Lists of Popular People in Literature, Journalism, and Historiography in Dumaguete City /Negros Oriental

• 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