Winners of the Philippine National Book Awards

The National Book Awards is yearly awarded by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics' Circle (MCC). The MCC is an organization of professional critics and newspaper columnists. Started by MCC in 1982, the administration of the award was transferred to NBDB in 2008.

The following lists the winners in the Fiction category, combining the winning titles for novels and short fiction in English and Filipino (Tagalog). The category is also awarded in other Philippines languages.


1981
Utos ng Hari at Iba Pang Kuwento by Jun Cruz Reyes

1982
Finalities: A Novelette and Five Short Stories by Edilberto K. Tiempo
The Praying Man by Bienvenido N. Santos

1984
Oldtimer and Other Stories by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

1987
Southern Harvest: A Collection of Stories by Renato E. Madrid
Tutubi, Tutubi, 'Wag Kang Magpahuli sa Mamang Salbahe by Jun Cruz Reyes
What the Hell For You Left Your Heart in San Francisco by Bienvenido N. Santos

1988
State of War by Ninotchka Rosca

1989
Planet Waves by Eric Gamalinda

1990
Herstory by Rosario Cruz Lucero
Men of the East and Other Stories by Charlson L. Ong

1991
Laro sa Baga by Edgardo M. Reyes

1992
Killing Time in a Warm Place by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
Pagsalunga: Piniling Kuwento at Sanaysay by Rogelio R. Sicat

1993
Tales for a Rainy Night by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

1994
Eros, Thanatos, Cubao: Mga Piling Katha by Tony Perez

1995
Penmanship and Other Stories by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

1996
Kung Wala na ang Tag-araw / Ano Ngayon, Ricky? by Rosario de Guzman-Lingat

1997
Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol
Letting Go and Other Stories by Susan S. Lara

1998
Lassitude and Other Stories by Carlos Cortes
Mens Rea and Other Stories by Lakambini Sitoy

1999
Catch a Falling Star by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
A Normal Life and Other Stories by Reine Arcache Melvin
White Turtle by Merlinda Bobis

2000
Etsa-Puwera by Jun Cruz Reyes
Life Before X and Other Stories by Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta
My Sad Republic by Eric Gamalinda

2001
Suite Bergamasque: The Boulevard Stories by Bobby Flores-Villasis

2002
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F. H. Batacan
Testament and Other Stories by Katrina Tuvera

2003
Daisy Nueve: Stories Weird, Wonderful, Whatever by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento
Feast and Famine: Stories of Negros by Rosario Cruz Lucero
Mayong ni Abdon M. Balde Jr.
The Sky Over Dimas by Vicente Garcia Groyon

2004
Hunyango sa Bato by Abdon M. Balde Jr.
People on Guerrero Street by Leoncio P. Deriada
Women of Tammuz by Azucena Grajo Uranza
Cadena de Amor and Other Short Stories by Wilfrido D. Nolledo
On Cursed Ground and Other Stories by Vicente Garcia Groyon

2006
Calvary Road: Mga Kuwento sa Balighong Panahon by Abdon M. Balde Jr.
White Elephants: Stories by Angelo Lacuesta
Ang Sandali ng mga Mata by Alvin B. Yapan
Maligayang Pagdating sa Sitio Catacutan: Mga Kuwentong Kasisindakan, Aklat 1 by Tony Perez
Malagim ang Gabi sa Sitio Catacutan: Mga Kuwentong Kasisindakan, Aklat 2 by Tony Perez
Pagluwas by Zosimo Quibilan Jr.

2007
(H)istoryador(a) by Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera Jr.
Banyaga: A Song of War by Charlson Ong
The Jupiter Effect by Katrina Tuvera

2008
Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street by Benjamin Pimentel

2010
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol

2011
Blue Angel, White Shadow by Charlson Ong
Lumbay ng Dila by Genevieve L. Asenjo (Citation)

2012
Better Homes and Other Fictions: Collected Prose by Connie J. Maraan
100 Kislap by Abdon M. Balde Jr.


(List Of Winners)