Hayakawa SF Contest
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2018) excellence award
Yukinari Sanpou
さんぽう ゆきなり
Sanpou Yukinari
Aliases:
sanpow
Pen Names:
sanpow（Handle name used on the novel posting site Kakuyomu）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1983-01-01 （Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- SF writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 2016-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hayakawa SF Contest — Excellence Award (6th) | Transhuman Gamma-ray Burst Fairy Tale Collection | — | Hayakawa Publishing | 優秀賞 (Excellence Award) |
Hayakawa SF Contest — Excellence Award (6th)
2018
Work:
Transhuman Gamma-ray Burst Fairy Tale Collection
Organization:
Hayakawa Publishing
Result:
優秀賞 (Excellence Award)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Transhuman Gamma-ray Burst Fairy Tale Collection
2018 Science fictionA collection of short stories originally posted on Kakuyomu and elsewhere. The book collects pieces that reinterpret fairy-tale motifs and transhumanist ideas within a science-fiction framework.
fairy-tale reinterpretationtranshumanismtechnology and the body
Flow, My Tears, Said Kongming
2019 Science fictionA collection containing short and mid-length stories that link historical motifs (such as Zhuge Liang/Kongming) with speculative science-fiction concepts. Some pieces have been republished in anthologies.
reuse of historical motifsirony and humorquestions of humanity
Bibliography
- Transhuman Gamma-ray Burst Fairy Tale Collection (2018, Hayakawa Publishing)
- Flow, My Tears, Said Kongming (2019, Hayakawa Bunko JA)
- Numerous short stories (some reprinted in anthologies such as the Annual Japanese SF Selections)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Incorporates fairy-tale motifs into SFClear, brisk narrative style
- Recurring Motifs
- fairy talestranshumanismRomances of the Three Kingdoms motifs
Legacy
An emerging SF author who started on web投稿 sites. Noted for short stories that fuse fairy-tale elements with speculative SF concepts, he has attracted attention in the contemporary Japanese SF scene.
Trivia
- Active on the Kakuyomu site under the name "sanpow."
- Debuted after winning the Excellence Award at the 6th Hayakawa SF Contest.