The winner list of the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award was revealed to 17 authors.
The Genesis Creative Writing Award was founded by the Genesis Chinese Writing Ministry Institute or GCWMI. The First Genesis Creative Writing Award was held in 2020. Though the whole world deeply was influenced by COVID-19 at that time, the sponsor still received more than 400 contest entries. They were from the Mainland of China, Taiwan of China, Hong Kong, America, etc. The mission of the competition is to spread the culture of faith, discover excellent works, and promote the writing proficiency of believers. It is hoped that the level of literary creation of all believers could be upgraded by hosting this annual event.
This year there are six winners who had written one first-prize article, one winning-prize article, and four excellent articles for the categories of Bible Stories, Short Stories and Essays individually.
When the winner shortlist was released, the comments, suggestions, and recommendations of the judges were listed, and the scores given by the judges for the works for the Final were released too.
The solicitation of articles for the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award started on June 1, 2021, and it includes the awards for Bible Stories, Short Stories, and Essays. It aims to encourage Christian authors to read the bible and write stories about it, so as to let them write articles by combining faith and literature and jointly reclaim the soil of Chinese Christian literature.
The award-winning works of the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award is as follows:
Prizes for Bible stories: First prize, Jael written by Pan Xiaomei; Winning prize, The Heart of the Mediterranean written by Ye Shuyan; Excellent works, Daughter written by Xi Nian and Beer-Lahai-roi written by Qian Jiang
Prizes for short stories: First prize, Old Woman and the Preacher written by Li Youran; Winning prize, Drowning written by Chen Lifang; Excellent works, The Story of My Uncle written by Liu Sun and Disposition written by Saladandan
Prizes for essays: First prize, The Pointlessness of Waiting written by Wu Zishu; Winning prize, The World Is A Pair Of Pointy Shoes written by Saladandan; Excellent works, Gazing written by Li Yanmei and Returning Home of Daughter written by Yu Meixuan
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
第二届“创世纪文学奖”获奖名单揭晓，共决出18篇作品，奖励17位作者。
其中圣经故事奖、短篇小说奖和散文奖。 前2项分别决出1篇首奖（奖励3000美金）、1篇优胜奖（奖励1500美金）、以及4篇佳作（奖励750美金）。第三项也决出1篇首奖（奖励2000美金）、1篇优胜奖（奖励1000美金）、以及4篇佳作（奖励500美金）。
其中：萨拉丹丹的《出手》获得短篇小说奖的佳作奖，《世界是双尖头鞋》获得散文奖的优胜奖。
奖项揭晓的同时，也罗列了各个评委对此次获奖作评的评语、建议和特别推荐等，并公开了决赛作品的各论评分。
本届“创世纪文学奖”从2021年6月1日开始征文，以此鼓励基督徒作者读圣经、写故事，结合信仰与文学来进行创作，共同开垦华人的基督教文学土壤。
“创世纪文学奖”是由创世纪文字培训书苑举办的，第一届“创世纪文学奖”在2020年举行，尽管那时新冠疫情已然全球爆发，仍收到了来自全球的400多件作品。投稿者来自中国大陆、台湾、香港，美国等，遍及亚、欧、澳等地。征文大赛以“深耕信仰文化，发掘优秀作品，提升信徒写作”为宗旨，盼望借着每年一次的文学奖举办，整体提升基督徒的文学创作水平。
第二届“创世纪文学奖”奖励18篇优秀作品
The winner list of the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award was revealed to 17 authors.
The Genesis Creative Writing Award was founded by the Genesis Chinese Writing Ministry Institute or GCWMI. The First Genesis Creative Writing Award was held in 2020. Though the whole world deeply was influenced by COVID-19 at that time, the sponsor still received more than 400 contest entries. They were from the Mainland of China, Taiwan of China, Hong Kong, America, etc. The mission of the competition is to spread the culture of faith, discover excellent works, and promote the writing proficiency of believers. It is hoped that the level of literary creation of all believers could be upgraded by hosting this annual event.
This year there are six winners who had written one first-prize article, one winning-prize article, and four excellent articles for the categories of Bible Stories, Short Stories and Essays individually.
When the winner shortlist was released, the comments, suggestions, and recommendations of the judges were listed, and the scores given by the judges for the works for the Final were released too.
The solicitation of articles for the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award started on June 1, 2021, and it includes the awards for Bible Stories, Short Stories, and Essays. It aims to encourage Christian authors to read the bible and write stories about it, so as to let them write articles by combining faith and literature and jointly reclaim the soil of Chinese Christian literature.
The award-winning works of the Second Genesis Creative Writing Award is as follows:
Prizes for Bible stories: First prize, Jael written by Pan Xiaomei; Winning prize, The Heart of the Mediterranean written by Ye Shuyan; Excellent works, Daughter written by Xi Nian and Beer-Lahai-roi written by Qian Jiang
Prizes for short stories: First prize, Old Woman and the Preacher written by Li Youran; Winning prize, Drowning written by Chen Lifang; Excellent works, The Story of My Uncle written by Liu Sun and Disposition written by Saladandan
Prizes for essays: First prize, The Pointlessness of Waiting written by Wu Zishu; Winning prize, The World Is A Pair Of Pointy Shoes written by Saladandan; Excellent works, Gazing written by Li Yanmei and Returning Home of Daughter written by Yu Meixuan
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
Christian Creative Writing Award Issued to 18 Pieces
