- César Ruìz Aquino , poet, fictionist, SEAWriter awardee, and four-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Adlai Amor, journalist and Poet
- Alexander Amor, journalist
- Gemma Minda Laxina Iso, poet, fictionist, and Author
- Claro Ceniza†, poet and philosopher
- Penn Josefino T. Larena Jr, Historian,Writer and ,Poet
- Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, poet, fictionist, playwright, co-founder of the IYAS National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
- Ely Dejaresco, journalist
- Leoncio P. Deriada, poet, fictionist, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
- Sandra Villanueva Perez-Duran, visayan journalist,radio drama actor and Writer
- Pearl Gamboa Doromal, poet and socialite
- Christine Godinez-Ortega, poet and co-founder of the Iligan National Writers Workshop
- Leonilda Bayran Magdamo, poet
- Simon Nino Anton G. Baena, Writer, poet
- Elena Maquiso†, historian and Ulahingan researcher
- David C. Martinez, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Lilius P.Pinili, Writer, Poet and Christian Literature
- Grace Monte de Ramos, poet
- Susan Villanueva Perez Aliño , CEBUANA legend in drama and radio broadcasting
- Jose V. Montebon Jr.†, fictionist
- Alex Pal, journalist
- Myrna Peña-Reyes, poet
- Josefa Baena Villanueva -Perez Historian, Folk Writer, Poet
- Caridad Aldecoa Rodriguez†, historian
- Lakambini Sitoy, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- T. Valentino Sitoy, historian
- Artemio Tadena†, poet ,Literature and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Anthony L. Tan, poet, fictionist, co-founder of the Iligan National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Edilberto Tiempo†, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and SEAWriter awardee
- Edith Tiempo†, poet, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and National Artist for Literature
- Ryn Paul N Gonzales- Hiligaynon Literature Poet
- Domini Torrevillas, journalist
- Lemuel Torrevillas, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, fictionist, essayist, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
- Gerard Jude Castil Bumanglag ,Cultural Advocate and Poet
- Gemma Racoma Tadena -Poet, Dancer, Writer and Literature Teacher
- Rosario Fe L. Saavedra -Literature Teacher, Writer and Spanish Language Professor
- Ernesto Superal Yee†, poet and fictionist
- Leonaga Tulabing Larena, Poet, Reading Advocate
- Bobby Flores Villasis, poet, fictionist, playwright, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
