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Fantasia Grand Award

ふぁんたじあたいしょう

Fantasia Bunko's newcomer light-novel award, run in two submission periods for broad entertainment works aimed at teen readers.

Full-length novelLight novel
Established
1989
Organizer
KADOKAWA / Fantasia Bunko Editorial Department
Category
Light Novels and Web Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
2 per year
Application Deadline
around August, around February
Announcement Period
around March–April, around September–October
Status
Active

Description

The Fantasia Grand Award is a literary prize sponsored by Fujimi Shobo, an internal brand of KADOKAWA, targeting full-length novels with annual (now twice-yearly) calls for submissions and selections. The grand prize winner is published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko.

Prize

Main Prize
Publication of the grand prize-winning work (Fujimi Fantasia Bunko)
  • Publishing contract
  • Includes commentary by editorial staff and judges
  • Book publication of winning works

Selection

Selection Process

First selection
Judges Editorial department
Announcement Announce selected works
Final selection
Judges Judging panel
Announcement Announce winning works for each award

Related Awards

  • Fujimi Young Mystery Grand Award
  • Next Fantasia Grand Award
  • Fujimi Light Novel Literature Grand Award

Official Resources

https://www.fantasiataisho.com/

Past Winners

Dachima Inaka grand prize

A school fantasy in which the relationship with a summoned beast drifts away from ordinary expectations. The distance between the protagonist and the inhuman creature creates both suspicion and intimacy.

A strange shared life with an inhuman summoned beast intrudes on ordinary school life.

328 pages
light novelschoolsummoningfantasy
Reira gold prize

A light novel in which an intensely self-conscious narrator breaks apart their sense of the world between fantasy and game logic. Comedy and unease coexist throughout.

The narrator’s exaggerated self-fashioning intensifies the story’s unsettling distortions.

312 pages
light novelself-consciousnessgame-like worldunease
Hamubane silver prize

A fantasy novel that builds classic sword-and-prayer motifs between lightness and restrained urgency. It refuses to settle the outlines of good and evil too quickly.

Sword and prayer gradually shift the shape of a straightforward hero story.

328 pages
light novelswordprayerheroic fantasy
Hideo Yokoyama Tachibana Koshi Special Award

A light novel that weaves digital and dystopian vocabulary into a pursuit of the contact point between conflicting worlds. Its structural rigidity and speed coexist at once.

The feel of cloud and thread helps hold together the story’s tension.

342 pages
light noveldystopiadigitalconflict
Dachima Inaka grand prize
Reira gold prize
Hamubane special award
Hideo Yokoyama silver prize
Hayashiya Taihei silver prize
Sheena Ringo silver prize
Dachima Inaka grand prize
360 pages
Reira gold prize
296 pages
Hamubane gold prize
344 pages
Hideo Yokoyama silver prize
312 pages
Hayashiya Taihei special award
296 pages
Sheena Ringo selected
328 pages
Dachima Inaka gold prize

The award-winning Hakkou no Rosalind was published as Junpaku Reijo no Chohoin: Kaihen 1. Koshakuke Henkakuki. Raptor, a spy reincarnated into the world of the novel he loved, uses knowledge of the future and schemes to rewrite the fate of Rosalind, the doomed heroine.

A scheming fantasy in which the strongest reader rewrites the ruin of the heroine he loves.

358 pages
reincarnation fantasyschemingrewriting a storynoble heroine
Reira gold prize

An award-winning work from the 2021 second round of the Fantasia Grand Award, notable for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

An award-winning work from the 2021 second round of the Fantasia Grand Award.

Fantasia Grand Awardaward-winning work
Hamubane silver prize

"完璧な佐古さんは自ら落ちぶれていくようです" is a 銀賞 work from the Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 銀賞 work from Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1.

Fantasia Grand Awardaward-winning work
Hideo Yokoyama special award

"星を掴んだ凡人の話" is a 特別賞 work from the Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 特別賞 work from Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1.

Fantasia Grand Awardaward-winning work
Hayashiya Taihei selected

"嘘つき戦闘狂とまよえる羊" is a 入選 work from the Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 入選 work from Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1.

Fantasia Grand Awardaward-winning work
Sheena Ringo selected

"魔法使いは魔法を使えない" is a 入選 work from the Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 入選 work from Fantasia Grand Award 2021-1.

Fantasia Grand Awardaward-winning work
Dachima Inaka grand prize

A Fantasia Bunko light novel in which a demon king returns in the modern era and fights again in a cyberpunk future city.

A story of swords, magic, and cyberspace built around a demon king’s return.

360 pages
light novelfantasycyberpunkreturn
Reira gold prize

A Fantasia Bunko light novel in which a clown-like great witch and an ostracized boy challenge the gods.

In a world of trials and magic arts, the two overturn destiny.

326 pages
light novelfantasywitchrebellion
Hamubane silver prize

A Fantasia Bunko romantic comedy about a boy whose life unravels after his mother’s erotic light novel wins an award.

His mother’s award-winning novel upends the boy’s school life.

312 pages
light novelromantic comedyfamilyaward winner
Hideo Yokoyama special award

A Fantasia Bunko light novel in which a resurrected hero mentors a group of girl candidates to become heroes.

The hero’s guidance changes the girls’ battles.

344 pages
light novelfantasyheroschool
Hayashiya Taihei selected

A Fantasia Bunko coming-of-age romance about two outsiders who grow closer while sheltering from the rain on a rooftop.

On a rainy rooftop, the two slowly find a place to belong.

292 pages
light novelcoming of ageromancebelonging
Sheena Ringo selected

A Fantasia Bunko romantic comedy about a heroine haunted by death games and a boy who develop love and tension in everyday life.

Daily life with a death-game-brained heroine gradually reshapes into romance.

328 pages
light novelromantic comedydeath gameromance
Dachima Inaka grand prize

A spy fantasy extensively revised from the submitted title. It follows a master spy and a group of supposedly failed girls through deception, team building, and a carefully planted narrative trick.

A story of deception in which the world’s strongest spy and a group of girls face an impossible mission.

342 pages
spiesteamworkdeceptionfantasy
Reira gold prize

A youth romantic comedy in which the protagonist tries to win over a girl while being advised by the girl’s separated thought-form. Beneath the brisk banter lies a device about self-image and hidden truth.

