Last call for entries to the 69th Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc., the sponsor and organizer of the 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, is reminding aspiring authors to submit entries for this year’s literary contest before the May 31, 2019 deadline.

This year’s edition of the country’s longest-running and most prestigious literary contest is accepting entries in all of its 22 categories:

Participants may submit only one entry per category. Entries should have been published between June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019.  Unpublished/unproduced works may also be sent as an entry in the contest.

For the Novel and Nobela categories, works should have been published within a period of two years prior to May 31 submission deadline but unpublished works may still be submitted.

Only unproduced works may be sent as entry in the Dulang Pampelikula category. A work which has been awarded a prize in another contest before 6p.m. of May 31 is disqualified from the contest.

Contest rules and official entry forms are available at Palanca Awards’ official website, www.palancaawards.com.ph

Entries may be submitted personally or via courier at the Palanca Foundation office at Ground Floor, Greenbelt Excelsior Bldg., 105 C. Palanca Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City. All submissions must be printed copies. The Carlos Palanca Foundation will not accept online or email submissions for all categories.

All winners will be honored in a special ceremony later this year. Contact the CPMA office at cpmawards@gmail.com or at (632) 843-8277 for further inquiries and other concerns. Ask for Leslie B. Layoso or Ester Alfaro./dcb

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