Manila Critics Circle

The Founders in 1981

• Isagani R. Cruz

•Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta

•Alfrredo Navarro Salanga

•Alfred A. Yuson

The Members• Isagani R. Cruz (1981)

• Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (1981)

• Alfrredo Navarro Salanga (1981)

• Alfred A. Yuson (1981) (resigned)

• Leonidas V. Benesa (1982)

• Arlene Babst-Vokey (1982) (resigned)

• Virgilio S. Almario (1983)

• Alice Guillermo (1983) (resigned)

• Doreen G. Fernandez (1985)

• Resil B. Mojares (1985)

• Roger Bresnahan (1987)

• Miguel A. Bernad SJ (1989)

• Danton R. Remoto (1989)

• Juaniyo Arcellana (1999)

• Ruel de Vera (1999)

• Cirilo F. Bautista (2002)

• Shirley O. Lua (2006)

• Soledad S. Reyes (2006)

• Joel Pablo Salud (2010)

• Dean Francis Alfar (2015)

• Alma Anonas-Carpio (2015)

The Sculptors• Eduardo Castrillo (1981-83)

• Agnes Arellano (1984-87)

• Cesare & Jean Marie Syjuco (1989-91)

• Edgar Doctor (1992)

• Gino Gonzalez (1993-95)

• Napoleon Abueva (1996-99)

• Tito Sanchez (2005)

• Glenn Cagandahan (2008)

• Michael Allen R. Cacnio (2009-10, 2012-13)

• Salvador Joel Alonday (2011)

• Pete Jimenez (2014)

• Lawin Abueva (2015)

The Partners / Sponsors / Donors

The Awards• Anthology

• Art

• Art Studies

• Bibliography

• Biography / Autobiography

• Business / Economics / Finance

• Cartoons

• Children’s Literature

• Comicbook

• Cookbook / Food

• Cultural Criticism

• Cultural Studies

• Dictionary

• Documentation

• Drama

• Editing

• Education

• Environment

• Essay / Creative Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Film / Film Criticism

• Food

• Folklore

• Graphic Literature

• History

• History and Essay

• Journalism

• Language Studies

• Law

• Leisure

• Linguistics

The Awards• Literary Criticism /

Literary History

• Literary Studies

• Media

• Medicine

• Music

• Nonfiction Prose

• Personal Anthology

• Philosophy

• Photography

• Photo-journalism

• Poetry

• Professions

• Reference

• Sciences

• Screenplay

• Social Sciences

• Special Interest

• Sports

• Theology and Religion

• Translation

• Travel

• Young Adult Literature

•Design

•Citations

• Special Award

• Lifetime Achievement Award

•Publisher of the Year

Special Prizes• Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Art (P20,000)

• Artline Highlighters Prize for Non-fiction in English (P30,000)

• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Prize for Business/Economics/Finance (P10,000)

• Cirilo F. Bautista Prize for Short Fiction in English (P20,000)

• Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. Prize for Literary Criticism in a Local Language (P10,000)

• Elfren S. Cruz Prize for Social Sciences (P20,000)

• Isagani R. Cruz Prize for Literary Criticism (P20,000)

• John C. Kaw Prize for History (P30,000)

• Juan C. Laya Prizes for Novels in a Local & an International Language (P40,000)

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino for Language Studies (P20,000)

• Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta Prize for Literary Criticism in English (P10,000)

• Philippine Literary Arts Council Prize for Poetry in English (P20,000)

• Pilipinas Shell Prize for Science (P40,000)

• Victorio C. Valledor Prize for Professions (P30,000)

Publisher of the Year• New Day Publisher (1981)

• Cacho Hermanos / Solar Publishing (1985)

• Panitikan Series of ADMU Press, DLSU Press, & UP Press (1986)

• Anvil Publishing (1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013)

• Kalikasan Press (1990)

• Bookmark (1992, 1994, 2001)

• UP Press (1996, 2002, 2009)

• UP Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (1997)

• UST Publishing House (2003, 2004, 2010, 2012)

• ADMU Press (2007)

• Visprint (2014)

Gloria

Rodriguez

(1992)

Esther M.

Pacheco

(2005)

Gilda Cordero

Fernando

(2012)

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