The moment you have been waiting for is here : drum roll please… The winner of the Eh Poh Nim book cover design contest is :

Michelle Ng from Klang!

Michelle will get acknowledgment in the book, Do You Wear Suspenders? – The Wordy Tales of Eh Poh Nim as well as RM100 book vouchers and an autographed copy of the book.

The reason for the delay was that my publisher wasn’t sure of going with the title Do You Wear Suspenders? I was on the edge of my seat for weeks when the decision was still pending. I really think this is a good title. None of the alternatives I suggested could hold up a candle to it.

I did say that there will be a random draw for three consolation prize winners. As the organizer, I’m going to exercise my right to alter this part of the contest. Don’t worry, there will still be three EPN books going out to participants. The only difference is that it won’t be a lucky draw. As the response was not that great, and three contestants (other than Michelle) really stood out with their entries, I’ve decided to award the consolation prizes to these three :

1. Kok : He was so enthusiastic he sent in plenty of ideas and helped me plug the contest at his blog.

2. Camlok : I like his idea about Eh Poh Nim remaining faceless. In fact I did use the bit about the underwear showing.

3. Sunnymloh : His suggestion is very Malaysian, but is not suitable for this book.

This is the winning idea from Michelle :

Use cartoon caricatures, with an old ang moh man wearing suspenders (the straps that hangs on to his trousers) and a young Malaysian man with suspenders (boxers). It would be cute if both had mickey mouse designs! Haha! One on each side, but have them both looking confused.

Have Eh Poh Nim caricature stand in between them in the center with a big grin/smirk on her face. The title of the book could be in her bubble thought on the top of the page. And on her t-shirt, or dress, or however you’re gonna dress her up, print VS on it.

However, I’m not taking this design wholesale. I’ve made some changes to it. When the design comes back from the illustrator, I’ll post it here.

Winners, please email your address to me at tehlydia@yahoo.com. Congratulations! And a big thank you to everyone who participated.