The Singapore prize is an annual award that recognises outstanding published works by Singapore authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil. Since 2014, it has offered 12 top prizes of up to $20,000 for fiction and non-fiction, with poetry competing for one prize in each language. The Singapore Literature Prize is overseen by the National Book Development Council of Singapore.
A cash prize of up to $50,000 will be awarded to the author or creators of a work in English that makes a significant contribution to Singapore history. The competition was launched in 2014 by an anonymous donor and the National University of Singapore’s Department of History. Entries will be accepted from Jan 1.
The Harvard Prize Book (Singapore) is an award that recognizes the efforts of individuals who, over a sustained period of time and/or in pivotal moments, put their own interests aside to help others. The prize is intended to inspire students in Singapore with the idea that Harvard is an attainable institution of higher learning, and also connect them to the Harvard community in Singapore (not all of whom are Singaporeans, but include Harvard graduates who live and work here).
A healthy civil society requires people who, when necessary, will put the common good above their own personal interests. This is the spirit that the Malaysian government wishes to celebrate with the “Malaysia Civil Society Prize”, a new award programme that will reward exemplary civil society organisations for their innovative and transformative projects.
In a move to promote the arts in Singapore, the government has increased the prize money for the country’s leading art festival, the Singapore International Arts Festival, by up to tenfold from the previous year. The festival, which has been running annually for three years, attracts top performers from around the world. This year, the prize pool will reach S$3 million – more than double that of the last edition.
SINGAPORE — A cash prize of up to $50,000 will be offered for the best nonfiction account on Singapore’s history, a competition launched in support of the country’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The NUS Singapore History Prize, a global competition led by Professor Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, will accept submissions from Jan. The winner will be announced in June.
CNA recently asked patrons at Paco Funworld at Bugis+ if they knew about the prize cap, and most were unaware. A woman in her 40s, who wished to remain anonymous, said that she visits the arcade once a week and spends up to half an hour playing games. She added that she usually does not aim for the larger prizes and focuses on items that are appropriate for children, such as trading cards.