2022 Xingyun Awards Winners

The 13th annual Xingyun awards for Chinese science fiction were presented by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association on December 10, 2022 in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

  • WINNER: The New New Newspaper Press: Shadow of the Enchanted Metropolis, Liang Qingsan (New Star)
  • Reset, Qidaojun (Qingdao)
  • Travel with My Dear Android, A Que (Aviation Industry)
  • The Times of Great Antiquity,  Su Xuejun (China Broadcast, Film & Television Publishing House)
  • Secrets of the Lost Town,  Qi Yue (People’s Literature)

Best Novella

  • WINNER: “The Eye of Saishiteng”, Wanxiang Fengnian (The Eye of Saishiteng: A Collection of the 4th Lenghu Award Winning Stories)
  • “The Candle Shadow Killer”, Zhao Lei (Non-Existing SF WeChat Account 10/21)
  • “The Silence of Ever-Peace”,  Liang Qingsan (The Silence of Ever-Peace)
  • Alea Iacta Est, Xiao Xinghan (Baihua Literary & Art)
  • “A Letter to the Other World”, Wang Yuan (Nebula XI: A Letter to the Other World)

Best Short Story

  • WINNER: “Lunar Bank”, Liang Ling (Lunar Bank)
  • “2039: The Era of Brain-Computer Interface” (Science Fiction World 11/21)
  • “Sky Towards”, Wanxiang Fengnian (Galaxy’s Edge 008: Sky Towards)
  • “The Man Who Fought against Time”, Pan Haitian (The Eye of Saishiteng: A Collection of the 4th Lenghu Award Winning Stories)
  • “Hummingbirds were Stopping over Honeysuckle Flowers”, Yang Wanqing (Science Fiction World 4/21)

Best Translated Fiction

  • WINNER: Star Maker, Olaf Stapledon, translated by Baoshu (Sichuan Science and Technology)
  • Inherit the Stars, James P. Hogan, translated by Qiu Chunhui (New Star)
  • Solaris, Stanisław Lem, translated by Jing Zhenzhong (Yilin)
  • Zima Blue and Other Stories, Alastair Reynolds, translated by Chen Qiufan, Liu Huiying (Hunan Literature & Art)
  • Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir, translated by Geng Hui (Yilin)

Best New Writer

  • WINNER: Lu Ban
  • Fenxing Chengzi
  • Tian Rui Shuo Fu
  • Wei Mo
  • Liu Qi

The inaugural Star Bridge Award went to the team of Chinese and foreign publishers who helped promote The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. The results for Best Non-Fiction and Best Review were not reported.

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