THE DON CARLOS PALANCA AWARDS / 1952
ENGLISH DIVISION

Short Story
First Prize: Kerima Polotan-Tuvera, “The Virgin”
Second Prize: N.V.M. Gonzales, “Children of the Ash-covered Loam”
Third Prize: Bienvenido Santos, “Even Purple Hearts”


FILIPINO DIVISION

Maikiling Kuwento
First Prize: Pablo Bautista, “Kahiwagaan”
Second Prize: M.J. Ocampo, “Kamatayan sa Gulod”
Third Prize: Genoveva Edroza-Matute, “Pagbabalik”