Singapore Prize 2024 Winners Announced
During his visit to Singapore, the heir to the British throne was greeted with a stunning view of the Rain Vortex, the world’s tallest indoor waterfall that was lit green to mark his arrival. He was also shown a tree planted in his honor in the indoor garden at the foot of the waterfall. The royal’s trip is aimed at promoting the Earthshot Prize, an initiative that was launched by his charity to encourage solutions and technologies needed to combat climate change.
Taking home the top prizes at the 2024 edition of the Singapore prize were Straits Times journalist Akshita Nanda’s debut novel Nimita’s Place, about two women named Nimita navigating society’s expectations in India and Singapore; and speculative short story collection Lion City by writer Ng Yi-Sheng. Both books won the English fiction category. Meanwhile, the Chinese fiction award was split between Chia Joo Ming’s SG50-centric novel Kian Kok and Wong Koi Tet’s memoir Dakota Crescent, about growing up in the now-lost housing estate.
The winners of the Singapore Youth Arts Prize, which awards cash and prizes for outstanding student artworks, were announced on Monday. The competition is open to students from all nationalities who are nominated by their teachers. Students can submit up to three entries and must meet the T&Cs for eligibility. The competition is now in its third year and has become a much-anticipated event.
Singapore Pools has introduced a new ticketing system, which allows customers to purchase tickets online and print them on demand at all its outlets. The traditional pre-printed tickets will be phased out from November 2018.
While the Singapore Pools website has a wealth of information, it does not give an exact breakdown of the odds of winning a particular prize. A spokesman said that there is a one-in-eleven chance of winning any prize in a draw, but it is difficult to give exact odds as the probability of each ticket winning varies depending on how many people buy it.
A former diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani, chaired the jury panel that selected this year’s winners of the Singapore Literature Prize in all four official languages – Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil. He praised the work of Singaporeans for helping to build a sense of national identity through a shared history. He added that a strong culture of reading is an important pillar of the nation’s development. He also wished that Singaporeans could do more to promote reading for all ages and backgrounds. The winners will receive their awards in a ceremony later this year. The winning work must be written in English and have a significant Singapore element in the narrative. Works that have a historical theme are eligible, including non-fiction and poetry. The prize was established in 2014 by an anonymous donor and is administered by the NUS History Department. It aims to stimulate engagement with Singapore’s history broadly understood and to generate a greater understanding of Singapore’s unique history among the public.