| Dream of the Red Chamber Award | |
| Presenter: | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Reward: | HK$300,000 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Website: | http://redchamber.hkbu.edu.hk/ |
The Dream of the Red Chamber Award: The World's Distinguished Novel in Chinese (紅樓夢獎：世界華文長篇小說獎) is a biennial novel prize presented by Hong Kong Baptist University recognizing Chinese language fiction published both within China, and also internationally.[1] Although the prize is named after the famous Qing novel Dream of the Red Chamber, works do not need to have any relationship to that novel.
| Year | Judging panel | Result | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st 2006 | ||||
| Winner | Jia Pingwa | The Shaanxi Opera (秦腔)[2] | ||
| Jury Awards | Dung Kai-cheung | The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera (天工开物‧栩栩如真) | ||
| Jade Y. Chen | Sea God's Clan (海神家族) | |||
| Liu Xinglong | Gate of Heaven (圣天门口) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Fan Wen | Breeding Land (水乳大地) | ||
| Ning Ken | Gate of Silence (沉默之门) | |||
| Yang Zhijun | Mastiffs of the Plateau (藏獒) | |||
| 2nd 2008 | ||||
| Winner | Mo Yan | Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (生死疲劳)[3] | ||
| Jury Awards | Chu T’ien-wen | The Revelation of the Words of a Witch (巫言) | ||
| Dung Kai-cheung | Histories of Time (时间繁史‧哑瓷之光) | |||
| Wang Anyi | The Age of Enlightenment (启蒙时代) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Zhang Wei | Songs from the Forest (刺猬歌) | ||
| Cao Naiqian | There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night (到黑夜想你没办法) | |||
| Tie Ning | Stupid Flower (笨花) | |||
| 3rd 2010 | ||||
| Winner | Luo Yijun | Tangut Inn (西夏旅館)[4] | ||
| Jury Awards | Li Yung-ping | Sailing Up the Big River (大河尽头) | ||
| Diao Dou | Chronicle of My Brother Diao Bei (我哥刁北年表) | |||
| Bi Feiyu | Massage (推拿) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Hon Lai-chu | Grey Blossom (灰花) | ||
| Zhang Ling | Gold Mountain Blues (金山) | |||
| 4th 2012 | ||||
| Winner | Wang Anyi | Scent of Heaven (天香) | ||
| Jury Awards | Jia Pingwa | China (古炉) | ||
| Yan Lianke | The Four Books (四书) | |||
| Ge Fei | The Last Spring in Jiangnan (春尽江南) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Li Zishu | The Age of Goodbyes (告別的年代) | ||
| Geling Yan | Criminal (陆犯焉识) | |||
| 5th 2014 | ||||
| Winner | Wong Bik-Wan | Children of Darkness (烈佬传)[5] | ||
| Jury Awards | Yan Lianke | The Explosion Chronicles (炸裂志) | ||
| Su Tong | Shadow of the Hunter (黄雀记) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Han Shaogong | The Book of Day and Night (日夜书) | ||
| Liu Zhenyun | I Did Not Kill My Husband (我不是潘金莲) | |||
| Ye Guangqin | The Matchmaker (状元媒) | |||
| 6th 2016 | ||||
| Winner | Yan Lianke | The Day the Sun Died (日熄)[6] | ||
| Jury Awards | Xu Zechen | Jerusalem (耶路撒冷) | ||
| Kan Yao-ming | The Girl and the Woodcutter (邦查女孩) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Chi Zijian | On the Mountain Summit (群山之巅) | ||
| Chan Koonchung | The Second Year of Jianfeng: An Alternative History of New China (建丰二年：新中国乌有史) | |||
| Wu Mingyi | The Stolen Bicycle (单车失窃记) | |||
| 7th 2018 | ||||
| Winner | Liu Qing | History through Words (唇典)[7] | ||
| Jury Awards | William Lien | The Green Cicada (青蚨子) | ||
| Ge Fei | Longing for the Spring Wind (望春风) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Liu Zhenyun | Strange Bedfellows (吃瓜时代的儿女们) | ||
| Wang Ting-kuo | Yesterday’s Rain (昨日雨水) | |||
| A Single Swallow (劳燕) | ||||
| 8th2020 | ||||
| Winner | Chang Kuei-hsing | When the Wild Boars Cross the River (野猪渡河) | ||
| Jury Awards | Alai | Chronicle of Cloud Village (云中记) | ||
| Dung Kai-cheung | Beloved Wife (爱妻) | |||
| Luo Yijun | Superman Kuang (匡超人) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Xi Xi | Weaverbird (织巢) | ||
| Hu Ching-fang | Islands (群岛) | |||
| 9th2022 | ||||
| Winner | Kan Yao-ming | Becoming Bunun (成为真正的人) | ||
| Jury Awards | Dung Kai-cheung | Posthuman Comedy (后人类喜剧) | ||
| Chan Koonchung | Zero Point Beijing (北京零公里) | |||
| Yan Lianke | A Chinese Story (中国故事) | |||
| Highly Recommended | Yan Lianke | Heart Sutra (心经) | ||
| Chen Yao-chang | Dawn of Formosa (岛之曦) |