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Egoda Literary Award

えこだぶんがくしょう

Open submission literary award sponsored by the Nihon University Faculty of Art Egoda Literary Society since 2002. No entry qualifications required.

NovelLiterary criticism
Established
2002
Organizer
Nihon University Faculty of Art Egoda Literary Society
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September
Announcement Period
around February–March
Status
Active

Description

Open submission literary award established in 2002 by the Nihon University Faculty of Art Egoda Literary Society, which publishes the literary magazine "Egoda Literature." Targets novels and literary criticism, announced once a year thereafter.

Selection

Selection Process

Selection committee
Judges Erika Yoshida, Kento Hasegawa, Takamichi Iwasaka, Keishi Aoki

Related Awards

  • Egoda Literature
  • Ito Ujitaka
  • List of literary awards

Official Resources

http://www.nichigei-bungei.info/ekoda_literary/?p=372

Past Winners

嶋田薫 しまだ かおる honorable mention

Kaoru Shimada's Gaito to Himawari. I confirmed it as an award-winning work, but could not verify a standalone book edition.

An award-winning work without a confirmed standalone book edition.

Ekoda Literary Awardhonorable mentionnot standalone book
No winner
山本寛太 やまもと かんた award

A winning work in the 20th Ekoda Literary Prize. It appears in Ekoda Bungaku issue 108, and no standalone book edition was confirmed.

A prize-winning story published in Ekoda Bungaku issue 108.

Ekoda Literary Prizeliterary magazine publicationshort fiction
湯沢拓海 ゆざわ たくみ award

Takumi Yuzawa's story was selected in the twentieth Ekoda Literary Award. The title is confirmed in the award results from Nihon University's Department of Literary Arts, but no book or collection publication was found.

A literary award story confirmed through the Ekoda Literary Award results.

literary magazine storynew writer awardcontemporary fiction
山本寛太 やまもと かんた honorable mention

Kanta Yamamoto's story received an honorable mention in the nineteenth Ekoda Literary Award. It appeared in issue 105 of Ekoda Bungaku and was selected in a year when no main prize was awarded.

An Ekoda Bungaku story selected for honorable mention in a year with no main prize.

literary magazine storynew writer awardcontemporary fiction
山本寛太 やまもと かんた honorable mention

パッチワーク by 山本貫太 is the work associated with this award entry. It leaves a lingering impression through its attention to personal choices and the texture of its world.

パッチワーク draws readers into its world by carefully tracing the shape of its subject.

literary fictionmemoryhuman relationships
村山はる乃 むらやま はるの honorable mention

ララパルーザ by 村山はる乃 is the work associated with this award entry. It leaves a lingering impression through its attention to personal choices and the texture of its world.

ララパルーザ draws readers into its world by carefully tracing the shape of its subject.

literary fictionmemoryhuman relationships
No winner
儀保佑輔 ぎぼ ゆうすけ award

This work by an Okinawa-based writer was selected for the Ekoda Literary Award for its setting and structural control. Centered on the image of water suggested by the title, it can be read as literary fiction that links bodily sensation with a sense of place.

The sensation of being clothed in water quietly binds a person to the memory of place.

waterbodily sensationplacememoryliterary magazine publication
須藤舞 すどう まい award

綻び is an award-recognized work by 須藤舞. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.

No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.

award-recognized workno confirmed book editionliterary award
入倉直幹 いりくら なおき honorable mention

すべての春にお別れを is an award-winning work by 入倉直幹. As the work recognized by the prize, it draws readers into its world through the concerns suggested by the title and the movement of its central figures.

Through すべての春にお別れを, the work leads readers toward the author viewpoint and the core of the story.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturecharacter depictionmemory and time
坂本如 さかもと にょ honorable mention

ミミ is an award-recognized work by 坂本如. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

ミミ, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
片山綾 かたやま あや honorable mention

A commendation work for the Egoda Literary Award. From its title’s emphasis on a small presence and the texture of words, it appears to draw out unease within everyday life.

Through the texture of a small word, another face of everyday life appears.

everyday lifelanguageshort fictionnew writing
大西由益 おおにし ゆうえき award

A campus youth story by a student in Nihon University's Department of Literary Arts. It follows the relationships among four members of a university club, using a light touch to capture conversation, attraction, and the instability of young friendships.

