In the 2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards, the main local sponsor of the contest, specialty book shop Fully Booked, acknowledged Brillantes as one of the godfathers of fantastic literature in English by naming the first category the Gregorio C. Brillantes Prize for Prose.
During the 2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards, the primary supporter of the event, a specialty book store called Fully Booked, recognized Brillantes as a significant contributor to English-language fantastical literature by naming the first category after him, the Gregorio C. Brillantes Prize for Prose.