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Chuokoron Literary Award

ちゅうおうこうろんぶんげいしょう

Chūōkōron-Shinsha established this award in 2006 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of its founding, targeting outstanding entertainment literature by writers active on the front lines.

Entertainment literature
Established
2006
Organizer
Chūōkōron-Shinsha
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Announcement Period
around August
Status
Active

Description

The Chuokoron Literary Award was established in 2006 by Chūōkōron-Shinsha to commemorate the 120th anniversary of its founding. It targets entertainment works by established writers (mid-career and above) who are active on the front lines, with works published from July of the previous year to June of the current year serving as selection candidates. The selection results are announced in late August every year, and the award ceremony is held around October 20 of the same year at the Palace Hotel Tokyo.

Prize

Main Prize
Commemorative item
Cash Prize
1,000,000 JPY

Selection

Selection Process

Selection
Judges Rounds 1–5: Jun'ichi Watanabe, Mariiko Hayashi, Shigeru Kashima; From Round 6: Jirō Asada joins, Round 9: Asada, Kashima, Hayashi (3 judges), Rounds 10–19: Yuka Murayama participates
Announcement Announced in late August every year
Award ceremony
Judges
Announcement Held around October 20 every year at Palace Hotel Tokyo

Criteria

  • Must be a work by a writer active on the front lines
  • Must excel in entertainment value
  • Must be a work published from July of the previous year to June of the current year

Related Awards

  • Fujin Kōron Literary Award
  • List of literary awards

Official Resources

http://www.chuko.co.jp/aword/chukou/

Past Winners

Hiroshi Ogiwara おぎはら ひろし award
Soichi Kawagoe かわごえ そういち award
Bunpei Aoyama あおやま ぶんぺい award
Fumio Yamamoto やまもと ふみお award
Shino Sakuragi さくらぎ しの award
Shuichi Yoshida よしだ しゅういち award
Makate Asai あさい まかて award
Eto Mori もり えと award
Akira Higashiyama ひがしやま しょうりょう award
Setsuko Shinoda しのだ せつこ award
Kyoko Nakajima なかじま きょうこ award
Nobori Kiuchi きうち のぼる award
Ira Ishida いしだ いら award
Keigo Higashino ひがしの けいご award
Arano Inoue いのうえ あれの award
Asa Nonami のなみ あさ award
Kaori Ekuni えくに かおり award
Yuka Murayama むらやま ゆか award
Nejime Shoichi ねじめ しょういち award
Mitsuyo Kakuta かくた みつよ award
Jiro Asada あさだ じろう award