2002 Palanca Awards - English Division

English Division

Novel

• Grand Prize: Vicente Garcia Groyon, "The Sky Over Dimas"

Short Story

• First Prize: Socorro A. Villanueva, "We Won't Cry About This"
• Second Prize: Ian Rosales Casocot, "Old Movies"
• Third Prize: Edgar B. Maranan, "Doomsday"

Futuristic Fiction-English

• First Prize: Raissa Claire U. Rivera, "Virtual Center"
• Second Prize: David Peter Jose J. Hontiveros, "Kaming mga Seroks"
• Third Prize: Baryon Tensor Posadas, "Mall"

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: Luis Joaquin M. Katigbak, "Mico and Friends"
• Second Prize: Raissa Claire U. Rivera, "The Slipper"
• Third Prize: Herbeth Fondevilla, "The Peace Crane"

Essay

• First Prize: Melba Padilla Maggay, "Death and Early Sorrow"
• Second Prize: Pareto Oliver B. Patacsil II, "Bread and Quiz Shows"
• Third Prize: Noel P. Pingoy, M.D., "Becoming a Hematologist"

Kabataan Essay

• First Prize: Enrico Miguel T. Subido, "Waging War for Humanity: The Battle for Peace"
• Second Prize: Monica S. Macansantos, "My Brush with Eugenics"
• Third Prize: Patricia Nicole J. Golez, "World Peace in My Own Little Way, Bow"

Poetry

• First Prize: Paolo Manalo, "Jolography"
• Second Prize: Anthony L. Tan, "Crossing the River and Other Poems"
• Third Prize: Mariano L. Kilates, "Things of Light"

One-Act Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: Joseph Israel M. Laban, "The Day Lola Lilia Finished Weaving"
• Third Prize: Hans Leo J. Cacdac, "Choosers of the Slain"

Full-Length Play

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: Francis Tanglao-Aguas, "When the Purple Settles"
• Third Prize: Christopher Q. Gozum, "The Pasyon of Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Colorum Uprising of 1931"