The title poem was inspired by a declaration from Quezon, who dreamed of a people growing like the Philippine hardwood molave, “strong and resilient, rising on the hillside, unafraid of the raging flood, the lightning or the storm, confident of its own strength” (Ordoñez 1989:25). The award for poetry was won by Rafael Zulueta da Costa for the collection, Like the Molave and Other Poems, 1940. Gonzalez’s The Winds of April, 1940, which offered a glimpse into how marginalized peddlers, immigrant workers, and homesteaders lived in the country’s hinterlands. Laya’s His Native Soil, 1940, which dealt with the theme of cultural conflict. In the English division, the top prize for the novel went to Juan C. The first and only Commonwealth literary awards were swept by works which could be described as socially conscious in orientation and patriotic in theme. Quezon, took up the suggestion and initiated the literary contest, with veteran writers comprising the panel of judges. The office of the Commonwealth president Manuel L. The League, established in 1939, aimed to encourage national writing with social consciousness (Ordoñez 1989:31).
Its first winner was Jose Garcia Villa’s “ Mir-i-nisa.” In 1940, the Commonwealth Literary Contest was proposed by the Philippine Writers’ League.
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The Philippines Free Press began handing out literary awards in 1929 for the best short stories published in the magazine. In 1932, Alejandro Abadilla, in his column “Mga Talaang Bughaw” (Blue List), started his own lists of what he judged to be the best stories of the year. Person in the Golden Lighthouse), initiated the move to recognize the best Tagalog short stories published within the year. In 1927, Clodualdo del Mundo, in his column “Ang Tao sa Parolang Ginto” (The One of the earliest awards for writing in English was initiated by Jose Garcia Villa in 1926, when he started an annual selection of Filipino short stories in an “honor roll.” Short stories in English were then being published in the literary sections or supplements of magazines, such as the Philippines Free Press, and newspapers such as the Philippines Herald and the Manila Tribune. Recto and Manuel Bernabé), 1990, by Edgardo Tiamson and Filipinas a Cristobal Colón (The Philippines to Cristobal Colón), 1992, by E. Recto y Manuel Bernabé (The Colonizers of the Philippines Before the Eyes of Claro M. Works in Spanish that won first prize were Raíces hispánicas de la cocina Filipina (Hispanic Roots of the Filipino Cuisine), 1985, by Francisco Castillo Los colonizadores de Filipinas ante los ojos de Claro M. The Spanish Embassy launched in 1985 the Premio Manuel Bernabé to drum up interest in research and creative writing on Filipino-Spanish topics. The awardees are given, aside from the cash prizes, a bronze medal with the founder’s image, and a certificate. Since 1975, however, the Premio Zobel has gone beyond the scope of literary competition and been given for essays on various topics. Winners of the Premio Zobel have included writers of short stories, novels, or essays in Spanish, as well as teachers of Spanish language and literature. The award has continued to the present, temporarily suspended only from 1942 to 1951 and from 1967 to 1973.
Established by Don Enrique Zobel de Ayala, the award is administered by the Academia Filipina. The Premio Zobel was instituted on 22 July 1920 to promote the study of the Spanish language and creative writing in Spanish on literature, science, and history. In 1880, according to his diploma, Rizal was again awarded the first prize for his play El consejo de los dioses (The Council of the Gods). “ A la juventud filipina ” (To the Filipino Youth), a poem by then 18-year-old Jose Rizal, won first prize. The competition was for prose and poetry. It had two categories, one for peninsulares (Spaniards born in Spain) and insulares (Spaniards born in the Philippines), and another for mestizos and natives. The first recorded literary contest in the Philippines was launched by the Liceo Artistico-Literario in 1879.
Grants are cash subsidies given to individual writers to help them create more and better literary works, or the free use of venues given to writers’ organizations for meetings or workshops related to the writing of literature. AWARDS AND GRANTS Awards are financial or honorific prizes given to writers in recognition of an outstanding work or works, or for lifetime achievement in literature.