[3] In September 2012, right after his induction into the Palanca Awards Hall of Fame in the Philippines,[4] Filipino author Peter Solis Nery, who writes in three languages and across various literary genres, established The Peter Solis Nery Foundation for Hiligaynon Literature and the Arts, Inc. with the expressed aim to promote, preserve, and propagate Hiligaynon literature, and Filipino art and culture, through research, publications, productions, education, and cultural dissemination.

As a vehicle to fulfill such mission, the foundation created Peter’s Prize to recognize excellent new writings and scholarship in the Hiligaynon language and its literature.

Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino author, also known as an Hiligaynon or Ilonggo writer because he hails from the province of Iloilo in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.

He is a poet, fictionist, playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, and newspaper columnist; in addition to being a nurse, filmmaker, performing artist, lecturer, editor-publisher, and philanthropist.

He masterminded and initiated the Hiligaynon Revolution of 2014 for the globally aware generation on June 12, 2014.,[9][10] A specially crafted medallion is awarded to the grand and first prize winners of the Peter’s Prize competitions, and to select individuals who have contributed to the development and growth of the Hiligaynon language and literature, and to the continued success of the foundation.