The Galaxy AwardClute, John, "Yinhe Award", Science Fiction Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017 () is China's most prestigious science fiction award,Regina Kanyu Wang, "Report on the Award Ceremony of the 25th Galaxy Awards, China’s Highest Science Fiction Award", Amazing Stories, October 20, 2014. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017 which was started in 1986 by the magazines Tree of Wisdom () and Science Literature & Art (). After Tree of Wisdom ceased publication soon afterwards, the award was organized solely by Science Literature & Art, which was renamed to Science Fiction World () in 1991.
The structure of the prize has evolved, becoming an annual prize in 1991, and has recognized different categories.
In September 2016, the 27th Galaxy Award was held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.Shaoyan Hu, "Final Results for 2016 Galaxy Award and Chinese Nebula Award", Amazing Stories, September 26, 2016. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017 In November 2017, the 28th award ceremony was held in Chengdu, China."2017 Galaxy Awards", Locus, November 20, 2017. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017
Winners A partial list of winners:
1st Galaxy AwardsClute, John,"Yinhe Award", "Science Fiction Encyclopedia", 3rd edition. 2018-07-11 Accessed 18 Dec. 2019
Wu Xiankui, 勇士号冲向台风, yǒngshì hào chōng xiàng táifēng ["The Hero Tacks Into the Typhoon"] (1985); Miao Shi, 不要问我从哪里来, bùyào wèn wǒ cóng nǎlǐ lái ["Don't Ask Me Where I'm From"] (1985); Kong Liang, 盗窃青春的贼, dàoqiè qīngchūn de zéi ["The Thief Who Stole Youth"] (1985); Yang Zhipeng, 青春的眷恋, qīngchūn de juànliàn ["Youthful Nostalgia"] (1985); Wei Yahua, 远方来客, yuǎnfāng láikè ["Guest From Afar"] (1985).
2nd Galaxy Awards
Tan Xiaoke, 在时间的铅幕后面, zài shíjiān de qiān mùhòu miàn ["Behind the Lead Curtain of Time"] (1988).
3rd Galaxy Awards
Tan Li, 太空修道院, tàikōng xiūdàoyuàn ["Space Monastery"] (1990).
4th Galaxy Awards
No first prize.
5th Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 亚当回归, yàdāng huíguī ["Adam's Regression"] (1992).
6th Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 天火, tiānhuǒ ["Heaven's Fire"] (1993) (Special Prize); He Xi (as He Hongwei), 平行, píngxíng ["Parallel"] (1993); Xing He, 朝圣, cháoshèng ["Pilgrimage"] (1993).
7th Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 生命之歌, shēngmìng zhī gē ["The Song of Life"] (1994) (Special Prize); Wu Yan, 沧桑, cāngsāng ["Dark Blue Mulberry"] (1994); Han Jianguo, 泪洒鄱阳湖, lèi sǎ póyáng hú ["Tears in Poyang Lake"] (1994).
8th Galaxy Awards
Xing He, 决斗在网络, juédòu zài wǎngluò ["Duel on the Internet"] (1995) (Special Prize); Wang Jinkang, 西奈噩梦, xīnài èmèng ["Occidental Nightmare"] (1995); Su Xuejun, 火星尘暴, huǒxīng chénbào ["Martian Dust Storm"] (1995).
9th Galaxy Awards
Lu Yang, 黑洞之吻, hēidòng zhī wěn ["The Black Hole's Kiss"] (1996) (Special Prize); Wang Jinkang, 七重外壳, qīchóng wàiké ["Seven Outer Casings"] (1996); Zhao Haihong, 桦树的眼睛, huàshù de yǎnjīng ["Eyes of the Birches"] (1996).
10th Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 豹, bào ["Leopard"] (Special Prize) (1997); Zhou Yukun, 会合第十行星, huìhé dì shí hángxīng ["Encounter with the Tenth Planet"] (1997); Ling Chen, 猫, māo ["Cat"] (1997).
11th Galaxy Awards
Zhao Haihong, 伊俄卡斯达, yīékǎsīdá ["Jocasta"] (1998) (Special Prize); Liu Cixin, 带上她的眼睛, dài shàng tā de yǎnjīng ["With Her Eyes"] (1998); He Xi (as He Hongwei), 异域, yìyù ["Strange Land"] (1998).
12th Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 流浪地球, liúlàng dìqiú ["The Wandering Earth"] (1999) (Special Prize); Li Xingchun, 橱窗里的荷兰赌徒, chúchuāng lǐ de hélán dǔtú ["The Dutch Gambler in a Glass Case"] (1999); He Xi, 爱别离, ài biélí ["Love is Over"] (1999).
13th Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 全频带阻塞干扰, quán píndài zǔsè gānrǎo ["All-bandwidth Jamming Interference"] (2000); Wang Jinkang, 替天行道, tì tiān xíngdào ["Doing The Lord's Work"] (2000); Pan Haitian, 大角，快跑, dàjiǎo, kuài pǎo ["Run, Dajiao"] (2000); Zhao Haihong, 蜕 tuì ["Exuviation"] (2000); Wang Yanan, 盗墓, dàomù ["Grave Robber"] (2000).