A slightly uncanny youth romantic comedy that begins with a heroine-approved strategy.

296 pages
youthromantic comedythought-formself-understanding
Hamubane gold prize

A demon-army reform comedy that begins when a lazy demon lord meets a capable princess knight. It keeps the premise of the submitted title while foregrounding relaxed humor and the fun of reorganizing a fallen army.

A princess knight’s arrival begins to transform a demon army that refuses to work.

324 pages
demon lordprincess knightcomedyorganizational reform
Hideo Yokoyama gold prize

A romantic-comedy mystery about an amnesiac protagonist and girls who each keep secrets. Beneath the sweet exchanges runs the tension of discovering who is hiding what.

The truth of lost memory emerges through relationships with girls who carry lies.

328 pages
romantic comedyamnesiasecretsmystery
Hayashiya Taihei silver prize

A school fantasy retitled from the submitted work. A once-great boy sent a century into the future confronts distorted history and the stigma attached to his name.

A stigmatized strongest boy carves his name again in a future academy.

344 pages
school fantasymagic swordfuturerestoration of honor
Sheena Ringo selected

A selected work in the thirty-second Fantasia Award. The official announcement confirms its selection, but no standalone book or paperback publication under this title could be confirmed.

A selected work confirmed by the official announcement, with no confirmed book publication.

selected contest worklight novelno confirmed publication
Dachima Inaka grand prize

In a world locked in war through bullet magic, the young soldier Rain obtains a devil's bullet that erases the existence and achievements of its target. Together with a girl calling herself a ghost, he attempts to rewrite the war itself.

A single bullet rewrites the battlefield and the world's memory.

376 pages
warbullet magicaltered memorychild soldiers
Reira gold prize

At a prestigious magic academy now better known for its cafeteria than for magic, the cook Kyle accepts a challenge from student council president Lectia. The fantasy combines cooking and academy battles as knives and magic cross paths.

A battle for a magic academy's honor begins with a cook's knife work.

340 pages
magic academycookingschool battlesrecovery
Hamubane gold prize

A school romantic comedy published under the new title Hani Tora wa Kikanai. Eiyu dakara ne, Ore, based on the Fantasia Grand Prize Gold Prize winner Hani Tora nante Kowakunai!. Yusuke Eaka, the hero who ended the war against monsters on his own, enters school to reclaim his youth, only to find that nations have sent charming agents to lure him to their side.

Around the hero who saved the world, national schemes and romantic traps collide on campus.

344 pages
a hero's school lifehoney trapsyouth after another-world warinternational maneuveringromantic comedy
Hideo Yokoyama silver prize

A creative youth romantic comedy retitled from the Fantasia Grand Prize Silver Prize winner Gyaru no Pantsu to Pen Tablet. Arata, a barely active manga club member, discovers that the popular school gyaru Ema Ayasaki is also a charismatic artist and is drawn into helping her create a doujinshi.

A secretly otaku gyaru and a manga club boy grow closer through making a doujinshi together.

280 pages
creative youthdoujinshi productionsecret otaku identitygyaru heroineschool romantic comedy
Hayashiya Taihei silver prize

A supernatural case story retitled from the Fantasia Grand Prize Silver Prize winner Shinizokonai to Kokoro no Mikata. In a Sapporo troubled by rising ability-related crimes, the residents of Minasuke-so in Shiroishi Ward act as a self-governing group, and Koki Fujisaka, who can come back to life after dying, encounters the hidden worries of a new resident, Kokoro Hachino.

A boy who rises even after death faces both Sapporo's incidents and a girl's wounded heart.

328 pages
supernatural crimeSappororevival abilityhidden feelingsself-governing group
Sheena Ringo silver prize

A cohabitation romantic comedy with an older instructor, retitled from the Fantasia Grand Prize Silver Prize winner Nondakure Kyokan to Jiko Gisei Yaro. After a former student is injured while protecting the instructor he loves, the beautiful instructor feels responsible and insists on supporting him, beginning a sweet and noisy life together.

A self-sacrificing boy is swept up in the overwhelming affection of his older instructor.

328 pages
older heroinecohabitation romantic comedyself-sacrificeinstructor and former studentbattle against demons
Takayuki Yamamoto special award

A school romantic comedy about rap, retitled from the Fantasia Grand Prize Special Jury Prize winner In ni Insuru JK to Inkya no Boku. A gloomy boy who writes his resentment toward popular classmates in a notebook is approached by Sanshin, the most beautiful girl in his year, who asks him to diss her, and their secret rap sessions begin to transform his school life.

A gloomy boy's words become the weapon of rap and start moving his youth forward.

326 pages
rap battlesintroverted protagonistgyaru heroineself-expressionschool youth
Dachima Inaka grand prize

In a world where magical currency can buy almost any miracle, Haito Ushinai wins ownership of a girl named Melia after a battle over assets. As the two begin to discover ordinary happiness together, Melia's extraordinary value draws them into a far larger struggle.

There is money that can buy anything, yet some wishes remain beyond its reach.

264 pages
magical currencyhappinessstruggle for possessionmoney battle
Reira gold prize

Yuya and Aoba, heroes who once defeated the Demon King, are sent into the future to face his return. There they find a nation where magic has vanished and romantic feelings power combat, forcing the pair to act like lovers in order to save the world.

A romantic battle comedy where flirting with Aoba becomes the way to save the world.

340 pages
romantic energyheroesromantic comedydefeating the Demon King
Hamubane gold prize

Shogawa, the girl seated next to the narrator, secretly protects the town as a magical girl. As Gojou Hirachi keeps covering for her to protect that identity, his efforts begin to look to everyone else like the behavior of a boyfriend.

He is only trying to protect her secret, yet somehow they look like a couple.

296 pages
magical girlprotecting a secret identitymisunderstandingschool romantic comedy
Hideo Yokoyama special award

In a near future where vampires have become a public menace, Ibuki Shingu of an anti-vampire agency is ordered to recruit the progenitor Victoria. To his surprise, she agrees and sets out to reform a vampire society that has lost its discipline.

A disciplinary vampire battle action story that carves an old code into a chaotic world.

312 pages
vampiresdiscipline and reformsupernatural battlesnear future
Hayashiya Taihei silver prize

As a war for the demon throne is about to begin, Ragnar, one of the demons bearing the powers of the seven deadly sins, finds the entire conflict too troublesome. To survive without fighting, he sets out to persuade the strongest contenders to stop the war.

