Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards For Short Story In Filipino

(Inspired by the tale: Snow White and Rose Red)Rose Red had already accepted her poor life that only lives by stealing golds and money from others with her partner, Vayne. A shapeshifter from a mysterious tribe called 'Figtus' that always receives discrimination from the other people. With Vayne's shapeshifting skills and Rose Red's amazing magic power, they formed an amazing heist tandem.But things got different when her twin sister named Snow White suddenly became a crowned princess. Rose Red's life became more complicated and found herself in a conflict between blood and friendship. Because of her choice she must face consequences and challenges to seek for the truth.But to reach the truth, secrets must revealed one by one including hers.Note: I do not own the photo used on the cover. Credits to the rightful owner

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Si Azrael na kindhearted. Si Alexa na seryso at apo ng sindikato. Kailangan ni Alexa na makahanap ng mapapangasawa sa lalong madaling panahon para sa kanya ibigay ng kanyang Lolo ang posisyon bilang susunod na Queen ng Shadow Syndicate. Sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay nakilala niya si Azrael na isang side walk vendor. Pinaimbestigahan niya ang lalaki at napag-alaman na akma ito upang maging asawa niya. Sa isiping mapapaikot niya ito gamit ang pera ay inalok niya ang binata na pakasalan siya. Ngunit mabilis itong tumanggi at sinabing maghanap na lang siya ng iba dahil may iba ng nagmamay-ari ng puso niya. Lahat ginawa ni Alexa para mapa-oo si Azrael dahil kailangan na niyang magpakasal bago dumating ang takdang araw. Ngunit lagi siyang nabibigo dahil bukod sa ayaw nito sa kanya, may mahal na rin itong iba. Pero buo na ang desisyon ng dalaga na kukunin niya si Azrael sa kahit anong paraan. Dahil pa rin ba sa posisyon kaya gusto ni Alexa na makasal kay Azrael o may ibang hinahangad ang dalaga bukod sa titulong Queen ng sindikatong kinabibilangan niya na kay Azrael lang niya nakita?

Nagpakasal si Celine ng wala sa tamang oras sa isang biyudong mayaman na may isang binatang anak na ang pangalan ay David Gonzalo kahit hindi niya ito mahal. Matapos ang kasal nilang dalawa ay dinala siya nito sa mansion kung saan nandoon ang anak nitong binata na hindi makapaniwala na ang daddy niya ay may bagong asawa na. Unang kita pa lang ni Celine kay David ay nasabi na niya sa sarili niya na gusto niya ito. Wala pa ngang isang linggo ay natagpuan na lang na wala nang buhay ang daddy ni David na pinakasalan nga niya. Galit na galit sa kanya si David sa nangyaring 'yon. Inaakusan siya nito na pumatay sa daddy niya ngunit tinatanggi naman niya 'yon. Pinapaalis na siya ni David sa mansion nila. Kahit mahal niya ito ay umalis siya sa mansion na 'yon. Makaraan ang ilang taon ay nagkita silang muli ni David. Bumaliktad ang takbo ng buhay nilang dalawa. Kung dati siya ay mahirap ngayon ay si David na ang naghihirap. Winaldas nito ang perang pinamana sa kanya ng daddy niya. Nawala ang lahat sa kanya. Gusto ni David na tulungan siya ni Celine. He knows that she became rich because of his dad's money. Tulungan kaya siya ni Celine? Mahal pa rin ni Celine si David ngunit sa tuwing makikita niya ito ay naalala niya ang masasakit na salitang binitawan nito sa kanya. Paano kung iparanas rin ni Celine ang naranasan dati sa kanya kahit may nararamdaman pa rin siya sa kanya?

Pinuntahan si Camilla ng bilyonaryong si Hector Gonzalez sa bahay nila para singilin sa utang ng kanyang ama sa halagang fifty million pesos na inutang nito. Wala siyang kaalam-alam tungkol sa utang na 'yon ng kanyang ama. Wala siyang pera na pambayad dito. Isang linggo na rin na hindi umuuwi sa bahay nila kanyang ama. Pinagbantaan siya ng guwapong bilyonaryo na si Hector na kung hindi siya magbabayad ay ipakukulong niya ang ama nito. Natakot si Camilla. Nagmakaawa siya kay Hector hanggang sa bigyan siya ng chance nito. Kailangan niyang pakasalan ito kung ayaw niyang ipakukulong ang ama niya. Pumayag naman kaagad si Camilla kahit hindi niya mahal ito kaya kinasal kaagad sila ni Hector. Days had passed and she fell in love with him. Akala niya ay siya lang ang nag-iisang babae sa buhay nito ngunit hindi pala. Kasal na nga sila ngunit ang asawa niya ay palaging nasa babaeng mahal nito. It breaks her heart as she thinks of it. She realized that if it wasn't her father, she wouldn't fall in love with him and she wouldn't feel the pain of loving someone who can't love her in return. Sinisisi niya ang kanyang ama. Gusto niyang umalis sa sitwasyon na kinasasangkutan niya ngunit hindi niya magawa-gawa 'yon. She realized that maybe it's the way of paying her father's debt as she suffers the pain. Will she be able to find the happiness she deserves? Is she going to live a miserable life with him while her heart is still beating for his name every day? Is there a chance for Hector to love her in return because she's his wife already?

