The 8th 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 1958 winners, the eighth recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story and one-act play:
English Division
Short Story
First Prize: Nick Joaquin, "La Vidal" Second Prize: Lilia Pablo Amansec, "Lilies of Yesterday" Third Prize: Florencio Garcia, "The Dwarf Pinetree"
One-Act Play
First Prize: Azucena Grajo Uranza, "Versions of the Dawn" Second Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, "Legend of the Filipino Guitar" Third Prize: S.R. Sievert, "Justice is But a Seeming"
Filipino Division
Maikling Kwento
First Prize: Ponciano B. Pineda, "Ang Mangingisda" Second Prize: Simplicio Bisa, "Mahaba ang Daang Bakal" Third Prize: Pedro S. Dandan, "Lakas"
Dulang May Isang Yugto
First Prize: Amado V. Hernandez, "Muntinlupa" Second Prize: Fernando L. Samonte, "Kamatayan sa Loob ng Isang Kuta" Third Prize: Pedro S. Dandan, "Bahid ng Dugo sa Mukha ng Buwan"