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 The Golden Point Award (GPA) 2007 is Singapore's national and premiere creative writing competition. GPA is organised by the
National Arts Council (NAC) and The Arts House, and sponsored by Singapore Press Holdings and the Singapore Press Holdings Foundation.
The GPA encourages and supports new writing for both short stories and poetry in the four major languages of Singapore - English, Malay,
Mandarin and Tamil.
Aims of the GPA:
- Identify new creative writing talent
- Promote the art of creative writing
- Encourage talented local writers to strive for the highest level of literary skill
- Create a conducive environment for creative thinking and literary expression in Singapore
In 2007, the GPA will bring back the highly popular creative writing workshop series for aspiring writers and poets.
The GPA accepts only original and unpublished works. No prior experience in publishing or writing professionally is needed for
interested participants.
Window for submissions: 24 April 2007 to 31
July 2007. The official entry form can be picked up
at The Arts House Box Office (from 30 April 2007 onwards)
or downloaded from
The Arts House website.
Submissions have closed.
For enquiries and/or more information, please contact gpa@toph.com.sg or call 8183 6034.
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First prize Winners of the 2005 competition. |
From left to right: Mr Nagoor Meeran Samsudeen (1st prize - Tamil Poetry), Ms Sharifah Khadijah Bte Syed Abdullah (1st prize - Malay Short Story), Ms Zhang Huiwen (1st prize - Chinese Short Story), Mr Alan Chan, CEO, SPH, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education, Mr Lee Suan Hiang, CEO, NAC, Mr Gilbert Koh Chin Wang (1st prize - English Poetry), Mr Timothy Yang Xianyi (1st prize - English Short Story), Mr Ng Kwang Cheng (1st prize - Chinese Poetry).
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Since 1992, the Golden Point Award has been a valuable platform for identifying
and nurturing new literary talents in all four official
languages in Singapore. Past winners who have carved out
promising literary careers include Claire Tham, Alfian
Sa’at, Cyril Wong, Young Artist Award recipient
Tan Chee Lay, Denon Lim, Anuar Othman and Mohammad Farihan
Bin Bahron, just to name a few.
The GPA has attracted talents from all walks of life.
This year’s prize winners include retiree Poon
Heng Wah, winner of the Chinese Poetry category, who,
at 68 years old is the oldest prize winner of the competition
while student Ma Huaqi, who won the English Short Story
category, is the youngest at 25 years old. The competition
also saw several first time participants who were also
first prize winners: book distributor Colin Lee in the
Chinese Short Story category, teacher Norlila binti
Abdul Ghani in both the Malay Poetry and Short Story
categories, and Rajendran Ramasamy in the Tamil short
story category.
This year we received 769 entries from 720 participants.
We thank our sponsors and partners for making this event possible with their generous support, in particular, Singapore Press Holdings – a long-standing supporter of the Golden Point Award. We also wish all participants all the best in their literary endeavours and congratulate the 24 winners, who walked away with a total of $65,000 in cash.
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| English Category
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| 1st Prize |
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Ma Huaqi |
| 2nd Prize |
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Janet Liew Wai Yee |
| 3rd Prize |
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Yeo Zhi Qi |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Poon Heng Wah |
| 2nd Prize |
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Tan Chin Guan |
| 3rd Prize |
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Wong Ling Ming |
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| Malay Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Norlila binti Abdul Ghani |
| 2nd Prize |
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Noor Hasnah Adam |
| 3rd Prize |
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Hamed bin Ismail |
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| Tamil Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Yousof Rowther Rajid Ahamed |
| 2nd Prize |
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Sathiyamurthy Veeraiyan |
| 3rd Prize |
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Malarvizhi Elangovan |
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| English Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Neo Keng Guan |
| 2nd Prize |
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Dora Tan Guek Choo |
| 3rd Prize |
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Quek Shin Yi |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Colin Lee Seng Hoe |
| 2nd Prize |
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Wang Zhen Ye |
| 3rd Prize |
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Cheng Sin Yee |
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| Malay Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Norlila binti Abdul Ghani |
| 2nd Prize |
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Othman bin Salam |
| 3rd Prize |
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Hassan Hasaa'ree Ali |
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| Tamil Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Rajendram s/o M Ramasamy |
| 2nd Prize |
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Lalitha d/o Ramasamy |
| 3rd Prize |
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Sandrasegaran s/o Vasimuthu |
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| English Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Gilbert Koh Chin Wang |
| 2nd Prize |
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Janet Liew Wai Yee |
| 3rd Prize |
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Sharlene Teo Wen-Ning |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Ng Kwang Cheng |
| 2nd Prize |
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Yow Cheun Hoe |
| 3rd Prize |
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Poon Heng Wah |
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| Malay Category |
| 2nd Prize |
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Guy Bte Ghazali |
| 3rd Prize |
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Johar Bin Buang |
| Merit Prize |
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Noridah Bte Kamari |
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| Tamil Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Nagoor Meeran Samsudeen |
| 2nd Prize |
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Pandian s/o Rethinam |
| 3rd Prize |
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Subramanian Ramesh |
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| English Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Timothy Yang Xianyi |
| 2nd Prize |
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Daren Shiau Vee Lung |
| 3rd Prize |
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Susan Seah Mui Li |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Zhang Huiwen |
| 2nd Prize |
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Sin Lay Chen |
| 3rd Prize |
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Zhao Qing |
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| Malay Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Sharifah Khadijah Bte Syed Abdullah |
| 2nd Prize |
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Ismail Bin Wardi |
| 3rd Prize |
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Ishak Bin Abdul Latiff |
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| Tamil Category |
| 2nd Prize |
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Chandran Sivashree |
| 3rd Prize |
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Chitra Ramesh |
| Merit Prize |
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Samuvel Nepolian Devakumar |
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| English Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Aaron Shahril Yusoff Maniam
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| 2nd Prize |
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Cyril Wong Yit Mun |
| 3rd Prize |
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Wang Meiyin |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Denon Lim Denan
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| 2nd Prize |
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Hong Wee Seng |
| 3rd Prize |
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Tan Chee Lay |
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| Malay Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Goh Mei Teck
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| 2nd Prize |
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Mohammad Farihan Bin Bahron |
| 3rd Prize |
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Sarifah Yatiman |
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| Tamil Category |
| 3rd Prize |
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Pandian s/o Rethinam |
| Honourable Mention |
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Indrajit s/o Perumal Pillay |
| Honourable Mention |
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Subramanian Ramesh |
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| English Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Leonora Liow Kim Choo
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| 2nd Prize |
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Justin Ker Ruixin |
| 3rd Prize |
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Denis Ong Jit Hong |
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| Chinese Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Zhang Huiwen
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| 2nd Prize |
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Liu Fei Fei |
| 3rd Prize |
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Toh Wei Hong |
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| Malay Category |
| 3rd Prize |
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Hamed Bin Ismail |
| Honourable Mention |
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Ismail Bin Wardi |
| Honourable Mention |
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Muhammad Salihin Bin Sulaiman |
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| Tamil Category |
| 1st Prize |
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Subramanian Ramesh
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| 2nd Prize |
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Palanisamy Subramanian |
| 3rd Prize |
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Sreeperunbudur Candhadai Ramya |
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