Awards

FILIPINO-COROZA.jpg (4877×3251) (varsitarian.net)

• S.E.A Write Award (2007)
• Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature: Honorable Mention, Filipino Poetry (1991); Second Prize, Filipino Poetry (1998); First Prize, Filipino Poetry (2001); Third Prize, Essay in Filipino (2002); Third Prize, Short Story for Children in Filipino (2007); Second Prize, Essay in Filipino (2008); Second Prize, Short Story for Children in Filipino (2009); Third Prize, Poems written for Children in Filipino (2009).
• Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honor) Award from the National Commission for Culture and Arts (2009)
•  National Book Award for Best Book in Language Studies from the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) (2015 and 2016)
•  Rev. Fr. Henry Lee Irwin Memorial Teacher Award for the Humanities from the Ateneo de Manila University (2016)
•  TOTAL (The Outstanding Thomasian Alumni) Award for the Humanities from the University of Santo Tomas (2016)
•   Language Champion on Literature and Translation (Language Champion in   Literature and Translation) from the Commission on the Filipino Language (2019)
•   Special Award Jacinto (Special Jacinto Award) from the Linangan sa Image,   Retorika at Form (LIRA) (2023).