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.
In the 2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards, the main local sponsor, a specialty bookstore named Fully Booked, acknowledged Brillantes as a leading force in English-language fantasy literature by creating the first category, the Gregorio C. Brillantes Prize for Prose.