Galaxy Award (China)

The Galaxy Award () is China's most prestigious science fiction award, which was started in 1986 by the magazines Tree of Wisdom () and Science Literature & Art (). After Tree of Wisdom ceased publication soon afterwards, the award was organized solely by Science Literature & Art, which was renamed to Science Fiction World () in 1991.

The structure of the prize has evolved, becoming an annual prize in 1991, and has recognized different categories.

In September 2016, the 27th Galaxy Award was held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics;, in November 2017, the 28th award ceremony was held in Chengdu, China.

Winners

A partial list of winners:

1st Galaxy Awards

• Wu Xiankui, 勇士号冲向台风, yǒngshì hào chōng xiàng táifēng ["The Hero Tacks Into the Typhoon"] (1985);
• Miao Shi, 不要问我从哪里来, bùyào wèn wǒ cóng nǎlǐ lái ["Don't Ask Me Where I'm From"] (1985);
• Kong Liang, 盗窃青春的贼, dàoqiè qÄ«ngchÅ«n de zéi ["The Thief Who Stole Youth"] (1985);
• Yang Zhipeng, 青春的眷恋, qÄ«ngchÅ«n de juànliàn ["Youthful Nostalgia"] (1985);
• Wei Yahua, 远方来客, yuǎnfāng láikè ["Guest From Afar"] (1985).

2nd Galaxy Awards

• Tan Xiaoke, 在时间的铅幕后面, zài shíjiān de qiān mùhòu miàn ["Behind the Lead Curtain of Time"] (1988).

3rd Galaxy Awards

• Tan Li, 太空修道院, tàikōng xiÅ«dàoyuàn ["Space Monastery"] (1990).

4th Galaxy Awards

• No first prize.

5th Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, 亚当回归, yàdāng huíguÄ« ["Adam's Regression"] (1992).

6th Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, 天火, tiānhuǒ ["Heaven's Fire"] (1993) (Special Prize);
• He Xi (as He Hongwei), 平行, píngxíng ["Parallel"] (1993);
• Xing He, 朝圣, cháoshèng ["Pilgrimage"] (1993).

7th Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, 生命之歌, shēngmìng zhÄ« gē ["The Song of Life"] (1994) (Special Prize);
• Wu Yan, 沧桑, cāngsāng ["Dark Blue Mulberry"] (1994);
• Han Jianguo, 泪洒鄱阳湖, lèi sǎ póyáng hú ["Tears in Poyang Lake"] (1994).

8th Galaxy Awards

• Xing He, 决斗在网络, juédòu zài wǎngluò ["Duel on the Internet"] (1995) (Special Prize);
• Wang Jinkang, 西奈噩梦, xÄ«nài èmèng ["Occidental Nightmare"] (1995);
• Su Xuejun, 火星尘暴, huǒxÄ«ng chénbào ["Martian Dust Storm"] (1995).

9th Galaxy Awards

• Lu Yang, 黑洞之吻, hēidòng zhÄ« wěn ["The Black Hole's Kiss"] (1996) (Special Prize);
• Wang Jinkang, 七重外壳, qÄ«chóng wàiké ["Seven Outer Casings"] (1996);
• Zhao Haihong, 桦树的眼睛, huàshù de yǎnjÄ«ng ["Eyes of the Birches"] (1996).

10th Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, è±¹, bào ["Leopard"] (Special Prize) (1997);
• Zhou Yukun, 会合第十行星, huìhé dì shí hángxÄ«ng ["Encounter with the Tenth Planet"] (1997);
• Ling Chen, 猫, māo ["Cat"] (1997).

11th Galaxy Awards

• Zhao Haihong, 伊俄卡斯达, yīékǎsÄ«dá ["Jocasta"] (1998) (Special Prize);
• Liu Cixin, 带上她的眼睛, dài shàng tā de yǎnjÄ«ng ["With Her Eyes"] (1998);
• He Xi (as He Hongwei), 异域, yìyù ["Strange Land"] (1998).

12th Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 流浪地球, liúlàng dìqiú ["The Wandering Earth"] (1999) (Special Prize);
• Li Xingchun, 橱窗里的荷兰赌徒, chúchuāng lǐ de hélán dǔtú ["The Dutch Gambler in a Glass Case"] (1999);
• He Xi, 爱别离, ài biélí ["Love is Over"] (1999).

13th Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 全频带阻塞干扰, quán píndài zǔsè gānrǎo ["All-bandwidth Jamming Interference"] (2000);
• Wang Jinkang, 替天行道, tì tiān xíngdào ["Doing The Lord's Work"] (2000);
• Pan Haitian, 大角，快跑, dàjiǎo, kuài pǎo ["Run, Dajiao"] (2000);
• Zhao Haihong, 蜕 tuì ["Exuviation"] (2000);
• Wang Yanan, 盗墓, dàomù ["Grave Robber"] (2000).

14th Galaxy Awards

• He Xi, 六道众生, liùdào zhòngshēng ["Six Ways to the Multitude"] (2001);
• Liu Cixin, 中国太阳, zhōngguó tàiyáng ["Sun of China"] (2001);
• Wang Jinkang, 水星播种, shuǐxÄ«ng bōzhòng ["Seeding Mercury"] (2001);
• Shake Space, 马姨, mǎ yí ["Aunt Ma"] (2001);
• Yang Mei, 日光镇, rìguāng zhèn ["Pressing Sunlight"] (2001).

