TWENTY-SIX books as varied as accounts on martial law, to a book of Waray poetry, a PR practitioner’s lessons on etiquette in the 21st century to a book identifying birds have been announced as the winners of the 36th National Book Awards by the National Book Development Board of the Philippines and the Manila Critics Circle.

The annual award honors some of the best books published in a year. All literary entries for the 2016 winners were screened by eight category experts while five judged the non-literary division.

The Ateneo de Manila University Press was adjudged the Publisher of the Year.

Here are the other winners:

• Short Fiction in English: Mariposa Gang and Other Stories by Catherine Torres, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

• Short Fiction in Filipino: Sangkatauhan, Sangkahayupan: Mga Kuwento by Alvin B. Yapan, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Novel in English: The Music Child and the Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

• Novel In Filipino: Toto O. by Charmaine Lasar, PageJump Media

• Nonfiction Prose in English: Marcos Martial Law Never Again by Raissa Robles, Filipinos for a Better Philippines

• Nonfiction Prose in Filipino: Sulyap sa Aking Pinanggalingan by Roque J. Ferriols, SJ, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Poetry in English: Snail Fever: Poems of Two Decades by Francis C. Macansantos, The University of the Philippines Press

• Poetry in Filipino: Banayad: Mga Tula by Rowena P. Festin, The University of the Philippines Press

• Poetry in Waray: Taburos Han Dagat by Victor N. Sugbo, The University of the Philippines Press

• Anthology (Bilingual): Remembering/Rethinking EDSA by JPaul S. Manzanilla and Caroline S. Hau, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

• Anthology in Filipino: Batang Rizal at iba pang Dula by Christine S. Bellen, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Anthology in Waray: Susmaton: Oral Narratives of Leyte by Merlie M. Alunan, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Graphic Literature: Meläg by Bong Redila, Adarna House, Inc.

• Literary Criticism/Literary History: Migrations and Mediations: The Emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia 1972-2007 by Jose Wendell P. Capili, The University of the Philippines Press

• Essays: To the People Sitting in Darkness… and Other Footnotes of Our Pasts by Jose Victor Torres, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

• Translation: Shri-Bishaya by Ramon Muzones and Maria Cecilia Locsin-Nava, New Day Publishers

Non-Literary Division:

• Food: Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary by Edgie Polistico, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

• History: Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945 by Daniel F. Doeppers, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Science: A Field Guide to Flight: Identifying Birds on Three School Grounds by Amado C. Bajarias, Jr., Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Social Sciences: Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy of Mindanao by Francisco J. Lara Jr. and Steven Schools, Ateneo de Manila University Press

• Journalism: Peryodismo sa Bingit: Mga Naratibong Ulat sa Panahon ng Digmaan at Krisis by Kenneth Roland A. Guda, The University of the Philippines Press

• Leisure: Pinoy Manners: A Modern Guide to Delicadeza for All Generations by Joy Lumawig-Buensalido, Christine Jocelyn Buensalido

• Professions: Gusto Kong Maging Voice Talent: Mga Sikreto sa Likod ng Dubbing, Voice-over at Voice Acting by Pocholo Gonzales, PSICOM Publishing, Inc.

• Art: Eiga: Cinema in the Philippines During World War II by Nick Deocampo, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

• Language Studies: Capampangan Roots by Papa Osmubal (Oscar Balajadia), Holy Angel University Press

• Book Design: Colonial Manila, 1909-1912 by Karl Fredrick M. Castro, Ateneo de Manila University Press

The winners of each category will receive P15,000 except the Publisher of the Year.

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