Golden Tripod
The Golden Tripod Award (Chinese: 金鼎奖) is the highest honor in Taiwan’s publishing industry. It was launched in 1976, and is sponsored by the Government Information Office, Taiwan.[1]
40th Awards (2016)
A total of 1189 magazines, books and digital publications were submitted for 21 awards. There were 28 winners and 31 excellent publication recommendation awards.[2]
Special contribution award: Howard Chen (Founder of the Taiwan Association for Independent Bookshop Culture)
39th Awards (2015)
A total of 1403 titles were submitted for 22 awards.[3]
Special contribution award: Ho Cheng-kuang (for advancing art education in Taiwan over the last 40 years, including the art periodical Artist Magazine)
Best Literature Book
- Quiet Solitude, by novelist Huang Li-chun and photographer Quo Ying-sheng.
Best Non-fiction
- Wansei Returning Home, by Mika Tanaka
- At My Family Table, by Lucille Han
38th Awards (2014)
A total of 1791 books, magazines and digital publications submitted for 22 awards. New awards were introduced: for book editing, design, illustration, excellent publication recommendations.[4]
Special Contribution Award: Rex How (founder of Locus Publishing Co)
Book Publication of the Year: Voices Refusing to Be Forgotten: An Oral History on the Environmental Record of Radio Corporation of America in Taiwan (published by Flaneur Culture Lab and CommonWealth Parenting by CommonWealth Group.
Best Education and Learning Magazine: CommonWealth Parenting
6th Awards (1982)
14 categories of winners http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=120357&ctNode=124
Book category
Book award:
- Three Hundred Years of Taiwan (ed. Huang Tien-ching)
- The Music Student’s Encyclopaedia (ed. Hsu Chang-hui)
- A Treasury of Chinese Classics (ed. Kao Shang-ching)
Magazine category
Editor’s award:
- Sun Hsiao-ying of Young Lion
- Kuo Ming-yen and Wu Hwei-kuo of Popular Science
- Liu Hsu-hwa of Crown
Art design award
- Huang Nan-hui – Tomorrow’s World Magazine
References
- ↑ http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&sms=E0588283EFAA02AD&s=3C927114953779D1
- ↑ http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&sms=E0588283EFAA02AD&s=3C927114953779D1
- ↑ http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=229650&ctNode=2183
- ↑ http://www.roc-taiwan.org/us_en/post/4410.html