The was an award handed out annually between 2000 and 2006 by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for exceptionally written short stories and novellas. The prize was associated with MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp. Between the first and fourth contests held, the editorial department of MediaWorks' included the narrowed-down novellas in an issue of Dengeki hp, and the winner was decided from a reader-participation voting poll. This was changed with the fifth though seven contests by the use of a committee to award the prize.
Committee members Mamizu Arisawa: Novelist of the Inukami! series Gakuto Coda: Novelist of the Missing series Yukako Kabei: Novelist, and winner of the ninth Dengeki Novel Prize Naoko Koyama: Editor-in-chief of Dengeki hp Masami Okayu: Novelist of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan series
Prize winners
First prize (2000) Grand prize Post Girl, Jirō Masuko
Second prize (2001) Grand prize Under Rug Locking, Itsuki Nase Honorable mention Sakura in Pale Rose Bump, Takehiro Ariwara Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan, Masami Okayu
Third prize (2002) Grand prize Shinjitsu no Kagami: Ofuda to Neko to Shōjo, Tenjō Hihiki Honorable mention Maisō Wakusei TheFuneralPlanet, Chiaki Yamashina
Fourth prize (2003) Grand prize Shiawase Nisei Taidōkyo Keikaku: Yōsei-san no Ohanashi, Yūsaku Igarashi Honorable mention Kare to Kanojo to Shōkan Mahō, Tsukasa Kōzuki Saigo no Natsu ni Miageta Sora wa, Yu Sumimoto
Fifth prize (2004) Grand prize Inside World: Fuyu no Rocket, Tsukasa Suo Gold prize Unmei no Ito, Rakuda Mitsuki Silver prize Nisenyonhyakukyūkai no Kanojō, Yu Nishimura
Sixth prize (2005) Grand prize Unawarded Gold prize Mizumi no Kazoku, Shō Arisawa Silver prize Kaze no Sabaku, Kaze no Tō, Akito Mizawa Choko to Hanabira, Yūei Miki
Seventh prize (2006) Grand prize Dramatic Ivory, Shōgo Ogawa Reverse Kiss, Shinano Sano
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