Drama Original Grand Prize
どらまげんさくたいしょう
A publicly solicited literary award sponsored by Kodansha and TBS Television. Winning works are published as books and adapted into dramas.
- Established
- 2008
- Organizer
- Kodansha, TBS Television
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
The Drama Original Grand Prize is a publicly solicited literary award organized by Kodansha and TBS Television. Winners receive 1 million yen in prize money, the winning work is published by Kodansha, and adapted into a drama on TBS Television and TBS Radio.
Prize
- Main Prize
- 1 million yen cash prize, plus publication and dramatization of the winning work
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Publication
- Dramatization
Official Resources
http://www.kodansha.co.jp/about/nextgeneration/award/36844.htmlPast Winners
Nekoben is a warm mystery centered on Taro Momose, a brilliant but unassuming lawyer who puts other people's happiness before his own. Clients' troubles, incidents involving cats, and unusual cases unfold with gentle humor.
A kindhearted lawyer untangles the troubles of people and cats.
A workplace comedy about a new employee hired to absorb everyone else's frustration, only to change the emotional climate of the company. Beneath its comic premise, it layers loneliness at work and the desire to be recognized.
被取締役新入社員 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.
A workplace comedy about a new employee caught in a strange title and the logic of an organization. Through a newcomer's eyes, it portrays corporate absurdity and the comedy of working life.
A workplace comedy about a new employee caught in a strange title and the logic of an organization.
A drama-oriented work that captures the roughness and impatience of young men with the force suggested by its title. Fellowship, rebellion, and anxiety about the future collide in this youth ensemble.
A drama-oriented work that captures the roughness and impatience of young men with the force suggested by its title.