HAAL Best Paper from Novice Scholars Award 2026: Winners and Finalists Announced

HAAL is delighted to announce the winners and finalists of the Best Paper from Novice Scholars Award.

Winners

• Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Zheng Zhang Amanda, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Wenkang Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

  
  

Finalists

• Jie Yang, City University of Hong Kong

• Lanfang Sun, The University of Hong Kong

• Qian Long, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Lu Gaoqiang, City University of Hong Kong

• Liang Chenggang, South China Agricultural University (and University of Macau)

  
  

Warm congratulations to all of this year’s winners and finalists on this well-deserved recognition. Their excellent work reflects the strength and diversity of postgraduate research in applied linguistics. We also extend our sincere thanks to the selection committee for their time, care, and thoughtful review of the submissions.

We warmly invite colleagues, students, and members of the applied linguistics community to join us for the HAAL Postgraduate Event and Award Presentation Ceremony on 22 May 2026, 2:00–6:00pm at LT-16, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong.

The event will feature a keynote by Prof Guangwei Hu of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, titled “Behind Editorial Decisions: What Counts as a Publishable Manuscript in Applied Linguistics”, followed by presentations from the award winners and finalists.

Registration is free and all are welcome.