You Jin Creative Writing Award 

Introduction:

The accomplished author and NTU Singapore alumna Madam Tham Yew Chin – better known by her pen name You Jin – and her husband Mr James Jit Teng Lim made a gift to the Department of Chinese, School of Humanities, NTU for the purpose of nurturing Chinese talents and encouraging students’ creative writing in Chinese. 

Criteria:

The You Jin Creative Writing Award, along with a cash prize, will be granted to an undergraduate student from Nanyang Technological University who are enrolled in courses in Chinese Creative Writing. This award shall be a merit-based and reserved for a top student writer whose writing submission is done exclusively in Chinese language. The award winner will be selected by a committee formed by the Chinese subject area team at the School of Humanities, NTU.