One top novel of the year went to Mickey Chen (陳俊志) for “Taipei Father, New York Mother” (台北爸爸, 紐約媽媽), a memoir on growing up gay in a classically minded but distinctly dysfunctional Taiwanese family.

Other top Tripods went to next-generation female writer Hao Yu-xiang (郝譽翔) for “Wen quan xi qu wo men de you shang” (Hot spring washes off our grief, 溫泉洗去我們的憂傷), to Wei Tien-tsung (尉天聰) for “Hui shou wo men de shi dai” (Remember our Time, 回首我們的時代), and to Lin Jun-ying (林俊穎) for “Nostalgia that Dare not Speak Its Name” (我不可告人的鄉愁).