Fifty-one writers have been honored in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) held at The Peninsula Manila Rigodon Ballroom on Friday.

Keeping its passion to give recognition to Filipino writers, as well as to nurture the country's literature, this is the 66th year of the awards. The organizers received entries in 20 categories (minus the Novel and Nobela categories), which were judged by 57 respected writers, practitioners, and academics.

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