14th Galaxy Awards
He Xi, 六道众生, liùdào zhòngshēng ["Six Ways to the Multitude"] (2001); Liu Cixin, 中国太阳, zhōngguó tàiyáng ["Sun of China"] (2001); Wang Jinkang, 水星播种, shuǐxīng bōzhòng ["Seeding Mercury"] (2001); Shake Space, 马姨, mǎ yí ["Aunt Ma"] (2001); Yang Mei, 日光镇, rìguāng zhèn ["Pressing Sunlight"] (2001).
15th Galaxy Awards
He Xi, 伤心者, shāngxīn zhě ["The Broken-Hearted"] (2002); Liu Cixin, 地球大炮, dìqiú dàpào ["Cannonball"] (2002); Luo Longxiang, 寄生之魔, jìshēng zhī mó ["The Devil of Biology"] (2002) (Newcomer's Award); La La, 春日泽·云梦山·仲昆, chūnrì zé·yúnmèng shān·zhòngkūn ["Spring Sun Spring: Yun Meng Mountain: Elder Brothers"] (2002) (Newcomer's Award).
16th Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 镜子, jìngzi ["Mirror"] (2003); Xia Jia, 关妖精的瓶子, guān yāojing de píngzi (April 2004 Kehuan Shijie trans. Linda Rui Feng as "The Demon-Enslaving Flask" November 2012 Renditions); Qian Lifang, 天意, tiānyì ["Divine Intention"] (2003). (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Lois McMaster Bujold.
17th Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 赡养人类, shànyǎng rénlèi ["For the Benefit of Mankind"] (2004); He Xi, 天生我材, tiānshēng wǒ cái ["Innate Talent"] (2004); Xie Yunning, 深度撞击, shēndù zhuàngjí ["Deep Impact"] (2004) (Newcomer's Award); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Douglas Adams.
18th Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 三体, sān tǐ ["The Three Body Problem"] (2005); Wang Jinkang, 终极爆炸, zhōngjí bàozhà ["Ultimate Explosion"] (2005); Chang Jia, 昆仑, kūnlún ["Kunlun Mountains"] (2005); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Robert J. Sawyer.
19th Galaxy Awards
La La, 永不消失的电波, yǒng bù xiāoshī de diànbō ["The Perpetual Electric Wave"] (2006); Chang Jia, 674号公路, 674 hào gōnglù ["Highway 674"] (2006); Luo Longxiang, 在他乡, zài tāxiāng ["In a Strange Land"] (2006); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Neil Gaiman.
20th Galaxy Awards
Chang Jia, 扶桑之伤, fúsāng zhī shāng ["Fusang's Wound"] (2007); Xia Jia, 永夏之梦, yǒng xià zhī mèng ["Perpetual Summer's Dream"] (venue unknown 2007); Wang Jinkang, 活着, huózhe ["Live Contact"] (2007); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Neil Gaiman.
21st Galaxy Awards
Jiang Bo, 时空追缉, shíkōng zhuī jī ["Spacetime Pursuit"] (2008); Wang Jinkang, 有关时空旅行的马龙定律, yǒuguān shíkōng lǚxíng de mǎlóng dìnglǜ ["Ma Long's Law of Space-Time Travelling"] (2008); He Xi, 十亿年后的来客, shí yì nián hòu de láikè ["The Traveller from 1,000,000,000 Years Hence"] (2008); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) George R R Martin.
22nd Galaxy Awards
Liu Cixin, 死神永生, sǐshén yǒngshēng ["Death's End"] (2009); He Xi, 人生不相见, rénshēng bù xiāngjiàn ["No Sign of Life"] (2009); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) George R R Martin.
23rd Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 与吾同在, yǔ wú tóng zài ["We, Together"] (2011) (Grand Prize); Chen Qiufan, 无尽的告别, wújìn de gàobié ["Infinite Goodbyes"] (November 2011 Kehuan Shijie); Yin Kemi, 雷峰塔, léi fēng tǎ ["Thunder Peak Pagoda"] (December 2011 Kehuan Shijie); Liu Shuiqing, 第九站的诗人, dì jiǔ zhàn de shīrén ["Poet of the Ninth Station"] (September 2011 Kehuan Shijie); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Paolo Bacigalupi.
24th Galaxy Awards
Zhang Ran, 以太, yǐtài ["Ether"](2012); He Xi, 汪洋战争, wāngyáng zhànzhēng ["War on the Seeping Sea"] (February 2012 Kehuan Shijie); Bao Shu, 在冥王星上我们坐下来观看, zài míngwángxīng shàng wǒmen zuò xiàlái guānkàn ["On Pluto We Sit Down and Watch"] (venue unknown) (2012); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) David Brin.
