalaghan mula Czech Republic by Kristian Sendon Cordero, Jaroslav Olsa Jr., ADNUP; Mga Osipon ni Ana T. Calixto: Paggigiit ng Sadiring Banwa sa Osipon, Maikling Kathang Bikol, 1950-1956 by Raniela E. Barbaza, ADMUP; The Star of Panghulo by Soledad S. Reyes, ADNUP.

Non- Literary Division

Art: Cosmopolitanism, Theatre, and the Philippines by Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco, UPP.

Professions: Researching Philippine Realities: A Guide to Qualitative, Quantitative, and Humanities Research by Jose Eos Trinidad, ADMUP.

Social Sciences: Muni: Paglalayag sa Pamimilosopiyang Filipino by Jovito R. Cariño, USTPH; Neoliberalizing Spaces in the Philippines: Suburbanization, Transnational Migration, and Dispossession by Arnisson Andre Ortega, ADMUP; Saysay Himig: Sourcebook on Philippine Music History, 1880-1941 by Arwin Q. Tan (editor), UPP; Stories of Struggle: Experiences of Land Reform in Negros, the Philippines by Sarah Wright and Ma. Diosa Labiste, UPP; The Filipino Primitive: Accumulation and Resistance in the American Museum by Sarita Echavez See, ADMUP.

History: Convents of Manila: Globalized Architecture during the Iberian Union by Pedro Luengo, ADMUP; El Periodismo Filipino: 1811-1910: The First Century of Philippine Journalism Representing Vol. 3 of Aparato Bibliográfico dela Historia General de Filipinas by Jaime Marco (translator), Jose Victor Torres (introduction), Vibal Group Inc.; Peripheries: Histories of Anti-Marginality by Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr., ADNUP; Textiles in the Philippine Colonial Landscape: A Lexicon and Historical Survey by Sandra Castro-Baker, ADMUP.

Journalism: Na Kung Saan: Kapirasong Kritika, Mahigit Isang Dekada by Teo S. Marasigan, UPP; Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case against China by Marites Dañguilan Vitug, ADMUP.

Science: Investing in the Unseen: Cases on Biodiversity Conservation (Source book for Development Management) by Benjamin C. Bagadion Jr., ADMUP; Science-Based Management and Upland Community Development in the Philippines: The Case of Mount Makiling Forest Reserve by Portia G. Lapitan (editor), UPP.

Book Design: El Periodismo Filipino: 1811-1910: The First Century of Philippine Journalism Representing Vol. 3 of Aparato Bibliográfico dela Historia General de Filipinas by Ryan T. dela Cruz (cover design), Jason B. Buan (layout), Vibal Group, Inc.; Rizal Library Nation Building, by Karl Fredrick M. Castro, Office of the President, Ateneo de Manila University .

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