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Enterbrain Entame Grand Award Light Novel Famitsu Bunko Division

えんたーぶれいんえんためたいしょうらいとのべるふぁみつうぶんこぶもん

The light-novel division of the Enterbrain Entame Awards, seeking new writers for Famitsu Bunko publication before being succeeded by the Famitsu Bunko Grand Award.

Light novelLight Novel: Famitsu Bunko division
Established
1999
Organizer
Enterbrain / KADOKAWA
Category
Light Novels and Web Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September–October
Announcement Period
around March–April
Status
Ended

Description

Established in 1999, with name changes in 2002 and 2015, it ended with the 20th edition in 2018. Grand Prize works were published by Famitsu Bunko and succeeded by the "Famitsu Bunko Grand Prize".

Prize

Main Prize
Main prize + additional prize ¥1,000,000 (Grand Prize)
Cash Prize
1,000,000 JPY
  • Main prize + additional prize ¥500,000 (Excellence Award)
  • Main prize + additional prize ¥50,000 (Toho Gakuen Special Prize)

Related Awards

  • Enterbrain Entame Grand Award
  • Famitsu Bunko Grand Prize

Official Resources

http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/entertainment/famitsubunko.html

Past Winners

倉井眉介 excellence award

This battle fantasy is set in a world where heroes once summoned as saviors have become rulers over time. Through the struggle of a princess knight and her allies to send them home, it examines the distortions caused by imported power.

A fantasy clash between heroes who refuse to leave and locals who need them gone.

320 pages
summoned heroesfantasy worldsrule and dominationlocal resistance
井上ねこ special award

Members of a physics club are set in motion by a girl's wish to launch a model rocket from the school grounds. Through a banned experiment, a past incident, and shifting friendships, the story connects their hopes toward the sky.

A reason to launch sends a stalled youth back toward the sky.

288 pages
youthmodel rocketsphysics clubnew beginnings
蒼井碧 excellence award

Sangokushi fan Takato Nakahara is summoned by Zhuge Liang and asked to serve Liu Bei in his place. The legendary heroes turn out to be beautiful girls, and Liu Bei is less a virtuous ruler than a scheming layabout who wants an idle life.

A boy turned false Kongming races through an age of war alongside a shameless, beautiful Liu Bei.

320 pages
Three Kingdomssummoninggender-swapped heroesschemescomedy
田村和大 special award

Jin, a bottom-ranked exterminator, keeps taking solo quests despite being looked down on. When the well-equipped girl Ein discovers his secret and forces a partnership, his supposedly useless death skill begins to drive the story in a crisis.

A skill thought to be the weakest pushes a boy and girl into an unexpected adventure.

288 pages
adventurerweakest skillsecretpartyaction fantasy
くろきすがや special award

In a world where the Demon Lord has offered peace, the hero cannot fit into ordinary high school and shuts himself away. The Demon Lord, now class representative, starts bringing him handouts, and their growing friendship turns into a conflict over returning to school that pulls in both the hero's party and the demon army.

Whether to return to school or stay shut in becomes the grand battle between hero and Demon Lord.

288 pages
heroDemon Lordshut-inschoolfantasy comedy
宮ヶ瀬水 special award

Umi Semiya, a deeply negative yet inwardly energetic high school girl, shares a secret with the elderly teacher Genzo Toyohashi. Their lunchtime talks about small school mysteries lead her to reason through a beautiful upperclassman's worries and a locked-room incident in a clubroom.

An old man and a high school girl unravel small school mysteries through lunchtime conversation.

288 pages
school mysteryelderly teacherhigh school girleveryday mysteryyouth
岩木一麻 excellence award

リンドウにさよならを is an award-winning work by ぼたんちえ. It is presented here as the work associated with the エンターブレインえんため大賞ライトノベルファミ通文庫部門.

An award-winning work by ぼたんちえ: リンドウにさよならを.

award-winning workliterature
三好昌子 special award

チート勇者を倒すゲスな方法 is an award-winning work by 夏希のたね. It is presented here as the work associated with the エンターブレインえんため大賞ライトノベルファミ通文庫部門.

