The winners of the 2017 World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights are announced today. Hosted by National Central University, it is the 3^rd year of the annual competition. The host received 153 works from December 1^st, 2016 to 28^th February, 2017 through online submission. The entries were reviewed by 14 judges from North America, Europe and Asia. Three winners were selected in July 2017.

First Prize: South Node of the Moon by Zhang Hang (Beijing, China)

Second Prize: Old Age by Heoi Hung Coeng (Guangzhou, China)

Third Prize: The Startled Bird by Zhang Zai (Shanghai, China)

*Three winning works were all written in Chinese, translated titles in English are subject to change.

The host will bring the play-reading festival of the winning works to five cities this year, in collaboration with co-producers and production partners around the world. The festival will kick start in Tainan on September 22th to 23th, different events will be held in Kaohsiung, Taipei, Macao and Nanjing until end of the year. Tickets for the Tainan readings are available now for free. For more information and details on each event, please visit: wsdc.ncu.edu.tw 

The three winning works will be published in ebook format in both Chinese/English, and is set to be available in November through all major ebook outlets.

See the full list here