Edition 61 (1982, held 2 times in year)

NovelsNewcomer awardHistorical fiction (since 2021)Mystery novels (temporarily merged in 2008)

Winners

2 people

Masako Takeda たけだまさこ award

Izayoi ni is a Japanese short story by Masako Takeda, published in 1982 as an early work by the author.

A short story by Masako Takeda whose title refers to the sixteenth-night moon.

moonnightshort fiction

森一彦もりかずひこ award

Shamo Enthusiast is a short story by Kazuhiko Mori. Centered on the shamo chicken named in its title, it considers devotion to a pursuit and human life around it.

A short story that portrays human passion through an attachment to shamo chickens.

shamo chickenspassionobsessionhuman drama