City Literary Awards 2024 – Awards Presentation Ceremony
The awards aim to promote Chinese literary creation among Hong Kong’s secondary and tertiary students, while also enhancing creative writing standards
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The City Literary Awards 2024 – Awards Presentation Ceremony was organised by the Department of Chinese and History (CAH) of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) on 14 December 2024 to recognise the achievements of young writers.
The event featured notable attendees, including Professor WAN Tze-Kin Alan, Associate Provost (Academic Affairs) at CityUHK; Professor Alfred Tat-Kei HO, Dean of CLASS; and Professor May Bo CHING, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education and Quality Assurance) in CLASS and Head of CAH, along with event advisors, judges and secondary-school mentors. During the ceremony's opening, Ho and Ching delivered speeches and subsequently presented awards to the Tertiary Institution Category winners.
In her welcome speech, Ching expressed her gratitude to the event’s advisors and judges for their contributions, which have transformed the City Literary Awards into more than just a competition. It has become a collaborative effort among universities, secondary schools and writers, aimed at fostering literary culture and raising writing standards in Hong Kong. “I am personally honoured to be part of this meaningful event, which allows me to appreciate the impressive creativity and depth of student writing, as well as the thoughtful and dedicated feedback provided by our judges,” she said.
During the ceremony, Ho remarked, “The successful completion of the event also highlights the College’s dedication to humanistic values and its cultural vision, grounded in the Hong Kong community while welcoming global perspectives. Additionally, it demonstrates the goals of the College’s programmes, which aim to provide students from diverse disciplines with thorough training in cultural analysis. These programmes enhance students’ abilities to understand social and political issues and encourage them to approach personal and societal challenges creatively and critically.”
The City Literary Awards 2024 aims to promote Chinese literary creation among secondary and tertiary students in
Hong Kong. It enhances the creative writing standard and, at the same time, allows students to observe and savour the bona fide landscape of this city with recourse to words. The competition includes four genres: prose, fiction, new poetry and flash fiction, encouraging participants to experiment with different forms of writing. A total of 934 entries were received, including 324 from tertiary institutions. In the secondary-school category
(each school can nominate a maximum of five outstanding entries in each category), 142 schools submitted entries.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the competition winners and thank all participants for their enthusiastic contributions. We hope you will continue to support the City Literary Awards and collaborate to create more stories about Hong Kong.