This month, The Earthshot Prize, Prince William’s ambitious global initiative to protect and restore our planet, will travel to Singapore for its third annual awards ceremony. Prince William will spend four days touring various organizations working on issues like illegal wildlife trade, air pollution, climate change and take part in dragon boat racing as well as trying his luck at scuba diving!

The NUS Singapore History Prize is an biennial award that recognises works that explore Singapore’s rich and diverse history. Thanks to a generous donor, this year’s prize amount has nearly doubled from 2024 – widening access for non-academic audiences as well as encouraging more impactful works and submissions.

This year’s competition attracted 224 entries across 10 categories: English creative non-fiction, essay and memoir; fiction; children’s literature; young adult novel; literary translation; poetry; Chinese traditional forms and Malay traditional forms. S$31,000 was distributed as cash prizes and book vouchers amongst winners, such as Esplanade communications and content head Clarissa Oon for English creative non-fiction, Cultural Medallion recipient KTM Iqbal for Tamil poetry and Dr Sa’eda Buang from Asian Languages and Cultures Academic Group for Malay fiction respectively.

Apart from receiving cash prizes from the Earthshot Prize, some winners also received catalytic grants to scale their environmental solutions. These included an Indian manufacturer of solar-powered dryers and a soil carbon marketplace as well as groups working towards cleaner electric car batteries, Andean forest restoration, deterring illegal fishing practices, and strengthening ocean conservation.

This week saw the kick-off of DP World Tour’s Asian Swing at Porsche Singapore Classic and here’s how prize money was distributed at this event.