1956 Palanca Awards

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1956 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).

English Division

Short Story

• First Prize: "The Trap" by Kerima Polotan Tuvera
• Second Prize: "The Transfer" by Bienvenido Santos
• Third Prize: "The Lost Ones" by S.V. Epistola

One-Act Play

• First Prize: "New Yorker in Tondo" by Marcelino Agana Jr.
• Second Prize: "Island of the Heart" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
• Third Prize: "The Strike" by Isabel Taylor Escoda

Filipino (Tagalog) Division

Short Story in Filipino

• First Prize: No winner
• Second Prize: "Lupa, Ulan at Supling" by Martin Del Rosario
• Third Prize: "Mga Butil, Mga Busal" by Pedrito Salazar

One-Act Play in Filipino

• First Prize: "Karalitaan" by Ruben Vega
• Second Prize: "Bakas ng Kahapon" by Gregorio De Vega
• Third Prize: "Kidnapped" by Deogracias Tigno Jr.