Farihan Bahron

Farihan Bahron, penerima Anugerah Harapan 2017 pernah memenangi beberapa sayembara termasuk Peraduan Asah Bakat 1998 (Hadiah Pertama – Puisi), Anugerah Pena Bakti 2000 (Hadiah Ketiga – Puisi), Anugerah Pena Emas 2003 (Hadiah Kedua – Puisi), Anugerah Pena Emas 2015 (Hadiah Pertama – Puisi dan Cerpen), Mencari Kristal 2016 (Hadiah Ketiga – Cerpen), Pertandingan Puisi Nasional 2017 (Merit) dan Sayembara Puisi Kata-Pilar 2020 (Hadiah Utama). Tukang Tunjuk Telunjuk memenangi Hadiah Sastera Singapura 2018 (puisi Melayu) sementara kumpulan cerpennya, Kesumat Sang Avatar, menerima Hadiah Kepujian (fiksyen Melayu). Farihan juga aktif dalam penulisan seni kata Dikir Barat di Singapura sejak 1996 dan telah 14 kali menerima piala ‘Seni Kata Terbaik’.


Farihan Bahron, recipient of the 2017 Promising Award (Malay Literary Award), has won several competitions including the 1998 Peraduan Asah Bakat Competition (First Prize – Poetry), the 2000 Anugerah Pena Bakti Award (Third Prize – Poetry), 2003 Golden Point Award (Second Prize – Poetry), 2015 Golden Point Award ( First Prize – Poetry and Short Stories), the 2016 Mencari Kristal (Third Prize – Short Story), 2017 National Poetry Competition (Merit) and the 2020 Kata-Pilar Poetry Competition (Grand Prize). At the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize, Tukang Tunjuk Telunjuk (Finger-Pointing Expert) won the Malay poetry category while his short story collection, Kesumat Sang Avatar (The Avatar’s Wrath), received the Commendation Prize (Malay fiction). Farihan has also been active in writing lyrics for the Singapore Dikir Barat scene since 1996 and has received the Best Lyrics trophy 14 times.

Dr Noridah Kamari

Noridah memiliki PhD dalam sastera Melayu dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), dan merupakan pemilik bersama Unggun Creative. Dia telah mengajar sastera Melayu di beberapa institusi, seperti Universiti Sains Sosial Singapura (SUSS). Minat penyelidikannya adalah dalam sejarah sastera, sastera tradisional Melayu, dan penulisan kreatif. Sebagai penulis, Noridah telah memenangi beberapa anugerah, termasuk Anugerah Persuratan dan Anugerah Harapan (2013) dari Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura (MBMS).


Noridah holds a PhD in Malay literature from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), and is the co-owner of the publishing outfit Unggun Creative. She has taught Malay literature at several institutions, such as the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). Her research interests are in literary history, traditional Malay literature, and creative writing. As a writer, Noridah has won several awards, including Malay Literary Award and Promising Young Writer Award (2013) from the Malay Language Council, Singapore (MLCS).