First-Year Writing Competition

The Most Authentic Student Voices: A First-Year Writing Competition

In 2023, CEC launched the "Most Authentic Student Voices" competition to celebrate the best student writing about issues that matter the most to our youths.

The competition aims to encourage students to explore and articulate their concerns more critically and passionately so they can be the authentic voices for the change they want to see happening in their world.

Winner are selected from a shortlist of entries submitted by the instructors of the Writing & Reasoning module.

Here are the winners of AY2324 Term 2, who impressed us with their originality, creativity, and clarity of expression:

● First place: Chang Chin Yi, “Thrifting the 'Fast' Away from Fashion”

● Second place: Desai Diya Jigneshbhai, "Locks & Losses: Premature Hair Loss; Growing Plight of the Youth"

● Third place: Felicia Paulus, "How Tomatoes Can Save You from Your Productivity Killer, Social Media"

● Merit award: Joelle Kathy Lim Xuan Yi, "Code Red: Singapore's Mother Tongues on the Brink of Extinction"

● Merit award: Teo Yuxiang, "Forensic Science Is Flawed"

Here are the winning essays.