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Sarah Chien-Hua Ko

Preliminary and Final Judge

Taiwan children's literature critic

Sarah Chien-Hua Ko completed her master's degree in the Department of Philosophy in Fu Jen Catholic University, and is a Ph.D. Candidate in philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University, the United States. She has been a lecturer teaching children's literature and picture book appreciation at National Taiwan Normal University and National Taipei University of Education. She is now a children's book translator, critic, publishing consultant, researcher, and judge of various children's literature awards. In 2006, she was a consultant for the Taipei Book Fair Foundation in the Taiwan Pavilion at Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy. She has translated dozens of children's picture books and young adult fiction books, and has won several children's book awards for her translation.

Chang Shu-Chiung

Preliminary Judge
Overall supervisor of children's books for Eslite Bookstores, Taiwan

Kathleen Ahrens

Preliminary Judge
Int. Regional Advisor Chair of Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators

Zhou Yiming

Preliminary Judge
Language teacher & master teacher

Fok Yuk Ying

Preliminary Judge
Associate Professor in the Education University of Hong Kong

Zhu Ziqiang

Preliminary and Final Judge
Professor and Director in Ocean University of China

Tang Ya Ming

Final Judge
Japanese-Chinese editor, writer, and translator

Tsai Minling

Final Judge
Professor of Department of Early Childhood and Family Education

Chen Jianghong

Final Judge
French-Chinese painter and picture book/comic creators

Song Pei

Final Judge
Expert in art history, art appreciation and picture book appreciation

Fang Weiping

Final Judge
Dean of Children's Cultural Research Institute, Zhejiang Normal University