ALiWW holds an exhibit and lecture each year in memory of Paz Marquez Benitez (1894-1983), trailblazer for Filipino women writers in English. This annual event highlights the contributions of Filipino women writers to Philippine literature in English. It features lectures delivered by eminent writers, teachers and scholars.
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2011 Awardee, Virginia Benitez Licuanan.
Poster for the 2013 Awardees: Women Writers in Media Now
2012 Awardee Gilda Cordero-Fernando with Patricia Licuanan during the 2012 PMB Lectures
Fr Rene B. Javellana SJ gives a lecture on Marilou Diaz Abaya’s films in 2013.
Part of the exhibit for 2015 Awardee Angela Manalang-Gloria
2013 - Women Writers in Media Now
18th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
Forum with Ma. Ceres P. Doyo, Marites Dañguilan Vitug and Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon (February 21, 2013)
2012 - AKDANG-BUHAY: a short film on the life and works of Gilda Cordero-Fernando
17th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
(February 10, 2012)
2011 - Virginia Benitez Licuanan: Living in the now
16th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
(January 14, 2011)
2010 - Utter Sublimation: Simply Edith
15th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
Lecture by Danilo Francisco M. Reyes
(February 26, 2010)
2007 - Alcantara Dimalanta
3th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Ophelia Dimalanta (Dec. 4, 2007)
2006 - NEW STARS: The Now Generation of FilipinoWomen Writers
12th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
(November 28, 2006)
2005 - Sunflowers and Road Maps: TheMany Lives of Tita Lacambra-Ayala
11th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
(November 17, 2005)
2004 - Virginia R. Moreno
10th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/Exhibit
(November 4, 2004)
2003 - The Life and Times of Aida Rivera Ford 9th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture Lecture by Aida Rivera Ford (November 12, 2003)
2002 - A Reading of The Stranded Whale by Linda Ty-Casper 8th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture Lecture by Dr. Ma. Teresa Sicat (November 13, 2002)
2001 - The Fiction of Gilda Cordero Fernando 7th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture Lecture by Dr. Ma. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (November 16, 2001)
2000 - Lina Espina Moore: A Weaver of Women’s Tales 6th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture A Special lecture discussion featuring the fiction of Lina Espina Moore: Strategies for Teaching Three Stories, co-sponsored with ACELT (November 18, 2000)
1999 - Carmen Guerrero Nakpil’s Woman Enough and Other Essays 5th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lectures Lecture by Dr. Ma. Luisa Camagay (November 17, 1999)
1998 - The Ironic Double in Edith Tiempo’s Fiction 4th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lectures Lecture by Dr. Ma. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (November 27, 1998)
1997 - Estrella Alfon: Her Life in her Own Words 3rd Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lectures Lecture by Dr. Edna Z. Manlapaz (November 28, 1997)
1996 - Paz M. Latorena and Loreto Paras Sulit: Prize Students of Paz Marquez Benitez 2nd Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lectures Lecture by Dr. Edna Z. Manlapaz (November 28, 1996)
1995 - The Day’s Adventure Inaugural Lecture of the Paz Marquez BenitezLecture by Dr. Doreen G. Fernandez (November 17, 1995)
