The Hans Christian Andersen
Short-story Writing Competition |
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The Hans Christian Andersen Short-story Writing Competition organized in conjunction with the 200th Anniversary commemoration of Andersen
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s birth culminated with the Prize-giving Ceremony on 6th Sep 2005. The Ceremony was held at the Nanyang Playhouse on the National Institute of Education campus.
The Winners
The winner in the Upper Primary Section was
Low Weng Hong of Rosyth School
for his story “ The Two Wishes ”
The winner in the Lower Secondary Section was
Gerald Sng Gui Ren of Raffles Institution
for his story “ Blessed Are The Poor ”
The winner of the Special Draw was
Tan Jun Qi of Tao Nan School
[The 3 winners each won, in addition to others prizes, a pair of air tickets to Denmark to visit the birthplace of Andersen as well as Legoland.]
The other prize winners:
Overall Art Prize 2nd-Prize (Primary) 2nd-Prize (Secondary) 3rd-Prize (Primary) 3rd-Prize (Secondary) |
-- Ouyang Yingwei, Tao Nan School -- Sarah Tan RuiQi, Raffles Girls ’ Primary -- Roxanne Sim Poh Yan, CHIJ St Nicholas -- Vivian Goh Yit Min, Tao Nan School -- Peh Shing Bo, Raffles Institution |
The other short-listed finalists:
Primary Section:
Joel Mak Zu Wei
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De La Salle Pri School
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Secondary Section:
Goh Zhen Ying
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CHIJ St Nicholas
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Judging & Judges ’ Comments
The Judging Committee, from the English Language & Literature Academic Group at NIE, read the more than 650 entries which came in from about 50 different schools.
All stories were read blind — the judges did not know the identity of the writer or the writer ’ s age and school until all the finalists and the eventual winners were decided upon.
The Judges were very impressed with the quality of the stories received, particularly with the Primary entries, and want to express the hope that all the budding writers will continue with their writing, creativity and inventiveness. We would also like to express our hope that our schools continue to nurture and encourage our youngsters in all their literary endeavours.
[A note: there were some entries that might have made the final shortlist except for the fact that the rules set out in the Competition ’ s rubrics were not adhered to--it was unfortunate, but when there ’ re many entries of good quality, the ones that did not adhere to all the entry rules did not, ultimately, qualify for the shortlist.]