Call for entries for 62nd Palanca Awards

MANILA, Philippines - Now on its 62nd year of encouraging excellence in literary writing, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature is currently accepting entries for this year’s contest. Deadline for submission is at 12 midnight of April 30.

The Palanca Awards, the country’s most prestigious and longest-running literary competition, welcomes submissions under the English division, Filipino division, and regional languages division.

Each contestant may submit only one entry per category. 

Writers below 18 years old may submit essays under the Kabataan division. This year’s theme for the Kabataan essay is “In the advent of e-books, do I still consider printed books to be an important part of education?” The theme for the Kabataan sanaysay is “Sa paglaganap ng e-books, maituturing ko pa bang mahalagang bahagi ng edukasyon ang mga nakalimbag na aklat?”

The literary contest is open to all Filipino (or former Filipino) citizens, except current officers and employees of the Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc. Contest rules and official entry forms are available at the Foundation’s office at 6th Floor, One World Square Building, No.10 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Town Center, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City and at the Palanca Awards official website, www.palancaawards.com.ph.