K. Kanagalatha – Paampuk Kaattil oru Taazai Kavignareru Amallathasan – Pullanguzhal Murugathasan – Vadamalar2004 English category Winner: Tan Hwee Hwee – Mammon Inc Felix Cheong – Broken by the Rain Suchen Christine Lim – A Bit of Earth Alfian bin Sa’at – A History of Amnesia Claire Tham – The Gunpowder Trail & Other StoriesChinese category Winner: Yeng Pway Ngon (英培安) – 骚动 Chia Hwee Pheng (希尼尔) – 轻信莫疑 Guan Ming (关明) – 其实·底下的城市 Malay category Winner: Mohamed Latiff Mohamed – Bagiku Sepilah Sudah Abdul Ghani Hamid – Ombak Terbang Tinggi A Wahab HJ Hamzah – Tuhan Masih Sayang Isa Kamari – Kiswah Masuri SN – Suasana Senja Rohani Din – Anugerah Buat SyamsiahTamil category Winner: Ma Elankannan (M Balakrishnan) – Thondil Meen S Uthuman Ghani – Agrinai Uyarthinai K T M Iqbal – Kaakitha Vaasam Krishnasamy Iyer Kanagalatha – Thee Velli Murugathasan – Thaembavai Subraa (Palanisamy Subramanian) – Uyirril Kalantha Urrave2000 (as The Dymocks Singapore Literature Prize) Rex Shelley, A River of Roses1998 Fiction Merit Rosemary Lim - Soul Search & Other Stories (published as The Seed from the Tree) Colin Cheong - The Man in the CupboardCommendation Alfian bin Sa'at - Corridor and Other StoriesDaren Shiau - Heartland1997 Poetry Merit Paul Tan - Driving into Rain1996 Fiction Winner Colin Cheong - TangerineCommendation Dave Chua Hak Lien - Gone CasePat Wong - Going Home & Other Stories1995 Poetry Winner Roger Vaughan Jenkins - From the Belly of the CarpMerit Boey Kim Cheng - Days of No NameCommendation Colin Cheong - Void Deck and Other Empty Places1994 Fiction Merit Tan Mei Ching - Crossing Distance Stella Kon - EstonCommendation David Leo - Wives, Lovers and Other WomenDenyse Tessensohn - FeelAndrew Koh - Glass Cathedral1993 Poetry Merit Desmond Sim - Places Where I've BeenCommendation Jeffery T.H. Lee - The Sea is Never Full Paul Tan - Curious RoadDrama Merit Haresh Sharma - Still BuildingCommendation Sim Teow Li - Curios1992 Fiction Winner Suchen Christine Lim - Fistful of ColoursCommendation Tan Mei Ching - Beyond the Village GateNotes References Singapore Literature Prize - National Book Development Council of Singapore Singapore Literature Prize: Celebrating Our Writers 1992-2018''. Singapore 2018/2019