The Dream of the Red Chamber Award

The Dream of the Red Chamber Award
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Baptist University
Reward	HK$300,000
First awarded	2006
Official 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. The prize is named after the famous Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber.

Winners and nominees

Year	Judging panel	Result	Author	Work
1st 2006
	David Der-wei Wang Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Joseph Lau Shiu-ming Hualing Nieh Engle William Tay
		Winner	Jia Pingwa	Qin Melody
		Jury Awards	Dung Kai-cheung	Works and Creations
			Jade Y. Chen	Sea God’s Clan
		Liu Xinglong	Gate of Heaven
	Fan Wen	Breeding Land
	Ning Ken	Gate of Silence
	Yang Zhijun	Tibetan Mastiff
2nd 2008
	David Der-wei Wang Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Ssu-ma Chung-yuan Hualing Nieh Engle Jia Pingwa
		Winner	Mo Yan	Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
		Jury Awards	Chu Tien-wen	The Revelation of The Words of A Witch
			Dung Kai-cheung	Histories of Time
		Wang Anyi	The Age of Enlightenment
	Zhang Wei	Song of the Hedgehog
	Cao Naiqian	I Can't Help Thinking About You at Night
	Tie Ning	Stupid Flower
3rd 2010
	David Der-wei Wang Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Ssu-ma Chung-yuan Hualing Nieh Engle Mo Yan
		Winner	Luo Yijun	Hotel Xixia
		Jury Awards	Li Yung-ping	Sailing Up the Big River
			Diao Dou	Chronicle of My Brother Diao Bei
Bi Feiyu	Massage
	Hon Lai-chu	Grey Blossom
	Zhang Ling	Gold Mountain
4th 2012
	Zhong Ling Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Chou Ying-hsiung Chen I-chih Luo Yijun
		Winner	Wang Anyi	Scent of Heaven
		Jury Awards	Jia Pingwa	China
			Yan Lianke	Four Books
Ge Fei	The Last Spring in Jiangnan
	Li Zishu	The Age of Goodbyes
	Geling Yan	Criminal
5th 2014
	Zhong Ling Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Michael Berry Chen I-chih Wang Anyi
		Winner	Wong Bik-Wan	Children of Darkness
		Jury Awards	Yan Lianke	The Chronicles of Zhalie
		Su Tong	Beware of the Siskin
			Han Shaogong	The Book of Day and Night
Liu Zhenyun	I Did Not Kill My Husband
Ye Guangqin	The Matchmaker

References

• Official Site in English