FOBISIA SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Ian Bosonnet Senior Leader Whole School, The ABC International School Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

This year’s FOBISIA Short Story Competition invited entries in four different age categories with different themes. Schools were encouraged to host their own internal short story competitions before submitting their best stories to us at the ABC International School. We were delighted to receive work from 67 FOBISIA Schools which made for a lengthy but enjoyable judging process organised by our student leadership team.

“We greatly enjoyed reading all of the entries and looking at the skill and creativity shown in each and every single one of the stories, submitted from all around Asia.” - Khue (Year 13) on behalf of the Student Leadership Group

The quality of entries was very close and I personally enjoyed reading so many high quality submissions and I know all of the judges did too. Congratulations to the winners, runners up and those that made the shortlist in each category.

YEAR 10-13 COMPETITION: 'COMING OF AGE'

49 entries were received for this competition

Winner: Jess, Garden Int. School Eastern Seaboard Ban Chang

Runner Up: Timothy, The International School of Penang (Uplands), Malaysia

Shortlis: Lee, HELP International School Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shortlist: Jolene, The ABC International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Shortlist: Presiha, The International School at Park City, Malaysia

YEAR 7-9 COMPETITION: 'THE MYSTERY'

74 entries were received for this competition

Winner: Noyna, Garden International School, Sathorn, Bangkok

Runner Up: Niranjenna, Marlborough College Malaysia

Shortlist: Maria, The British School Manila, Phillippines

Shortlist: Jani, Denla British School Bangkok, Thailand

Shortlist: Caelia, Haileybury Almaty, Kazakhstan

Shortlist: Arun, The British School in Colombo,Sri Lanka

YEAR 5-6 COMPETITION: 'DREAMS'

78 entries were received for this competition

Winner: Emily, Shrewsbury Int. School Bangkok City Campus

Runner Up: Mariam, Tenby Setia Eco Park, Malaysia

Shortlist: Yiling, Dulwich College Seoul, Republic of Korea

Shortlist: Bento, The British Int. School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Shortlist: Divyana, Repton International School, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

YEAR 3-4 COMPETITION: 'MAGIC'

58 entries were received for this competition

Winner: Buachompoo, Shrewsbury Int. School Bangkok City Campus

Runner Up: Muhil, Eaton Int. School, Malaysia

Shortlist: Napapat (Ally), Bangkok Int. Preparatory and Sec. School, Thailand

Shortlist: Halle, The British Int. School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Shortlist: Kabir, Dulwich College (Singapore)

School’s Name: Shrewsbury Int. School, Bangkok Riverside

Student’s Name: Buachompoo

Category: Year 3 & 4

Theme: Magic