An award-winning work by 夏希のたね: チート勇者を倒すゲスな方法.

award-winning workliterature
柏木伸介 Toho Gakuen special award

パンドラの種 is an award-winning work by こまちちか. It is presented here as the work associated with the エンターブレインえんため大賞ライトノベルファミ通文庫部門.

An award-winning work by こまちちか: パンドラの種.

award-winning workliterature
一色さゆり excellence award

エンデンブルクの花嫁 is an award-winning work by 水城みなも. 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 エンデンブルクの花嫁, the work leads readers toward the author viewpoint and the core of the story.

286 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturecharacter depictionmemory and time
城山真一 special award

くすぐり闘士の無魔術戦記(ゼロ・レコード) is an award-winning work by 安歩三. 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 くすぐり闘士の無魔術戦記(ゼロ・レコード), the work leads readers toward the author viewpoint and the core of the story.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturecharacter depictionmemory and time
大津光央 special award

スーパーな男 is an award-winning work by 柏木サトシ. 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 スーパーな男, the work leads readers toward the author viewpoint and the core of the story.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturecharacter depictionmemory and time
才羽楽 special award

ブサイクですけど何か? is an award-winning work by 黒沼シハル. 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 ブサイクですけど何か?, the work leads readers toward the author viewpoint and the core of the story.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturecharacter depictionmemory and time
降田天 excellence award

avec black is an award-recognized work by 久遠侑. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

avec black, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
辻堂ゆめ excellence award

田野音好の青春聞聞録〜キミに一耳惚れ〜 is an award-recognized work by もちたろう. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

田野音好の青春聞聞録〜キミに一耳惚れ〜, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
神家正成 special award

魚里高校ダンジョン部! 藻女神様と行く、迷宮甲子園 is an award-recognized work by 安歩三. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

魚里高校ダンジョン部! 藻女神様と行く、迷宮甲子園, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
山本巧次 Toho Gakuen special award

スピリット・レイジング is an award-recognized work by 立座翔大. The bibliographic review is based on the title recorded in the award data and keeps publication identifiers separate from magazine or submission records.

A work recorded as an award-recognized title by 立座翔大.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
梶永正史 excellence award

A light novel that brings courtroom procedure into a fantasy world by putting the hero who saved it on trial. It comically asks about responsibility and justice after an adventure has ended.

The hero’s great deeds are judged in court.

328 pages
courtroomfantasyherocomedy
八木圭一 excellence award

The award title is confirmed, but no Famitsu Bunko publication under the same title could be verified through Amazon JP, NDL, or the publisher site. The title suggests history and seeds, and it may have been retitled or not published.

The award title is confirmed, but no standalone book circulation could be verified.

award workunverified bibliographylight novel
越谷友華 special award

A light novel retitled for publication after the award, built around a murderer and a search involving a supernatural eye. It combines grotesque material with obsessive characters to tell a story of guilt and fixation.

The search for a supernatural eye becomes a story of guilt and obsession.

296 pages
supernatural eyesgrotesque mysteryobsessionlight novel
影山匙 special award

The award title is confirmed, but no standalone publication under this title could be verified. Its combination of imperial capital, sword action, and modernity suggests it may have been retitled for publication.

The title remains as an imperial-capital sword romance, but publication data could not be verified.

sword actionimperial capitalaward workunverified bibliography
稲波翔 Toho Gakuen special award

An award-title light novel project combining football and magic. No standalone book publication could be verified, so no identifiers can be assigned.

An award title linking football heroism with magical fantasy.

footballmagicaward workunverified bibliography
安生正 grand prize

Tsuwabuki Haru, one of the few boys at the elite Saint Cinderella Academy, is dragged into an absurd campaign of confessions by the fierce and single-minded Miyako Dokutsugi. The novel is a high-speed school romantic comedy built on exaggerated premises and rapid-fire banter.

An impossible run of confessions turns school romance into a full-throttle comedy.

