The Philippine Online Chronicles

Under the Literary Division, the finalists for the Fiction category are: The Trail of the Chop-Chop Lady of Makati by Wilfredo Garrido, Awit ni Kadunung by Abdon M. Balde Jr, Soledad's Sister by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr, and Stories From Another Time by Benjamin Bautista.

For Literary Criticism/Literary History, the finalists are: From Globalization to National Liberation: Essays of Three Decades by Epifanio San Juan Jr, Our Scene So Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905 to 1955, by Gémino H. Abad, Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines by Patricia May B. Jurilla, and The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature by Roderick G. Galam.

The finalists for the General Nonfiction category are: Everyday Warriors: The Faces and Stories of Breast Cancer (eds. Cathy Paras-Lara and Jay Lara, Ah, Wilderness! A Journey Through Sacred Time by Simeon Dumdum Jr, A Taste of Home: Pinay Expats and Food Memories (eds. Edgar B. Maranan and Len S. Maranan-Goldstein), Belonging: Stories of Relationships (ed. Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio), and The Flip Reader: Being a Greatest Hits Anthology from Flip: the Official Guide to World Domination (ed. Jessica Zafra).

The finalists for the Poetry Category are: Kalahati at Umpisa Mga Tula by Rebecca T. Añonuevo, Chiaroscuro: Poems by Joel M. Toledo, The Gods We Worship Live Next Door by Bino A Realuyo, and The Proxy Eros by Mookie Katigbak.

Trese: Unreported Murders, story by Budjette Tan and art by Kajo Baldisimo, is the sole finalist for the Graphic Literature category.

The finalists for the Non-Literary Division (Science, Professions, Social Sciences, Arts, Leisure, and Design) and the board of judges from the MCS and the NBDB are listed on the NBDB website.

The 27th National Book Awards winners are listed here.