Eros is his name which was derived from the Greek god of love that was also known as "The Cupid". However, his name is a total opposite of him. He hates romance and all kinds of stuff which relates to passionate and intimate love. Other than that, he's also an aspiring mystery/thriller writer who is dreaming to be a famous and successful author someday. But his path to achieve his dream became mysterious, much thrilling and unexpectedly romantic when the cupid which turn out as a ghost named Shawna suddenly appeared in his room and force him to write a romance story for her.

Dr. Jean S Nicole, assistant professor at the Kiiing's University. The person with great thoughts, great personality and the role model for many. One day some backbenchers were smoking cigarettes, and one of them saw something unusual in the back of the main building of the university, Dr. Nicole was hanging from the roof. They called the Chairman and other staff, after a while police came and started to investigate. At first everyone thought it's a suicide case but police get something weird about VC. Dr. Sapphire and Dr. Nicole both were fighting last week, and the result came as murder. Dr. Sapphire killed his colleague by strangling and then he brought him to the back of the building and hanged him by the roof. Dr. Sapphire, VC of the Kiiing's University get arrested in the murder case of his colleague. Everything changed when the postmortem report came in sight of the investigation officer Clark Black. But it was too late because the Vice Chancellor got hanged by the court. People started to protest against the judiciary and lawsuit because VC was not the actual suspect. Then the question is who's the real suspect, who killed Dr. Jean. After two weeks of this case another suicide case came as a mystery. In this case, the victim was killed by thousands of nails. Most interesting thing was there was no mark of blood after getting a thousand holes in the body. Back in the case of Dr. Nicole's murder, investigation officer get to know in postmortem report that there was no blood in the body of victim. It was strange but it wasn't the end, in just ten days there were thousand cases in which the victims were killed in different ways and every case seemed like suicide but it wasn't.

Si Felice ay isang role model student, hinahangaan, tinitingala, sinusunod. Siya ang tipo ng babaeng hindi makabasag pinggan kumbaga. Siya ang standard ng mga kababaihan sa kanilang campus. Kung tutuusin, napakaperpekto ng kanyang buhay dahil natatamasa niya ang lahat ngunit masisira ang lahat ng iyon sa pagdating ng kanyang Philippine History Professor na si Greg. Ang noon ay role model na estudyante ay makukulong sa isang bawal na pag-ibig. They say love can make you crazy. Maybe, that's right, because Felice Lemuel is sure that she's ready to defy the norm for the sake of that love.

LEX is a famous model who was known by his name. His background is confidential. Wala rin itong mga larawang nagkalat sa medya---this mystery boost Keila's curiosity and she volunteered to make him sign a one-month contract with PMA---the modeling agency where she works for. Isa kasing kilalang clothing line ang nag-apply ng kontrata sa PMA at ang gusto ng mga ito na gawing model ng kanilang mga ginawa ay walang iba kung hindi ang misteryosong si LEX. Having LEX gives the agency and the clothing line greater success, and also Keila's career. Being a determined person, she assures that she will make him sign the contract as soon as possible yet she doesn't know that the man she wants to pursue is a dangerous human being who just wants to escape from darkness.

Ava John have never thought that she would eneded with a person she hates the most. Christian Hayes, was the only person she hated the most. Her hatred started towards him since Ava and Eva joined their new high school. Eva is her twin sister, who is very opposite to Ava in every aspect. Ava was a nerdy person, whereas Eva was an outgoing charector soon the queen bee of the highschool. As the hero of the highschool, Christian and Eva become a couple. But, Chris always bullied Ava in every way and Eva even encouraged him. Yes, Eva despises Ava very much. And they both had made her school life a hell. Ava went abroad for higher studies away from these two and become business professional there. She hardly visited her hometown as even her parents did not care much about the invisible daughter they had. And today she came to attend her sister, Eva's wedding as she apologised for her mistakes and insisted her to attend the function. But, the shocking news came that Eva was gone on her wedding day and their parents forced Ava to replace her sister to get married. They even threatened with their life that she had to agree. But, whom she saw at the altar sent shivers on her body... It was, none other than, Christian Hayes...!!