The First 'Tianwen' Chinese Science Fiction Literature Competition Launched: Over One Million Prizes, 'Four Heavenly Kings' Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang, Han Song, and He Xi will serve as judges

This site reported on August 13 that at the end of July, a press conference for the first "Tianwen" Chinese Science Fiction Literature Competition, supported and guided by the Chinese Writers Association and hosted by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, was held in Chengdu. The first "Tianwen" Chinese Science Fiction Literature Competition is chaired by Wang Meng, a famous contemporary Chinese writer, scholar, former minister of the Ministry of Culture, and winner of the national honorary title of "People's Artist", as the honorary chairman of the organizing committee. At the same time, the competition has established a review committee with Alai, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association as Chairman, Su Tong, member of the Presidium of the Chinese Writers Association, Liu Cixin, Director of the Science Fiction Literature Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and relevant members of the Brand Protection Committee of the World Science Fiction Association as Vice Chairman, and is fully responsible for the entries. selection work. According to reports, the "Tianwen" Chinese Science Fiction Literature Competition has nine permanent awards, with a maximum reward of 500,000 yuan depending on the difficulty, and the total prize money exceeds one million yuan. Six literary projects, including Best Long Science Fiction, Best Novel Science Fiction, Best Short Science Fiction, Best Science Fiction Film and Television Script, Best Science Fiction Game Script and Best Science Fiction Comic; three institutional and individual categories, including Best Science Fiction Literary Institution, Best New Science Fiction Writer, and Best Young Adult Science Fiction Writer. In addition, each "Tianwen" Chinese Science Fiction Literature Competition will also set up individual events based on the needs of the development of science fiction literature. The first special competition project is planned to set up "the ten most popular translated and imported works of science fiction literature in ten years".

Recommendation mechanism for entries

The entries are recommended to the competition by well-known domestic science fiction practitioners and individuals.

Judging Process

Preliminary Competition
The Jury Committee has established a preliminary selection group, which is composed of science fiction writers, editors, film and television and game industry practitioners, and people from the science fiction industry.

Final
The chairman, vice-chairman and chief judge of the judging panel together form a final judging panel of 12 people in total.
There are 8 chief judges in the final, including:

• Famous writers: Xu Zechen, Wang William
• Famous science fiction writers: Wang Jinkang, Han Song, He Xi
• Famous Chinese science fiction scholar and writer: Wu Yan
• "Science Fiction World" Deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine: Yao Haijun
• Secretary-General of the China Film Directors Association, Chairman of the Science Fiction Film Working Committee of the China Filmmakers Association: Wang Hongwei

Judging method
The final jury will conduct a single round of voting through a ranked multiple selection system and After multiple rounds of counting, the winning works of each project will be selected.

Result Announcement
The results of the competition will be officially announced in October.

Support for the transformation of outstanding works
The organizing committee will build a transformation platform, provide support policies, actively assist and guide the development and transformation of excellent science fiction works, and promote the expansion of domestic and overseas markets for various works.

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