五年以來，在場 · 寫作獎收到超過 1500 份寫作提案。

每一年評選結束之後，我們都會留下幾個放不下的故事。

評委們在長長的討論之後，投票選出得獎名單。但總有遺珠。

「希望她能從大山裡走出來，能把這個題目寫下去。」

「要是再多一個名額就好了，他都已經在現場了，真的好可惜。」

這樣的遺憾，五年來反覆發生。

今年也是。

最打動我們的，總是那些不得不寫的人。

有人試圖理解一段改變自己命運的歷史。

有人尋找一個被遺忘的名字，被掩埋在公共記憶的遠景，卻始終刺痛著她。

有人希望為正在消失的聲音留下最後的見證。

有人為親歷的一切感到焦灼：如果現在不寫，以後就再也沒有人會寫了。

慢慢地，在場形成了自己的標準：非寫不可。非你不可。

我們尋找的，從來不只是重要議題，更是那些與重要議題發生真實關係的人。

我們在意一個人的生命如何與這個世界碰撞。

而那個碰撞點，恰恰照亮了公共問題。

在一個你可以什麼都知道、卻愈來愈難真正關心什麼的時代，我們深信，如果無法重新與人的生命建立關係，再重要的議題、再正確的理念，也會逐漸失去力量。

真實的人，才有能力重新讓世界變得真實。

今年，第六季在場 · 寫作獎收到歷來最多的申請。

而讓我們放不下的，依然是那些人。

她們守在歷史的谷底，日復一日地追索與傾聽，力圖把尚未被說出的故事帶回公共視野；

她們站在法的門前，反覆理解灰色地帶何以誕生，以及我們與他們的距離；

她們跨過語言與地理的障礙，在衝突的最前線，仍然堅持將人放在議題之前。

但機會總是很有限。

這些故事未必都能被更多人看見。

過去平均每季的獲獎比例不到 2%，如果沒有更多支持，它們很可能停留在提案裡。

永遠不會被完成。

因此，今年我們想做一個新的嘗試。

在原有的 5 位得獎者之外，額外增加 1–3 個全新的名額：

在場支持者獎

讓更多優秀提案獲得完整的寫作支持。

五年來，在場主要依靠評審、編輯與合作夥伴共同維持。

同時也收穫了越來越多的支持者——

正在讀信的你們，成為我們至關重要的支撐。

也許你讀過在場的作品，參加過活動與工作坊，或者只是偶爾打開電子報；

也許你曾因為一篇文章記住一位作者。

我們未必認識彼此，卻一直因為這些故事而相遇。

也因此知道，有些故事值得被留下。

今年，我們想第一次打開這個窗口。

邀請你們，一起支持那些讓在場放不下的故事。

▍在場支持者獎

今年，我們希望在原有的 5 位得獎者之外，透過募集獎金的方式，再增加 1–3 個名額。

每募集到足以支持一位作者完成寫作計畫的資金，我們就增加一個「支持者獎」名額。

所有款項將全數進入獎池，不作為團隊營運、人事、行政、設計或技術支出

使用。

▍一位作者需要多少支持？

根據我們的經驗與作者們的反饋，支持一份寫作計畫完成的基本所需包括：

寫作獎學金

全程編輯支持

合計約：2,300 歐元

因此：

2,300 歐元 = 增加 1 位支持者獎得主

4,600 歐元 = 增加 2 位支持者獎得主

6,900 歐元 = 增加 3 位支持者獎得主

若有結餘，則將全數計入下一季「支持者獎」。

▍「支持者獎」如何產生？

「支持者獎」得主將從本季已進入終審名單的優秀提案中產生。評選仍由原評審機制決定，不另外組織評選。

本次募集將於 7 月 1 日截止。平台要求最低 5 歐元無上限

截止後兩週內，我們將於官網及社群平台公佈募款結果與「支持者獎」得主名單。

後續也將定期向參與募集的各位更新資金使用情況與作品進度。

▍捐款方式

自由樂捐，惟受平台設定限制，每次捐款至少為 5 歐元。請注意：

▍關於在場

在場・寫作獎成立於 2021 年，至今收到超過 1500 份提案，來自全球數十個國家的華語申請者。

五年來，我們累計支持了 22 部長篇非虛構文字作品，並向世界各地媒體與出版機構轉介、媒合超過百份提案。有超過 70 位資深評審與編輯參與了在場支持網絡。

五年來，我們愈來愈相信，最有力量的公共敘事，往往來自最誠實的個人見證。

每一位作者，都以自己的生命作為橋樑；而每一位願意閱讀的人，讓這些見證真正成立。

如果你願意，歡迎和我們一起，把遺憾變成機會。

支持那些還沒被寫出來的故事，也支持那些讓世界重新變得真實的人。

▍更多了解在場

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The Stories We Can't Leave Behind

On the Sixth Season ofThe Frontline Fellowship for Chinese Creative Nonfiction, and the First-Ever Frontline Fellowship Supporters Award

Over the past five years, The Frontline Fellowship for Chinese Creative Nonfiction has received more than 1,500 writing proposals.

