`05 Summer First Mobile Micro-fiction Competition Entry Selection Loose Leaf`

Author: Organizing Committee of the Grand Prize Competition
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The term "micro-fiction for mobile phones" can be well explained by borrowing a passage from the renowned literary master Wang Meng, who spoke about the inception of micro-fiction in China in the mid-1980s. Wang Meng said: "Micro-fiction is a wit, a sensitivity, a sudden grasp of a scene, a moment, or a side of life, and the ability to portray it once grasped." Micro-fiction for mobile phones emphasizes the "short" while avoiding the "long," presenting hundreds of words starkly to the reader, without the ability to hide or conceal, or to employ tricks. This year's Grand Prize Competition sets a limit of 350 words, aiming to promote conciseness and full utilization of the mobile phone's function of reading, writing, and submitting manuscripts anytime, anywhere. Micro-fiction for mobile phones has the characteristics of hybrid literature, with relatively free and blurred boundaries. However, whether it incorporates elements of stories, skits, fables, essays, poetic expressions, or even history, at its core, it must remain a novel, retaining some fundamental features of fiction. The intention behind compiling this small collection is to allow more participants and enthusiasts to gain a more vivid and intuitive understanding of the novel and the rules of mobile micro-fiction, ensuring that this pioneering competition can continue to be conducted in a healthier and more high-standard manner, from one edition to the next.