328 pages
school romantic comedyconfessionelite girls' schoolhigh energy
新藤卓広 excellence award

Kamiya Kyosuke is falsely sent to a reform academy for juvenile offenders, where his classmates are said to be murderers. The first volume of Psycome turns a dangerous premise into a blend of school comedy, romance, and battle action.

A falsely accused boy begins life at an academy where every classmate is supposedly a killer.

328 pages
reform academyfalse accusationkillersromantic comedybattle action
柊サナカ special award

High-school detective Yu Hazumi is taken to the isolated Mitsukaze Academy and pressed into service as Kuroe Tengokuin's strategist in a student-council war. The story combines tactical school battles with weapons formed from thought.

On an isolated academy island, a boy detective becomes an unwilling strategist in a battle for power.

328 pages
school warstrategistcross-dressingsupernatural battletactics
あいま祐樹 special award

Yuki Kamizono and his friends are drawn into a combat game staged for the amusement of people from the future. Armed with strange future weapons, they fight to preserve the ordinary days they wanted to keep.

A battle staged as entertainment for future spectators begins to steal the protagonists' everyday life.

future peoplesurvival gamedefending everyday lifeschool battle
小瀬朧 grand prize

Nanana's Buried Treasure follows Jugo Yama, a boy who arrives on an artificial school island and meets Nanana Ryugajo, a girl who remains in his room as a ghost. He is drawn into adventures surrounding the mysterious treasures she left behind, blending school life, treasure hunting, mystery, and youth ensemble drama.

An adventure begins on an artificial school island around the treasure left by a ghostly girl.

360 pages
school islandtreasure huntghostyouth adventure
貫井輝 excellence award

Akechi Shonen no Kojitsuke is a light mystery centered on Kyotaro Akechi, a boy who evokes the descendant of a great detective, and the people around him. Its school-life episodes move through playful dialogue and deliberately strained deductions.

Deductions that feel almost forced turn school life into a series of small mysteries.

296 pages
light mysteryschool lifedeductiondialogue comedy
告鳥友紀 special award

Jitsuroku! Edomae Sushi-bu Tanjo Hiwa was retitled SUSHI-BU! for publication. It is a school comedy about a boy whose name draws him into the Edomae Sushi Club and the commotion caused by girls pursuing sushi-making dreams.

A boy more interested in romance than sushi is swept into the chaos of the Edomae Sushi Club.

328 pages
school comedyclub activitiessushiretitled award work
松本楽志 special award

Kyujutsuka! is a light novel set in the archery department of a warrior training school founded to seal away a demon king. In a department with an awkward status beside more popular disciplines, Mika and her classmates live through lively school comedy.

Better than axes, but still awkward: the archery students live loudly while the demon king's return remains far away.

264 pages
school fantasyarchery departmentcomedysealed demon king
伊与原新 excellence award

Mousou Shojo is a ライトノベル by やのゆい. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Mousou Shojo is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

360 pages
award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
蓮見恭子 excellence award

Dog & Scissors is a ライトノベル by さらい. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Dog & Scissors is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

328 pages
award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
佐倉淳一 special award

Serendiana is a ライトノベル by 根木健太. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Serendiana is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
神沼三平太 special award

A Story That Is Not Fantasy at All: Pants is a ライトノベル by otohime式. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

A Story That Is Not Fantasy at All: Pants is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
有井聡 special award

The Crisis Game of Words is a ライトノベル by 一橋鶫. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

The Crisis Game of Words is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
古屋賢一 special award

I Started as an Ace is a ライトノベル by 佐藤祐真. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

I Started as an Ace is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
地獄熊マイケル Toho Gakuen special award

Darker of the Taboo God is a ライトノベル by 神門京. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Darker of the Taboo God is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
大門剛明 excellence award

A contemporary fantasy about a girl whose fantasies infect reality and the boy drawn into her orbit. It combines romance, chaos, and adolescent instability, moving through brisk dialogue.

空色パンデミック1 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

296 pages
contemporary fantasyromanceimaginationboy meets girl
白石かおる excellence award

A light novel recorded among the Famitsu Bunko section winners. It emphasizes character-driven development, entertainment value, and accessibility for younger readers.

