Ranking of Chinese Novels (Upper, Middle, Lower)

Author: Chinese Fiction Society
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Features: On March 16, the "2001 China Fiction Rankings" were announced in Tianjin. A panel of 24 judges from the Chinese Fiction Society across the country, after reviewing and selecting over 100 candidate works from nearly a thousand long, medium, and short fiction publications from the previous year, voted to choose 6 winning long novels, 9 winning medium novels, and 10 winning short stories. The 6 winning long novels are: Hong Ke's Riders Westbound, Mo Yan's Tanshui Discipline, Li Hui's Voices of Flowers, Yan Lianke's Hard as Water, Cheng Yi's Silver Valley, and Yan Zhen's The Water of the. The 9 winning medium novels are: Fang Fang's Running Fire, Zhang Zhe's Singing, Bi Feiyu's Corn, Chen Yingsong's Dance of the Leopard's Tail, Jing Ge's Wei Chuan and Teacher Lin, Jiang Zhi's Secret Love Letters of the Tin Man + About the Body, Wang Tong's American Invisible Contact Lenses, Ye Zhaoyan's Mawen's War, and He Yuru's Susu. The 10 winning short stories are: Mo Yue's Lake Path, Chen Zhongshi's Days, Liu Qingbang's White Flowers All Over the Ground, Wei Wei's Village, Poor Relatives, and Love, Yang Xianhui's Escape, Zhao Benfu's Cobbler and Mayor, Sun Chunping's Underground Love, Dai Lai's Close the Door, Nie Xinsen's Iron Stick, and Zhang Mei's Chengzhu Tower Memories. The rankings of the winning works in the "2001 China Fiction Rankings" do not prioritize based on whether the authors are "established names" or "newcomers," fully reflecting the artistic, professional, and folk nature of the selection process. The listed works of this edition will be published as a collection by Times Literature Publishing House in the near future.