31st National Book Awards Winners (2012)

The 31st National Book Awards (2012), organized by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle, was held on November 17, 2012 at the Old Senate Session Hall of the National Museum. The event recognized the best books written, designed and published in the Philippines in 2011.

For the complete list of nominees in all categories, click here.

Here is the complete list of winners:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Gilda Cordero Fernando

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

Anvil Publishing

ALFONSO T. ONGPIN PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK ON ART

The Life and Art of Lee Aguinaldo, by Ma. Victoria Herrera, Clarissa Chikiamco, Cid Reyes, and Rod Paras-Perez, Vibal Foundation and Ateneo Art Gallery

CIRILO F. BAUTISTA PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION IN ENGLISH

Better Homes and Other Fictions: Collected Prose, by Connie J. Maraan, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

ISAGANI R. CRUZ PRIZE FOR LITERARY CRITICISM / LITERARY HISTORY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Dead Stars: American and Philippine Literary Perspectives on the American Colonization of the Philippines, by Jennifer M. McMahon, University of the Philippines Press

ISAGANI R. CRUZ PRIZE FOR LITERARY CRITICISM / LITERARY HISTORY IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE

Sawikaan 2010: Mga Salita ng Taon, edited by Roberto T. Añonuevo and Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., University of the Philippines Press

PHILIPPINE LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL PRIZE FOR POETRY IN ENGLISH

Tala Mundi: The Collected Poems of Tita Agcaoili Lacambra Ayala, by Tita Agcaoli Lacambra Ayala, edited by Ricardo M. de Ungria, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

ANTHOLOGY, ENGLISH

The Davao We Know, edited by Lolita R. Lacuesta, Anvil Publishing

ANTHOLOGY, FILIPINO

Telon: Mga Dula, edited by Luna Sicat-Cleto, Rolando S. Dela Cruz, Tim Dacanay, Elmar Beltran Ingles, Nicolas B. Pichay, and Rene O. Villanueva, National Commission for Culture and the Arts

ANTHOLOGY, ILOCANO

Nabalitokan A Tawid: Antolohia Dagiti Napili A Sarita Dagiti Ilokano, edited by Juan AL. Asuncion, Joel B. Manuel, and Ariel S. Tabag, GUMIL Filipinas

DESIGN

Philippine Ancestral Gold, by designed by Ige Ramos, Ayala Foundation

GRAPHIC LITERATURE

Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight, by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, Visprint

LEISURE

100 Questions Filipino Kids Ask, Volume 2, by Alai Agadulin, Javier Asuncion, Victoria Bravo, Kata Garcia, Emylou Infante, Glenda Oris, May Tobias-Papa, and Cynthia Villafranca, Adarna House and Liwayway Marketing Corporation

NONFICTION PROSE, ENGLISH

Peace Warriors: On the Trail with Filipino Soldiers, by Criselda Yabes, Anvil Publishing

NONFICTION PROSE, FILIPINO

Almanak ng Isang Aktibista, by Rolando B. Tolentino, University of the Philippines Press

POETRY, FILIPINO

Distrungka, by Teo T. Antonio, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

PROFESSIONS

Is Franchising For You?, by Armando Bartolome, Anvil Publishing

SCIENCE

Pinatubo: The Volcano In Our Backyard, by Robert Tantingco, Holy Angel University

SHORT FICTION, FILIPINO

100 Kislap, by Abdon M. Balde Jr., Anvil Publishing

SHORT FICTION, ILOCANO

Karapote: Antolohia Dagiti 13 A Nasuerte A Sarita, by Ariel S. Tabag, GUMIL Metro Manila

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Manobo Dreams in Arakan: People’s Struggle to Keep Their Homeland, by Karl M. Gaspar, Ateneo de Manila University Press

MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE SPECIAL PRIZE FOR A BOOK BY AN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER

Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata, by Ricky Lee, Philippine Writers Studio Foundation

MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE CITATIONS

Joaquin Sy, for translation;

Lungsod Iskwater: The Evolution of Informality as a Dominant Pattern in Philippine Cities, by Paulo Alcazaren, Luis Ferrer, and Benvenuto Icamina, Anvil Publishing;

Tomas Pinpin and Tagalog Survival in Early Spanish Philippines, by Damon L. Woods, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

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