Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards For Short Story

Parehong natali sa force marriage sina Eya at Jeck dahil sa negosyo ng mga magulang nila. Sa simula palang alam na ni Eya na hindi siya mamahalin ni Jeck dahil may kasintahan itong tinatago kahit pa kasal na sila. Pero kahit ganoon, hindi niya parin napigilan ang mapaibig sa asawa. She can't help but to fall inlove with him over and over again. Minahal niya si Jeck na wala man lang pakialam sa kanya. Ngunit paano kung sa isang gabi na pareho silang lulong sa alak ay may nangyari sa pagitan nila na pareho nilang hindi inaasahan? At ito ay biglang nagbunga? Umasa si Eya na iyon na ang magiging simula upang maging maganda ang pagsasama nila ni Jeck pero mali siya. Nalaman niya na nagfile si Jeck ng divorce para pakasalan na ang totoong mahal nito. Pipiliin niya bang sabihin na nagdadalang tao siya? O papayag siyang tuldukan ang kasalan na hindi nila pinlano para maging masaya ang lalaking mahal niya?

Kelvin held her wrist and pulled her into a room in the hotel. “What are you doing?” Amelia asked, trying to tug at him. “Don’t pretend you don’t want this too.” He said, rubbing his thumb at her hard nipples threatening to tear out of her dress, his eyes watching as her body responded to him. He held her neck in the most seductive way and pinned her against the wall. His hand went up under her black dress tracing her skin in a calculated path, as his fingers touched her already soaked pants, Amelia let out a soft moan and pulled him closer with a kiss. *** Amelia found herself getting married to her ex-fiancé’s brother, it was an almost perfect revenge. Only to find herself wrapped deeper in the evil hands of the brothers. Would she ever be able to get her revenge and find her true love? Explore a tale of romance, suspense, treachery, and love. The fascinating novel ‘For Her Sake’ will have you reading until the very last page.

Nikolaus Roan Valeriano, also known as Niro, is looking for a new place to live with his friend Francesco Garrido and cousin Jarvis Gabriel Valeriano, a broke nursing student. Niro is worried that they would be a burden to Savannah, Niro and Jarvis' cousin. And because of Francesco, they were able to find a house to rent. They didn't know who the owner was until they met the house's owner's brother. Macedonia Alejano, Niro's ex-boyfriend. When they reconnected after being separated, they experienced a range of emotions. What would happen if Niro, his friend, and his cousin moved into Macedonia's house next door? Will it be chaos, or will they have another chance to fix their relationship and possibly continue the love they had in the past?

Archer has always known what is expected of him. He accepts to be betrothed to a woman, he doesn't know, for the sake of the kingdom. An alliance between the two kingdoms is needed to fight off the rebels. He goes to great lengths to win the affection of his betrothed. Adalia doesn't want to be an ornament. She wants to be a strong queen, who joins her army in battles. But she is a princess. The only thing expected of her is to be beautiful and reproduce one heir after another. Adalia goes to Archer's kingdom ready to accept her fate. But when she runs into Xander her childhood crush, she commits to marrying him instead of the future King.

Deal Series #2: Seraphrim Bautista is a well established woman. She's working as a civil engineer and has been working for their family business who specializes in automotive parts. One day, she bumped into a man in a bar that she didn't know would be her worst nightmare. That man is Rye Fujisaki, the famous Japanese bachelor billionaire, who has been known also for being a playboy. But little did she know that everything he did was intentional. But what could be the reason why he intended to cross along her path? She became pregnant, ran away, and raised her own daughter without the help of that man. And now, he came back telling he has the rights for their daughter? Is that even easy? Will Sera give him a chance even if she knew that all he did is to lie for avenge?

Sa sobrang kalasingan ni Drei ay hindi sinasadyang may nangyari sa kanila ng kanyang katulong sa bahay ngunit hindi malalaman ni Drei na ang katulong nya ang kanyang nakasiping dahil pag gising niya ay wala na siyang katabi at hindi niya maalala ang mukha ng dalaga na kanyang nakasama. Gusto niyang panagutan ang nangyari sa kanila dahil bukod sa birhen ang babae ay maari pang mabuntis ito dahil isa lang ang sigurado niya , hindi siya gumamit ng proteksyon ng gabing iyon. Paano maitatago ni Lianna ang kanyang pagbubuntis na bunga ng isang gabing pagkakamali kung ang pinagtataguan nya ng kanyang lihim ay kasama lang nya sa iisang bubong ang amo niyang si Alexandrei Zanders.

The Browns and the Bradleys are multibillionaires. Although Bradleys were richer than the Browns, yet they both were well known and respected in the society. Ryan Bradley is the only son of the Bradleys whose marriage is fixed with the only child of the Brown's, Olivia Brown, when Olivia turns nineteen. But Olivia is not happy about the marriage because not only she thought that Ryan was very Arrogant, Adamant and rude to her but also that Olivia loved her imaginary prince Santa! She would have thought that it was a child’s imagination if her love for Santa, whom she imagined to be a handsome young prince from a faraway land, would have been one sided. But he may be or may not be ‘The Santa’ but was definitely the one who loved her too and sent her letters and gifts. Not only that, Olivia and her lover Santa has made a promise to each other that once Olivia turns eighteen, they would unite their mind and body in love making, the Christmas that would come next to her Birthday and they will live together happily ever after. Olivia has waited years for her eighteenth birthday and dreamt of losing her virginity to her only love her Santa! So when she comes to know about the unwanted arranged marriage, she runs away from home, but gets caught and then forced to marry Ryan. Soon the Christmas after her eighteenth birthday comes and she as per her previous promise goes to the designated place to unite with her lover, her Santa, ignoring her feelings for Ryan. But to her surprise she ultimately couldn’t accept to lose her virginity to Santa......... But will she be able to have her happily ever after with her dominant husband??

Leonardo Aquilino Del Madrid only wants to be loved. Buong buhay niya, palaging sa bunsong kapatid niya nakatuon ang atensyon ng mga magulang niya kahit gawin na niya ang lahat ng gusto ng mga ito- ang kaso, napagod rin siya kalaunan. Sawang-sawa na siya sa mga panandaliang pakiramdam. Gusto niya

She was Clara! All she wanted was to treat her hospitalised mother who was diagnosed with cancer but it seems like she has to sell her dignity just to get the money she's looking for. So she signed up as a slut since her friend Jane had been persuading her about it. But deep down inside her, she was different. She didn't want to be anything like them so she came up with a plan! It was simple! She was going to get whoever she was to sleep with that night drunk and it work out. But little did she knows the consequences of what she had done! She scammed him that night! and now he's looking for her! she had put his life in great danger because of what she did that night. Little did she knew he was the great deadly Mafia man in town which names goes with.... DONOVAN WILSON

Psyche, a heartbroken woman and disbeliever of love turn upside-down when she meets Cupid, the god of love himself. She was determined not to fall in love again. But love is a big word to be controlled as much as her heartbeats and her smiles upon hearing his voice. Psyche already warned herself, thus her stupid heart is still screaming the same name, Cupid. As betrayal, broken promises, and lies looms in the distance. Will she run away from her destiny or will she chase her heartbeats for Cupid?