MADRIGAL-GONZALEZ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARDS

The Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award (MGBFBA), a collaboration with the Likhaan Foundation, started in 2001, alternately awarding first works by emergent authors in English and in Filipino. It is judged by some of the most notable and awarded writers and critics in the country.

Year	Winning Book	Author
2001	Life Before X and Other Stories (2000)	Angelo R. Lacuesta
2002	Paghuhunos (2001)	Ellen L. Sicat
2003	Smaller and Smaller Circles (2002)	Felisa H. Batacan
2004	Makinilyang Altar (2002)	Luna Sicat-Cleto
2005	The Sky Over Dimas (2003)	Vicente Groyon
2006	Mga Tulang Tulala: Piling Tula sa Filipino, Bikol, at Rinconada (2004)	Kristian Sendon Cordero
2007	Love, Desire, Children, Etc.: Reflections of a Young Wife (2005)	Rica Bolipata-Santos
2008	Pagluwas (2006)	Zosimo Quibilan
2009	The El Bimbo Variations (2009)	Adam David
2010	Agaw-Dilim, Agaw-Liwanag (2009)	Lualhati Abreu
2011	The Highest Hiding Place: Poems (2009)	Lawrence Lacambra Ypil
2012	Bugtong ng Buwan at Iba Pang Kuwento (2011)	Will P. Ortiz
2013	Body Haul (2011)	Allan Pastrana
2014	Ang Pasipiko sa Loob ng Aking Maleta (2013)	Alwyn C. Javier
2015	Mona Lisa: A Portrait (2013)	Celine Beatrice Fabie
2016	Überman (2016)	Zero Antonio Denolo
2017	All My Lonely Islands (2017)	Victorette Joy Campilan
2018	Dead Balagtas Tomo 1: Mga Sayaw ng Dagat at Lupa (2017)	Emiliana Kampilan
2019	The Quiet Ones (2017)	Glenn Diaz