First place in the prose fiction category went to Chang Ying-tai for her Whispers from a Bear Cub, while the top award for a nonfiction work went to renowned art critic Jiang Hsun for his book Six Talks on Solitude.
書展獎評選出本土小說與非小說共 10 種入圍作品，其中小說類首獎由張瀛太以《熊兒悄聲對我說》一書獲得，知名美學評論家蔣勳的《孤獨六講》則奪下了非小說類的首獎。