Epigram Books Fiction Prize

The 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize (EBFP) is open for submission!

Established in 2015, the Epigram Books Fiction Prize (EBFP) was initiated to promote contemporary Singapore creative writing and reward excellence in Singapore literature. Since 2020, the EBFP has been open to writers from Southeast Asia.

Writers must be citizens and permanent residents of Southeast Asia. Each submission must be a full-length, original and unpublished manuscript of at least 40,000 words, written in the English language.

The winner takes home SGD$25,000, and the three finalists will each get SGD$5,000.