Singapore publisher announces the country’s richest fiction prize

One of Singapore’s well-known publishers Epigram Books has announced the launch of a new literary prize, the Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

The annual prize of S$20,000 is the richest literary award in Singapore, the publisher claimed in a press statement.

According to the publisher, the prize is to be awarded to a Singaporean, Singaporean permanent resident or Singapore-born author for the best manuscript of a full-length, original and unpublished novel written in the English language. The first winner will be announced at this year’s Singapore Writers Festival in November 2015 and have his/her novel published by Epigram Books.