A new storytelling competition is being held now in China with a cash price up to 20,000 yuan ($2,910).
On Monday, the contest was officially released by the China International Publishing Group. According to the group's publishing director Wang Guangyi, "The contest looks for talented storytellers and fascinating China stories that are attractive, and at the same time, easy to understand and share by foreign audiences."
Online registration for the First International Contest for Creative Communication of China Story is open through March, and the stories need to be submitted from June 1 to 30.
Any medium is encouraged to be submitted, including video, design, and virtual reality, but they should be submitted with a supplementary text of storyline between 3,000 to 5,000 words in Chinese or English.
The themes of the stories should also include themes such as Chinese Dream, people, culture and enterprise.
According to the chief planner of the contest Chen Xianhong, "We invite anybody who knows and loves China to tell their story of the country."
Submitted works will be reviewed by a jury of around 100 scholars and veterans of storytelling and communication, and winners will get prizes ranging from 2,000 to 20,000 yuan.
The launch event held on Monday, included a seminar on international communications. About 30 experts discussed how to tell good stories of China from the perspectives of theory and practice.
The China International Publishing Group, Journalism and Information Communication School at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Mass Communication jointly organized the contest.
