Josephians Shine at Linguistic Competitions
1 June 2021
Josephians won translation, short story, poetry and scriptwriting prizes across several languages. See all the results.
Congratulations to the following Josephians who have done well in these competitions:
Muhammad Daiyan (ML403), Jefferson Theophilius Edward Juhardi (LE402), Darren Darwis Tanuwijaya (ML401) are champions at the Inter-Secondary Schools Translation Competition - 3T (Terjemah, Tutur, Tepat)! The trio beat 40 teams around Singapore to emerge as winners in this competition organised by National Junior College.
Parameswaran Nithiskrishna (FN402) won the 3rd prize in the Sangamam 2021 Short Story Competition, organised by MOE TLLPS and Raffles Institution (JC) ICS.
Shananth Sivakumar (LE606) won the 2nd prize in the poetry writing competition organised by the Society of Tamil Poets.
Le Xuan Hai (FN301), Nguyen Phuc Chuong (FN303) and Nguyen Thien Minh Tuan (FN303) emerged top 15 in Singapore Linguistics Olympiad organised by SUTD.
Gregory Chooi and Phua Ping Yuan of LE401 were among the five teams that received the Creative Script Award “创意剧本奖” (Commendation Script) in a script-writing competition organised by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Radio UFM100.3. Their script《陈词滥调》(chén cí làn diào) has been made into radio dramas by the DJs from UFM100.3. The radio dramas were broadcasted during the awards ceremony and will also be aired on UFM100.3 from July to August this year. (Read more about their story in Lumen (June 2021)..
