2021

Grand Prize
Christina L. Javier

Honorable Mention
Rommel Joson
Maria Angela Taguiang
Rosslynd Kamille Du
Allyana Leizel Lopez

Based on the story
Ang Tahanang Hindi Tumatahan
by Iza Maria Reyes

PBBY-Alcala Prize: Christina L. Javier

Awarded at the 38th National Children’s Book Day celebration on July 20, 2021.

The 2021 PBBY-Alcala Prize was awarded to Christina L. Javier, a mixed media and collage artist from Cavite. Ms. Javier won for her illustrations based on the 2021 PBBY-Salanga prize-winning story “Ang Tahanang Hindi Tumatahan” by Iza Maria Reyes.

Javier’s art involves recycling used paper, reused stamps, and punched paper to add style and texture to her work. She was a contributor for two issues of Novice Magazine and was commissioned by the NCCA, under the e-storytelling project of Sentro Rizal in 2020. She is currently a member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK).