1965 Palanca Awards

Short story

• First prize: "Doña Jeronima" by Nick Joaquin
• Second prize: "The Enchanted Plant" by Bienvenido Santos
• Third prize: "Naked Song" by Almatita Tayo

Poetry

• First prize: "Godkissing Carrion" by Epifanio San Juan Jr.
• Second prize: "A Group of Poems" by Emmanuel Torres
• Third prize: "A Group of Poems" by Valdemar Olaguer

One-act play

• First prize: "No Sadder Race" by Nestor Torre Jr.
• Second prize: "The Mouth is an Open Wound" by Jesus T. Peralta
• Third prize: "Lust is a Four-letter Word" by Mar V. Puatu

Short story

• First prize: "Landas sa Bahaghari" by Benjamin P. Pascual
• Second prize: "Kamatayan sa Dilim at Ulan" by Eli Ang Barroso
• Third prize: "Mga Luha ni Leila" by Bayani De Leon

Poetry

• First prize: "Sa Pagkaparool" by Ruben Vega
• Second prize: "Mga Sugat ng Siglo" by Teo S. Baylen
• Third prize: "Makiling" by Gonzalo Flores

One-act play

• First prize: Mga Yagit" by Edgardo M. Reyes
• Second prize: "Maskara" by Pablo M. Cuasay
• Third prize: "Ang Taksil" by Agapito M. Joaquin

• "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1965". Archived from the original on 24 October 2009.