📢 Attention Participants:

The competition committee representative, Shirley(shirleyzou@cmpny.org), sent an email on the evening of March 28 notifying the results. Please check the email inbox you provided during registration (including your spam folder).

⚠️ For participants who received a winning notification:

You MUST reply to confirm by April 4 according to the email instructions. Failure to do so by the deadline will be considered as forfeiting the award. (For details, refer to the "Submission Guidelines" and "Regulations" in the red button at the bottom of this webpage.)

  • We will send a reminder text message to unresponsive winners on April 3.

  • A final phone call notification will be made on April 4.

  • If there is still no response, the award qualification will be revoked according to the competition rules.

The time and location of the award ceremony will be announced.

Thank you for your participation and attention!

Greater New York Literacy Award Planning Committee

 
 

Support youth in showcasing their Chinese writing skills, cultivating creativity, enhancing cultural awareness, and “maximizing their potential” in line with both Eastern and Western philosophies.

 

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals aged 11-30 from the Greater New York Area or surrounding areas. Citizenship or legal residence is not required.

  • Winning authors must be able to attend the award ceremony in the New York area in person, where they will also be required to present proof of their real identity and age. The exact time and location are to be announced.

Categories

  • Essay: Maximum of 4,000 words (including punctuation marks). 

  • Fiction: Maximum of 10,000 words (including punctuation marks). 

  • Poetry: Maximum of 100 lines and no more than 1,000 words (including punctuation marks). 

Groups

  • Youth Group: Ages 11-17 (relative to the submission deadline, i.e. born between February 1, 2007, and January 31, 2014)

  • Young Adult/Adult Group: Ages 18-30 (i.e. born between February 1, 1994, and January 31, 2007)

  • International Student Group (currently enrolled in a U.S. high school/college or above, i.e. graduating after January 31, 2025)

  • 🗓️ January 31st, 2025 (Friday), 23:59:59 (based on the date the online form was submitted)

  • Please fill in the online form to submit your work

    • Please follow the file naming format and refer to the Submission Guidelines for details (scroll down this page and click the red buttons).

Submission Deadline

(passed)

Awards

  • Grand Prize: $800 (Youth Group) / $1000 (Young Adult/Adult Group) / $1000 (International Student Group)

  • Second Prize: $500 (Youth Group) / $700 (Young Adult/Adult Group) / $700 (International Student Group)  

  • Third Prize: $300 (Youth Group) / $500 (Young Adult/Adult Group) / $500 (International Student Group)

  • Special Merits: a paper certificate

  • Certification of Participation: an e-certificate

  • Prizes will be awarded by check or debit card

  • One grand prize winner, one second prize winner, and one third prize winner will be selected for each category and group. 

  • Commemorative Book: All entrants will receive an electronic copy of the commemorative book (PDF file). Winning authors and other specially selected authors will receive a complimentary hardcover copy of the book.

    • Other entrants or non-entrants interested in receiving a paper copy will need to cover the associated costs (printing and shipping; the exact amount will be announced after publication).

 

Organizer

 
 

Co-Organizer

 

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

 

Co-Host

 

Chinese Culture Art Association

 
 
 
 
“If we are to preserve culture, we must continue to create it”
— Johan Huizinga