2025 EPIGRAM BOOKS FICTION PRIZE



2025 Judging Panel

The judging panel for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize includes Kenny Chan, former senior director at Kinokuniya Book Store, Cheong Yip Seng, former editor-in-chief of The Straits Times and author of OB Markers: My Straits Times Story, Dr Anitha Devi Pillai, senior lecturer at the National Institute of Education, and Gwen Robinson, editor-at-large of the Nikkei Asian Review. The panel will be chaired by Edmund Wee, publisher of Epigram Books.


2025 WINNER & SHORTLIST

Meihan Boey (Winner)

SINGAPORE

Sunita Sue Leng

MALAYSIA

Ng Yi-Sheng

SINGAPORE

Rachel Tey

SINGAPORE


2025 longlist


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