In 2020, he received the National Book Award for Fiction. He is the author of the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and Interior Chinatown as well as the short-story collections Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You. Charles Yu, photographed by Tina ChiouĬharles Yu is a Taiwanese American writer. She currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Shawna Yang Ryan is a Taiwanese American novelist, short story writer and creative writing professor, who has published the novels Water Ghosts and Green Island. The judges for the 2021 Prizes are: Shawna Yang Ryan, photographed by Anna Wu In addition, each of the winners and finalists will have their submitted work published online by and considered for publication in a future edition of Chrysanthemum, and offered the opportunity to participate in an individual mentoring session with one of the judges. A total of $1500 will be awarded to the winners. Winners and finalists will be announced in May 2021. Submissions will be considered in two categories, High School (enrolled in high school as of the deadline) and College (enrolled in community college or as an undergraduate as of the deadline).

Submissions must be sent via Google Form and must be received by Ap11:59 PM PT (extended deadline). In order to be eligible, submissions must be from writers of Taiwanese heritage (or writers with other significant connection to Taiwan), or have subject matter otherwise relevant to the Taiwanese or Taiwanese American experience. Submissions may be in any literary genre including fiction, poetry, personal essays or other creative non-fiction. Created in collaboration with Taiwanese American author Charles Yu, the Prizes are intended to encourage and recognize creative literary work by Taiwanese American high school and college students, and to foster discussion and community around such work. is pleased to announce the inaugural Betty L.

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