Sandra (Faith) Tan

Sandra is a poet from Singapore. She writes on art, nature, and place — and anything else that catches her eye.Her work has appeared in various publications including Anthropocene, West Trade Review, Panorama, The Oxonian Review, and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore.She was a finalist for the 2025 Ninth Letter Literary Awards, longlisted for the 2024 National Poetry Competition (The Poetry Society) and nominated for the 2024 Panorama Prize.

Awards & Nominations

• Finalist, 2025 Ninth Letter Literary Awards (Ninth Letter)

• Longlist, National Poetry Competition 2024 (The Poetry Society)

• Nominated, 2024 Panorama Prize (Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature)

Special Mention, National Poetry Competition 2024 (Senior Category) (Poetry Festival Singapore)

Publications

• La Isla Negra | West Trade Review | Vol. 16, Winter 2025

• Songs of my father | Anthropocene

• Passages | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Issue 13: Fire

• Art | Quarterly Literary Review Singapore | Vol. 23 No. 4

• Coast | Quarterly Literary Review Singapore | Vol. 23 No. 4

• Lahaina Noon | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature | Issue 12: Cities

• Delivery | Quarterly Literary Review Singapore | Vol. 23 No. 3

• Heidelberg | The Oxonian Review

• Greifensee | The Oxonian Review

• Pastoral | Quarterly Literary Review Singapore | Vol. 15 No. 2

• Kindling | The Kindling, Issue 1

Residency / Workshops Attended

• Granta | Writing Nature Workshop (Sep 2025 Cohort)

• Short-Term Residency (2 to 8 July 2025) | AIR 3331 (Command A), Tokyo, Japan