25th Galaxy Awards
Wang Jinkang, 逃出母宇宙, tāochū mǔ yǔzhòu ["Escape from the Mother Universe"](2013); Zhao Ran, 起风之城, qǐ fēng zhī chéng ["The Windy City"] (2013 chap?); Jiang Bo, 梦醒黄昏, mèng xǐng huánghūn ["Awaking at Dusk"] (September 2013 Kehuan Shijie); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Ken Liu.
26th Galaxy Awards
No Long-Form Award; Zhao Ran, 大饥之年, dà jī zhī nián ["The Years of Famine"] (venue unknown)(2014); Bao Shu, 人人都爱查尔斯, rénrén dōu ài chá'ěrsī ["Everybody Loves Charles"] (September 2014 Kehuan Shijie); (Most Popular Foreign Writer) Ken Liu.
+ 27th Galaxy Awards Category Winner(s) Notes Best Novel Tiannian, He Xi Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House Best Novella When the Sun Falls, Zhang RanThe Way of the Machine, Jiang Bo Best Short Story "Good Night Melancholy", Xia Jia"Ba Lin", Chen Yufan"Promised Son", Cyniss Best Newcomer Miss Cynic Best Art Shark Dan Best Translation Sun Jia Best Editor Li Keqin (Science Fiction World magazine)Song Qi (Sichuan Science and Technology Press) Best Original Book Liu Cixin's Science Fiction Short Stories Collection Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House Best Introduction Book Kyreniaga, Mike Resnick (US), trans. Wang Meizi Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House Best Introduction Book The Martian (Weir novel), Andy Weir (US), trans. Chen Zhuo Lin Publishing House Best Related Book Physics in <Three Bodies>, Li Miao Sichuan Science and Technology Press Most Popular Foreign Writer Greg Bell United States Best Science Fiction Game Thunder Fighter Tencent Games Special Merit Award Yang XiaoTan Kai
+ 28th Galaxy Awards Category Winner(s) Notes Best Novel The Heart of Galaxy III: Chasing Shadow and Light, Jiang Bo Best Novella Shining, Chen ZijunElectricity Soul, Quanru Xiaojie Tie Best Short Story "Life", He Xi"Iron Moon", Xia Jia"Möbius Continuum", Gu Shi Tie Best New Writer Taiyi Best Art Cover of Science Fiction Translation #5, Lan Shitao Most Popular Foreign Writer Mike Resnick Best Chinese Book Mother Heaven and Father Earth, Wang Jinkang (Sichuan Science & Technology) Best Foreign Book Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Sichuan Science & Technology)Collection of Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury (New Star Publishing) Tie Best Related Book How Long Is the Alien’s Fingers?, Xi Xia (Sichuan Science & Technology) Best Editor Li KeqinZou He Best Internet Novel Reborn: Super Warship, Xu Junbo Best Adaptation The Three Body Problem stage play, based on the novel by Cixin Liu Best Fan Society Sichuan University SF Society
+ 29th Galaxy Awards Category Winner(s) Notes Best Novel Vacancy Best Novella Painting Bones, Gu DiDeath Forest, Peng Chao Tie Best Short Story "Tiantu", Wang Jinkang"Fire", Bai Lehan"The Record of Cloud Whales", A Lack Best Newcomer Wang Nuonuo Best Online Literature Under the Deep Space, Yu Haoyi Best Original Book Exorcism, Han Song Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House Best Introduction Book Memory Crack: The Complete Works of Philip Dick's Short Stories 1, Philip K. Dick (US), trans. Yu Juanjuan Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House Best Introduction Book Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (US), trans. Liu Sihan / Han Yang Xinxing Publishing House
+ 30th Galaxy Awards Category Winner(s) Notes Best Novel The Door of the Machine, Jiang Bo Best Novella Brain Gamble, Gu Shi Best Short Story "The Year Wheel of the Earth", Kong Xinwei"The Past in Chengdu", Baoshu"Song Xiuyun", A Que Tie Best New Writer Yang Wanqing Best Translation Dragon's Egg, Robert L. Forward, trans. Hu Yu Best Art Cover of Moon Sea Shipwreck, Guo Jian Most Popular Foreign Writer Ian Tregillis United States Best Editor Wei Yingxue Best Chinese Book A Foreigner Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House Best Chinese Book Resinfic Products Jiangsu Phoenix Literature Publishing House Best Foreign Book The Minority Report, Philip K. Dick Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House Best Foreign Book Seveneves, Neal Stephenson CITIC Publishing House Best Related Book In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and Human Imagination Henan University Press Best Internet Novel Death on Mars, Tianrui Best Adaptation The Wandering Earth Best Science Fiction Game Doomsday Expedition Chengdu Adikexin Technology Co., Ltd. Best Fan Society Science Fiction Association of Wuhan UniversityScience Fiction Association of Tsinghua UniversityScience Fiction Association of Sichuan UniversityScience Fiction Association of Chengdu University of Technology Best Science Fiction Channel Jingdong BooksSichuan Wenxuan Online E-commerce Co., Ltd.Dangdang.comBoku Digital Publishing Media Group Co., Ltd.