Here is PBBY's official press release on the 2021Salanga Prize Winner.
Iza Maria Reyes Wins 2021 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) awards this year’s PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize to Iza Maria Reyes for her story, Ang Tahanang Hindi Tumatahan. It is a poignant piece about the pain and hardship a family goes through in the middle of a separation, beautifully told through a metaphor of a crying house.Reyes is a teacher who is currently taking her master’s in Malikhaing Pagsulat at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She was a fellow for Creative Nonfiction at Palihang Rogelio Sicat 10 and the 1st PUP Multi-Genre Workshop, and has won awards for her essays in Filipino. This is her first PBBY-Salanga Prize.With over a hundred entries submitted for this year’s prize, six other stories were also selected as Honorable Mention winners (in no particular order): Palayok-palayukan para kay Carlito by Eugene Evasco; Ang Mga Bata sa Kalye ng Banaba byKwesi Ian Jay Junsan; Ang Mga Paralisdis ni Inday Faustina by Eugene Y. Evasco; Goodfire by Bea S. Mandapat; Oplan Sablay by Kristoffer Aaron G. Tiña; and Mamay Esing byJobert Grey Landeza.The winners will be awarded at the 38th National Children’s Book Day celebration on July 20, 2021.For inquiries about the contest, contact the PBBY Secretariat by email: secretariat@pbby.org.ph.
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