In order to use literary works to show in the long river of the development of volunteer service, and to accumulate and precipitate stories with flesh and blood, dreams and emotions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Chinese Writers Association jointly launched the "volunteer literature" essay solicitation activity in October 2017. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Graduate Education Corps and the 15th anniversary of the implementation of the Western Plan. In order to show the young volunteers' strong voice of "going to the west, to the grass-roots level, to the place where the motherland needs most", the "volunteer literature" essay solicitation activity will collect literary journals, volunteer journals, anthologies, etc. that can reflect the era and spirit of volunteers in the Western Plan and the Graduate Education Support Corps from all colleges and universities within the deadline for soliciting contributions. Published books also belong to the collection scope.

Please send paper contributions to: Beijing 100005 mailbox 19 boxes, please indicate "xx university volunteer literature solicitation", and indicate "university name+work name+contact person+contact information" on the front page of the contributions. E-mail submission to email zhiyuanwenxue2017@163.com The attachment name is "university name+work name+contact person+contact information", and "xx university volunteer literature solicitation" is indicated in the "mail subject".

　　 Attachment: Youth Volunteer Journey Jointly Building the Chinese Dream "Volunteer Literature" Essay solicitation activity notice (full text)

Since the reform and opening up, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the cause of voluntary service, vigorously advocated voluntary service activities, and participation in voluntary service has quickly become a social trend and fashion of the times, emitting a unique charm that can be seen as a spark. More and more people participate in it and gather the great positive energy of society. In the long river of volunteer service development, volunteers do ordinary things and accumulate and precipitate many stories with flesh and blood, dreams and emotions. Feelings, diaries and letters scattered on the pen tips of hundreds of millions of volunteers are the source of volunteer literature, which shows the volunteer spirit of "dedication, fraternity, mutual assistance and progress". In order to learn and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's literary and artistic thoughts, hold high the torch of volunteerism, pool China's strength, tell volunteer stories in literary form, shape the group image of volunteers, and sing the song of truth, kindness and beauty in the new era with "volunteer literature", the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Chinese Writers' Association jointly organized the "volunteer literature" essay solicitation activity.

1、 Essay theme

Youth Volunteer Travel Jointly Builds the Chinese Dream

2、 Activity time

October 12, 2017 - December 31, 2018

Submission deadline: August 31, 2018

3、 Organization

（1） Organizer

Central Committee of the Communist Youth League

Chinese Writers Association

（2） Undertaker

China Youth Volunteer Association

Youth Volunteer Action Guidance Center of the Youth League Central Committee

Creative Liaison Department of China Writers Association

China Writers Publishing Group

（3） Support unit

China Youth Daily, Literature and Art Daily, Chinese Children's Magazine, Youth Literature Magazine, People's Daily, Xinhuanet, Guangmingnet, China Writers' Daily, China Youth Online, China Youth Daily, Reading Group

4、 Types and requirements of essays

（1） Essay genres: novels, plays; Poetry (including lyrics and classical poetry); Prose (including letters and diaries); reportage.

（2） Requirements for essay solicitation: the content is healthy, positive, and tells volunteer stories; Sincere emotion, unique perspective, and inheritance of volunteerism.

5、 Selection organization and award setting

The essay solicitation activity will invite relevant authorities to set up a review team according to the genre and category of the essay solicitation. With the approval of the Organizing Committee, excellent works will be evaluated through the preliminary evaluation, re evaluation and final evaluation procedures in accordance with the principles of fairness, impartiality and merit, and will be publicized in the media and subject to supervision.

Each review team has 3 first prizes, 5 second prizes, 8 third prizes and 50 excellent prizes. According to the final evaluation of the works, the "Most Potential Award", "Best Story Award", "Most Beautiful Language Award" and other awards can be nominated.

6、 Instructions for submission

1. No fees will be charged to participants for this solicitation activity.

2. Submission method:

Please send the paper manuscript to: Beijing 100005 mailbox 19 boxes. Please mark "Volunteer Literature Essay" on the envelope and "work name+genre+author name" on the front page of the manuscript. Please send email to zhiyuanwenxue2017@163.com The name of the attachment is "Work Name+Genre+Author Name", and "Volunteer Literature Essay" is indicated in the "Email Subject".

3. The submitted work must be the original work of the author, and one person can submit multiple contributions. Once plagiarism is found, it will be disqualified. The submitted works of the participants should not have signed relevant electronic (including wireless), publishing, film and television copyright with any third party. The sponsor shall not bear any legal liability, including (but not limited to) disputes over the reputation and copyright of the authors participating in the evaluation. Volunteer literary works that meet the above conditions and have been published may also participate in the evaluation with the consent of the copyright holder.

4. The final interpretation right of this solicitation activity belongs to the event sponsor.

7、 Activity contact

Zeng Songting, Wei Binbin, Cultural Propaganda Office of Youth Volunteer Action Guidance Center of the Youth League Central Committee
Contact: 010-85212732

Central Committee of the Communist Youth League
Chinese Writers Association
October 12, 2017