Every year, after the selection is over, we are left with a few stories we can't let go of.

The judges deliberate at length, cast their votes, and finalize the list of fellows. However, there are always the ones who slip through.

"I hope she can find her way out of the mountains— I hope she gets to finish writing this."

"If only we had one more spot. He'd already gone there in person. It's such a shame."

This kind of regret has repeated itself, season after season for five years.

This year was no different.

The writers who move us most are always those who feel they have no choice but to write.

Those who try to understand a piece of history that changed the course of their life; those who search for a forgotten name buried at the edges of public memory, yet one that never stopped haunting her; those who bear witness to a disappearing voice before it is gone forever; those who consumed by a single urgent thought: If I don't write this now, no one ever will.

Over time, Frontline Fellowship has developed its own standard: Write because you must. Write because only you can tell the story.

What we look for has never been important topics alone — it is the people who have a real, lived relationship with those topics. We care about how a person's life collides with the world around them. And it is precisely at that point of collision that public questions come into the light.

In an age of endless information, when knowing more often makes it harder to care deeply, we believe that the most urgent issues, and even the most principled ideals, can only retain their force when they are reconnected with individual lives. It is real people who have the power to live in truth — and to make the world feel true again.

This year, the Sixth Season of the Frontline Fellowship Writing Award received more applications than ever before. And still — it is those people we cannot let go of.

Writers who stand vigil at the bottom of history, tracking and listening day after day, determined to bring stories not yet told back into public view. Writers who stand at the threshold of the law, working to understand how gray areas come to exist — and what separates us from those on the other side. Writers who cross barriers of language and geography, working from the front lines of conflict, insisting on placing the human being before the issue.

But the available places are always limited. These stories may never reach more eyes.

Over the years, the acceptance rate per season has been under 2%.Without greater support, these proposals may stay exactly where they are — as proposals. Never completed. Never written.

So this year, we want to try something new.

Beyond the original five recipients, we are adding 1–3 new spots: the Frontline Fellowship Supporter Prize — to give more exceptional proposals the full support they need to become completed works.

Over the past five years, Frontline Fellowship has been sustained primarily through the generosity of our judges, editors, and partners. And along the way, we have gained more and more supporters.

You — reading this now — are already part of what holds us together.

Perhaps you've read Frontline Fellowship's published works, attended an event or workshop, or simply opened our newsletter once in a while. Perhaps a single piece once made you remember an author's name. We may not know each other personally, and yet we keep finding each other through these stories.

And that's how we know: some stories are worth keeping.

This year, for the first time, we want to open this door. We invite you to join us — and to support the stories that Frontline Fellowship can't let go of.

▍The Frontline Fellowship Supporter Prize

This year, we hope to raise additional funds to add 1–3 new recipients beyond the original five. For every amount raised sufficient to support one author through a complete writing project, we will add one Supporter Prize recipient.

All funds raised will go entirely into the prize pool — none will be used for team operations, staffing, administration, design, or technical costs.

▍How much does it take to support one author?

Based on our experience and feedback from authors, the basic support needed to see one writing project through to completion includes:

Total: approximately €2,300

Therefore:

Any surplus funds will be carried over in full to the following season's Supporter Prize.

▍How will the Supporter Prize recipients be selected?

Supporter Prize recipients will be chosen from the outstanding proposals that have already advanced to this season's final selection round. The selection process remains the same as always, decided by our existing panel of judges — no separate jury will be organized.

This fundraising campaign will close on July 1.

Within two weeks of closing, we will announce the fundraising results and the Supporter Prize recipients on our website and social media platforms. We will also provide regular updates to all who participated, on how the funds are being used and how the projects are progressing.

▍How to donate

Open donation — contribute any amount you choose. Please note that due to platform settings, the minimum donation is €5.

A few things to be aware of:

▍About Frontline Fellowship

The Frontline Fellowship Writing Award was established in 2021. To date, we have received more than 1,200 proposals from Chinese-language writers across dozens of countries around the world. Over five years, we have supported 22 long-form nonfiction works, and referred or connected more than one hundred proposals to media outlets and publishing houses worldwide. More than 70 experienced judges and editors have participated in the Frontline Fellowship support network.

Over five years, we have grown ever more convinced: the most powerful public storytelling almost always comes from the most honest personal testimony. Every author uses their own life as a bridge. And every reader willing to cross it makes that testimony real.

If you're willing, we welcome you to join us — to turn regret into possibility. To support the stories that have not yet been written, and the people who have the power to make the world feel real again.