Results of the Goh Sin Tub Creative Writing Prize 2023 – The Short Story
January 2, 2024
Department of English Language & Literature
National University of Singapore
The Goh Sin Tub Creative Writing Prize 2023 – The Short Story
We are very pleased to announce the results of the Goh Sin Tub Creative Writing Competition 2023 – The Short Story. Congratulations to the prize winners!
1st Prize ($10,000):
Wu Ningjing for “Escape”
2nd Prize ($6,000):
Koh Jin Hui Jinny for “We Are All Alone In This Anyway”
3rd Prize ($4,000):
Dinh Cao Tue for “The Xinh-ga-po Pie”
The prize winners will be notified by email and will be required to attend the Award presentation. Details of the event will be provided closer to the date.
The biennial Goh Sin Tub Creative Writing Prize was established by the late Dr Sylvia Goh with an endowed gift to the Department of English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies (ELST) at the National University of Singapore in memory and recognition of her late husband, Mr Goh Sin Tub, who was one of Singapore’s best-known local writers.
Mr Goh Sin Tub and Dr Sylvia Goh are both alumni of the University of Malaya (UM), one of NUS’ predecessor institutions. The Prize commemorates Mr Goh Sin Tub’s life, achievements and support for education.
The genre for this Competition is the Short Story. Subsequent competitions will feature other literary genres. The competition is open to all members of the NUS community at the time of submission of entry.
The closing date for the competition was 4 September 2023. The competition received 60 entries.
Judging Panels
The judges are Dr Ismail Talib (Chair of Judging Panel, former Associate Professor at the Dept of ELTS and alum BA Honours Class of 1980 and MA by Research 1985), Dr Er Yanbing (Dept of English, Linguistics, NUS), and Ms Mah Xiao Yu (Hons student in Literature and member of NUS The Literary Society).
Read the stories here: