1952 Palanca Awards

The 2nd Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.^[1]

• First Prize: Kerima Polotan, "The Virgin"
• Second Prize: N.V.M. Gonzales, "Children of the Ash-covered Loam"
• Third Prize: Bienvenido N. Santos, "Even Purple Hearts"

• First Prize: Pablo N. Bautista, "Kahiwagaan"
• Second Prize: M.J. Ocampo, "Kamatayan sa Gulod"
• Third Prize: Genoveva Edroza Matute, "Pagbabalik"

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1952". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-23.