Singapore Prize 2022 Winners and Finalists Announced

In 2022, more than 4,000 of you voted for your favorite Singapore Prize shortlisted works in the consumer choice category. That’s more than double the 2020 cohort of voters in this biennial award program!

This year, four of the shortlisted works — by Ali bin Salim, Daryl Qilin Yam, Pan Zheng Lei (Pan Cheng Lui) and rmaa cureess — won the readers’ favorite awards. The authors of these books will receive $1,000 Singapore dollars in cash and book-purchase vouchers worth $50 Singapore dollars each. They also become eligible for the grand prizes, which will be announced at the award ceremony in September.

On 7 November, 2023 winners and finalists of The Earthshot Prize gathered in Singapore to celebrate their innovation and impact at the annual awards ceremony, hosted by Mediacorp Campus. At the event, the 2023 winners of Accion Andina, GRST, WildAid Marine Program and S4S Technologies were announced. The prize program aims to accelerate and scale up the solutions that are repairing our damaged planet.

Singapore’s prize program isn’t as big as the one offered to Olympic gold medalists, which is a million dollars in Singapore dollars for each individual winner in individual sports. But the winners aren’t just getting money – they’re also being given a chance to be seen by Singaporeans and the wider world. Swimmer Joseph Schooling, for instance, was given a chance to visit his family and Singaporeans at home when he won the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics.

At the ceremony, actor Sterling K. Brown and actresses Hannah Waddingham and Mbatha walked the “green carpet” wearing recycled clothing, in line with the sustainability theme of the night. During the event, William also called on Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and visited The Istana palace, one of the country’s most historic heritage sites.

The Harvard Prize Book (Singapore) recognises individuals who have, over a sustained period of time and in their own unique way, demonstrated great care for others in the community. For example, the founder of a social enterprise, Harrison Chan, shares how his team uses virtual experiential learning to boost the emotional wellbeing of youths, while SMU student Si Min started a pay-it-forward initiative in her campus’ Koufu cafe that helps fellow students with stress and depression.

In the design space, this year’s WAF and Inside judging panels will feature more than 140 leading architects, designers, journalists, academics, and industry experts. The panel for WAFX, which honours international proposals that embrace cutting-edge design tackling major world issues, is already up and running, with Kelley Cheng, Sanjay Puri, Mariana Simas and many more confirmed as jury members.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Singh’s company helped people in their homes and workplaces cope by providing food and water supplies. He is now working to scale up his operations and help more people in other countries do the same. This article is Publishing Perspectives’ 131st report since it began publishing on January 3. Read more of our awards-related reports here.