The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2004 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry): English division Futuristic Fiction First prize: Irene Carolina Sarmiento, "They Don't Bite" Second prize: Catherine Rose Torres, "Niche" Third prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Hollow Girl: A Romance" Short story First prize: Asterio Enrico Gutierrez, "Blind" Second prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad" Third prize: Paul de Guzman, "The Index of Forbidden Books." Short story for children First prize: Victoria Estrella Bravo, "The Cat Painter" Second prize: Maria Celeste Flores, "Touch Ball" Third prize: C. Horatius Mosquera, "The Boy Who Had Three Brains" Essay First prize: Wilfredo Pascual Jr., "Devotion" Second prize: Erwin Romulo, "Confessions of a Space Boy" Third prize: Jose Maria Alarilla, "Surviving the Zeroes" Poetry First prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties" Second prize: Joel Toledo, "Literature and Other Poems" Third prize: Angelo Suarez, "Else It Was Purely Girls" One-act play First prize: Glenn Mas, "Her Father's House" Second prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "The Kite of Stars" Third prize: Robert Arlo de Guzman, "Sakura" Full-length play First prize: Isagani Cruz, "The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos" Second prize: Anna Felicia Sanchez, "In Search of a Storybook Dragon" Third prize: Glenn Sevilla Mas, "Rite of Passage" Filipino division Futuristic Fiction First prize: Charles Bryan Acosta, " Dalawang Butil ng Asukal at Bigas" Maikiling Kuwento First prize: Honorio Bartolome De Dios, "Etong Bayad, Sang Kalayaan Lang Second prize: Clarito Garcia de Francia, "Mik-Eng" Third prize: Johannes Chua, "Dinuguan" Maikling Kuwentong Pambata First prize: No Winner Second prize: Eugene Evasco, "Si Mabait at Ang Mga Daliri ng Liwanag" Third prize: Russell Roland Molina, "Tuwing Sabado" Sanaysay First prize: Luna Sicat Cleto, "Balanse" Second prize: Mary Grace Mendoza, "Suson-susong Suso" Third prize: Melecio Antonio Adviento III, "Diwa ng Manlalakbay" Tula First prize: Edgar Samar, "Tayong Lumalakad Nang Matulin" Second prize: Joseph Rosmon Tuazon, "Puti ang Anino ng Minsang Narito" Third prize: Renato Santos' "Sa Mall ng Mega-buhay-buhay" Dulang May Isang Yugto First prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Pangulo Naming Mahal" Second prize: Rodolfo C. Vera, "Mga Aswang sa Panahon ng Digmaan" Third prize: George de Jesus III, "Unang Ulang ng Mayo" Dulang Ganap ang Haba First prize: Nicolas Pichay, "Psychedelia Apocalypsis" Second prize: Jeanne Lim, "Gulong" Third prize: Allan Lopez, "Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig" Dulang Pantelebisyon First prize: Lourd Ernest De Veyra and Homer Novicio, "Tugtog Tinapay" Second prize: Ma. Clarissa Estuar, "Riles" Third prize: Ramon