A demon of sloth tries to end a throne war by persuasion rather than battle.

seven deadly sinsdemon successionpersuasionsloth
Sheena Ringo silver prize

Sylphie, a beautiful half-elf swordswoman known as the Sword Saint, suddenly declares that she will become a novelist. She takes her party companion Mist into a dungeon, but her real aim is to preserve their adventure and romance as a story.

An expedition meant to create a monster guide becomes a story preserving a romance.

adventurewritinghalf-elffantasy romantic comedy
Takayuki Yamamoto special award

Susumu Noda, unable to enjoy the ideal high-school life he has gained, is diagnosed with a kind of youth numbness by the isolated beauty Riri Saijo. Through a transgressive relationship with her, he discovers the thrill of exposing his true self and begins to imagine cutting away his other relationships.

A boy unable to fit into youth finds happiness only in a secret relationship.

youth numbnesstransgressionself-exposureisolation
Chiharu Shiota selected

Expand Extend advanced through the 30th early Fantasia Grand Award selection. No detailed standalone publication information could be confirmed on official sources, so this record preserves only the verified title and author context.

A work confirmed in the official selection results, with no confirmed standalone book edition.

Fantasia Grand Awardselection resultunpublished
Naofumi Maruyama selected

When Yamamayu Kata returns from a leave of absence, he finds that the expression club he once knew has become a room filled with vivid personalities, including a tanned girl, an idol-like junior, and a blonde beauty. The story follows their encounters through fiction, photography, singing, and other forms of self-expression.

An otaku-flavored youth story unfolding in the clubroom of an expression club.

creationclub activitiesyouthself-expression
Osamu Ikeda selected

A youth entertainment story with a disaster-thriller premise, following a student on a school trip who is forced into an emergency involving an incapacitated pilot. It is confirmed as a selected entry for the 30th Fantasia Grand Award, but no standalone book or paperback publication could be verified.

A reckless mission in the sky suddenly falls into the hands of a student.

aviation crisisschool tripemergencya young protagonist's decision
selected

Can You Resist This Unreasonable Fate? is registered as a work connected to the 30th Fantasia Grand Award, but no standalone book or paperback publication could be confirmed in official results or publisher bibliographic sources. Since no book containing the work itself was found, bibliographic identifiers are left unset.

No publication record could be confirmed, so no identifiers are assigned to the work itself.

Fantasia Grand Awardunpublishedfate
Dachima Inaka grand prize

通常攻撃が全体攻撃で二回攻撃のお母さんは好きですか? is an award-winning work by 井中だちま. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 井中だちま: 通常攻撃が全体攻撃で二回攻撃のお母さんは好きですか?.

award-winning workliterature
Reira gold prize

だから少年は彼女を消すことにした is an award-winning work by 田辺屋敷. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 田辺屋敷: だから少年は彼女を消すことにした.

award-winning workliterature
Hamubane gold prize

伏せ札オープンばりに前髪オープン is an award-winning work by 凪木エコ. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 凪木エコ: 伏せ札オープンばりに前髪オープン.

award-winning workliterature
Hideo Yokoyama silver prize

これが俺の最強ロード〜彼女とジジイが導いてくれるようです〜 is an award-winning work by 下等妙人. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 下等妙人: これが俺の最強ロード〜彼女とジジイが導いてくれるようです〜.

award-winning workliterature
Hayashiya Taihei special award

女の子のおしっこは好きですか?[YES/NO] is an award-winning work by 相上おかき. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 相上おかき: 女の子のおしっこは好きですか?[YES/NO].

award-winning workliterature
Sheena Ringo selected

その死霊術教師、小物 is an award-winning work by T・ユッキツ. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by T・ユッキツ: その死霊術教師、小物.

award-winning workliterature

殴りサマナと呼ばないで is an award-winning work by 福山陽士. It is presented here as the work associated with the ファンタジア大賞.

An award-winning work by 福山陽士: 殴りサマナと呼ばないで.

award-winning workliterature
Kei Amagi あまぎ けい grand prize

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

336 pages
light novelschool暗殺者師弟ファンタジー
ざるとたぬき ざると たぬき gold prize

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

304 pages
light novelromantic comedyschoolオタク文化
亜逸 silver prize

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

313 pages
light novelvampires戦闘英雄ファンタジー
鬼火あられ おにび あられ silver prize

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

334 pages
light novelgoing-home clubschoolyouthコメディ
竹原漢字 たけはら かんじ special award

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

317 pages
light novelschoolromantic comedy病弱ヒロイン日常の謎
霧山よん きりやま よん special award

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

281 pages
light novelotherworldromantic comedy姫騎士就職
烏多森慎也 うたたもり しんや selected

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

light novelファンタジーunpublished
霜月重蔵 しもつき じゅうぞう selected

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

light novelファンタジーunpublished
野生 gold prize

逆襲のスライムトレーナー is an award-recognized work by 野生. 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 野生.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
日音暮モノ gold prize

二・五次元スリーセブンズ is an award-recognized work by 日音暮モノ. 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 日音暮モノ.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
田坂彰生 たさか あきお silver prize

俺の妹を世界一の魔法使いにする方法 is an award-recognized work by 田坂彰生. 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 田坂彰生.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
佐倉唄 さくら うた silver prize

ノーパンツ・チラリズム is an award-recognized work by 佐倉唄. 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 佐倉唄.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
朱瑠兎 しゅると final selection

魔法学校ゴーレム科 is an award-recognized work by 朱瑠兎. 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 朱瑠兎.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
勝間登 かつま のぼる runner-up grand prize

死体回収屋ブリッド is an award-recognized work by 勝間登. 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 勝間登.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
岬かつみ みさき かつみ gold prize

大ドロボウは小粋に盗む is an award-recognized work by 岬かつみ. 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 岬かつみ.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
青井シュウ あおい しゅう final selection

ナイト×ウィザード is an award-recognized work by 青井シュウ. 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 青井シュウ.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
言文紡 ことぶん つむぐ final selection

ジャンク屋サーガ is an award-recognized work by 言文紡. 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 言文紡.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
古池蛙太 ふるいけ かわた final selection

