《小说月报》创刊于1980年。是我国创刊最早、发行量最大、最为海内外各阶层读者喜爱的文学选刊。几乎所有新时期涌现出来的中青年作家的名篇佳作都是通过《小说月报》的及时选萃、推荐而走向全国，造成了一个又一个文学的轰动效应。作为选刊，《小说月报》始终保持着自己的鲜明特色，即选得快、选得准、选得精和多样化。特别是注重选发贴近现实，紧扣时代脉搏，格调高昂，思想性和艺术性较强的作品，使刊物既厚重沉实又丰富多彩，既满足广大读者的阅读欣赏需要又照顾到专家学者研究鉴赏之需。Founded in 1980, "Novel Monthly" is a selective literature periodical of China's earliest, largest circulation, favorite by readers of all sectors both at home and abroad. Almost all the masterpieces written by young and middle-aged writers of the new era went to the national by the timely selection and recommendation of "Novel Monthly", resulting in literary sensation one after another. As a selective periodical, "Novel Monthly" has always remained its own distinct characteristics, namely, the quick, accurate, fine and diversified election, especially the special emphasis on selected works which are close to the reality, keep pace with times, high styles contents being strong ideological and artistic. This makes the Periodical both pragmatic and colorful, not only meet the needs of readers for reading appreciation, but also take care of the needs of experts and scholars for research appreciation.