The awards ceremony for the sixth Shi Naian Long Narrative Literature Award took place on Nov 9 in Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, with five masterpieces receiving the prize.
The five winning works were The Golden River written by Lu Min, In the Years written by Wei Wei, Xin Tian Weng Yao Fa Ya written by Li Hongwei, Fan Zhongyan written by Guo Baoping and Chao Xi Tu written by Lin Zhao.
In addition, Upon the Great River written by Gu Weiping won the Special Prize.
The awards ceremony for the sixth Shi Naian Long Narrative Literature Award takes place on Nov 9 in Xinghua. [Photo/WeChat account: xinghuafabu]
Xinghua was the hometown of Shi Naian, author of the Chinese classic Outlaws of the Marsh written in the 14th century, so it naturally became the permanent home of the award.
The award aims to encourage in-depth exploration and development, foster innovation and prosperity and further enhance the world status of contemporary Chinese long form narrative works.
Zheng Yan, Party secretary of the writers' association in Jiangsu province, said that over the years, the influence and authority of the Shi Naian Long Narrative Literature Award have continued to increase.
The award has received increasing attention and recognition from the literary community and a wide range of readers.
Zheng said that the sixth edition started its preliminary reviews from July and the five winning works showcased the artistic level of contemporary Chinese literary novel creation.