12-year-old Literature Award
じゅうにさいのぶんがくしょう
Public literature award hosted by Shogakukan, targeting elementary school students aged 12 or younger at the deadline.
- Established
- 2006
- Organizer
- Shogakukan
- Category
- Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Picture Books
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around September
- Announcement Period
- around March
- Status
- Ended
Description
Literature award that from 2006 to 2017 provided a platform for elementary school students' creative works through the Novel Division and Postcard Novel Division.
Prize
- Main Prize
- 100,000 yen bookstore gift card
- Cash Prize
- 100,000 JPY
- 200,000 yen travel voucher
- Certificate
- Publication in grade magazine
Official Resources
https://sho.jp/Past Winners
Towa Yamagishi's Papi won the grand prize in the 12th 12-Year-Old Literature Award. Set in Paris, it portrays memories of a violinist grandfather from a child's point of view. I confirmed inclusion in a digital prize collection, but found no standalone print book or ISBN-bearing volume.
An award-winning story by an elementary-school writer about Paris, memory, and a beloved grandfather.
Sousuke Numao's 11-sai won the grand prize in the postcard fiction division of the 12th 12-Year-Old Literature Award. It is confirmed as a short-form prizewinning entry, but I found no standalone book or ISBN-bearing print collection.
A compact award-winning story written by an elementary-school student.
天敵の攻略法 is an award-winning work by 河内千歳. It is presented here as the work associated with the 12歳の文学賞.
An award-winning work by 河内千歳: 天敵の攻略法.
パパ is an award-winning work by 小渡風花. It is presented here as the work associated with the 12歳の文学賞.
An award-winning work by 小渡風花: パパ.
"Itsuka Dokoka de" is a short story about a bittersweet encounter between a friend and the friend's father. Told from a child's point of view, it captures the confusion of coming into contact with adult circumstances and quietly reveals the loneliness and tenderness hidden beneath everyday conversation.
A story that gently observes the awkward time shared by a friend and a father through a child's eyes.
マイワールド is an award-recognized work by 鈴木るりか. It can be read as a literary work shaped by its characters' choices and their relationship with society and time.
マイワールド is a work by 鈴木るりか that continues to draw attention through its award history.
Dランドは遠い is an award-recognized 児童小説 by 鈴木るりか. Public bibliographic records and award information frame it as a work concerned with personal choice, memory, and the pressure of its social or historical setting.
Dランドは遠い looks at the relationship between individual lives and their times through the shape of an award-winning work.
ジョージとジョセフィーンとフィービィースペンサースミス そして彼らの庭と冒険 is an award-recognized 児童小説 by 中濱ひびき. Public bibliographic records and award information frame it as a work concerned with personal choice, memory, and the pressure of its social or historical setting.
ジョージとジョセフィーンとフィービィースペンサースミス そして彼らの庭と冒険 looks at the relationship between individual lives and their times through the shape of an award-winning work.
人形 is an award-winning work by nishibori-rinka. This entry summarizes the work from award records and public bibliographic sources.
A work whose profile and availability can be traced through its award history.
レンタルキャット is a 児童文学短編 by 工藤みのり. A children’s literary work told from a child’s perspective, depicting an encounter with a cat and small changes in daily life. It is confirmed as a piece collected in an award anthology rather than as a standalone book.
レンタルキャット builds its world around children’s literature.
前の店より is an award-winning work by 廣瀬楽人. Within the checked sources, no standalone book or paperback record could be confirmed, so the available information centers on the work as an award entry.
前の店より is confirmed in award records.
A children's story written close to the viewpoint of twelve-year-old readers, preserving a child's language and sensitivity while following emotions that shift within ordinary life.
もちた is an award-winning work by 宮井紅於, attentive to memory and relationships beneath its subject matter.
A short story that observes hypocrisy and peer pressure in an elementary-school classroom from the perspective of someone of that age.
A twelve-year-old gaze illuminates the unease hidden in the classroom atmosphere.
A children’s story about a boy’s moment of growth through nearby nature and friendship. The tactile presence of the loofah links childhood time with memory.
A children’s story about a boy’s moment of growth through nearby nature and friendship.
Two sisters sneak into a school pool at night, holding on to their wish to go to the moon together. The story depicts vulnerable early-adolescent feelings and tensions within family life through scenes with a gentle fantastical quality.
月のさかな is an award-recognized 児童文学短編 by 追本葵.
A short piece included in the first 12-sai Bungaku Award collection. It expands a child’s view of food and imaginary kingdoms, using familiar wordplay to invite readers into a light, playful world.
A child’s imagination builds little kingdoms from the names of familiar foods.