List of Filipino women writers

A

• Victorina A. Abellanosa, Cebuano dramatist
• Mila D. Aguilar, poet, essayist, educator
• Erlinda K. Alburo, poet, Cebuano scholar
• Estrella Alfon, short story writer, playwright, journalist
• Cora Almerino, poet
• Mia Alvar, short story writer
• Ivy Alvarez, poet, editor, reviewer
• Encarnacion Alzona, historian, educator, suffragist
• Liwayway Arceo, novelist, journalist, radio scriptwriter

  B

• Felisa Batacan, journalist, novelist, short story writer
• Lualhati Bautista, novelist
• Merlinda Bobis, playwright, short story writer, novelist
• Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

  C

• Linda Ty Casper, novelist, short story writer
• Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes, Spanish-language writer, educator
• Martha Cecilia, romance novelist
• Arlene J. Chai, Filipino-Chinese-Australian novelist
• Josefina Constantino, essayist, critic, poet, nun
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando, publisher, short story writer, non-fiction writer
• Sheila Coronel, journalist, educator
• Conchitina Cruz, poet, educator

  D

• Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, poet, editor, playwright, educator
• Harkin Deximire, romance novelist, artist

  E

• Lina Espina-Moore, Cebuano short story writer, novelist
• Damiana Eugenio, folklorist, educator
• Marjorie Evasco, poet, feminist

  F

• Lina Flor, radio scriptwriter, columnist, biographer
• Leona Florentino, poet writing in Spanish and Ilocano

  G

• Candy Gourlay, journalist, children's writer
• Evelyn May Guinid, romance novelist

  H

• Jessica Hagedorn, Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist
• Rosa Henson, autobiographer
• Margie Holmes, non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist
• Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor

  I

• Luisa Aguilar Igloria, Filipino-American poet

  J

• Magdalena Jalandoni, autobiographer, poet, novelist, short story writer
• Armie Jarin-Bennett, journalist, television presenter, executive CNN director
• Rina Jimenez-David, journalist, columnist

  K

• Karen Kunawicz, poet, journalist, columnist, broadcaster

  M

• Melba Padilla Maggay, social anthropologist, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Angela Manalang-Gloria, poet
• Paz Márquez-Benítez, short story writer
• Genoveva Matute, short story writer
• Armine Rhea Mendoza, romance novelist
• Hilda Montaire, short story writer, novelist
• Virginia R. Moreno, poet, playwright, film director

  O

• Maria Odulio de Guzman, lexicographer
• Gilda Olvidado, novelist, scriptwriter

  P

• Loreto Paras-Sulit, short story writer
• Elena Patron, Tagalog columnist, comics writer, novelist
• Kerima Polotan Tuvera, short story writer, novelist, essayist

  R

• Soledad Reyes, novelist, essayist
• Sophia Romero, novelist
• Ninotchka Rosca, novelist, non-fiction writer

  S

• Michelle Cruz Skinner, short story writer, educator
• Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego, romance novelist
• Miriam Defensor Santiago, politician, non-fiction writer
• Pura Santillan-Castrence, essayist, columnist, diplomat
• Shirley Siaton, playwright, journalist, poet
• Lakambini Sitoy, novelist, short story writer, journalist, educator

  T

• Eileen Tabios, poet, novelist, publisher
• Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil, scriptwriter for television, film
• Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido, linguist, poet
• Edith Tiempo, poet, novelist, short story writer
• Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, novelist, essayist

  U

• Azucena Grajo Uranza, novelist, short story writer, playwright

  Z

• Jessica Zafra, essayist, columnist