On the afternoon of January 24, 2022, the 2022 Annual Literary Forum and Awards Ceremony of Contemporary, sponsored by the People's Literature Publishing House and Contemporary Magazine, was successfully held, and the overall champion of the 2021 Novel Five and the Contemporary Literary Rally was announced and awarded.
Li Yan, member of the Party Group of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd. and director and general manager of China Publishing and Media Co., Ltd., delivered a speech
Li Yan, a member of the Party Group of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd. and director and general manager of China Publishing and Media Co., Ltd., attended the event and delivered a speech, in which he highly affirmed The Magazine's insistence on holding annual long-form forums and literary rallies to commend outstanding works, and expressed his gratitude to experts and readers from all walks of life for their strong support from China Publishing Group, People's Literature Publishing House and Contemporary Magazine over the years.
The "Contemporary" Literary Rally and the Annual Masterpiece Selection of the Long-form Forum, which have won a good reputation in the industry, were founded in 1999 and 2004 respectively, and many literary masters and classic works that are well known to current readers stand out from these two activities that year. This annual literary forum has injected many new elements. The Literary Rally has specially added awards to award outstanding works that pay tribute to the "centenary of the founding of the Party", and for the first time awarded the "Young Writer of the Year"; in addition to the annual creative inventory of critics, the writers present were also invited to conduct a summit dialogue on the creation of novels. The whole event was broadcast live through dozens of platforms such as Weibo, video number, vibrato, B station, etc., with a total of one million views on the whole network, and the wonderful sharing of writers and critics presented a literary feast for readers across the country.
The 18th "Contemporary" Novel Annual Forum, on the basis of the existing links such as preliminary evaluation and recommendation, reader online voting, and expert review, in order to make the selection results more professional and representative, invited more than 70 critics, writers, editors-in-chief of publications and media representatives from various provinces and cities across the country to conduct online voting. Finally, the opinions of the reader online voting, expert online voting and review committee were summarized, and the top five works of the 2021 long story were selected.
Yan Jingming, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, gives a review of the 2021 novel
At the forum site, Yan Jingming, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, made a review of the overall situation of domestic novels in 2021, focusing on the strengthening of story dynamics, allegorization of hometown and other trends worthy of attention, and fully affirmed the good achievements of creation. Cheng Guangwei, professor of the School of Literature of Chinese Min University, Hu Ping, deputy director of the Novel Committee of the China Writers Association, Zhang Li, professor of the College of Literature of Beijing Normal University, Yang Qingxiang, vice dean of the School of Literature of Chinese Min University, and He Shaojun, vice president of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, and five other famous critics unveiled and commented on the five best works of the 2021 long story one by one.
Cheng Guangwei unveiled the top five "a knife, a thousand words" of the year
Hu Ping unveiled the annual top five "One Day and Three Autumns"
Zhang Li unveiled the annual top five "Echoes"
Yang Qingxiang unveiled the top five "Wencheng" of the year
He Shaojun unveiled the annual top five "Who is knocking"
The works that won the 2021 long-form five of this year's "Contemporary" Long Story Forum are: Wang Anyi's "A Knife, a Thousand Words", Liu Zhenyun's "One Day and Three Autumns", Dongxi's "Echo", Yu Hua's "Wencheng", and Luo Weizhang's "Who Is Knocking on the Door".
Zhao Ping read Wang Anyi's acceptance speech
Liu Zhenyun delivered an acceptance speech
Luo Weizhang gave a speech on the award
The famous writer Wang Anyi sent an acceptance speech from Shanghai: "At the beginning of the new year, receiving good news can be regarded as an auspicious omen for 2022, thank you to the judges, thank you readers, thank you "Contemporary", it has always maintained me, when I am my own family, see me from birth to youth, from green to mature! Award-winning writers Liu Zhenyun and Luo Weizhang delivered speeches at the award ceremony, praising Contemporary as an open-minded magazine that constantly provides impetus for writers to move forward.
Another element of the event was the announcement of the overall winner of the 23rd Contemporary Literary Rally. The award is voted by the readers of Contemporary Magazine through online and offline channels, and the winner of the highest vote in each issue is the champion of the rally sub-station, and at the end of the year, the annual champion of each individual event is selected according to the reader's vote. Ge Fei, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Liu Qingbang, the representative of the previous rally champion, Li Hongqiang, editor-in-chief of the People's Literature Publishing House, and Kong Lingyan, deputy editor-in-chief, announced the winners of the 2021 rally at the event site.
Editor-in-chief Li Hongqiang announces the annual champion of the rally
Kong Lingyan, deputy editor-in-chief, unveiled the works of tribute to the centenary of the founding of the party
Fan Wen's "Sun Turns" won the "Annual Novel Champion", Feng Jicai's "Danube River Gorge" won the "Annual Novel and Short Story Championship", Zhu Yong's "Forbidden City Cultural Relics Moving South" won the "Annual Documentary Works Overall Champion", "'Centenary of the Founding of the Party' Tribute Works" awarded Tie Liu's long documentary literature "Backing Mountain" and American scholar Bi Sen and Li Yan's translation of "1937, Yan'an Dialogue", and Sun Rui won the "Annual Young Writer".
Editor Wang Wei read out Mr. Feng Jicai's testimonial
The famous writer Feng Jicai sent an acceptance speech from Tianjin: "The first short story of my writing career, "Carved Pipe", was published in the magazine "Contemporary" that had just been launched that year. Today, Contemporary has given me an important literary prize for a novel I recently wrote. That's a full forty years in between! I went from black hair to two sideburns. The only thing that has not changed is the pen that has always been in his hand. Because there is my conscience in the pen tube. In his speech, Sun Rui, winner of the "Young Writer of the Year", thanked Contemporary for its encouragement and help in his creative process, and said that he would take this award as a new starting point and continue to write his views on the world.
The award-winning writers Dong Xi, Fan Wen, Zhu Yong, Tie Liu, Li Yan, etc. who failed to attend the scene this time also expressed their sincere testimonials through video, shared their creative paths, and fondly reviewed their interaction with Contemporary Magazine.
Gao Feng's dialogue scene from left: Shi Yifeng, Liu Zhenyun, Luo Weizhang, Ge Fei, Li Er
The on-site summit dialogue was titled "Uneven Long-distance Running", presided over by Shi Yifeng, deputy editor-in-chief of "Contemporary", writer Shi Yifeng, and Liu Zhenyun and Luo Weizhang, the winners of this year's long-form five,000 winners and previous award-winning writers Ge Fei and Li Er exchanged views around the sweetness and bitterness of long-form creation, and the novelists spoke wittily, which triggered applause and laughter on the scene again and again.
Zang Yongqing, president of the People's Literature Publishing House, summed up his speech
In his concluding speech at the event, Zang Yongqing, president of the People's Literature Publishing House, congratulated the award-winning writers and thanked the experts present and all sectors of society for their strong support. He said that "Contemporary" magazine is an important brand of the People's Literature Publishing House, and in the future, it will use the strength of the whole society to run "Contemporary", and at the same time will support "Contemporary" to carry out more diversified attempts, serve contemporary readers with richer and more vivid content, unite contemporary writers with a more open and inclusive attitude, and become a literary magazine that is closely linked to contemporary life and more energetic.
Nandu reporter Huang Qian