風切りのルーチェ is an award-recognized work by 古池蛙太. 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 古池蛙太.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
織宮和 おりみや かず final selection

無敵の傭兵と名もなき魔料理人 is an award-recognized work by 織宮和. 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 織宮和.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
Yotaro ようたろう grand prize

ニートなボクが魔術の講師になったワケ is an award-recognized work by 羊太郎. 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 羊太郎.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
Seiji Ebisu えびす せいじ gold prize

女の子に夢を見てはいけません! is an award-recognized work by 恵比須清司. 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 恵比須清司.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
氷高悠 ひよたか ゆう silver prize

魔法少女ほのりは今すぐ辞めたい。 is an award-recognized work by 氷高悠. 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 氷高悠.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
一石月下 いっせき げっか silver prize

女装王子と男装王女のワルツ is an award-recognized work by 一石月下. 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 一石月下.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
阿野ロロ あの ろろ final selection

偽物の雪の降る街 is an award-recognized work by 阿野ロロ. 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 阿野ロロ.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
二也紋途 にや もんと final selection

形骸都市のサインズ・ロウ is an award-recognized work by 二也紋途. 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 二也紋途.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
蓮浦行 はすうら こう final selection

ホミサイド・ガールズ is an award-recognized work by 蓮浦行. 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 蓮浦行.

award-recognized workbibliographic verificationpublication status
羽根川牧人 はねがわ まきと gold prize

An award-title urban SF/fantasy work. Later works by the author are visible, but no standalone publication under this title could be verified.

An award title with a sense of city and gadgets.

cityscience fictionaward workunverified bibliography
星敦士 ほし あつし silver prize

A carrier boy is attacked over a mysterious container and, after finding a sleeping girl inside, is drawn into a mechanical fantasy adventure. The award title is verified as published under Blue Chronicle.

A girl inside a container leads a boy into an adventure of skies and machines.

285 pages
mecha fantasycarrieradventuregirl
秋月紫 あきづき むらさき silver prize

An award title combining ghosts, a sadistic tone, and grotesque appetite. No book under the same title could be verified through Amazon JP, NDL, or the publisher, and a retitled publication could not be confirmed.

The unusual title is confirmed, but identifiers for a standalone book could not be verified.

ghostssupernaturallight novelunverified bibliography
庵桐サチ いおり がり さち Light Novel Literary Award

The award title was published as Denchishiki: Kimi no Kioku kara Boku ga Kieru made. It is a light literary novel foregrounding memory, disappearance, and emotional loss.

It portrays a fading existence as the pain of youth.

274 pages
memorylossyouthlight literary fiction
霧友諒 きりとも りょう Light Novel Literary Award

The award title was retitled for publication as Mienai Kanojo no Sagashimono. In a society where ghosts are ordinary, it follows a young man who cannot see them and an amnesiac ghost girl living together.

Life with an unseen girl becomes a youth story about memory and parting.

298 pages
ghostsmemoryyouthshared life
日梨怜一郎 ひなし れいいちろう final selection

招魂のセレス is confirmed as an award-winning work, but no standalone book publication could be verified.

招魂のセレス is confirmed as an award-winning work, but no standalone book publication could be verified.

award-winning manuscriptlight novelpublication unverified
Moroboshi Yuu もろぼし ゆうせい gold prize

Humanity lives in floating cities after the surface is lost to armored insects. Kanata Age, scorned as a traitor, becomes the instructor of the repeatedly defeated E601 squad and must train three difficult young candidates.

A despised instructor gives a losing squad of girls the chance to begin a comeback.

288 pages
aerial combatmage candidatesinstructorschool fantasyteam growth
草薙アキ くさなぎ あき readers prize

A silver-prize and readers' prize work from the second half of the 24th Fantasia Prize. The title suggests a battle fantasy centered on armored spiritual equipment, but no reliable standalone or renamed publication could be confirmed.

The award record includes a readers' prize, but a published bibliographic record could not be established.

Fantasia Prizereaders' prizebattle fantasypublication unconfirmed
来生直紀 きすぎ なおき silver prize

At East Cross Academy, where magic, spiritual powers, psychic abilities, and modern weapons intersect, Sho Kushiki, elite magician Ririka Nei, and the mysterious Lady are drawn into a crisis. The novel is a densely packed supernatural school battle story.

Before a boy who only wants youth, magic, powers, and modern weapons all begin to move at once.

313 pages
superpowered academymagicmodern weaponsyouthbattle
阿澄森羅 あすみ しんら Light Novel Literary Award

Shinya Niimi works for Marunagedo, a slightly illegal problem-solving agency in Shinjuku. Asked to deal with a headless body in an upscale apartment and find the missing resident, he is drawn into an old curse and a secret tied to himself.

An under-the-table job becomes a youth suspense story involving a headless body and a centuries-old curse.

288 pages
odd-job agencyyouth suspensesupernaturalunderworldcurse
戸田恵佑 とだ けいすけ final selection

A finalist in the second half of the 24th Fantasia Prize. Award lists confirm the title and author, but no standalone book publication could be found.

It is recorded as a finalist, but no publication record could be confirmed.

Fantasia Prizefinalistpublication unconfirmed
手水鉢直樹 てみずばち なおき final selection

A fantasy about a strange train that pulls in people trying to go to another world, and the characters tasked with sending them back. A later serialized version under the same title is available on Kakuyomu.

A story about returning people who stray onto a train bound for another world.

otherworldtrainreturnserialized versionfantasy
和泉夏乃 いずみ かの final selection

A finalist in the second half of the 24th Fantasia Prize, listed as Hoshikawa Quintet! by Kano Izumi. No standalone publication could be confirmed.

The title remains in award lists, but publication as a book could not be confirmed.

Fantasia Prizefinalistpublication unconfirmed
Takeba Kou たけば こう grand prize

In a ruined world, Toya Kazamine wields Paradigm Shift, a power that turns imagination into reality, and meets a girl who has lost her memory. Set among underwater cities and hostile remnants, the story is a boy-meets-girl tale about rebirth.

In a broken world, a boy's meeting with an amnesiac girl sets a story of rebirth in motion.

317 pages
post-apocalypsesupernatural poweramnesiarebirthboy meets girl
琴平ゆき ことひら ゆき gold prize

Rin, a failing student in the hero course, and Kai, a book-hating boy assigned to the biographer course, set out on an adventure over summer homework. The novel turns heroic fantasy into noisy school comedy.

