The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is an award in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors

Literature of Singapore

The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country's four main languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil....

 in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil.

The competition is organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) with the support of the National Arts Council

National Arts Council Singapore

The National Arts Council of Singapore was established in September 1991 "to nurture the arts and make it an integral part of life in Singapore.-History :...

 and the National Library Board

National Library Board

The National Library Board is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore...

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The Award was briefly discontinued in 1999 and 2002 due to economic problems.

2008

English category

• Ng Yi-Sheng
  Ng Yi-Sheng
  Ng Yi-Sheng is a Singaporean gay writer. He has published a collection of his poems entitled "last boy" and a documentary book on gay, lesbian and bisexual Singaporeans called SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century in 2006....
  
   - last boy

Chinese category

• Chia Hwee Pheng (谢惠平)- 希尼尔小说选 ((The Collection of Xi Ni Er Mini-Fiction)
• Yeng Pway Ngon (英培安) - 我与我自己的二三事 (Trivialities About Me and Myself)

Malay category

• Mohamed Latiff Mohamed - Bila Rama-rama Patah Sayapnya

Tamil category

• K. Kanagalatha - Naan Kolai Seyum Penkal (The Women I Murder)

2006

English category

• Cyril Wong
  Cyril Wong
  Cyril Wong is the author of nine volumes of poetry and one collection of prose.- Biography:Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a doctoral degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore...
  
   - Unmarked Treasure
• Yong Shu Hoong - Frottage

Chinese category

• Chia Joo Ming - Chong Gou Nan Yang Yu Xiang (Reconstructing Nanyang)

Malay category

• Mohamed Latiff Mohamed - Nostalgia Yang Hilang (The End Of Nostalgia)

Tamil category (Merit Prize)

• Mohamed Iqbal - Vanavargal Mannil Irukkirarkal (Angels Are Here On Earth)

2004

English category

• Tan Hwee Hwee - Mammon Inc

Chinese category

• Yeng Pway Ngon (英培安) - 骚动

Malay category

• Mahamed Latiff Mohamed - Bagiku Sepilah Sudah

Tamil category

• Ma Elankannan - Thondil Meen

1998 Fiction

Merit

• Rosemary Lim - Soul Search & Other Stories (published as The Seed from the Tree)
• Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong is a Singaporean writer, teacher and former journalist.Colin Cheong Wye Mun was born in Singapore in 1965.The older of two children born to two teachers, Colin Cheong attended Victoria School, Anderson Secondary School, Hwa Chong Junior College, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and National...
  
   - The Man in the Cupboard

Commendation

• Alfian bin Sa'at - Corridor and Other Stories
  Corridor (collection)
  Corridor is a 1999 collection of short stories by Alfian Sa'at. It received a Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award for 1998.-Contents:*"Project"*"Video"*"Orphans"*"Pillow"*"Corridor"*"Duel"*"Winners"*"Cubicle"*"Umbrella"*"Bugis"...
  
  
• Daren Shiau
  Daren Shiau
  Daren Shiau , a novelist, poet, conservationist and lawyer in private practice qualified in Singapore, England and Wales, has been described by The Arts Magazine as "among the most exciting of the post-1965 generation of writers" and cited by the travel guide Lonely Planet: Malaysia, Singapore and...
  
   - Heartland

1996 Fiction

Winner

• Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong is a Singaporean writer, teacher and former journalist.Colin Cheong Wye Mun was born in Singapore in 1965.The older of two children born to two teachers, Colin Cheong attended Victoria School, Anderson Secondary School, Hwa Chong Junior College, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and National...
  
   - Tangerine

Commendation

• Chua Hak Lien - Gone Case
• Pat Wong - Going Home & Other Stories

1995 Poetry

Winner

• Roger Vaughan Jenkins - From the Belly of the Carp

Merit

• Boey Kim Cheng
  Boey Kim Cheng
  Boey Kim Cheng is a Singapore-born Australian poet.He is of Chinese descent. As a student he won the National University of Singapore Poetry Competition and has since received the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award...
  
   - Days of No Name

Commendation

• Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong
  Colin Cheong is a Singaporean writer, teacher and former journalist.Colin Cheong Wye Mun was born in Singapore in 1965.The older of two children born to two teachers, Colin Cheong attended Victoria School, Anderson Secondary School, Hwa Chong Junior College, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and National...
  
   - Void Deck and Other Empty Places

1994 Fiction

Merit

• Tan Mei Ching - Crossing Distance
• Stella Kon - Eston

Commendation

• David Leo
  David Leo
  David Leo is a writer in Singapore. Leo received a Publishers Prize for Ah … The Fragrance of Durians & Other Stories in 1993, a National Book Department Council Book Awards for works in English in 1994 for The Sins of the Father and Singapore Literature Prize commendation in 1995 for Wives,...
  
   - Wives, Lovers and Other Women
• Denyse Tessensohn - Feel
• Andrew Koh - Glass Cathedral

1993 Poetry

Merit

• Desmond Sim - Places Where I've Been

Commendation

• Jeffery T.H. Lee - The Sea is Never Full
• Paul Tan
  Paul Tan
  Paul Tan, is a blogger based in Malaysia. He is an automotive journalist who writes about cars and the automotive industry in his blog, paultan.org....
  
   - Curious Road

1993 Drama

Merit

• Haresh Sharma
  Haresh Sharma
  Haresh Sharma is a Singaporean playwright. To date, he has written more than fifty plays that have been staged all over the world, including Singapore, Melbourne, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cairo and London. Sharma has a BA from the National University of Singapore as well as an MA in Playwriting from...
  
   - Still Building

Commendation

• Sim Teow Li - Curios

1992 Fiction

Winner

• Suchen Christine Lim - Fistful of Colours

Commendation

• Tan Mei Ching - Beyond the Village Gate