1987: Caracoa Award for Outstanding Contributions
1987: Palanca for poetry in English
1989: Palanca for poetry in Filipino
1990: the Likhaan Award for poetry from the U.P. Writer's Workshop
1990: the Gawad Award Cultural Center of the Philippines for Poetry in Filipino
1995: Palanca Honorable Mention for play in English for 'Ms. Serena Serenata'
1996: Australia's Ian Reed Prize for Radio for the play 'Rita's Lullaby'

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