The adventure begins with the reckless goal of becoming a hero after finishing summer homework.

298 pages
heroschool fantasysummer vacationcomedyadventure
日の原裕光 ひのはら ひろみつ silver prize

Kei Shiranui transfers to Shoryumon Academy, a school for students whose so-called chuunibyo manifests as special abilities, and is quickly entangled with Narumi, a girl infamous as the school's troublemaker. The book mixes supernatural school battles with romantic comedy.

At a school where chuunibyo becomes real power, a transfer student's plan to be cool collapses immediately.

280 pages
chuunibyosuperpowered academyromantic comedytroublemaker
小山タケル こやま たける silver prize

A silver-prize work from the first half of the 24th Fantasia Prize, recorded under the title Mori no Kikori wa Yoki ni Utau. Reliable evidence of standalone publication or a renamed edition could not be found.

An award record survives, but no standalone book edition could be confirmed.

Fantasia Prizepublication unconfirmedlight novel newcomer award
Yoichi Hatsumi はつみ よういち grand prize

Dekoboko Strangers was retitled RISING×RYDEEN for publication. This Fantasia Award-winning school supernatural comedy follows a boy who longs for special powers, awakens to an embarrassingly disappointing ability, and enters the world of ability users with his companions.

The power he wanted is not quite what he gets. A mismatched team's story begins with a disappointing ability.

266 pages
supernatural abilityschool lifecomedyretitled publication
Sakyo Jun かざみ まか gold prize

I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job is set in a world where the demon king has been defeated and heroes are no longer needed. Raul, once a hero candidate, works in a magic shop, and the arrival of the demon king's daughter Fino turns fantasy labor and daily life into comedy.

After his dream of becoming a hero disappears, a young man faces the demon king's daughter at work.

164 pages
fantasy workplaceemploymentdemon king's daughterromantic comedy
望月洋樹 もちづき ようき silver prize

Sushicon! Super Sister Complex was retitled Imouto Complex! -IC- for publication. This Fantasia Award silver-prize work is a frantic school romantic comedy about an intensely sister-loving brother and the school life his sister brings into turmoil.

A brother determined to prove his sister's charm throws school life into chaos.

298 pages
school romantic comedysiblingsslapstickretitled publication
春日秋人 かすが あきひと silver prize

Originally awarded as “Kanojo wa Magan o Tsukawanai,” the book was published as Zettai Fukuju Kanojo. It is a school supernatural romantic comedy about a boy immune to a girl’s controlling eye power and the chaotic chase that follows.

A girl who cannot control the one boy she wants keeps trying earnest, awkward schemes to win him over.

284 pages
school romantic comedymystic eye powerreversal of dominationsupernatural powers in everyday life
後藤祥斗 ごとう しょうと silver prize

Sokai no Atmosphere is a school battle fantasy set after the magical and scientific worlds have merged. Himeya Yatsurugi, a member of DST, rescues his childhood friend Princess Iris and is drawn into a conflict spanning both civilizations.

In a world where science and sorcery overlap, a reunion with a childhood friend changes a boy’s mission.

357 pages
two worldsschool battle fantasychildhood reunionmythic monsters
桧葉つづり ひば つづり final selection

Yatsura wa Hatsukoi Suishin Iinkai! is a romantic comedy about a boy who wants to get closer to the girl he likes and turns to the suspicious “First Love Promotion Committee,” only to be pushed around by its members.

A boy only wants help with first love, but a suspicious committee pushes him far harder than expected.

first loveschool romantic comedysuspicious committeeunrequited feelings
Tomohiro Kazusa かずさ ともひろ gold prize

The Witch of Arencia is a ライトノベル by 上総朋大. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

The Witch of Arencia is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

302 pages
award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
水沢黄平 みずさわ こうへい silver prize

Rudolf and the Girl is a ライトノベル by 水沢黄平. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Rudolf and the Girl is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

267 pages
award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
八奈川来晶 はちながわ らいしょう readers prize

Hellcome! is a ライトノベル by 八奈川来晶. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

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

350 pages
award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
小端安我流 こばた あがある special award

Justin! is a ライトノベル by 小端安我流. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Justin! 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
大黒尚人 おおぐろ なおと final selection

The Cross of Malta is a ライトノベル by 大黒尚人. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

The Cross of Malta 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
Kimihito Irie いりえ きみと grand prize

An end-of-the-world fantasy in which a gravekeeper girl encounters farewells and bonds in a world where no one is born and the dead do not truly die. Retitled after its award submission, it explores the boundary between life and death through a lonely girl's journey.

神さまのいない日曜日 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

253 pages
post-apocalyptic worldlife and deathgravekeeperjourneygirlhood
長岡真規子 ながおか まきこ gold prize

A school romantic comedy about a boy confronted with an unflattering assessment of himself and forced to face his position and relationships at school. It links unstable self-esteem with comic competition.

中の下! ランク1.中の下と言われたオレ is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

292 pages
school liferomantic comedyself-esteemcompetition
直江ヒロト なおえ ひろと readers prize

A boy-meets-girl story in which a middle-school boy is drawn into overlapping worlds after a mysterious girl's invitation to join her exploration squad. It depicts the collapse of everyday assumptions through brisk narration and adventure.

夏海紗音と不思議な世界1 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

283 pages
boy meets girloverlapping worldsadventurecollapse of the everyday
Awamura Akamitsu あわむら あかみつ final selection

A fantasy work recorded among the selections for the twenty-first Fantasia Award. Its otherworldly naming and sense of calamity suggest a distinctive setting among the year's recognized works.

黒巻き角帝国の厄日 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

fantasyother worldcalamitynew writer award
川蝉五月 かわせみ さつき final selection

A work included in the recognized selections of the twenty-first Fantasia Award. As an early submission by a writer later known in mystery fiction, it stands at the entrance to a cross-genre career.

ファンタジア大賞選考作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.

new writer awardcross-genre careerearly workfantasy
Koshi Tachibana こうし runner-up selection

Sokyu no Karma 1 is a high-energy fantasy in which Karuma Takasaki, a knight who hunts sky beasts, rushes forward because attending her niece’s class observation matters more to her than world peace. It was retitled from its prize submission title, “Subete wa Jugyo Sankan no Tame ni.”

