scenes from the 2008 carlos palanca memorial awards for literature, rigodon ballroom, manila peninsula (1 september 2008)

butch dalisay, wendell capili, jaime an lim, au yumul, jing hidalgo, tony hidalgo

mikael de lara co reads his own work

patricia evangelista reads butch guerrero

they all listened to gabe mercado

ralph galan, butch dalisay, erica valerio

with sandra palanca

with erica valerio

surigao's finest: tara sering and her prizewinning siblings

vim nadera, kael co, mike coroza

with patricia evangelista

with luis gatmaitan, m.d.

with publisher gloria rodriguez and fictionist nadine sarreal

marne kilates and jing panganiban mendoza

with ralph galan and erica valerio

with mike coroza

tara sering, mookie kaitgbak and joy cruz

with nick pichay, jun lana and ian casocot

with marra pl lanot

karina africa bolasco

nikki alfar, chuck syjuco, tara sering, dean alfar and joy cruz

with sarj lacuesta and mookie katigbak

with jun cruz reyes

with celine cristobal

with ian casocot

with tara sering and joy cruz

with glenn mas

with jerry respeto, gil mendoza and jing panganiban-mendoza

with rody vera

with eugene evasco and friend, chris martinez, frank rivera and hermie beltran

tony hidalgo, jing hidalgo, chuck syjuco and jimmy abad

with jaime an lim

charlson ong, tony hidalgo, jing hidalgo

jimmy abad, krip yuson and vince groyon

with mon and nemy bermejo