The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner receives a statue of Arthur Conan Doyle.
The award was named after Tetsuya Ayukawa (1919–2002), a Japanese writer who mainly wrote the Golden-Age-style detective fiction.
Winners YearWinnerWinning entryAvailable in English Translation 1 1990Taku Ashibe 2 1991Shinsuke Ishikawa (ja) 3 1992Tomoko Kano (ja) 4 1993Fumie Kondo (ja)J'Lit | Authors : Fumie Kondo | Books from Japan 5 1994Akira Aikawa (ja) 6 1995Ko Kitamori (ja) 7 1996Taro Mitsusaka (ja) 8 1997Kenji Kodama (ja) 9 1998Katsunori Asukabe (ja) 10 1999no applicable work 11 2001Noriyuki Monzen (ja) 12 2002Hitoshi Goto (ja)The Labyrinth of the Scriptorium 13 2003Akiko Moriya (ja)142004Keijiro Kamizu (ja) Ruriko Kishida (ja) 15 2005no applicable work 16 2006Kazushi Asami (ja) 17 2007Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (ja) 18 2008Nanakawa Kanan (ja) 19 2009Sako Aizawa (ja)202010Junichi Aman (ja) Wataru Tsukihara (ja) 21 2011Ayato Yamada (ja) 22 2012Yugo Aosaki (ja) 23 2013Tetsuya Ichikawa (ja) 24 2014Jun Uchiyama (ja) 25 2015 no applicable work 26 2016Yūto Ichikawa (ja) 27 2017Masahiro Imamura(ja)Death Among the Undead 27 2018Kouhei Kawasumi(ja) 28 2019Kie Houjyō(ja) 29 2020Rio Senda(ja) 30 2021 no applicable work 31 2022 no applicable work 32 2023 Yoshitaka Okamoto(ja) 33 2024 Mio Yamaguchi(ja) 34 2025 no applicable work
Members of the selection committee From 1990 (1st) to 1995 (6th) Tetsuya Ayukawa, Kawataro Nakajima, Junichiro Kida From 1996 (7th) Tetsuya Ayukawa, Takao Tsuchiya, Alice Arisugawa From 1997 (8th) to 1999 (10th) Soji Shimada, Yukito Ayatsuji, Alice Arisugawa From 2001 (11th) to 2002 (12th) Tetsuya Ayukawa, Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai From 2003 (13th) Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai From 2004 (14th) to 2008 (18th) Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai, Masaki Yamada From 2009 (19th) to 2011 (21st) Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai, Masaki Yamada, Kaoru Kitamura From 2012 (22nd) to 2013 (23rd) Kaoru Kitamura, Masaki Tsuji, Taku Ashibe From 2014 (24th) Kaoru Kitamura, Masaki Tsuji, Fumie Kondo
See also Japanese mystery awards for unpublished novels Edogawa Rampo Prize Mephisto Prize Agatha Christie Award Japanese mystery awards for best works published in the previous year Mystery Writers of Japan Award Honkaku Mystery Award
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