- Francisco Arcellana (Fiction in English)+
- Liwayway A. Arceo (Filipino Fiction)+
- Teo S. Baylen (Filipino Poetry)+
- Genoveva Edroza-Matute (Filipino Fiction)
- Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil (Essay in English)
- Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (Drama in English)+
- Ramon L. Muzones (Hiligaynon Fiction)+
- Godofredo S. Reyes (Iluko Poetry)
- Edilberto K. Tiempo (Fiction in English)+
- Edith L. Tiempo (Poetry & Fiction in English)