Congratulations to Dawn Gabriela Emmanuele G. Dela Rosa for earning literary distinction at the 2025 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, one of the Philippines’ most esteemed and enduring literary competitions.

Dela Rosa won 3rd Prize in Maikling Kuwentong Pambata for her work “Si Tala sa Mahiwagang Pila ng Jeep.” This marks her second Palanca recognition, following her 2nd Prize win in Kabataan Essay for “Then the Abstract was Misunderstood” in 2016.

The upcoming awarding ceremony is scheduled for late November in 2025, where the country’s finest writers will gather to celebrate literary excellence.

She is a proud alumna of UC’s HUMSS Senior High School Class of 2019.