The Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA) establishes the Hengshan Awards for Calligraphy Research and Criticism to facilitate calligraphy discussion and development. It aims to discover and cultivate talented calligraphy researchers and critiques to conduct research and criticism on contemporary calligraphy, focusing on its locality and internationality, tradition and innovation, and theory and practice.

This event is open to participants of all ages, nationalities, and places of residence.

The Hengshan Awards consists of Calligraphy Research and Calligraphy Criticism. Participants can submit a maximum of one entry for each category and submit an entry for both categories simultaneously. The entry must be in traditional Chinese; if it is written in another language, the Chinese translation of the entry must be attached. The entry must be written within three years; not has been released (e.g., been discussed in speeches, documented on the Internet, or published); not has won any award and/or received any grant; not has been submitted in other events, and not be a translation or rewriting of previously written articles.

The paper format in Chinese should follow the TMoFA manual guideline for academic paper, and one in English should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.

The Hengshan Award for Calligraphy Research will be awarded to one participant, who will receive a certificate of merit and NTD150,000. The Merit Award will give two to three participants, who will each receive a certificate of merit and NTD30,000.

The winning entries will be published, and an award ceremony will be held for said entries.