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Palanca Awards to resume this year

THE Carlos Palanca Foundation Inc., the sponsor and organizer of the 70th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, is reminding aspiring Palanca awardees to submit entries before the deadline on May 31, 2022.

This year's comeback edition of the country's longest-running and the most prestigious literary contest is accepting entries in all of its 22 categories: English Division — Short Story, Short Story for Children, Essay, Poetry, Poetry Written for Children, One-act Play, and Full-length Play; Filipino Division — Maikling Kuwento, Maikling Kuwentong Pambata, Sanaysay, Tula, Tula 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 Story-Ilokano. Kabataan Division — Kabataan Essay and Kabataan Sanaysay; Kabataan Essay: 'Life in the Midst of the Pandemic and Coping in the 'New Normal',' Kabataan Sanaysay: 'Buhay sa Gitna ng Pandemya at Pagharap sa 'New Normal'.'

The Palanca Literature Award medal will again be given to the best qualified writers this 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO