Now, too, it's difficult to get published in the newspapers because such writing takes up too much space. New writers don't have a chance, "says Ng Kim Chew, currently a lecturer in the Chinese literature department of mainland China's Jinan University." So Taiwan uses literary prizes to appraise new writers. "
文學雜誌死光了，報紙副刊又很難上，篇幅長的不登，新人更完全沒有機會」，現任國際暨南大學中文系講師的黃錦樹說，「台灣鑑定新人，就是看文學獎。」