2. just back last night from my short stay in my native place in china (where google is still unavailable), i got an email notifying me that i had been included among the prize winners of the 2018 Naji Naaman's International Literary [Honour] Prize, offered by a Lebanon-based organisation.
[link info::https://atunispoetry.com/2018/05/30/naji-naamans-literary-prizes-2018/]
among 2,371 competing authors from 66 countries, 64 turn out the winners of 4 different categories. although i have been nominated as many as 10 times for the prestigious american Pushcart Prize, i am never among the lucky ones.
3. also, i received an email/award from the Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (autumn 2017 issue 13) for my poetry collection China Theme.
for record, here are the details about all the prizes and net nominations i have won::
Awards:
1. “Extraordinary Poem Award (2012),” offered by The Sons of Camus Writers International for my long poem “Chinese Legends Modernized”
2. “Hall of Fame Certificate (2013),” presented by Torrid Literature Publishing Group for my poem “Me & Sand,” [link::http://torridliterature.com/2013_Members.html]
3. “The International Best Poet (2014),” co-certified by Int’l Poetry Translation and Research Center, the World Poets Quarterly, and Chinese Poetry Int’l.
4. “the Extraordinary Poem Writing Award (2017),” offered by The Sons of Camus Writers International for my poetry collection China Theme.
Best of the Net Nominations:
1. “With More Than One Being,” nominated by Drunk Monkeys for the 2016 Best of the Net Anthology. http://www.drunkmonkeys.us
2. “Generative Genesis of Grammar,” nominated by Lunaris Review for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. https://lunarisreview.com/
3. "Anagrammed Variations of the American Dream,” nominated by Concis for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. https://concis.io/news/2017-best-of-net-nominations/
