The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is a biennial award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors 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 and the National Library Board. The Award was briefly discontinued in 1999 and 2002 due to economic problems. Awards 2018 Fiction English Winner: Jeremy Tiang - State of Emergency Balli Kaur Jaswal - Sugarbread Jennani Durai - Regrettable Things that Happened Yesterday Nuraliah Norasid - The Gatekeeper Wong Souk Yee - Death of a Perm Sec Chinese Co-Winner: Lee Chuan Low - Rescue Frontline Co-Winner: Zhang Hui - Smoker Memories Lin Gao - Life Between Frames Xi Ni Er - The Floating Republic Li Qing Song - Manuscript – Collection of Short Stories Malay Merit: Hamed bin Ismail - A Dancing Club: Bunga Tanjong Commendation: Adam bin Fadilla - Muezzin in Search of Light Commendation: Farihan Bahron - Avatar's Wrath Djohan A Rahman - When the Alphabets Dance Hassan Hassa'Ree Ali - Souvenir From Space Tamil Merit: Chitra Ramesh - A Drop of Happiness Merit: M K Kumar - 5.12 pm Prema Mahalingam - Water Droplets Poetry English Winner: Samuel Lee - A Field Guide to Supermarkets in Singapore Chinese Winner: Tan Chee Lay - Landmark Poetics of the Lion City Malay Winner: Farihan Bahron - Finger-Pointing Expert Tamil Commendation: M Segar - Ravana's Seethai Commendation: A K Varadharajan - Lee Kwan Yew Imaginary Childhood Non-fiction English Winner: Melissa De Silva - "Others" is Not a Race Chinese Co-Winner: Liu Su - Roses at the Edge Co-Winner: Weng Xian-wei - The Second Face Malay Commendation: Ahmad Md Tahir - Colour of Expression Tamil Winner: Bala Baskaran - G Sarangapany and the Tamil Murasu: A Current Appraisal 2016 The 2016 edition received the most submissions ever in its 25-year history: 235 entries, compared to 2014's 182 and 2012's 57, with fiction receiving the most submissions. Fiction English Winner: Sonny Liew - The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Jeremy Tiang - It Never Rains on National Day Leonora Liow - Moth: Stories Audrey Chin - Nine Cuts Mohamed Latiff Mohamed, trans. Alfian Sa'at - The Widower Chinese Commendation: 谢裕民 (Chia Joo Ming) - Exile or Pursuit《放逐与追逐》 Commendation: 张挥 (Cheong Weng Yat aka Zhang Hui) - Shuang Kou Ding