えんため大賞ライトノベル部門受賞作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

light novelcharactersentertainment fictionnew writer award
仲町六絵 special award

A Famitsu Bunko section winner that combines genre-fiction pleasure with the momentum of a new writer. It belongs to a light novel context that values a clear premise and pace.

えんため大賞ライトノベル部門受賞作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

light novelgenre fictionpacedebut writer
石居椎 Toho Gakuen special award

A prizewinning light novel with an eccentric title and a strongly projected premise. It is positioned as entertainment fiction that foregrounds comedy and character energy.

未確認飛行おっぱい is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

comedylight noveleccentric premisecharacters
Hiroshi Ishikawa いしかわ ひろしな excellence award

Mimikari Neruri Gonyugaku Banzai Banzai Banbanzai is Hiroshina Ishikawa’s debut school fantasy. Its strange school culture and dense characterization are packed into an exuberant, excessive narrative voice.

The festivity of enrollment and a strange school world rush forward in a forceful narrative voice.

360 pages
light novelschool fantasyfantastic inventiondebut work
Noritake Tao たまも excellence award

Gyarugee no Sekai yo, Yokoso! is a school romantic comedy built around the wish that heroines from a dating adventure game appear in reality. The protagonist thinks he has made his ideal story real, only to be thrown off by the gap between game logic and real life.

A reality that cannot be solved by game choices unsettles the protagonist’s relationships with the heroines.

328 pages
light novelschool romantic comedygame and realitymetafiction
刑部聖 おさかべ せい encouragement award

“Angu-o” is an encouragement prize work by Sei Osakabe. Its title suggests a light novel centered on kingship or power, but no published book edition was confirmed.

The title, “Foolish King,” suggests an interest in power and characterization.

light novel prizeunpublished workkingshippower
黒津賀来志 くろつが らいし Toho Gakuen special award

“Ayako no Black Hole” is an award-recognized work by Raishi Kurotsuga. It is recorded as a Toho Gakuen special prize work, but no reliable standalone book publication was confirmed.

An award-recognized work, apparently unpublished as a book, centered on the ominous pull suggested by its title.

light novel prizeunpublished workblack holeyouth
岡本タクヤ おかもと たくや excellence award

ボーイミーツガール オン ライン(千の剣の舞う空に) is an award-winning work by 岡本タクヤ. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

ボーイミーツガール オン ライン(千の剣の舞う空に) is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
小野正道 おの まさみち excellence award

Caos Kaoz Discaos カオス・カオズ・ディスケイオス is an award-winning work by 小野正道. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

Caos Kaoz Discaos カオス・カオズ・ディスケイオス is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
彩峰優 あやみね ゆう special award

サージャント・グリズリー is an award-winning work by 彩峰優. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

サージャント・グリズリー is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

292 pages
award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
花谷敏嗣 はなたに としつぐ encouragement award

すばらしき明日の反対側(セキララ!!) is an award-winning work by 花谷敏嗣. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

すばらしき明日の反対側(セキララ!!) is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
江都苑 えと えん encouragement award

かみまご(カミマゴ 羽根としっぽと世界征服) is an award-winning work by 江都苑. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

かみまご(カミマゴ 羽根としっぽと世界征服) is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
末永外徒 すえなが ほと excellence award

学校の初恋 by 末永外徒 is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 初恋. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into 学校の初恋, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

296 pages
ライトノベル初恋学園時間
Masahiko Kimoto きもと まさひこ honorable mention

声で魅せてよベイビー by 木本雅彦 is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 声優. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into 声で魅せてよベイビー, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

296 pages
ライトノベル声優演技ラブコメ
Kenji Inoue いのうえ けんじ editorial department special prize

バカとテストと召喚獣 by 井上堅二 is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 学園. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into バカとテストと召喚獣, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

296 pages
ライトノベル学園コメディ召喚バトル
八樹こうすけ やき こうすけ editorial department special prize

OUGI! by 八樹こうすけ is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 新人賞. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into OUGI!, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

ライトノベル新人賞未刊行ファミ通文庫
直月秋政 なおつき あきまさ Toho Gakuen special award

雅先生の地球侵略日誌 by 直月秋政 is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 侵略. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into 雅先生の地球侵略日誌, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

260 pages
ライトノベル侵略特撮パロディコメディ
Takaaki Kaima かいすえ たかあき excellence award

A school youth light novel about a high school student drawn into an unofficial Stair Club, where running through school stairways becomes an expression of youthful impulse and friendship.

