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NJLA 2017 winners chosen

The winners of the 2017 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards have been selected by the contest’s panel of judges, Alfred Yuson (panel chair), Susan Lara...

A preview NJLA 2017: The Nick Joaquin Centennial

September is a special time for literature in the Philippines, when the Philippines Graphic holds its annual Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA). As the country’s...

Nick Joaquin Literary Awards Roster of Fiction Winners

  First Prize                                    A TROPICAL WINTER’S TALE  (Oct. 29, 1990) By Charlson Ong    Second Prize                                    THE WEEK OF THE WHALES  (Nov. 12, 1990)                     By...

The Philippines Graphic on the wings of history

Over time, the images fade; the pages turning brown with age. Pile after pile of magazines gather dust in a narrow stockroom, its load...

NJLA, NJLA Asia-Pacific: We’ll be back…

A prime exponent of Philippine literature, the Philippines Graphic has held the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards for 29 years. The NJLA annually awards the best short fiction and poetry published in its literary section. It is a testament to the enduring partnership between...

2018 NJLA winners honored

Three women took home the bacon at the 2018 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards on Sept. 25. Business writer and novelist VJ Campilan took first prize, a medal and certificate, and a P50,000.00 cash prize for her story “The Visitation,” her first NJLA win....

Millennials bring home the bacon at 2017 NJLA

To the young ones be the glory: This year’s winners of the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards were all young writers with long writing careers ahead of them, a hint, perhaps, that the late National Artist for Literature and Philippines Graphic editor-in-chief Nick Joaquin’s advocacy of...

The Philippines Graphic on the wings of history

Over time, the images fade; the pages turning brown with age. Pile after pile of magazines gather dust in a narrow stockroom, its load of news and features forgotten. In the world of the internet, old newspapers and magazines make a beeline to oblivion....

Nick Joaquin Literary Awards Roster of Fiction Winners

  First Prize                                    A TROPICAL WINTER’S TALE  (Oct. 29, 1990) By Charlson Ong    Second Prize                                    THE WEEK OF THE WHALES  (Nov. 12, 1990)                     By Leoncio P. Deriada                Third Prize                                    THE LAST STORY  (Oct. 15, 1990 )                  By...

NJLA 2017 winners chosen

The winners of the 2017 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards have been selected by the contest’s panel of judges, Alfred Yuson (panel chair), Susan Lara and Sarge Lacuesta. The winning stories are: “Mathilde’s Absence” by Christian Ray Bautista (first prize), which was published in the...

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