67th Palanca Awards opens call for entries

The Carlos Palanca Foundation Inc. announced its call for entries to the 67th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

This year’s competition is also accepting submissions to the novel and nobela categories, which are offered only every two years.

The regular categories for this year are as follows: Novel, Nobela categories; English Division–short story, short story for children, essay, poetry, poetry written for children, one-act play, and fulllength play;

Filipino Division–maikling kuwento, maikling kuwentong pambata, sanaysay, tula, tulang para sa mga bata, dulang may isang yugto, dulang ganap ang haba, and dulang pampelikula;

Regional Languages Division–short story-Cebuano, short story-Hiligaynon, and short tory-Ilokano.

Young writers, below 18 years, old may also begin crafting their entries to the Kabataan Division, with the theme, “How can the youth contribute to building interest in Philippine culture and literature?” (Kabataan Essay) and “Paano makaaambag ang mga kabataan sa pagsulong ng interes sa kultura at panitikang Pilipino?” (Kabataan Sanaysay).

The contest is open to all Filipino or former Filipino citizens of all ages, except current directors, officers and employees of the Palanca Foundation. Published/produced works, which were first published or first produced between May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017, and/or unpublished/unproduced works may be entered in the contest.

The deadline of submission is on April 30, 2017. Winners will be awarded at a special ceremony set on Sept. 1, 2017.

For official contest rules and forms, one may download information from the CPMA website <www.palancaawards.com.ph>.

For inquiries, contact CPMA administrator Leslie Layoso through email at cpawards@ palancaawards.com.ph or at (02) 511-0003/0910-8878552.