A knight who chooses a class observation over world peace drives the story at full speed.

286 pages
light novelfantasyfamily affectioncomedy
Shinichi Kimura きむら しんいち honorable mention

Is This a Zombie? 1: Yes, I’m a Masou-Shoujo is a high-energy light novel in which a murdered high school boy returns as a zombie and ends up living with a magical garment girl and vampire ninja. It is marked by a chaotic mix of horror, battle action, and romantic comedy.

A boy’s zombie life is disrupted as magical girls and vampire ninjas rush into his everyday world.

292 pages
light novelzombiemagical garment girlromantic comedy
倉田樹 くらた いつき honorable mention

“Amai Kajitsu” is an honorable mention work by Itsuki Kurata for the 20th Fantasia Long Novel Prize. It is recorded as a prize work, but no reliable published edition was confirmed.

An apparently unpublished honorable mention with a title suggesting the sweetness of days gone by.

light novel prizehonorable mentionmemoryunpublished work
Inori Aigawa あいかわ き final selection

“Kizuitara Ore wa Ikiteite” is a finalist work by Ki Aiga for the 20th Fantasia Long Novel Prize. No published edition was confirmed, so the record is based on its prize candidacy.

A Fantasia Prize finalist, apparently unpublished, whose title centers on the sudden realization of being alive.

light novel prizefinalistsurvivalunpublished work
Gloomy sight final selection

“Isetsu: Kanrinin ni Naru Tame ni wa” is a finalist work by Gloomy sight for the 20th Fantasia Long Novel Prize. Its unusual title suggests an offbeat premise about what it takes to become a caretaker or manager.

The title’s “alternative theory” of becoming a caretaker suggests a twisted premise.

light novel prizefinalistoffbeat premiseunpublished work
津久井隼人 つくい はやと final selection

“Onegai Kamisama” is a finalist work by Hayato Tsukui for the 20th Fantasia Long Novel Prize. Its title suggests a light novel built around wishes and appeals to a god.

An apparently unpublished finalist work with a title centered on wishes and a god.

light novel prizefinalistwishesunpublished work
Yanagimi Touki やなぎみ ふゆき runner-up selection

量産型はダテじゃない! is an award-winning work by 柳実冬貴. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

量産型はダテじゃない! is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

312 pages
award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
Teshima Fuminori てじま しふさ honorable mention

砂のレクイエム is an award-winning work by 手島史詞. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

砂のレクイエム is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
Masaki Masaki まさき まさき honorable mention

夢幻史記 游侠妖魅列伝 is an award-winning work by 真崎雅樹. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

夢幻史記 游侠妖魅列伝 is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
nina final selection

蜂蜜王ティティ is an award-winning work by nina. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

蜂蜜王ティティ is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
田畑美里 たばた みさと final selection

Appassionato is an award-winning work by 田畑美里. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

Appassionato is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
悟浄由多 ごじょう ゆた final selection

A STELLAR ONE is an award-winning work by 悟浄由多. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.

A STELLAR ONE is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.

award-winning workauthorial stylecontemporary context
Tsukasa Kawaguchi かわぐち つかさ grand prize

鬼子草子(きしぞうし)〜人と神と妖と〜 by 川口士 is introduced as a work shaped by ライトノベル, 和風ファンタジー. It presents its subject through a focused literary voice and is connected with the prize history of the work.

A concise entry point into 鬼子草子(きしぞうし)〜人と神と妖と〜, where the work's central mood and conflict come forward.

311 pages
ライトノベル和風ファンタジー復讐
Kao Shinya かおう しんや runner-up selection

死神とチョコレート・パフェ by 花凰神也 is an award-recognized work built around cohabitation with a death spirit, everyday life and another world, light-novel comedy. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

死神とチョコレート・パフェ draws the reader into a story shaped by cohabitation with a death spirit.

302 pages
cohabitation with a death spiriteveryday life and another worldlight-novel comedy
坂照鉄平 さかてる てっぺい runner-up selection

太陽戦士サンササン by 坂照鉄平 is an award-recognized work built around a hero from another world, a parody of transformation heroes, youth comedy. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

太陽戦士サンササン draws the reader into a story shaped by a hero from another world.

316 pages
a hero from another worlda parody of transformation heroesyouth comedy
Sazane Kei ほそね けい honorable mention

黄昏色の詠使い イヴは夜明けに微笑んで by 細音啓 is an award-recognized work built around name-summoning magic, school fantasy, loss and renewal. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

黄昏色の詠使い イヴは夜明けに微笑んで draws the reader into a story shaped by name-summoning magic.

316 pages
name-summoning magicschool fantasyloss and renewal
河屋一 かわや はじめ effort award

輝石の花 by 河屋一 is an award-recognized work built around gems and memory, loss and renewal, full-length fantasy. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

輝石の花 draws the reader into a story shaped by gems and memory.

334 pages
gems and memoryloss and renewalfull-length fantasy
土屋流太郎 つちや りゅうたろう final selection

イーヴルアイド/ヴァーレット by 土屋龍太郎 is an award-recognized work built around unpublished award work, the Fantasia Long Novel Award, further source checking. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

イーヴルアイド/ヴァーレット draws the reader into a story shaped by unpublished award work.

unpublished award workthe Fantasia Long Novel Awardfurther source checking
Homare Awamichi あわじ はんき runner-up selection

盗賊娘はお国のために is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

盗賊娘はお国のために, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
Kenta Dairaku おおがく じゅんた honorable mention

七人の武器屋 新装開店・エクス・ガリバー is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

七人の武器屋 新装開店・エクス・ガリバー, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
Aoi Sekina あおい せきな honorable mention

マテリアルゴースト is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

マテリアルゴースト, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
Ichiei Ishibumi いしぶみ かずえ special award

電蜂 den-pachi is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

電蜂 den-pachi, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
久遠彷徨 くおん ほこう judges' award

運命破壊者(フェイト・ブレイカーズ) 復讐の魔王と策略の皇帝 is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

運命破壊者(フェイト・ブレイカーズ) 復讐の魔王と策略の皇帝, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
Seo Tsukasa せお つかさ judges' award

琥珀の心臓 is a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

琥珀の心臓, a work recognized by the fantasia-grand-award.

fantasia-grand-awardaward-recognized work
巖凪一葉 いわなぎ いちば runner-up selection

A fantasy romance about Queen Crimuera, who ascends the throne at seventeen, and Carlo, the warrior who appears before her. Amid foreign threats and courtly isolation, the two make a promise against fate.

