Mao Dun Literature Award is sponsored by Chinese Writers' Association according to Mr. Mao Dun's wishes, in order to encourage excellent novel creation and promote the prosperity of socialist literature in China. It is one of the highest literary awards in China.
Awards are selected every four years, and the entries must be novels with more than130,000 words. Although there are still many controversies, Mao Dun Literature Award is still the most important literary award in China. Since 20 1 1, under the sponsorship of Mr. Li Ka-shing, the prize of Mao Dun Literature Award has been increased from 50,000 to 500,000, making it the highest prize in China.
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1, Mao Dun Literature Award was once every three years, and now it is once every four years. All works published and published in the selection year (winner of the Eighth Mao Dun Literature Prize) can reflect the complete artistic conception and creative requirements of the novel, and the number of words is more than 1.3 million, all of them can participate in the selection. Outstanding works that have been published or published before the selection year and have passed the test of time may also participate in the evaluation with the consent of not less than half of the members of the jury;
2. Multi-volume novels are generally selected after the book is completed;
3. In view of the language restrictions and various specific difficulties in the selection work, all novels written in minority languages are required to participate in the selection after the Chinese translation is published;
It is inappropriate for the same author to win awards in succession.
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1. Adhere to the principle of perfect unity of ideology and artistry. Selected works should be conducive to advocating patriotism, collectivism and socialism, to reform, opening up and modernization, to national unity, social progress and people's happiness, and to striving for a better life through honest labor. Special attention should be paid to works that profoundly reflect real life, shape the image of new socialist people, and better reflect the spirit of the times and historical development trends; We should take into account the diversity of themes, themes and styles.
2. Pay attention to the artistic taste of works, encourage exploration and innovation on the basis of inheriting China's excellent traditional culture and drawing lessons from foreign excellent culture, and encourage those masterpieces with China style, China style, which are loved by the people and have artistic appeal.
Discipline, discipline
1. In order to ensure the authority and fairness of the award, the Mao Dun Literature Award Committee should adhere to the award criteria and gradually transition to a system in which the list of judges, the voting process and the opinions of the judges are open. Each judge or jury shall briefly evaluate the winning works respectively, and the awards will be made public when they are announced.
2, put an end to bribery and other illegal acts and human exchanges and other unhealthy trends. The members of the jury, the members of the judging panel and the staff of the reward office shall not accept the gifts of the participants, shall not attend the banquets of the participants, and shall not engage in any unfair transactions that may affect the selection results. Once such behavior is found, the relevant judges or award-winning staff will be disqualified, and the relevant contestants will be disqualified.
3. Implement the avoidance system. The members of the jury and the staff involved in the award-winning work, whose works participate in the award, or have close relations with the works of the participating writers (such as the responsible editor of the works, relatives of the participating authors, etc.), should take the initiative to avoid them.