Soong Ching-ling Children's Literature Prize facts for kids

The Soong Ching-ling Children’s Literature Prize is a special award for books written for children in China. It is supported by the Soong Ching-ling Foundation. This prize is given out every two years. Each time, it focuses on a different type of writing, like stories or science books.

This award is one of the four most important prizes for children's books in China. The other big awards are the Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award, and the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award.

History of the Prize

The prize is named after Soong Ching-ling, a famous person in Chinese history. It was started in June 1986. The main goal was to celebrate writers who had done amazing work in children's literature. It also aimed to encourage more people to write great books for kids in China.

Famous writers like Ba Jin and Xie Bingxin helped set up the award. Different government groups also supported it. The first awards were given out in 1988. Later, in 2005, this prize became part of the National Outstanding Children’s Literature Award. This bigger award is managed by the China Writers Association.

First Awards (1988)

The first awards focused on TV drama scripts.

• Second Prize
  • Chu Xue and Zhan Nan, The World that has been Found Back
  • Qi Jun, A Group of Small Heroes
• Third Prize
  • Zhuge Yi, Good Dad, Bad Dad
  • Zhang Hong, Response of the Souls
  • Sun Zhuo, Zheng Kenan, Yi Jienan, Comet

Second Awards (1990)

These awards were for popular science books and science fiction.

• Second Prize
  • Zheng Wenguang, Magic Wings
  • Ye Qishan, Ye Sanwu, Ye Xiaomo, Nightmare
  • Pan Wenshi, The Story of the Giant Panda
• Third Prize
  • Shu Jing and Shu Sun, The Wolf in Disguise
  • Xiao Jianheng, Collection of Prize Winning Science Fiction by Xiao Jianheng
  • Li Yupei, Commander of Mathematics
  • Yan Hui, Li Siguang in his Youth
  • Zhang Zhilu, Electrified Baby

Third Awards (1992)

The third awards were given for novels.

• First Prize
  • Cao Wenxuan, Goats do not eat paradise grass
• Second Prize
  • Li Tong (Chinese children's author), The Young Kavala'n
  • Zhang Zhilu, Third Corps
  • Cheng Wei (Chinese children's author), Girl's Red Card
• Third Prize
  • Yang Xiao, The Legend of the Eagle
  • Liu Jianping, This year you are seven years old
  • Li Yangyang, The Sun Dreamed of Me
  • Zhang Wei, Fog Lock Peach Plum
  • Luo Chensheng, Genius, Talent, Magic

Fourth Awards

These awards were for tales for young children.

• First Prize
  • Sun Youjun, Strange old man
• Second Prize
  • Wu Mengqi, Selection of Wu Mengqi's Fairytales
  • Zheng Yuanjie, Selection of Zheng Yuanjie's Fairytales
  • Bing Bo, Wolf Bat
• Third Prize
  • Jin Bo, Little Leaf Fairy Tale
  • Zhou Rui, Attack on the Stars
  • Zheng Yunqin, Strange child tree meters
  • Wang Jiazhen, Tiger, King of the Children
  • Zhang Qiusheng, New collection of 100 palm-sized fairy tales

Fifth Awards (2001)

These awards were for books published between 1999 and 2001.

• Prize for novel
  • Cao Wenxuan, Grass House
• Prize for tales for young children
  • Ban Ma, Green Man
• Prize for stories for very young children
  • Ge Bing, The Plum Blossom Deer
• Honorable Mentions
  • Novels: Shen Shixi (Mixed-blood Jackal-king), Huang Beijia (I Want to be Good), Qin Wenjun (The Complete Story of Schoolboy Jia Li)
  • Fairy Stories: Tang Sulan (Story of the Stupid Wolf), Sun Youjun (The Adventures of Xili Hulu), Zhou Rui (Selected Children’s Stories)
  • Science Art: Mu Ling (Dream Pasture), Xing He (Warrior of the Stars), Ma Ming (Dark Bay)
  • Very Young Readers: Jin Bo (White Castle), Xie Hua (Xing xing xin), Lin Huanzhang (Taiwan) (300 Little Friends)

Sixth Awards (2003)

Nineteen books received awards in 2003.

• Prize-winners
  • Peng Xuejun, You Are My Baby Sister (novel)
  • Chang Xing'er, Aluozi, little wild rabbit that plays the mouth organ (tales for young children)
  • Zhang Zhilu, Unlawful Wisdom (science fiction)
• Good Book Award winners
  • Qin Wenjun, No 3, Tiantang Street (novel)
  • Zheng Chunhua, Big Head Son, Little Dad
  • Chang Xingang, Boys aren't shy, girls don't cry
  • Cao Wenxuan, Root Bird (novel)
  • Xiao Mao, Metamorphosis of Computer Thief
  • Zhang Qiusheng, Witch on a Broomstick Listening to a Song
  • Tang Sulan, Little Duoduo and Super Nanny
  • Wang Yizhen, The Story of the Flute King
  • Zhong Daihua, Let's Travel
  • Liu Xianping, Nature Adventure Series
  • Gu Ying, Chinese Children's Dreams
  • Jin Bo (Chinese children's writer), Thanks for the Past
  • Gui Wenya, Hama! Hama! Istanbul!
  • Wei Menghua, Expedition to the South Pole, Expedition to the North Pole
  • Wu Ran, Angel's Flower Room
  • Lin Fangping, Walking into Brother Mountain