List of Filipino women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in the Philippines or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

 * Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968), Cebuano dramatist
 * Mila D. Aguilar (born 1949), poet, essayist, educator
 * Erlinda K. Alburo (active since 1970s), poet, Cebuano scholar
 * Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), short story writer, playwright, journalist
 * Cora Almerino (active since 1990s), poet
 * Mia Alvar (active since 1999), short story writer
 * Ivy Alvarez (active since 2000), poet, editor, reviewer
 * Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001), historian, educator, suffragist
 * Liwayway Arceo (1920–1999), novelist, journalist, radio scriptwriter

B

 * Felisa Batacan (active since the 1990s), journalist, novelist, short story writer
 * Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023), novelist
 * Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), playwright, short story writer, novelist
 * Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

C

 * Linda Ty Casper (born 1931), novelist, short story writer
 * Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (active since 1980s), Spanish-language writer, educator
 * Martha Cecilia (1953–2014), romance novelist
 * Arlene J. Chai (born 1955), Filipino-Chinese-Australian novelist
 * Josefina Constantino (1920–2024), essayist, critic, poet, nun
 * Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1930–2020), publisher, short story writer, non-fiction writer
 * Sheila Coronel (active since 2003), journalist, educator
 * Conchitina Cruz (active since 1998), poet, educator

D

 * Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (1932–2010), poet, editor, playwright, educator

E

 * Lina Espina-Moore (1919–2000), Cebuano short story writer, novelist
 * Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014), folklorist, educator
 * Marjorie Evasco (born 1953), poet, feminist

F

 * Lina Flor (1914–1976), radio scriptwriter, columnist, biographer
 * Leona Florentino (1849–1884), poet writing in Spanish and Ilocano

G

 * Candy Gourlay (born 1962), journalist, children's writer
 * Evelyn May Guinid (born 1971), romance novelist

H

 * Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist
 * Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer
 * Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist
 * Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor

I

 * Luisa Aguilar Igloria (born 1961), Filipino-American poet

J

 * Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978), autobiographer, poet, novelist, short story writer
 * Armie Jarin-Bennett (active since 1980s), journalist, television presenter, executive CNN director
 * Rina Jimenez-David (born 1955), journalist, columnist

K

 * Karen Kunawicz (active since 1990s), poet, journalist, columnist, broadcaster

M

 * Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (born 1991), lawyer, author and opinion columnist

M

 * Melba Padilla Maggay (born 1950), social anthropologist, journalist, non-fiction writer
 * Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995), poet
 * Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983), short story writer
 * Genoveva Matute (1915–2009), short story writer
 * Armine Rhea Mendoza (active since the 1990s), romance novelist
 * Hilda Montaire (1922–2004), short story writer, novelist
 * Virginia R. Moreno (1923–2021), poet, playwright, film director

O

 * Maria Odulio de Guzman (active since 1960s), lexicographer
 * Gilda Olvidado (born 1957), novelist, scriptwriter

P

 * Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008), short story writer
 * Elena Patron (1933–2021), Tagalog columnist, comics writer, novelist
 * Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011), short story writer, novelist, essayist

R

 * Soledad Reyes (born 1946), novelist, essayist
 * Sophia Romero (active since 1998), novelist
 * Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946), novelist, non-fiction writer

S

 * Michelle Cruz Skinner (born 1965), short story writer, educator
 * Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (active since 1992), romance novelist
 * Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), politician, non-fiction writer
 * Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007), essayist, columnist, diplomat
 * Lakambini Sitoy (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, journalist, educator

T

 * Eileen Tabios (born 1960), poet, novelist, publisher
 * Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (active since 1980s), scriptwriter for television, film
 * Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994), linguist, poet
 * Edith Tiempo (1919–2011), poet, novelist, short story writer
 * Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born 1951), poet, novelist, essayist

U

 * Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012), novelist, short story writer, playwright

Z

 * Jessica Zafra (born 1965), essayist, columnist