The is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010. It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres. It is mainly intended for amateur writers, but also open to who have professional publications.
The winning stories have been published in the year's-best Japanese SF anthology series from the publisher's imprint Sōgen SF Bunko until 2019. Since 2020, they will be included in Genesis, the publisher's hard cover SFF series. Since 2023, they will be appeared on the publisher's magazine Shimi no Techo.
In 2010 and 2011, some of finalist stories were collected into original anthology series .
Until 2019, Regular judges have been Nozomi Ohmori (critic/translator/anthologist) and Sanzō Kusaka (critic/anthologist), who have edited the year's-best. Another notable author have been invited as a guest judge each year.
Recognition Yūsuke Miyauchi's first collection was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Dempow Torishima's first collection won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The English translation of the book, Sisyphean, was published in 2018, following that the original award-winning novella "Kaikin no To" was translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan. His first novel also won the 2019 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Winners English titles are for translated stories. YearSubmissionsAwardsTitleAuthor(s)Guest judge 2010 612 Winner Yūri Matsuzaki Masaki YamadaSecond place Haneko TakayamaSpecial citation by Nozomi OhmoriSaezuri no Utyū Yūichi SakanagaSpecial citation by Sanzō KusakaTsuchi no Chiri Takashi YamashitaSpecial citation by Masaki Yamada Yūsuke Miyauchi2011594Winner Dempow Torishima Akira HoriSecond placeMayu no Miru Yume Shunshō UtsugiSpecial citation by Nozomi OhmoriHana to Shōnen Niro KataseSpecial citation by Sanzō KusakaKudan no HitomiTatsuhiko ShiboSpecial citation by Akira HoriMono Mina Ikoeru Tsutomu Oshizawa2012618Winner Teiji Riyama Hirotaka TobiSecond place Prometheus no Bansan Takehiko OkishiSpecial citation by Nozomi Ohmori Terra no Suisō Aoba MinazukiSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Atamayama Ei FunazatoSpecial citation by Hirotaka Tobi Enu Shi Toshimichi Watanabe 2013 576 Winner Kenrei Miyanishi Toh EnjoeSpecial citation by Nozomi Ohmori The Unknown Hero: Secret Origin Tateaki KashimaSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Kyōren no Onna Shishō Maki TakatsukiSpecial citation by Toh EnjoeHuminshō Kitan Yoda Kee2014461 Winners Mitsuhiro Monden Hideaki Sena Yūya TakashimaSpecial citation by Nozomi Ohmori Onna Tomodachi Satoshi AriiSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Kaijū Takurō UradeSpecial citation by Hideaki Sena Ken ha Deja vu Shūzaemon Goudo2015 510 Winner Iori Miyazawa Riku OndaSpecial citation by Nozomi Ohmori Kono Kogoeta Sekai ni Umareru Mae ni Eiichi UbeSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Kimitachi Kyoshitsu ni Hairinasai Tomoko ItōSpecial citation by Riku Onda Bakko Chan Mayu Henmi2016 464 Winner Muneo Ishikawa Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori Saibō Remin no Meikai Shindo Live Ren FukamiSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Kurueyo. Ifu AzumiSpecial citation by Hiroshi Yamamoto Niji no Ishi Toshin Kagami2017 417 Winner Mikihiko Hisanaga Satoshi HaseSpecial citation by Satoshi Hase Gin no Ame Furu Furu Yō Hisano 2018 424 Winner Yūgen Yashima Motoko AraiSecond place Kikai ha Naze Korosu ka Masaki NagumoSpecial citation by Nozomi Ohmori Natsu no Musubime Hisaki OritoSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka Kanki ni Somare Kenji NonakaSpecial citation by Motoko Arai Adversarial Vipers, Arui ha Saigo no Ginkō Gōtō Hitozō Takeda 2019 511 Winner Tokio Amasawa Yūsuke MiyauchiSecond place Sayo OnodaSpecial citation by Sanzō Kusaka "Sakhalin Shakaishugi Kyōwakoku Kindai Shūkyō Shiryō" (2099) Bassui, oyobi Sonota Zakki Mamoru TanibayashiSpecial citation by Yūsuke Miyauchi Kaitensuru Dōbutsu no Seishiten Chiba Shū
YearSubmissionsAwardsTitleAuthor(s)Judges 2020 468 Winner Matō Oriteru Akira HoriYūsuke MiyauchiTetsuya Kohama (Editor)Special citation by JudgesKazane Yarai2021550WinnerRin MatsukiAkira HoriDempow TorishimaTetsuya KohamaSecond placeKumiko Mizobuchi2022496WinnerChinami SasaharaMasaki YamadaDempow TorishimaTetsuya Kohama2023487WinnerToryū AbeMasaki Yamada (absence due to illness) Iori Miyazawa
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