The play was a big hit on campus, and someone suggested that they should perform off campus to a paying audience. That was going to require funding so, at the advice of an acquaintance who had graduated previously from the institute, Dai entered it in a contest, and the Council for Cultural Affairs awarded it a prize for outstanding script in 1994.
這種因徵兵制度「被迫空白的青春」，在校內演出後反應熱烈，有人提議到校外售票演出，因為需要經費，在學姊提醒下參加徵選，1994 年獲文建會優良劇本獎。