title: 1952 Palanca Awards
text: # 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.
  
  LIST OF WINNERS
  
  The 1952 winners, the second recipients of the awards, were divided into two categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story:
  
  ## English Division
  
  ### Short Story
  
  * 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"
  
  ## Filipino Division
  
  ### Maikling Kwento
  
  * First Prize: Pablo N. Bautista, "Kahiwagaan"
  * Second Prize: M.J. Ocampo, "Kamatayan sa Gulod"
  * Third Prize: Genoveva Edroza Matute, "Pagbabalik"
  