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Desmond Kon
Born
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

1971 (age 54–55)
OccupationPoet, journalist (former)
EducationNational University of Singapore, Harvard University (thM), University of Notre Dame (MFA)
Website
www.desmondkon.com

Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé (born 1971) is a poet, former journalist, interdisciplinary artist and founder of Squircle Line Press.[1] He has authored ten poetry collections, an epistolary novel, and edited more than fifteen books.[2] He has an MFA in creative writing, and is also an avid potter.[3]

Education

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Born in 1971, Desmond studied sociology and mass communication at the National University of Singapore in 1995. He went on to receive his theology masters (world religions) from Harvard University in 2006 and fine arts masters (creative writing) from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. He was trained in book publishing at Stanford University in 2001.[4]

Literary career

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In 2014, he won the Poetry World Cup while representing Singapore.[5] He is the curator of the "eye feel write" ekphrastic collaboration between the Singapore Writers Festival, the Singapore Arts Museum and the National Gallery Singapore.[6] He is also a mentor for the National Arts Council's Mentor Access Project.[7] In 2016, he co-won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Poetry for his poetry collection, "I Didn't Know Mani Was a Conceptualist", published with Math Paper Press.[8]

Desmond Kon’s writing has appeared in over 200 literary publications, including AGNI,[9] Ambit, Asymptote, Harvard Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Jacket2, New Orleans Review, Notre Dame Review, QLRS, Seneca Review, The Massachusetts Review, The New Guard, Versal, and Voice & Verse. His other honours include the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award (Poetry), two Illumination Christian Book Gold Awards (Digital Media in consecutive years), and the PEN American Center Shorts Prize, among other accolades.

Desmond Kon is cited as the inventor of several poetic forms, including the asingbol, the anima methodi, and the found//fount sonnet.[10][11]

Selected bibliography

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Poetry collections

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  • The Arbitrary Sign. 2013. Singapore: Red Wheelbarrow Books.
  • I Didn’t Know Mani was a Conceptualist. 2014. Singapore: Math Paper Press.
  • Sanctus Sanctus Dirgha Sanctus. 2014. Singapore: Red Wheelbarrow Books.
  • The Wrong/Wrung Side of Love. 2015. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Phat Planet Cometh. 2015. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Thirty-Seven Reasons Red Is Rad. 2016. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Mirror Image Mirage. 2016. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Reading to Ted Hesburgh. 2017. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Apophenia: Forty-One Dada Dilemmas. 2017. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Heart Fiat: New Catholic Poems [Dedicated First Edition to Pope Francis]. 2024. USA: Resource Publications (Wipf & Stock imprint); Singapore: Poetry Festival Singapore.

Fiction

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  • Singular Acts of Endearment: A Novel. 2014. USA: Grey Sparrow Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.

Non-fiction

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  • Top Ten TCS Stars. 1995. Singapore: Caldecott Publishing.
  • The Good Day I Died: The Near-Death Experience of a Harvard Divinity Student [A Quasi-Memoir]. 2019. Singapore: Penguin Random House South-east Asia.

Lyric essays

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  • Hermitage of Dreamers: Lyric Essays. 2018. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
  • Found Texts of the AAI Anon, Circa 3119: Eight Lyric Essays. 2020. Photos. Karen Kon. Singapore: Ethos Books.

Awards

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  • 2011 – PEN American Center Shorts Prize [citation needed]
  • 2011 – Smartish Pace Erskine J. Poetry Third Prize [citation needed]
  • 2012 – Little Red Tree Publishing International Poetry Prize [citation needed]
  • 2014 – Poetry World Cup[12]
  • 2015 – Independent Publisher (IPPY) Silver Book Award (Multicultural Fiction[13]
  • 2015 – Living Now Bronze Book Award (Metaphysical)[14]
  • 2015 – Living Now Silver Book Award (Inspirational Fiction)[14]
  • 2015 – National Indie Excellence (NIEA) Book Award (Poetry)[15]
  • 2016 – Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Benjamin Franklin Gold Award (Poetry) [16]
  • 2016 – Living Now Gold Book Award (Death & Dying)[17]
  • 2016 – Singapore Literature Prize (English Poetry) Co-Winner[18]
  • 2020 – International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) Poetry on the Move Meniscus Award (First Prize) [citation needed]
  • 2022 - Living Now Gold Book Award (Digital Media) Co-Winner[19]
  • 2022 – eLit Gold Book Award (Best Book Website) Co-Winner[which?]
  • 2022 – Independent Publisher (IPPY) Gold Book Award (Book/Author/Publisher Website) Co-Winner[20]
  • 2022– Illumination Christian Gold Book Award (Digital Media) Co-Winner[21]
  • 2023 - eLit Gold Book Award (Anthologies) Co-Winner [citation needed]
  • 2023 - Illumination Christian Gold Book Award (Digital Media) Co-Winner[22]
  • 2023 - Living Now Gold Book Award (Digital Media) Co-Winner[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Squircle Line Press - Winning Writers". winningwriters.com. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Desmond Kon | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ Box, WP (16 June 2009). "Desmond Kon: Of Pots And Poets - The UrbanWire". The UrbanWire. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Browse | Desmond Kon". Retrieved 1 December 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé". Starry Island. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Poet of the Month: Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé". The Missing Slate. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ^ "On Meeting Gertrude Stein With Local Wordsmith Desmond Kon". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Singapore Literature Prize hands out 24 awards to 22 authors". TODAYonline. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé". AGNI Online. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  10. ^ "found//fount sonnet". found//fount sonnet. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  11. ^ Ip, Joshua; Ang, Ann; Lee, Cheryl Julia (30 October 2021). "Digital communities at work: Singapore Poetry Writing Month". TEXT. 25 (Special 64). doi:10.52086/001c.30984.
  12. ^ "S'pore wins Poetry World Cup against Pakistan". TODAY. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  13. ^ Roberts, Allison (3 October 2015). "2015 Medalists". Independent Publisher Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  14. ^ a b Roberts, Allison (16 October 2015). "2015 Medalists". Living Now Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  15. ^ Anjum, Zafar (18 May 2015). "Singapore: Desmond Kon's Historic Poetry Win at 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards". KITAAB. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Winners". IBPA Book Award. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  17. ^ Roberts, Allison (16 October 2016). "2016 Medalists". Living Now Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  18. ^ Council, Singapore Book. "2016 Winners & Shortlists | Singapore Book Council". archives.bookcouncil.sg. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  19. ^ Roberts, Allison (16 October 2022). "2022 Medalists". Living Now Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  20. ^ Roberts, Allison (3 October 2022). "2022 Medalists". Independent Publisher Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  21. ^ Roberts, Allison (30 September 2022). "2022 Medalists". Illumination Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  22. ^ Roberts, Allison (1 October 2023). "2023 Medalists". Illumination Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  23. ^ Roberts, Allison (16 October 2023). "2023 Medalists". Living Now Book Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
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