The Southeast Asian Writers Award or S.E.A. Write Award has become a catalyst for a young local writer to continue producing quality works. The success of Novel Dua Puluh has elevated its author, Dayang Hajah Nur Hamizah binti Haji Samihon, who received the prestigious award and bringing pride to local literature at a regional level.

The novel Dua Puluh is a work that tells the story of a major disaster that befell the world and caused the world system to be paralysed. Dayang Hajah Nur Hamizah, who is also the recipient of the MASTERA Young Writers Award in Jakarta in 2017, said that the S.E.A. Write Award is a great honour not only to her, but also to the country's literary world.