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.

These are the winners of AY2024-25 Term 2, who impressed us with their originality, creativity, and clarity of expression:

● First Prize: Lim Khai Lun for "Eldercare Leave: A Win for Businesses, Governments, and Societies"

● Second Prize: Mark Ng Xin Ying for "Making Space for Sports: Raising Play in Singapore’s Urban Landscape"

● Third Prize: Aw Zi Qi Yeva for "The Paradox of Mandatory Volunteering"

● Merit award: Aloysius Chin Tze Lin for "I want my parents to get a divorce."

● Merit award: Nurnatasya Binte Shahlihin for "The Hidden Wound: Why Female Genital Mutilation in Singapore Must End"

Here are the winning essays.