Organizers, judges and winners of the Philippine American Press Club’s 2014 Plaridel Awards. Positively Filipino publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco (seated, left) accepted the awards for its writers. Writer Lisa Suguitan Melnick (top row, right) won 2 honorable mentions for her stories, “Just Because” and “Celestino’s Crusades.” (Photo by Raymond Virata)
Our Plaridel awardees are:
Ken Kashiwahara, Best Feature Story, “Ninoy’s Final Journey”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/ninoys-final-journey
Astrid Barros, Best International Story, ” Dive to “the Center of the Center” of Marine Biodiversity”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/dive-to-the-center-of-the-center-of-marine-biodiversity
Lotis Key, Best Personal Essay (she also won last year), “White Men Can’t Jump-Start”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/white-men-cant-jump-start
Joseph Bautista, Best Sports Story, “A New Path Through Eskabo Daan”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/2013/7/a-new-path-through-eskabo-daan
Titchie Carandang-Tiongson, Best Profile Writing, “The Thoroughly Modern Sofia de Veyra”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/the-thoroughly-modern-sofia-de-veyra
Mila de Guzman, Best Entertainment Story, “Indie with a Mission”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/2013/6/indie-with-a-mission
Honorable Mentions:
Aurora Almendral, Best Profile Writing, “The Motherland Series”:
“The Fil-Am and a Filipino Public School”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/the-fil-am-and-a-filipino-public-school
“A Start-Up of High Kalibrr”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/motherland-a-startup-of-high-kalibrr
“Rovaira Dasig-You Can Go Home Again”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/motherland-rovaira-dasig-you-can-go-home-again
Anthony Maddela, Best Entertainment Story, “An Honest Actor with a Deceptive Name”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/an-honest-actor-with-a-deceptive-name
Luis Francia, Best Tourism Feature Story, “Between A Rock and the Deep Blue Sea”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/between-a-rock-and-the-deep-blue-sea
Lisa Suguitan Melnick, Best Personal Essay, “Just Because”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/just-because
Lisa Suguitan Melnick, Best Investigative/In-Depth Story, “Celestino’s Crusades”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/celestinos-crusades
Myles Garcia, Best Sports Story, “Ten Best-Kept Secrets of Olympic Ceremonies”
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/10-best-kept-secrets-of-olympic-ceremonies
Source: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/positively-filipinos-big-haul-of-plaridel-awards