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Open submission award for new fantasy novels hosted by Chūōkōron-Shinsha.

New talent awardFantasy novel
Established
2005
Organizer
Chūōkōron-Shinsha
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September–October
Announcement Period
around July
Status
Ended

Description

Newcomer literary award solicited under the C★NOVELS label. Open to both professionals and amateurs. Winning works are published every July. Submission requirements: 40 characters x 40 lines, 90 to 120 pages.

Prize

Main Prize
Publication of the Grand Prize-winning work and prize money of 1 million yen
Cash Prize
1,000,000 JPY
  • Publication of special award-winning works

Selection

Selection Process

Selection
Judges C★NOVELS Fantasia Editorial Department

Related Awards

  • List of literary awards

Official Resources

http://www.chuko.co.jp/c-novels/grand_prix/

Past Winners

夏橋渡 なつはし わたる special award

絵画魔術師トルフカ・ミットの旅路 is an award-recognized work by 夏橋渡. It can be read as a literary work shaped by its characters' choices and their relationship with society and time.

絵画魔術師トルフカ・ミットの旅路 is a work by 夏橋渡 that continues to draw attention through its award history.

award-winning literaturememoryhuman relationships
及川早月 おいかわ さつき encouragement award

よすが横丁修理店 ―迷子の持ち主、お探しします― is an award-recognized work by 及川早月. It can be read as a literary work shaped by its characters' choices and their relationship with society and time.

よすが横丁修理店 ―迷子の持ち主、お探しします― is a work by 及川早月 that continues to draw attention through its award history.

award-winning literaturememoryhuman relationships
くれや一空 くれや いくう encouragement award

黄金の蛇と古の兄弟 is an award-recognized work by くれや一空. It can be read as a literary work shaped by its characters' choices and their relationship with society and time.

黄金の蛇と古の兄弟 is a work by くれや一空 that continues to draw attention through its award history.

award-winning literaturememoryhuman relationships
Natsumi Matsubaya まつばや なつみ grand prize

歌う峰のアリエス is a work by 松葉屋なつみ. It can be introduced as a story whose appeal lies in its premise, character relationships, and the emotional movement suggested by the award record and bibliographic sources.

歌う峰のアリエス is a work whose outline can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

237 pages
award-recognized workcharacter relationshipsemotional tension
和多月かい わたつき かい special and readers prize

世界融合でウチの会社がブラックに!? is a work by 和多月かい. It can be introduced as a story whose appeal lies in its premise, character relationships, and the emotional movement suggested by the award record and bibliographic sources.

世界融合でウチの会社がブラックに!? is a work whose outline can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

248 pages
award-recognized workcharacter relationshipsemotional tension
Yuki Ojo おうじょう ゆうき special award

天盆 is a work by 王城夕紀. It can be introduced as a story whose appeal lies in its premise, character relationships, and the emotional movement suggested by the award record and bibliographic sources.

天盆 is a work whose outline can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

273 pages
award-recognized workcharacter relationshipsemotional tension
戒能靖十郎 かいのう やすじゅうろう special award

英雄《竜殺し》の終焉 is an award-winning work by kaino-yasujuro. 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.

229 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturebibliographic verification
沙藤菫 さとう すみれ special award

彷徨う勇者 魔王に花 is an award-winning work by sato-sumire. 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.

244 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturebibliographic verification
岡野めぐみ おかの めぐみ honorable mention

This work is introduced as a literary award-winning title. It focuses on its central motif and characters while reflecting the genre and period in which it appeared.

私は歌い、亡き王は踊る invites readers into its world through its central motif and award-winning premise.

237 pages
literary award winnerpersonal choicesmemory and relationships
鹿屋めじろ かのや めじろ honorable mention

This work is introduced as a literary award-winning title. It focuses on its central motif and characters while reflecting the genre and period in which it appeared.

放課後レクイエム――真名事件調査記録 invites readers into its world through its central motif and award-winning premise.

literary award winnerpersonal choicesmemory and relationships
Ayame Yuu あやめ ゆう special award

This work is introduced as a literary award-winning title. It focuses on its central motif and characters while reflecting the genre and period in which it appeared.

RINGADAWN 妖精姫と灰色狼 invites readers into its world through its central motif and award-winning premise.

245 pages
literary award winnerpersonal choicesmemory and relationships
尾白未果 おじろ みか special award

This work is introduced as a literary award-winning title. It focuses on its central motif and characters while reflecting the genre and period in which it appeared.