They simply run the stairs, and that seemingly pointless sprint sets youth in motion.

285 pages
light novelschoolyouthclub activities
加藤聡 かとう さとし excellence award

走って帰ろう! is a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

走って帰ろう!, a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko.

enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunkoaward-recognized work
矢治哲典 やじ てつのり honorable mention

ワンダフル・ワンダリング・サーガ〜世界を救うのはパンダと女の子とサラリーマンと女子大生 is a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

ワンダフル・ワンダリング・サーガ〜世界を救うのはパンダと女の子とサラリーマンと女子大生, a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko.

enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunkoaward-recognized work
Yuta Taidu たいづ ゆうた Toho Gakuen special award

魔法日和の昼下がり is a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

魔法日和の昼下がり, a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko.

enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunkoaward-recognized work
天乃楓 あまの かえで Toho Gakuen special award

アカのキセキ is a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

アカのキセキ, a work recognized by the enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunko.

enterbrain-entame-grand-award-light-novel-famitsu-bunkoaward-recognized work
あきさかあさひ あきさか あさひ excellence award

Nagisa no Lobster Shojo is a Famitsu Bunko light novel by Asahi Akisaka. It was published in paperback in 2005, carrying the offbeat seaside image and fresh momentum of a newcomer prize title.

An offbeat young-adult light novel centered on a seaside girl.

249 pages
light novelseasidenewcomer prize
橘柑子 たちばな かんこ excellence award

A comic fantasy set at Ryokuryutei, an inn on the edge of a dark forest where human and nonhuman guests constantly stir up trouble. The arrival of a prince carrying a toad throws the energetic innkeeper Ryn into even greater commotion.

Humans and uncanny guests gather at a forest inn and stir up another noisy day.

253 pages
inn fantasycomedynonhuman guests
Akira (日日日) ひびひび honorable mention

A high-energy light novel in which unusual beings are gathered into a pseudo-family while searching for the child of a destructive god. Beneath the manic dialogue and exaggerated characters lies a story about people without blood ties forming a family.

A makeshift family of strange beings searches for a place to belong amid chaos.

279 pages
found familycomedysupernatural abilities
Izumi Randou いずみ らんどう honorable mention

RE: Nagino Aoi: Chokosoku Kido Ryushirosen Haruichiban is a Famitsu Bunko light novel built around an enormous vessel and the choices of young characters. Its extravagant premise leads into a story about moving forward with one's own answer.

Young characters move toward their choices around a massive reactor ship.

301 pages
science-fiction light novelshipchoice
Ryo Sato さとう りょう Toho Gakuen special award

Ikeru Shojo no Pavane by Ryo Sato is recorded in the Entame Award Famitsu Bunko division. No standalone book or paperback with this title could be verified in public bibliographic sources.

A prize-recorded work with no verified standalone book edition.

newcomer prizeunconfirmed publicationlight novel
Sennendō Taguchi たぐち せんねんどう grand prize

吉永さん家のガーゴイル is a 2003 recognized work by 田口仙年堂. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

吉永さん家のガーゴイル, a recognized work by 田口仙年堂, is shaped by ライトノベル.

