Galaxy Award (China) Explained

The Galaxy Award^[1] (Chinese: c=银河奖|p=Yínhé Jiǎng) is China's most prestigious science fiction award,^[2] which was started in 1986 by the magazines Tree of Wisdom (Chinese: c=《智慧树》|p=Zhìhuì Shù) and Science Literature & Art (Chinese: c=《科学文艺》|p=Kēxué Wényì). After Tree of Wisdom ceased publication soon afterwards, the award was organized solely by Science Literature & Art, which was renamed to Science Fiction World (Chinese: c=《科幻世界》|pinyin=Kēhuàn Shìjiè) 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;,^[3] in November 2017, the 28th award ceremony was held in Chengdu, China.^[4]

Winners

A partial list of winners:

1986^[5]

• • 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 qīngchūn de zéi ["The Thief Who Stole Youth"] (1985);
  • Yang Zhipeng, 青春的眷恋, qīngchūn de juànliàn ["Youthful Nostalgia"] (1985);
  • Wei Yahua, 远方来客, yuǎnfāng láikè ["Guest From Afar"] (1985).

1988-1989

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

1991

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

1992

• • No first prize.

1993

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

1994

• • 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).

1995

• • Wang Jinkang, 生命之歌, shēngmìng zhī 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).

1996

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

1997

• • Lu Yang, 黑洞之吻, hēidòng zhī wěn ["Kiss of the Black Cave"] (1996) (Special Prize);
  • Wang Jinkang, 七重外壳, qīchóng wàiké ["Seven Outer Casings"] (1996);
  • Zhao Haihong, 桦树的眼睛, huàshù de yǎnjīng ["Eyes of the Birches"] (1996).

1998

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

1999

• • Zhao Haihong, 伊俄卡斯达, yīékǎsīdá ["Jocasta"] (1998) (Special Prize);
  • Liu Cixin, 带上她的眼睛, dài shàng tā de yǎnjīng ["Her Eyes on the Belt"] (1998);
  • He Xi (as He Hongwei), 异域, yìyù ["Strange Land"] (1998).

2000

• • 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).

2001

• • Liu Cixin, 全频带阻塞干扰, quán píndài zǔsè gānrǎo ["The Complete Frequency Blocking Fortress"] (2000);
  • Wang Jinkang, 替天行道, tì tiān xíngdào ["The Profession of Day Replacement"] (2000);
  • Pan Haitian, 大角，快跑, dàjiǎo, kuài pǎo ["Klaxon Sounds, Swift Retreat"] (2000);
  • Zhao Haihong, 蜕 tuì ["Exuviation"] (2000);
  • Wang Yanan, 盗墓, dàomù ["Grave Robber"] (2000).

2002

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

2003

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

2004

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

2005

• • Liu Cixin, 赡养人类, shànyǎng rénlèi ["To Support 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.

2006

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

2007

• • La La, 永不消失的电波, yǒng bù xiāoshī 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.

2008

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

2009

• • Jiang Bo, 时空追缉, shíkōng zhuī jī ["Time/Space Pursuit"] (2008);
  • Wang Jinkang, 有关时空旅行的马龙定律, yǒuguān shíkōng lǚxíng de mǎlóng dìnglǜ ["Marlon'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.

2010

• • 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.

2011

• • 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 shīrén ["Poet of the Ninth Stage"] (September 2011 Kehuan Shijie);
  • (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Paolo Bacigalupi.

2012

• • 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 míngwángxīng shàng wǒmen zuò xiàlái guānkàn ["On Pluto We Sit Down and Watch"] (venue unknown) (2012);
  • (Most Popular Foreign Writer) David Brin.

2013

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

2014

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

2016

• Best Novel
  • Tian Nian (Natural Span of Life) by He Xi
• Special Contribution Award
  • Yang Xiao

2017

• Best Novel
  • The Heart of Galaxy III: Chasing Shadow and Light, by Jiang Bo

2018^[6]

• Best Short Story
  • Tian Tu (The Painting Of Sky) by Wang Jinkang
  • Amorville by Bella Han
  • An Account of the Sky Whales by A Que
• Best Novelette
  • The Hearts Behind by Gu Di
  • Forest of Death by Peng Chao
• Best Novel
  • vacant

2019^[7]

• Best Novel
  • The Door of the Machine, Jiang Bo (Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing)
• Best Novella
  • Brain Gambling, Gu Shi
• Best Short Story (tie)
  • Kong Xinwei, 大地的年轮, dàdì de nián lún (“The Growth Rings of the Earth”)
  • Bao Shu, 成都往事, chéngdū wǎngshì (“Chengdu Past”)
  • A Que, 宋秀云, sòng xiùyún (“Song Xiuyun”)
• Best Newcomer
  • Yang Wanqing
• Best Translated Novel
  • Dragon's Egg, Robert L. Forward, translated by Hu Shu
• Best Webnovel
  • Dead on Mars, Tian Rui
• Best Related Book
  • In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and the Human Imagination, Margaret Atwood (Henan University Press)
• Best Original Book^[8]
  • The Defective (残次品), priest, Jiangsu Fenghuang Literature and Art Publishing House
  • Strangers (异乡人), E Bojue(E伯爵), Sichuan Science & Technology Publishing House Company

Notes and References

1. Clute, John, "Yinhe Award", Science Fiction Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017
2. Regina Kanyu Wang, "Report on the Award Ceremony of the 25th Galaxy Awards, China’s Highest Science Fiction Award", Amazing Stories, October 20, 2014. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017
3. Shaoyan Hu, "Final Results for 2016 Galaxy Award and Chinese Nebula Award", Amazing Stories, September 26, 2016. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017
4. http://locusmag.com/2017/11/2017-galaxy-awards/ "2017 Galaxy Awards"
5. Clute, John,"Yinhe Award", "Science Fiction Encyclopedia", 3rd edition. 2018-07-11 Accessed 18 Dec. 2019
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20181124092515/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/24/c_137628286.htm
7. Web site: 2019 Galaxy and Morningstar Awards. locusmag. 2019-12-09. Locus Online. en-US. 2020-01-11.
8. Web site: Kexue Shijie Weibo. passport.weibo.com. 2020-01-11.