Text In The City

Text in the City is a nation-wide campaign to boost the awareness and appreciation of Singapore poetry among Singaporeans.

Featuring more than 100 poems by some of Singapore’s most well-loved and emerging poets about various places in the country, the Text In The City mobile app invites users to uncover the stories and secrets surrounding the places, some of which have vanished from the Singapore landscape.

Submit your own poem and stand a chance to win up to $1500 in cash prizes and BooksActually book vouchers. Date of submission is now extended to January 2015! So get that poems of yours going!

Many poems of places in Singapore, past and present, are yet unwritten. Be part of the movement to contribute to Singapore’s literacy legacy and contribute your poem today.