The 7th Chinese Youth Writers Award added the "New Critical Award" to announce the results in late July

Cover news reporter Zhang Jie

Years of precipitation essence, time condense classics. Unconsciously, the Chinese Young Writers Award came to the seventh session.

▲ Awards at the 2nd Chinese Young Writers Award

At the end of 2015, with the award and support of outstanding young writers under the age of 45 as their own responsibility, to promote more literary newcomers on the road of literature, to create a pure literature award that compares the "Akutagawa Literature Award" in Japan. "The" Chinese Young Writers Award "jointly sponsored by the magazine, the West China Metropolis Daily, and the cover news was born in Chengdu, Sichuan. The Chinese Young Writer Award takes the award and support the outstanding young writers under the age of 45 as their own responsibility to promote more literary newcomers on the road of literature. After 7 years of baptism, the specifications of the Chinese Young Writers' Awards are being upgraded year by year, and it has an increasingly expanding. It has its own tendency and characteristics of literature and aesthetics, and has become an important literary award in the domestic literature community.

▲ Li Jingze, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, at the Fifth Chinese Young Young Writers Award

A serious and serious award is often a dynamic growth and gradually moving towards a more complete life. After multiple communication and negotiations, the jury has made subtle adjustments to the award setting of the "Seventh Chinese Young Writers Award". On the basis of the previous session, the "New Critical Award" was added.

In this way, all the awards of the seventh Chinese youth writer award are set as follows: 1 main award in the novel award, 2 "Gemini Star" awards; 1 main prize of short stories award, 2 "Gemini Star" awards; 1 fictional work award; 1 new criticism award.

The selection of the seventh Chinese youth writer award is the first time (or publishing) of young writers published in 2021. In January 2022, the draft was launched, and it was recommended by the magazine agency, publisher and other institutions, as well as the methods recommended by critics, writers, readers, and self -recommended by the author.

According to Xiong Yan, the editor -in -chief of the "Youth Writers" magazine, the current initial evaluation work has ended, and a total of 30 re -evaluation works have been selected. At the end of this month, 30 works (departments) will be re -evaluated at the end of this month, and 16 candidate works will be selected, including 5 (ministries) each in the short and short stories, 3 (ministries) of non -fictional works, 3 new review works. (department).

The 16 (ministries) works entering the candidate list will be handed over to 7 final judges, entering the final judges voting for the selection procedure, and voting through the real -name voting of the final judges, thereby selecting the final award -winning candidates. The award ceremony of the "Seventh Chinese Young Young Writers Award" is expected to be held in late July this year, and the results of the selection will be announced at the scene.

After the annual list of Chinese young writers awards is announced, they will become the focus of attention in the national literary and media circles. Many powerful young writers are also known by more popular readers through the focus of the media. Which young writers will come from many places across the country to Chengdu this year and board the podium? It is worth looking forward to.

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