Winners of 19th Five-Tiger-Hill Literature Award are announced. Wang Sheng-min, junior of Department of Chinese, was crowned laurel of novel division. Winners of Verse Division and New Poetry Division went to Wu Sheng-yu, student of the first year of Graduate Institute of Futures Studies; and Yang Ying-ching, student of the third year of Graduate Institute of Chinese. The award-presentation ceremony will be held on the date to be fixed later.

The finals election was held on May 7 and May 9. Wang Sheng-min, junior of Department of Chinese won the first place in novel division with his work entitled ”Even tree just as like that,” which renowned writers Su Wei-chen and Yu Wen-cheng described as “a mature and fascinating story.” The recommendation award went to Hsieh Kun-lin, senior of Department of Economics. The outstanding awards were granted to Yang Ying-ching, student of Graduate Institute of Chinese (GIC); Chen Hui-wen, junior of Department of Chinese; Wu Wei-ting, junior of Department of Spanish, respectively.

In the verse division, Wu Sheng-yu, a first year student of Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, won the first place with his poem. The recommendation awards went to Chen Chao-yen, senior of Department of Spanish. The other awards

were granted to Liu Wen-hao, a 4th year student of GIC; Yuan Suan-jung, a sophomore of DC; and Yang Ying-ching, a junior of GIC. In the new poetry division, Yang Ying-Ching, a 3rd year student of GIC, won the first place. The recommendation awards went to Liu Wen-hao, a 4th year student of GIC; and Liu Tze-yi, sophomore of Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, respectively. The outstanding awards went to Kao Ming-chi, junior of Department of Chinese; and Hsieh Kun-ling, senior of Department of Economics.

Assistant Prof. Hsu Kuo-neng of Department of Chinese said that the distinctive characteristics of this contest are that several winners are authors crossing other fields.

However, winners were somewhat disappointed at the cancellation of award presentation.