A young queen and a warrior try to keep their promise in a kingdom nearing ruin.

300 pages
queenfantasy romancefate
小泉八束 こいずみ やつか runner-up selection

A supernatural action novel about Touya, a boy born as a feared god and raised under seal. A girl's visit sets his hidden power and family fate in motion.

A sealed fire-god boy steps into the outside world after meeting a girl.

313 pages
supernatural actionsealgod
Daisuke Suzuki すずき だいすけ honorable mention

A school romantic comedy in which Shungo Ninomiya, constantly pushed around by his sister, meets Mayu Tsukimura, a girl terrified of men. His attempts to protect her unfold briskly around the succubus premise.

A boy's efforts to protect a succubus girl turn daily life into a noisy romantic comedy.

334 pages
school romantic comedysuccubuscohabitation
筑後啓太 ちくご けいた honorable mention

Moonspell!! by Keita Chikugo is recorded as an honorable mention in the 16th Fantasia Long Novel Award. No standalone book or paperback edition could be verified in public sources.

The title is confirmed through award records, but no book identifier was verified.

Fantasia Long Novel Awardunconfirmed publicationlight novel
宮本健史 みやもと けんじ special award

Mao to Yubikiri is a Fujimi Fantasia Bunko fantasy published under the name Chiharu Rokkotsuki. A boy's encounter with the girl Mao draws his ordinary life into strange events.

A promise with a girl named Mao leads a boy into fantastical trouble.

302 pages
fantasypromisegirl
和井契 わい けい final selection

A sentimental fantasy in which high-school student Masato takes in Sakura, an artificial life-form girl. Their summer together becomes a time of growth for her and returning memories for him.

A summer with an artificial girl gently awakens a forgotten past.

315 pages
artificial lifesummermemory
響遊山 ひびき ゆう runner-up selection

天華無敵! is a 2003 recognized work by 響遊山. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

天華無敵!, a recognized work by 響遊山, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
一乃勢まや いちのせ まや honorable mention

-I-S-O-N- is a 2003 recognized work by 一乃勢まや. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

-I-S-O-N-, a recognized work by 一乃勢まや, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
秋穂有輝 あきほ ゆうき honorable mention

仙龍演義 is a 2003 recognized work by 秋穂有輝. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

仙龍演義, a recognized work by 秋穂有輝, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
Amagi Shuusuke あまき しゅうすけ honorable mention

マテリアル・ナイト 少女は巨人と踊る is a 2003 recognized work by 雨木シュウスケ. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

マテリアル・ナイト 少女は巨人と踊る, a recognized work by 雨木シュウスケ, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
椀倭論 わんわろん effort award

オラガ村ぁ平和 is a 2003 recognized work by 椀倭論. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

オラガ村ぁ平和, a recognized work by 椀倭論, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
Asuka Kouichi あすか かかいち final selection

王国神話 産声は大地に響く is a 2003 recognized work by 明日香々一. It stands within the context of ライトノベル and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

王国神話 産声は大地に響く, a recognized work by 明日香々一, is shaped by ライトノベル.

ライトノベルファンタジー成長
Junichiro Takako たかこ じゅんいちろう grand prize

12月のベロニカ is a work by 貴子潤一郎. 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.

12月のベロニカ can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

292 pages
fantasygrowthaward-winning work
月硝石 つきしょう せき runner-up selection

攻撃天使 スーサイドホワイト is a work by 月硝石. 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.

攻撃天使 スーサイドホワイト can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
桑田淳 くわた じゅん honorable mention

すべては勅命のままに is a work by 桑田淳. 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.

すべては勅命のままに can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
二宮たまき にのみや たまき honorable mention

エレメンツ・マスター is a work by 二宮たまき. 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.

エレメンツ・マスター can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
司真秀一 つかさ ましゅういち final selection

村雨放浪記 is a work by 司真秀一. 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.

村雨放浪記 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.

fantasygrowthaward-winning work
山本敬弘 やまもと たかひろ runner-up selection

A modern supernatural fantasy in which a young man estranged from a clan of fire mages confronts his past after a series of murders. The prize entry Wind ni Inori o was published as Kaze no Stigma.

Pride and failure within a family of fire mages are unsettled by the return of a protagonist who now commands the wind.

301 pages
supernatural combatfamily estrangementrevenge and reconciliation
Toshiharu Matsushita まつした としはる honorable mention

A historical action novel set in the Western Regions during the Former Han, where the officer Chen Tang rescues a Wusun princess and is drawn into a conflict with a powerful enemy.

Blending historical figures with a fictional princess, the novel turns the tensions of the Western Regions into an adventure of young swordsmen.

380 pages
Former HanWestern Regionshistorical adventure
松川周作 まつかわ しゅうさく honorable mention

A steampunk-flavored action fantasy in which a struggling trespasser crew tries to revive a legendary vampire to strengthen its business.

A debt-ridden crew chases a comeback by borrowing the dangerous power of a monster.

313 pages
steampunkvampiresteam action
和田賢一 わだ けんいち effort award

A Japanese-style fantasy from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko centered on revenge, following a wounded survivor who carries a lost homeland and a violent past into a journey of confrontation.

The memory of a destroyed home pushes the protagonist into a journey of quiet anger and revenge.

249 pages
revengeJapanese-style fantasyloss
Masaki Watanabe わたなべ まさき final selection

A merit-award work from the thirteenth Fantasia Long Novel Award. Its publication record is unclear; the title suggests a fantastic long-form work built around the mystery of the moon and an infant.

The title links moon imagery with new life, evoking a story drawn toward an unknown fate.

fantasybirthfate
須藤貴之 すどう たかゆき runner-up selection

A fantasy light novel by Takaya Kagami. Its protagonist, both military officer and lawyer, confronts cases using both sword and law.