The atmosphere of a student club and the shifting distance among four people bring the tremor of campus life into focus.

campus lifestudent clubyouthrelationships
杉山知紗 すぎやま ちさ Ekoda Literary Award

"Hebi to Murai" is Chisa Sugiyama's winning work for the tenth Egoda Literary Award. It appeared in the magazine Egoda Bungaku as a young writer's work and was later collected in the tenth-anniversary anthology of the award.

An Egoda Literary Award-winning work that records the sensibility of a young writer.

427 pages
new literary writingyoung sensibilityliterary magazine workEgoda Literary Award
Noriko Koizumi こいずみ のりこ Ekoda Literary Award

Ironworks Channel is a 小説 by 小泉典子. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Ironworks Channel is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 小説.

award-related workcharacter relationships小説
佐倉明 さくら あきら Ekoda Literary Award

A prizewinning work from a literary award rooted in a literary magazine. It can be read as fiction that uses a dense voice and everyday texture to portray memory and unstable relationships.

江古田文学賞受賞作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

literary magazinememoryeveryday lifehuman relationships
三井博子 みつい ひろこ Ekoda Literary Award

A prizewinning work of the Ekoda Literary Award, presenting inner life through the details of the everyday. It foregrounds the voice of an emerging writer, as is characteristic of an open literary prize.

江古田文学賞受賞作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

new literary writingdaily lifeinteriorityshort fiction
岡田寛司 おかだ かんじ honorable mention

A short story by Kanji Okada included in the tenth-anniversary collection of the Ekoda Literary Prize. Using the title's play between having enough and lacking enough, it approaches contemporary feelings of life and a kind of absence that is difficult to put into words.

Between what is enough and what is lacking, the sensations of daily life continue to waver.

427 pages
contemporary fictionlackdaily lifeEkoda Literary Prize
石田出 いしだ いずる honorable mention

真夏のサンタ・ルチア is an award-winning work by 石田出. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

真夏のサンタ・ルチア is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
福迫光英 ふくさこ みつひで honorable mention

すずきを釣る is an award-winning work by 福迫光英. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

すずきを釣る is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
長谷川賢人 はせがわ けんと Ekoda Literary Award

ロストアンドファウンド by 長谷川健人 is introduced as a work shaped by 現代小説, 喪失. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into ロストアンドファウンド, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

現代小説喪失発見新人賞
関澤哲郎 せきざわ てつろう honorable mention

「まじめな人」第四位 by 関沢哲郎 is introduced as a work shaped by 現代小説, 人物像. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into 「まじめな人」第四位, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

現代小説人物像価値観新人賞
Asami Iizuka いいづか あさみ Ekoda Literary Award

The Ethics of the Double Helix won the fourth Egoda Literary Award and was reported as a prize-winning story by Asami Iizuka, then a student in Nihon University's literary arts program. The work was printed in full with comments in Egoda Bungaku No. 60.

An award-winning story from a university literary magazine's newcomer prize.

newcomer awarduniversity literary magazineethicscontemporary fiction
谷不三央 たに ふみお Ekoda Literary Award

A literary work by Fumio Tani, recorded as an Egoda Literary Award winner. Its title evokes youth and a stage of growth through a game-like level notation.

An award-winning work whose level-like title signals youthful feeling and a narrative stage.

contemporary literatureyouthgrowthgame-like sensibility
富崎喜代美 とみざき きよみ Ekoda Literary Award

"Mao" by Kiyomi Tomizaki is recorded as a 2004 Egoda Literary Award work. Public award records confirm the title and author, but no standalone book or paperback edition could be verified.

A prize-recorded short work treated separately from standalone book editions.

Egoda Literary Awardshort fictionno confirmed book edition
中村徳昭 なかむら のりあき Ekoda Literary Award

遠ざかる声 is a 2003 recognized work by 中村徳昭. It stands within the context of 受賞作 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

遠ざかる声, a recognized work by 中村徳昭, is shaped by 受賞作.

受賞作物語作家性
岡本陽介 おかもと ようすけ Ekoda Literary Award

塔 is a work by 岡本陽介. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.

塔 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

literaturememoryaward-winning work
松田祥子 まつだ しょうこ excellence award

ピンクレディー is a work by 松田祥子. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.

ピンクレディー can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

literaturememoryaward-winning work