Xiamen University Malaysia is pleased to announce the results of the 10th Anniversary Essay Competition and congratulate the winners on their outstanding work!

The winners were chosen by a professional panel of judges, including Dr. Ng Kee Ong, Dr. Ooi Bee Peng, Ms. Li Xiaowen, Dr. Al-Saggaf Mohammad Ali Abdellah, Dr. Irina Ivanova, and representatives from the organizing committee. Here is the list of winners:

• First Prize: Abdi Abdifatah Ibrahim - The Silence That Changed Everything: My 8,000-Kilometer Journey

• Second Prize: Tang Wing Lok - 十年·我在厦门大学马来西亚分校的故事

• Third Prize: Chan Yi Ying - My Favourite Mid-Autumn

• Special Prize: Fang Xiao（方晓） - 感恩碑

Meanwhile, we would like to congratulate another 12 essays that have been selected from the 60 entries we received. They are listed below in alphabetical order:

• Cheah Yuat Hoong - 我与马来西亚厦门大学的第一个十年

• Esenalieva Aizhamal Esenalievna - Brick by Brick: Growing Up with XMUM

• Fang Xiao & Zhou Hailiang（方晓 & 周海亮） - 忆厦大马校创办初期的招生工作

• Gamakharova Mariia - Everything Starts With A Dream

• Ilhomov Azizbek Akbarjon Ugli - Companions, Changes, and Becoming: My Story at XMUM

• Kudaibergen Niara - At XMUM, I Finally Belonged

• Low Kit Yin - 忆味

• Lydia Yap Ern Whui - Untitled

• Mubanga Kalumba - My Life at XMUM

• Norzita Binti Yunus - A Career Change, A Life Rewritten

• Tan Hao - 再见，我的大学

• Zhang Siyu（张思钰）- The Algorithm of Resilience: How I Coded My Way from Tears to Triumph

Essays of the winners and the top stories will be collected into the 10th Anniversary e-Anthology, which is expected to be released later in the year.

We would like to thank all the participants who have supported this competition. Your stories have added meaningful chapters to XMUM's journey, and we look forward to celebrating many more milestones together in the years to come.