Nine Songs Children's Literature Award facts for kids

The Nine Songs Contemporary Children's Literature Award (九歌現代少兒文學獎) is a really important prize for books written for kids in Taiwan. It's also known as the ChiuKo Award. This award celebrates amazing stories for young readers, usually between 10 and 15 years old. The books need to be between 40,000 and 45,000 words long.

About the Nine Songs Children's Literature Award

The Nine Songs Contemporary Children's Literature Award is one of the most respected awards for children's books in Taiwan. It was created to encourage writers to create wonderful stories for young people. Winning this award is a big honor for authors.

What Makes a Winning Book?

To be considered for this special award, books must meet certain rules. They need to be original stories written for children. The stories should be suitable for readers aged 10 to 15 years old. Also, the length of the book is important. Each story must be between 40,000 and 45,000 words long. Judges carefully read many books each year to find the best ones.

Recent Award Winners

Many talented authors have won the Nine Songs Children's Literature Award over the years. Here are some of the most recent winners and their exciting books.

25th Awards (2017)

In 2017, 104 different books were looked at by the judges. The judges included famous writers and experts like Li Weiwen and You Peiyun. They chose these amazing stories:

• First Prize: 李明珊:《飛鞋》 - Li Mingshan (Flying Shoes)
• Prize: 范芸萍:《巴洛‧瓦旦》 - Fan Yunping (Baroque Wadan)
• Prize: 董少尹:《網球少年》 - Dong Shaoyin (Tennis Teenager)
• Prize: 李光福:《舞街少年》 - Li Guangfu (Dancing Street Teenager)
• Prize: 劉美瑤:《撒野的憤怒馬桶》 - Liu Meiyao (The Wild Angry Toilet)

24th Awards (2016)

For the 24th awards in 2016, 121 books were considered. The judges included Ling Xingjie and Xu Jiankun. Here are the winners from that year:

• First Prize: 張英珉：《長跑少年》 - Zhang Yingmin (Long-Distance Running Teenager)
• Prize: 評審獎：范芸萍《心靈魔方》 - Fan Yunping (Mind Rubik's Cube)
• Prize: 李光福：《棒球、鴨蛋和我》 - Li Guangfu (Baseball, Duck Eggs, and Me)
• Prize: 李慧娟：《打發時間圖書館》 - Li Huijuan (Time-Killing Library)
• Prize: 董少尹：《阿父塔繃牛兒！》 - Dong Shaoyin (Father, Tie Up the Ox!)

16th Awards (2008)

The 16th awards were held in 2008. Here are some of the fantastic books that won prizes:

• First Prize: 鄭淑麗: 《月芽灣的寶藏》 - Zheng Shuli (Treasure of Crescent Bay)
• Prize: 陸麗雅: 《阿祖的魔法天書》 - Li Liya (Grandma's Magic Book)
• Prize: 陳韋任: 《灰姑娘變身日記》 - Chen Weiren (Cinderella's Transformation Diary)
• Prize: 洪雅齡: 《躲進部落格》 - Hong Yaling (Hiding in the Blog)
• Prize: 花格子: 《揚帆吧！八級風》 - Hua Gezi (Set Sail! Force 8 Wind)
• 'Prize: 胡圓: 《勇闖「不管里」》 - Hu Yuan (Bravely Entering 'No Matter Where)
• Prize: 陳怡如: 《第十二張生肖卡》 - Chen Yiru (The Twelfth Zodiac Card)
• Prize: 孫昱: 《藍月亮，紅月亮》 - Sun Yu (Blue Moon, Red Moon)

1st Awards (1993)

The very first Nine Songs Children's Literature Awards were given out in 1993. These early winners helped set the standard for future great children's books in Taiwan.

• Prize: 劉臺痕：《五十一世紀》 - Liu Taihen (The 51st Century)
• Prize: 柯錦鋒：《我們的土地》 - Ke Jinfeng (Our Land)
• Prize: 楊美玲、趙映雪：《茵茵的十歲願望》 - Yang Meiling and Hu Yingxue (Yinyin's Ten-Year-Old Wish)
• Prize: 戎林：《九龍闖三江》 - Rong Lin (Nine Dragons Rushing into Three Rivers)