That same year, Hsieh's entry won second place in the 21st Certamen Nacional de Ceramica in Spain, not only the highest award ever won by a student of the Escuela, but also the first award given in this competition to a ceramic arts student, let alone one from Taiwan.
同年，他的作品獲西班牙第 21 屆國家陶瓷比賽第二名，這不僅是馬德里市立陶瓷學校歷屆學生中的最高獎次，也是該屆比賽中唯一以學生身分參賽的陶藝家，而且還是個台灣人。