English Division

• First Prize: "The Sound of Sunday" by Kerima Polotan Tuvera
  Kerima Polotan Tuvera
  Kerima Polotan Tuvera was a Filipino author.-Early life:Born in Jolo, Sulu, she was christened Putli Kerima. Her father was an army colonel, and her mother taught home economics...
  
  
• Second Prize: "The Day the Dancers Came
  The Day the Dancers Came
  "The Day the Dancers Came" is a 1955 short story written by award-winning Filipino American author Bienvenido N. Santos. Set in 1950s Chicago, it is a classic work of the Filipino diaspora...
  
  " by Bienvenido Santos
• Third Prize: "Adios Ossimandas" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

• First Prize: "Longer Than Mourning" by Jesus T. Peralta
• Second Prize: "The Celebrants" by Julian E. Dacanay Jr.
• Third Prize: "Amour Impossible" by Wilfrido D. Nolledo

Filipino (Tagalog) Division

• First Prize: "Parusa" by Genoveva Edroza-Matute
  Genoveva Matute
  Genoveva Edroza-Matute was a Filipino author. In 1951, she was the recipient of the first ever Palanca Award for Short Story in Filipino, for her short story "Kuwento ni Mabuti", which has been cited as the most anthologized Tagalog language short-story.-Life:i Francisco Balagtas , Francisco...
  
  
• Second Prize: "Binhi" by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
• Third Prize: "Mabangis na Lungsod" by Efren Reyes Abueg

• First Prize: "Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol" by Amado V. Hernandez
• Second Prize: "Ikalawang Mukha ng Paninindigan" by Fernando L. Samonte
• Third Prize: "Mga Kaawa-awa" by Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.