Olivia KWOK (郭慧妍) won a Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme award offered by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. Also a winner of the Chevening Scholarship offered by the UK Government, Olivia completed her Master of Education in Psychology at the University of Manchester with a focus upon Special Educational Needs students in the Hong Kong context. Her goal is to become an educational psychologist.

Zabrina LO (盧舜劭) was selected by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR to receive one of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES) awards. Zabrina completed her postgraduate degree programme with an MA in  English (Issues in Modern Culture) at University College, London. Zabrina is currently the Associate Features Editor at Tatler Hong Kong.

Abel HAN Song (韓松) won the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Literature Award. A talented newcomer in Sinophone writing, Abel previously won first prize in the New Concept Writing Competition and was also first runner-up in the Hong Kong Intervarsity Creative Writing Competition (Prose division). He contributed to the debut issue of the English Department’s in-house poetry publication Edge: HKBU Creative Journal and his work has been featured on HKBU News.

Dr Ivan DELAZARI (PhD, Literature) won the Best Graduate Student Essay competition awarded by the International Society for the Study of Narrative for his essay, “Diegetic Music: Who Is Listening, and What Is Heard?” subsequently published in Narrative (The Ohio State University Press).