244 pages
ライトノベルファンタジー成長
星隈真野 ほしくま まの honorable mention

朱き女神の杜(駒王神社深川家物語) is a 2003 recognized work by 星隈真野. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

朱き女神の杜(駒王神社深川家物語), a recognized work by 星隈真野, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
荒川要助 あらかわ ようすけ honorable mention

精霊紀界ディメンティア is a 2003 recognized work by 荒川要助. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

精霊紀界ディメンティア, a recognized work by 荒川要助, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
Satoshi Ougi おうぎ さとし editorial department special prize

閉鎖師ユウと黄昏恋歌 is a 2003 recognized work by 扇智史. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

閉鎖師ユウと黄昏恋歌, a recognized work by 扇智史, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
靴沢ゆうき くつざわ ゆうき Toho Gakuen special award

新説 無月物語 The Dark Tales is a 2003 recognized work by 靴沢ゆうき. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

新説 無月物語 The Dark Tales, a recognized work by 靴沢ゆうき, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
卯月勇太 うづき ゆうた Toho Gakuen special award

バッドボーイ×バッドガール is a 2003 recognized work by 卯月勇太. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

バッドボーイ×バッドガール, a recognized work by 卯月勇太, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
Kazuya Sakamoto さかもと かずや excellence award

この時代に生きることを is a work by 坂本和也. 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.

この時代に生きることを can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
朝倉衛 あさくら まもる honorable mention

カレディナ・プラウスキュル is a work by 朝倉衛. 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.

カレディナ・プラウスキュル can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
清藤コタツ きよふじ こたつ honorable mention

白詰草の香り is a work by 清藤コタツ. 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.

白詰草の香り can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
豊倉真幸 とよくら まゆき Toho Gakuen special award

永久駆動パペットショウ is a work by 豊倉真幸. 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.

永久駆動パペットショウ can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
Nomura Mizuki のむら みづき best award

Mizuki Nomura's debut novel follows a group of university women who go to Gunma in search of a missing friend and become caught up in strange events involving a table-tennis hall on Mount Akagi and a table-tennis deity. Chorus, friendship, table tennis, and wild fantasy mix with brisk energy.

At a table-tennis hall on Mount Akagi, friendship, singing voices, and outlandish events bounce together.

252 pages
light novelfriendshiptable tenniscomedy
上島拓海 うえしま たくみ honorable mention

Takumi Ueshima's light novel centers on a promise of magic and a limited span of three months, depicting young people's choices, changes, and the premonition of parting. It has the freshness of an award-winning debut and the poignancy created by a time limit.

A three-month magic illuminates the time of meeting and parting.

214 pages
light novelmagicyouthtime limit
Kyoichi Ito いとう たかやす prize winner

A light novel by Takayasu Ito, a fantasy built around a witch and the image of deep green, depicting otherworldly power and encounters among young characters.

深緑の魔女

light novelwitchfantasy
Kou Tobita とびた こう honorable mention

A light novel by Ko Tobita that uses parallel worlds and multiple cosmologies to tell an adventure in which the structure of reality shifts.

パラレル・パラダイム・パラダイス(ハイブリッド ユニバース)

light novelparallel worldsadventure
てつまよしとう てつま よしとう honorable mention

A light novel by Yoshito Tetsuma centered on a gunner, an action-oriented story of combat, missions, and youthful conflict.

GUNNER

light novelgunsaction
鈴羽らふみ すずは らふみ Toho Gakuen special award

A light novel by Rafumi Suzuhara, a fantasy about those who inherit wings, portraying succession, longing for the sky, and journeys with companions.

アルシア・バード 翼を継ぐものたち

light novelwingsinheritance
荒井千明 あらい ちあき best award

"ボディーガード(UNDER TRAP)" is a work by 荒井千明. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"ボディーガード(UNDER TRAP)" is an award-winning work that reflects 荒井千明's distinctive approach.

award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
Kazuki Sakuraba さくらば かずき honorable mention

"夜空に、満天の星(ロンリネス・ガーディアン)" is a work by 桜庭一樹. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"夜空に、満天の星(ロンリネス・ガーディアン)" is an award-winning work that reflects 桜庭一樹's distinctive approach.

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Kamino Okina かみの おきな honorable mention

"かがみのうた" is a work by 神野 オキナ. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"かがみのうた" is an award-winning work that reflects 神野 オキナ's distinctive approach.

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青山カナコ あおやま かなこ Toho Gakuen special award

"きみの願い、ぼくの望み" is a work by 青山カナコ. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"きみの願い、ぼくの望み" is an award-winning work that reflects 青山カナコ's distinctive approach.

award-winning workliteratureauthorial style