After completing his military service, Kuo-chun began to delve into literature. In 1997, at the age of 26, he won the Unitas Award for new writers for his story "Liu Bai."
當兵回來後，國峻又一頭栽進小說的世界裡，並於 1997 年，以 26 歲的新銳之姿，作品〈留白〉獲得聯合文學小說新人獎的肯定。