Poetry Festival Singapore is calling all aspiring poets to join this year's edition of National Poetry Competition! The theme for 2026 is... Borders & Bridges! A border is more than just a line on a map: it’s a tension, a memory or a doorway. Whether you’re building bridges between languages or exploring the walls we inherit, we want to read your poem about it.​

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Results of National Poetry Competition 2026

English - Super Junior

Champion: Nityashree Arora

Joint 1st Runner Up: Riya Isha Arul

Joint 1st Runner Up: Aashvi Mehrotra

2nd Runner Up: Felicia Zhang

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English - Junior

Champion: Lily Huang

1st Runner Up: Zhang Kaiyu

2nd Runner Up: Lyndon Loh Jing Yu

EduPeer Award for Best Original Voice: Zhang Kaiyu

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English - Senior

Champion: Tay Kai Li

1st Runner Up: Chow Chiu Leung

2nd Runner Up: Nur Ilham Bin Ismail

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Chinese - Super Junior

1st Runner Up: Zhu Entong

2nd Runner Up: Alyssa Khoo Qian Yau

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Chinese - Junior

Champion: Chen Binbin

1st Runner Up: Hee Kit Kei

2nd Runner Up: Yin Yinuo

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Chinese - Senior

Champion: Gan Xin Ru

1st Runner Up: Ng Kiat Fah

2nd Runner Up: 古玊

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Malay - Senior

Champion: Goh Mey Teck

1st Runner Up: Muhamad Shahril Bin Samri

2nd Runner Up: Muhammad Irfan Bin Azman

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Tamil - Junior

Champion: Genela Nepolian Devakumar

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Tamil - Senior

Champion: Sangeetha Kandasamy