The Scholastic Asian Book Award (SABA) is the joint initiative of Scholastic Asia and the

Singapore Book Council Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree o ...

(SBC). The award recognizes children's writers of Asian origin who are taking the experiences of life, spirit, and thinking in different parts of Asia to the world at large. The award also aims to promote the understanding of the Asian experience and its expression in innovative and creative forms. The awards are announced at the

Asian Festival of Children's Content Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from As ...

in Singapore.

Objectives

* To recognise excellence in fiction in Asian stories for children * To showcase the diversity of literary talent within Asia * To encourage and inspire more books and stories with Asian content

Winners

2018

* Winner: ''Wing of the Locust'', by Joel Donato Jacob (Philippines) * 2nd: ''Red Eyes'', by Varsha Seshan (India) * 3rd: ''Blue2'', by Yuet Lan Dora Tsang (Hong Kong)

2016

* Winner: ''Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus'', by Aditi Krishnakumar (India) * 2nd: ''Chasing Freedom'', by Tina Cho (South Korea) * 3rd: ''Island Girl'', by Ho Lee Ling (Singapore)

2014

Winner: ''What Things Mean''
by
Sophia N. Lee
(Philippines) * 2nd: ''Sula’s Voyage'', by Catherine Torres (Philippines) * 3rd: ''Robin and the Case of the Summer Camp Kidnapping'', by Vivek Bhanot (India)

2012

* Winner: ''Bungee Cord Hair'', by

Ching Yeung Russell Ching may refer to: People * Ching, a unisex given name ** Ching He Huang, a food writer and TV chef ** Ching Hammill (1902–1925), American football player ** Ching Johnson (1898–1979), Canadian National Hockey League player ** Willis Augustus ...

(USA) * 2nd: ''Not in the Stars'', by Pauline Loh Tuan Lee (Singapore) * 3rd: ''Hidden in Plain Sight'', by Ang Su-Lin (Singapore)

2011

* Winner: ''Book Uncle and Me'', by Uma Krishnaswarmi (India) * 2nd: ''The Girl Mechanic of Wanzhou'', by Marjorie Sayer (USA) * 3rd: ''The Mudskipper'', by

Ovidia Yu Ovidia Yu (born 1961) is a writer from Singapore who has published award-winning plays and short stories. She has won several awards, including the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore Foundation Culture Award (1996), the Nationa ...

(Singapore)

References

External links

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