Li won the Excellence Award 1997 in the "Long Mai Cup" National Calligraphy and Painting Competition organized by the Ministry of Culture.
Wang Zhongyong and Zhang Gaoshan won the gold medal and the bronze medal respectively in the third national couplet calligraphy competition held by the Ministry of Culture on 1999.
In 2000, Wang Zhongyong won the third prize of the 8th National Youth Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Exhibition held by China Book Association.
In 2003, Shi Ru and Han Xiaozhi were awarded the China Hongmei Award by the Chinese Dramatists Association, the Provincial Propaganda Department and the Provincial Department of Culture respectively.
Zhang Gaoshan was nominated for the first Lanting Award of China Book Association in 2000.
Wang Zhongyong won the prize in the 7th National Exhibition of China Book Association.
Nan Zhenmin won the prize in 200 1 song "Five One Project Awards" by the Provincial Propaganda Department.
Ru Qiuming's reportage collection "The Light of Yangshao" won the third prize of 1997 Provincial Propaganda Department's "Five One Project Award".
Yao Mengsong's plays "Love in the Mountain", "Deep in the White Clouds", "A Red Apricot Out of the Wall" and "The Couple with Bean Sprouts" won the "Five One Project Awards" of the Provincial Propaganda Department with 1997, 1999, 200 1 and 200 1 respectively.