Contour Submission List
Thank you for your submission to CONTOURS! If you think we have missed your entry, please email to us at poetryfestivalsg@gmail.com.
For your information, final selections of the poems for publication will be happening around 15 - 20 January 2019. You will be notified via email if your poem is selected by 30 January 2019.
ENGLISH
1. Pranav S Joshi - Birth of Singapore’s Emperors of Nearly Everything
2. Ally Chua - The boy and the clockwork men
3. Ally Chua - Sunset Estate
4. Ally Chua - 900 Pasir Panjang Road
5. Vanessa Ng - Invisble Chalk
6. Vanessa Ng - Hanging
7. Vanessa Ng - Weather Report
8. Esther Vincent Xueming - we have forgotten
9. Esther Vincent Xueming - island city
10. Ng Yi-Sheng - Mathabu’l-Bahri, Mother of Utama
11. Ng Yi-Sheng - Dang Anom
12. Ng Yi-Sheng - Long Ya Men / Batu Belayar (nx line) 龙牙门／ بلاير باتو
13. Crispin Rodrigues - Christmas, Orchard Road
14. Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé - A Direction of Yellow
15. Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé - Ibsen’s Wild Duck On Apron Stage
16. Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé - Seated Between Kensho and Numinosity: A Sestina
17. Jerrold Yam - Legacy
18. Jerrold Yam - Parliamentary Business
19. Jerrold Yam - Pink Dot
20. Carissa Cheow - this poem stands corrected
21. Carissa Cheow - how to build a nation
22. Carissa Cheow - in good time
23. Pierre Vinclair - 407
24. Heng Siok Tian - District 1 : Tew Chew Street, 1950s.
25. Elancharan Gunasekaran - Blood Borne
26. Elancharan Gunasekaran - Blinkers
27. Cheyenne Phillips - "Asia for Asians"
28. Cheyenne Phillips - Prayer
29. Cheyenne Phillips - Mr Tan Kim Seng
30. Muhammad Al Hafiz Sanusi - Sentosa Island
31. Muhammad Al Hafiz Sanusi - What's Wrong, Yéye
32. Muhammad Al Hafiz Sanusi - Singapore's Next Top President
33. Cally Cheung - my father sheds an leoi, not tears
34. Aaron Maniam - Inspired by a Child, Just Before National Day
35. Eddie Tay - Beast
36. Eddie Tay - Utama
37. Eddie Tay - Hinterland
38. Crispin Rodrigues - Transition Class
39. Sarah See - The Child
40. Stephanie Chan - Buried
41. Stephanie Chan - Kong Kong
42. Lauren Lee - Parable of the Saga Seed
43. Lauren Lee - Tumasik
44. Farah Nadia Jamalludin - The Swing
45. Farah Nadia Jamalludin - Woodlands Centre Cat
46. Rodrigo Jr Dela Peña - Ghazal with Javanese-Style Gold Jewelry Found in Bukit Larangan
47. Rodrigo Jr Dela Peña - The Last Tiger of Singapore
48. Nisha Shetty - Look Closely
49. Tan Ju-Lyn - return
50. Tan Ju-Lyn - i didn't know my grandfather was a war hero
51. Margaret Devadason - (de)coupage
52. Margaret Devadason - Singapore Stone
53. Margaret Devadason - High Definition
54. Nicholas Quek - Lian Yak
55. Mohamad Fariq Yusoff - Singapura, The Legend
56. Mohamad Fariq Yusoff - Garden City
57. Joel Kenneth Gwee - Not If, But When
58. Joel Kenneth Gwee - Homecoming
59. Joel Kenneth Gwee - For The Kids
60. Wai Kit Ow Yeong - Musings of a 14th-Century Kāla Head Found at Fort Canning
61. Kin Yunn Ho - 15th December in a sunshined cubicle
62. Wei Cong Wong - Run Along Now, Mama
63. Low Kian Seh - Renewal
64. DEREK TRUEMAN - HARBOUR TOWN 1821
65. DEREK TRUEMAN - BOAT QUAY 1905
66. DEREK TRUEMAN - ISLAND CROSSROADS 2019
67. Ryan Yeo - The Conscript
68. Ryan Yeo - Compass Point
69. Alastair Liew - Summit in Singapore
70. Alastair Liew - Departure
71. Alastair Liew - The Haze
72. Serena Lum - The Human Touch
73. Solomon Au Yeung - Summers’ Smiles
74. Solomon Au Yeung - Dumplings (aka Sui Kow)
75. Solomon Au Yeung - Postcards
76. Darienne Sim - This Is How Your Write A Metaphor
77. Darienne Sim - KPIs of the Dutch East India Company
78. LOW LILIAN - BRING ME MEN
79. Kishore Kumar Kalai Chalvan - sweet golden girl (or ponderings at a shrine on mount faber)
80. LOW HIAN CHENG - THE WAR MEMORIAL
81. Akash Mattupalli - Merah
82. Janet Liew - The Day of the State Funeral
83. Ryan Ng - Orange is Red’s Jaded Cousin, and He is One Step Behind Yellow Who Lies in The Grave
84. Gwyneth Poh - Summer Worries
85. Jake Liew - A Funeral for my Great-Great Grandfather
86. Eric Tinsay Valles - Back in Singapore, 1945
87. Eric Tinsay Valles - Smuggling Roast Duck
88. Eric Tinsay Valles - Delinquent Days
89. Rosa Pereiro - En Bloc
90. Anurak Saelaow - A Discovery
91. Theophilus Kwek - Road Works
CHINESE
1. Chia Hwee Pheng - 世纪情怀
2. Chia Hwee Pheng - 读烈士
3. Chia Hwee Pheng - 始凌湄
4. Chiu Leung Chow - Trace (轨迹)
5. AW SEOW POOI - Kirin Took Me to the Movies
6. ZHIWEI SUN - The Days Before
7. Wai Kit Ow Yeong - Not Long Ago
9. Aik Hwa Lim - Time to sow
10. Aik Hwa Lim - Sunset
11. CHOW Teck Seng 周德成 - Three types of birds 三类鸟
MALAY
1. Othman Bin Suhot - Atok
2. Othman Bin Suhot - KEBEBASAN
3. Ahmad Md Tahir - Balada Impian
4. Ahmad Md Tahir - Pada Bulan & Bintang; Nurani Nadi Si Umat Madani
5. Ahmad Md Tahir - Betapapun Atas Nama Cinta, Rusuhan & Airmata
5. Farah Nadia Jamalludin - MAHKOTA LAGENDA (The Legendary Crown)
6. Hamed Ismail - Menghitung Abad Yang Dilupakan
7. Hamed Ismail - Senandung Pantai Yang Hilang
8. Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar - Cindai of Temasek
9. Shahril Samri - Onwards
10. Shahril Samri - Succesful Community
TAMIL
1. Elancharan Gunasekaran - நான் காண்கிறேன், எச்சங்கள் I see, Remnants
2. AZHAGUNILA PANCHAKSHARAM - Blood Milk
3. K.T.M.Iqbal - Thanneer
4. Kasinathan Sudha - SINGAI THAAI
5. Durairajoo T. - Black and White Amah
6. Kalaivani Ilango - Bus 107
7. Kalaivani Ilango - Jalan Besar and Rochor Road Santhipil
8. Mohammed Jarjees Thameem Ansari - ATTAS LA NEE