On the morning of June 1st, the 3rd Online Literature Youth List Press Conference and the launching ceremony of the "Peak Story Project" of Tomato Novels were held at the Weihai Campus of Shandong University.
List works
The "Online Literature Youth List" is an online literature list initiated by the Yangtze River Internet Literature Review Center and the "Youth" Magazine of Nanjing Publishing and Media Group, and co-sponsored by the Internet Literature Research Center of Peking University, Shandong University, Central South University and other universities. At present, the online youth list has been held for three consecutive years, which emphasizes the imagination and creativity of young people, and selects works that express the new generation and new experience in a large number of online articles, so that the new generation can promote the creativity and influence of "Chinese original content".
In order to promote the prosperity of online literature and discover outstanding online literature writers and works, this year, Tomato Novel and Online Literature Youth List jointly released the "Peak Story Project Essay Contest" activity, which is not limited to the subject type. Excellent works will also have the opportunity to enter the "peak list" of tomato novels and enjoy hundreds of millions of traffic exposure!
Sponsored by: Tomato Novel, Yangtze River Internet Literature Criticism Center, Nanjing Publishing and Media Group "Youth" Magazine
Special organizers: Network Literature Research Center of Shandong University, School of Culture and Communication, Shandong University
Theme of the event
· With the theme of "Peak Story", this essay contest collects novels of 80,000 words or more, with no restrictions on specific subject types
· The event encourages but is not limited to the participation of young writers, and we look forward to showing their talents and creativity
Eligibility to participate
The work that will be posted in the background of Tomato Novel Network, and registered and signed before 24 o'clock on August 31, 2024
· There is no time limit for creating works, but works that have been completed before June 1, 2024 are not eligible to participate in this event
· This essay does not conflict with other essay competitions/welfare activities, and can be participated in and won at the same time
Event time
· Registration period: June 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024
· Award and publicity time: October 2024 (the winning authors will be announced through the announcement of Tomato Novel Network)
Event Rewards
· Best Creativity Award: 1 winner, 10,000 RMB
· Pinnacle Story Creative Breakthrough Award: 3 winners, 5,000 RMB
· Peak Story Finalist: 5 winners, 2,000 yuan bonus
*In addition to the participation bonus, the entries can enjoy other welfare policies and manuscript fees on the tomato end normally
Award Description
· Selection Criteria:
This event adopts the jury review system, and the Tomato editorial team will first conduct the first round of selection of the works; The entries passed in the first round will be submitted to the professional judges for the second round of selection, from which the winning works of the event will be selected and rewarded
· Professional judging lineup
Ouyang Youquan is a second-level professor at Central South University and dean of the Institute of Internet Literature at Central South University
Huang Fayou is a professor at the School of Literature of Shandong University, chairman of the Shandong Writers Association, and director of the Internet Literature Research Center of Shandong University
Shao Yanjun is a professor in the Department of Chinese, Peking University, deputy director of the Literature Workshop, and director of the Network Literature Research Center of Peking University
He Ping is a professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing Normal University, and the director of the Research and Publishing Center for World Literature and Chinese Original Literature at Nanjing Normal University
Zhou Zhixiong is a professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Anhui University, and the director of the Internet Literature Research Center at Anhui University
Xia Lie is a professor at the School of Culture, Creativity and Media, Hangzhou Normal University, and the director of the International Network Literature and Art Research Center at Hangzhou Normal University
Xu Miaomiao is a professor at Capital Normal University and director of the Network Literature and Art Research Center of Capital Normal University
Yu Jianxiang is a professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Central South University, and deputy director of the Network Literature Research Base of Central South University
Xie Sipeng is a researcher at the Institute of Internet Literature at Central South University and the editor-in-chief of Tomato Novels
Precautions
· The event reward will be distributed together with the manuscript fee of the work in the next month after the announcement, and the platform has the right to require the writer to return the reward for malicious interruption and suspected plagiarism
· Entries should have a clear theme, positive content, complete plot, strong readability, no malicious judgment, and the work should reflect humanistic feelings, and refuse to lead to vulgar content that violates national laws and regulations
· The submitted work should be published for the first time (including online and offline channels) and the author has independent copyright, if there is any infringement of the work, the entry will be terminated
· In order to protect the rights and interests of writers on Tomato Novel Network and maintain the free and rigorous creative environment of original literature, the platform of illegal works has the right to terminate the qualification of the competition at any time, and the following behaviors will be identified by the platform as violations:
(1) The work violates national regulations, such as plot clips that are prohibited by the state, such as pornography, black, politics, insults to martyrs, etc
(2) Plagiarism, malicious hydrology, continuation of gun manuscripts, misappropriation of old manuscripts, malicious repetition of chapters, and other behaviors that obviously violate the professional ethics of the writer
(3) During the contract period of the work, authorize others to use any copyright of the contracted work
(4) Other behaviors that violate laws and regulations and the rules of the Tomato Novel Platform
· This contest is supervised by the majority of writers and readers, and reports or feedback can be sent to the mailbox——
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· Entries are subject to the Tomato Novel Benefits Page Notes
· Special Instructions:
1. The organizer operates the event in accordance with the law, and in the event that the event is suspended or unable to be held due to force majeure or changes in relevant circumstances, the platform has the right to claim exemption from liability in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, including but not limited to: the event cannot be held, suspended or needs to be adjusted due to various improper means of a third party, serious cyber attacks, system failures, policy requirements of administrative authorities, or major disasters and events.
2. During the event, the platform shall not bear any legal responsibility for the failure of the user to participate in the activity due to improper operation of the user or network failure in the user's area, network failure of the payment platform, failure of the telecom operator, restrictions of the third-party platform and other reasons beyond the control of the platform.
3. To the extent permitted by laws and regulations, the Platform has the right to change or adjust the rules of this event, and the relevant changes or adjustments will be published on the rules page of the event, which will take effect immediately, and the user's continued participation in the event shall be deemed to have agreed to the aforesaid changes or adjustments to the rules of the event. If the user rejects the change or adjustment of the above activity rules, he or she can choose to give up participating in the activity after the change.
4. The "User Agreement" and "Privacy Policy" of the platform participating in this activity also apply to this activity, and if the rules and related terms of this activity conflict with the "User Agreement" and "Privacy Policy", the rules and relevant terms of this activity shall prevail. For content not agreed in the rules and related terms of this event, the "User Agreement" and "Privacy Policy" of the platform shall prevail.
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