災獣たちの楽土1雷獅子の守り invites readers into its world through its central motif and award-winning premise.

222 pages
literary award winnerpersonal choicesmemory and relationships
黒川裕子 くろかわ ゆうこ grand prize

This work uses its compact form to bring out the pressure of memory, desire, and unease. It turns a sharply focused situation into a readable literary experience that lingers after the final page.

This work uses its compact form to bring out the pressure of memory, desire, and unease.

253 pages
受賞作人間関係緊張余韻
片倉一 かたくら はじめ special award

This work uses its compact form to bring out the pressure of memory, desire, and unease. It turns a sharply focused situation into a readable literary experience that lingers after the final page.

This work uses its compact form to bring out the pressure of memory, desire, and unease.

229 pages
受賞作人間関係緊張余韻
Sei Ashihara あしはら あお grand prize

遥かなる虹の大地 架橋技師伝 presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

遥かなる虹の大地 架橋技師伝 is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

229 pages
fantasybridgeswar
涼原みなと すずはら みなと special award

赤の円環(トーラス) presents its central unease through concise scenes and carefully withheld explanation. The story draws the reader toward a quiet disturbance rather than a simple shock.

赤の円環(トーラス) is a story in which the presence of the uncanny slips into everyday life.

235 pages
fantasy運命otherworld
夏目翠 なつめ すい grand prize

A fantasy about Princess Ceciara, who was meant to live as a shrine princess but is sent in marriage to a northern kingdom as proof of an alliance. Because of her green eyes and special power she has closed off her heart, but meeting a free-spirited boy king changes her fate.

A secluded shrine princess faces her fate after meeting a boy king.

229 pages
princesspolitical marriagespecial powerfantasy
木下祥 きのした しょう special award

A fantasy in which Ken, a Japanese high school student visiting Argentina, becomes involved with a world of nonhuman beings. As a candidate mediator who must settle disputes beyond the boundary, he is drawn into events in another realm.

An encounter in Argentina leads a boy into the world of nonhuman beings.

242 pages
otherworldmediationArgentinaboy protagonist
Tendou Risa てんどう りさ special award

A maritime fantasy centered on Salif, a young man seeking a divine island that appears only on the night of a lunar eclipse. Set on a deep blue sea, the story is shaped by longing for the island, voyages, and encounters.

A young man sets out across the blue sea toward a divine island that appears on the night of a lunar eclipse.

219 pages
maritime fantasyislandlunar eclipseadventure
Ikuto Unabara うみはら いくと special award

ドラゴンキラーあります is an award-winning work by 海原育人. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

ドラゴンキラーあります is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

309 pages
award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
Miya Shinotsuki しのつき みや special award

契火の末裔 is an award-winning work by 篠月美弥. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

契火の末裔 is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

241 pages
award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
Rei Tasaki たざき れい grand prize

Koyasai is a fantasy set among eighteen islands in a dead sea where living things cannot survive. On the winter solstice, storytellers gather to pass on tales of vows, love, and sacrifice between humans and monsters, layered through nested narration.

On the winter solstice, storytellers pass down vows between humans and monsters.

219 pages
fantasystorytellersmonsterslovesacrifice
Kujo Natsuki くじょう なつき special award

Werewolf: Oldenburg Detective Agency is a fantasy mystery set in a world reminiscent of early twentieth-century Germany, where a detective agency quietly supports coexistence between humans and nonhuman beings. Detective Sieg and the werewolf boy El are drawn into a grim case.

A detective agency working for nonhuman beings steps into a grim case.

226 pages
fantasymysterywerewolfdetectivecoexistence
藤原瑞記 ふじわら みずき grand prize

光降る精霊の森 is a work by fujiwara-mizuki. It was recognized by the c novels grand award in 2005 and centers on the people, places, or events suggested by its title.

光降る精霊の森 can be read through the themes and narrative qualities that drew attention at the time of the award.

award-winning literaturecontemporary expressionstory and memory
内田響子 うちだ きょうこ special award

聖者の異端書 is a work by uchida-kyoko. It was recognized by the c novels grand award in 2005 and centers on the people, places, or events suggested by its title.

聖者の異端書 can be read through the themes and narrative qualities that drew attention at the time of the award.

award-winning literaturecontemporary expressionstory and memory