The Golden Tripod Award () is the highest honor in

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’s publishing industry. It was launched in 1976, and was sponsored by the

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until 2012, when the

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began awarding the prize. The award ceremony was first televised in 1982.

41st Awards (2017)

A total of 1178 entries were submitted for 19 awards. There were 29 winners and 29 excellent publication recommendation awards. Special contribution award: Guo Zhongxin 郭重興 (Head of the Reading Republic Publishing Group 讀書共和國出版集團社長)

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. 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. 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. 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)

Prizes were awarded in fourteen categories across books, journalism, magazines, and phonographs.{{cite news , title=Author! Author! The day of The Golden Tripods , url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20,29,35,45&post=25518 , accessdate=5 February 2019 , work=Free China Review , date=1 February 1983 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

External links

List of Awards 1993-2003 (in Chinese)
Taiwanese awards 1976 establishments in Taiwan Awards established in 1976 Chinese-language literary awards