Author Peng Hsiao-yen is emphatic in her praise: "Without the unique insight of Lin Hai-yin at the UDN Supplement, the history of Taiwanese literature would be very different." In an age when anti-communist literature took pride of place, the Supplement helped launch a new era of art and culture supplements that focused on pure literature.
「當年如果沒有林海音在聯副的慧眼獨具，台灣文學史的面貌可能大不相同，」作家彭小研表示，在當時反共文學高張的年代，聯副在林海音的帶領下，以純文學的方向開創了一個文藝副刊的新時代。