"SingPoWriMo 2016: The Anthology", Eds. Joshua Ip, Ruth Tang, Daryl Qilin Yam
"SingPoWriMo 2016: The Anthology", Eds. Joshua Ip, Ruth Tang, Daryl Qilin Yam
Poetry anthology, 324 pages
Published by Math Paper Press, 2016
Synopsis:
Singapore Poetry Writing Month, or as we affectionately call it, SingPoWriMo.
Write one poem a day for thirty days in the cruel month of April: that was the challenge we first gave the Internet in 2014. In its third year, our anthology gathers the best of the 5,110 poems that were submitted in 2016. Daily challenging prompts reflected on the Singaporean condition, with verses written for every MRT and LRT station, poems that upgraded other poems that upgraded other poems and so on. We are proud to feature first-time poets beside established bards, a wide swath of language —with poems in Minion next to poems in HTML — and the recently-revived form of the udaiyaathathu alongside the ground-breaking twin cinema and asingbol.
About the Editors:
Joshua Ip is an award-winning poet, editor and literary organizer. He has written two collections of poetry, edited four anthologies for Math Paper Press, and is working on a graphic novel.
Ruth Tang is a writer of poetry and plays, and has been a recipient and nominee of various awards for her creative endeavours.
Daryl Qilin Yam is a writer of prose and poetry, born and based in Singapore. His first novel, Kappa Quartet (Epigram Books, 2016), was longlisted in the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.