1stPGFA Winners and Photo Album Links

WINNERS OF THE 1ST PHILIPPINE GRAPHIC/FICTION AWARDS
Prose Category
1st Place - "The God Equation" by Michael Co and "A Strange Map of Time by" Ian Casocot
2nd Place- "The Great Philippine Space Mission" by Philbert Dy
3rd Place - "Atha" by Michaela Atienza
1st Honorable Mention - "The Omega Project" by Kim Marquez
3rd Honorable Mention - "Monstrous Cycle" by Cecilia Estrada
4th Honorable Mention - "Stella for Star" by Yvette
People's Choice - "The God Equation"
Comics Category
1st Place - "The Sad, Mad, Incredible But True Adventures of Hika Girl" by Clara Lala Gallardo and Maria Gallardo
2nd Place - "Splat" by Manuel Abrera
3rd Place - "Dusk" by Rommel Joson and "Defiant: The Battle of Mactan" by Juan Paolo Ferrer and Chester Ocampo
People's Choice - "Splat"

Congratulations to the winners!

For those who were wondering if Mr. Gaiman was there... I think he was, in spirit. :D They had a recording of him on the set of "Stardust". He announced the winning entries, and commented on each of them.

Anyhoo, here are some pics from the event courtesy of Azrael:  Click click!

Some video clips also courtesy of Az:  Click some more!

Palanca winner, Dean Alfar, has an account of the event and some photos on his blog:  Put that mouse to work!

Fellow volunteer, Karen Kristie, also had some snapshots from that night:  More pics here!

From another volunteer, Mark Cerbo:  Click!

Finally, a link to the great Gerry Alanguilan's video about Pinoy comics creators:  "Komiks: 1886-2006" on YouTube

If you have a photo album with pics from the event that you would like to share, please do send me the link, or leave a comment. :)