15th Galaxy Awards

• He Xi, 伤心者, shāngxÄ«n zhě ["The Broken-Hearted"] (2002);
• Liu Cixin, 地球大炮, dìqiú dàpào ["Cannonball"] (2002);
• Luo Longxiang, 寄生之魔, jìshēng zhÄ« mó ["The Devil of Biology"] (2002) (Newcomer's Award);
• La La, 春日泽·云梦山·仲昆, chÅ«nrì zé·yúnmèng shān·zhòngkÅ«n ["Spring Sun Spring: Yun Meng Mountain: Elder Brothers"] (2002) (Newcomer's Award).

16th Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 镜子, jìngzi ["Mirror"] (2003);
• Xia Jia, 关妖精的瓶子, guān yāojing de píngzi (April 2004 Kehuan Shijie trans. Linda Rui Feng as "The Demon-Enslaving Flask" November 2012 Renditions);
• Qian Lifang, 天意, tiānyì ["Divine Intention"] (2003).
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Lois McMaster Bujold.

17th Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 赡养人类, shànyǎng rénlèi ["For the Benefit of Mankind"] (2004);
• He Xi, 天生我材, tiānshēng wǒ cái ["Innate Talent"] (2004);
• Xie Yunning, 深度撞击, shēndù zhuàngjí ["Deep Impact"] (2004) (Newcomer's Award);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Douglas Adams.

18th Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 三体, sān tǐ ["The Three Body Problem"] (2005);
• Wang Jinkang, 终极爆炸, zhōngjí bàozhà ["Ultimate Explosion"] (2005);
• Chang Jia, 昆仑, kÅ«nlún ["Kunlun Mountains"] (2005);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Robert J. Sawyer.

19th Galaxy Awards

• La La, 永不消失的电波, yǒng bù xiāoshÄ« de diànbō ["The Perpetual Electric Wave"] (2006);
• Chang Jia, 674号公路, 674 hào gōnglù ["Highway 674"] (2006);
• Luo Longxiang, 在他乡, zài tāxiāng ["In a Strange Land"] (2006);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Neil Gaiman.

20th Galaxy Awards

• Chang Jia, 扶桑之伤, fúsāng zhÄ« shāng ["Fusang's Wound"] (2007);
• Xia Jia, 永夏之梦, yǒng xià zhÄ« mèng ["Perpetual Summer's Dream"] (venue unknown 2007);
• Wang Jinkang, 活着, huózhe ["Live Contact"] (2007);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Neil Gaiman.

21st Galaxy Awards

• Jiang Bo, 时空追缉, shíkōng zhuÄ« jÄ« ["Spacetime Pursuit"] (2008);
• Wang Jinkang, 有关时空旅行的马龙定律, yǒuguān shíkōng lǚxíng de mǎlóng dìnglǜ ["Ma Long's Law of Space-Time Travelling"] (2008);
• He Xi, 十亿年后的来客, shí yì nián hòu de láikè ["The Traveller from 1,000,000,000 Years Hence"] (2008);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) George R R Martin.

22nd Galaxy Awards

• Liu Cixin, 死神永生, sǐshén yǒngshēng ["Death's End"] (2009);
• He Xi, 人生不相见, rénshēng bù xiāngjiàn ["No Sign of Life"] (2009);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) George R R Martin.

23rd Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, 与吾同在, yǔ wú tóng zài ["We, Together"] (2011) (Grand Prize);
• Chen Qiufan, 无尽的告别, wújìn de gàobié ["Infinite Goodbyes"] (November 2011 Kehuan Shijie);
• Yin Kemi, 雷峰塔, léi fēng tǎ ["Thunder Peak Pagoda"] (December 2011 Kehuan Shijie);
• Liu Shuiqing, 第九站的诗人, dì jiǔ zhàn de shÄ«rén ["Poet of the Ninth Station"] (September 2011 Kehuan Shijie);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Paolo Bacigalupi.

24th Galaxy Awards

• Zhang Ran, 以太, yǐtài ["Ether"](2012);
• He Xi, 汪洋战争, wāngyáng zhànzhēng ["War on the Seeping Sea"] (February 2012 Kehuan Shijie);
• Bao Shu, 在冥王星上我们坐下来观看, zài míngwángxÄ«ng shàng wǒmen zuò xiàlái guānkàn ["On Pluto We Sit Down and Watch"] (venue unknown) (2012);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) David Brin.

25th Galaxy Awards

• Wang Jinkang, 逃出母宇宙, tāochÅ« mǔ yǔzhòu ["Escape from the Mother Universe"](2013);
• Zhao Ran, 起风之城, qǐ fēng zhÄ« chéng ["The Windy City"] (2013 chap?);
• Jiang Bo, 梦醒黄昏, mèng xǐng huánghÅ«n ["Awaking at Dusk"] (September 2013 Kehuan Shijie);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Ken Liu.

26th Galaxy Awards

• No Long-Form Award;
• Zhao Ran, 大饥之年, dà jÄ« zhÄ« nián ["The Years of Famine"] (venue unknown)(2014);
• Bao Shu, 人人都爱查尔斯, rénrén dōu ài chá'ěrsÄ« ["Everybody Loves Charles"] (September 2014 Kehuan Shijie);
• (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Ken Liu.

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