武官弁護士エル・ウィン

light novellawfantasy
清水良英 しみず よしひで runner-up selection

激突カンフーファイター is a work by 清水良英. It was recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

激突カンフーファイター, recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

award-recognized workliterary awardwork
年見智 としみ さとし honorable mention

アンジュ・ガルディアン is a work by 年見智. It was recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

アンジュ・ガルディアン, recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

278 pages
award-recognized workliterary awardpublished book
まきびしゆーき まきびし ゆうき effort award

ωβ〜ダブリュベータ〜 is a work by まきびしゆーき. It was recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

ωβ〜ダブリュベータ〜, recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

award-recognized workliterary awardwork
夏臓 かぞう final selection

AT-RANDOM炎 is a work by 夏臓. It was recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

AT-RANDOM炎, recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

award-recognized workliterary awardwork
さとくらじん さとくら じん final selection

私立天領高校春の乱 is a work by さとくらじん. It was recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

私立天領高校春の乱, recognized by ファンタジア大賞.

award-recognized workliterary awardwork
Yoshimura Yoru よしむら よる runner-up selection

"魔魚戦記" is a work by 吉村 夜. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"魔魚戦記" is an award-winning work that reflects 吉村 夜's distinctive approach.

256 pages
award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
Akira Hiyoshi ひしょう あきら runner-up selection

"覇壊の宴" is a work by 日昌 晶. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"覇壊の宴" is an award-winning work that reflects 日昌 晶's distinctive approach.

318 pages
award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
Takeshi Takigawa いせかたわきかつ special award

"式神宅配便の二宮少年" is a work by イセカタワキカツ. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"式神宅配便の二宮少年" is an award-winning work that reflects イセカタワキカツ's distinctive approach.

286 pages
award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
高橋沙都子 たかはし さとこ final selection

"風、焉わる頃" is a work by 高橋沙都子. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"風、焉わる頃" is an award-winning work that reflects 高橋沙都子's distinctive approach.

award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
山本浩之 やまもと ひろゆき final selection

"コンプレックス" is a work by 山本浩之. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"コンプレックス" is an award-winning work that reflects 山本浩之's distinctive approach.

award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
今泉広行 いまいずみ ひろゆき final selection

"平和村怪奇譚" is a work by 今泉広行. It is recognized in the context of its award field, including literature, criticism, children's writing, mystery, or related genres.

"平和村怪奇譚" is an award-winning work that reflects 今泉広行's distinctive approach.

award-winning workliteratureauthorial style
星野亮 runner-up selection
市川丈夫 runner-up selection

A light novel in the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko line, following exorcist Kijuro as he confronts supernatural threats surrounding a sacred jewel.

A light novel in the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko line, following exorcist Kijuro as he confronts supernatural threats surrounding a sacred jewel.

exorcismoccult actionsacred jewellight novel
川上亮 special award

A science-fictional light novel about biotechnology and parallelized systems, treating anxiety over bodies and consciousness with genre-fiction pace.

A science-fictional light novel about biotechnology and parallelized systems, treating anxiety over bodies and consciousness with genre-fiction pace.

biotechnologyscience fictionthe bodyparallel systems
呉和希 final selection

A light novel that layers summer imagery with uncanny disturbances, turning a slight fracture in daily life into a fantasy-tinged coming-of-age story.

A light novel that layers summer imagery with uncanny disturbances, turning a slight fracture in daily life into a fantasy-tinged coming-of-age story.

summerfantasyyouthuncanny events
松本伽也 final selection

A fantasy novel built around images of the sun and a crown, telling a young protagonist's story of growth, power, and destiny.

A fantasy novel built around images of the sun and a crown, telling a young protagonist's story of growth, power, and destiny.

fantasycrowndestinygrowth
榊一郎 runner-up selection

ドラゴンズ・ウィル is a 作品 by 榊一郎 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title ドラゴンズ・ウィル points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

301 pages
作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
内藤渉 honorable mention

カレイドスコープの少女 is a 作品 by 内藤渉 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title カレイドスコープの少女 points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

323 pages
作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
高橋夕樹 honorable mention

化け猫じゃらし(吉原天災騒動記) is a 作品 by 高橋夕樹 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title 化け猫じゃらし(吉原天災騒動記) points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

323 pages
作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
山田耕平 final selection

霧の都の吸血鬼 is a 作品 by 山田耕平 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title 霧の都の吸血鬼 points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
青田竜幸 final selection

トライアングル・マジック・シティ is a 作品 by 青田竜幸 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title トライアングル・マジック・シティ points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
矢野茂 final selection

欲求不満の馬鹿は吸血鬼の夢を見るか is a 作品 by 矢野茂 and was recognized by the ファンタジア大賞.

The title 欲求不満の馬鹿は吸血鬼の夢を見るか points to the scene or question at the center of the work.

作品ファンタジア大賞contemporary literature
昆飛雄 runner-up selection

杖術師夢幻帳 is a work by 昆飛雄. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

杖術師夢幻帳 presents the literary world of 昆飛雄.

407 pages
award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
ばけら runner-up selection

友井町バスターズ is a work by ばけら. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

友井町バスターズ presents the literary world of ばけら.

304 pages
award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
篠原正 honorable mention

氷壁のシュプール is a work by 篠原征. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

氷壁のシュプール presents the literary world of 篠原征.

award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
清水文化 special award

気象精霊記 正しい台風の起こし方 is a work by 清水文化. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

気象精霊記 正しい台風の起こし方 presents the literary world of 清水文化.

307 pages
award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
家富要拓 final selection

死霊導師-ネクロマンサー- is a work by 冴木忍. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

死霊導師-ネクロマンサー- presents the literary world of 冴木忍.

award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
武仁史 final selection

軌道華の夢 is a work by 武上純希. It is known as a recipient of fantasia-grand-award and presents the author's concerns and style.

軌道華の夢 presents the literary world of 武上純希.

award-winning workliterary expressionauthorial themes
櫻井月子 honorable mention

"天の御蔭日の御蔭(月王)" is an award-winning work by 櫻井月子, recognized by the ファンタジア大賞. It can be read as a representative work that concentrates the author style and concerns.

An award-winning work in which 櫻井月子 brings the force of the title "天の御蔭日の御蔭(月王)" into focus.

award-winning workファンタジア大賞authorial style
対馬正治 honorable mention

"エルネミアの棺(異相界の凶獣)" is an award-winning work by 対馬正治, recognized by the ファンタジア大賞. It can be read as a representative work that concentrates the author style and concerns.

An award-winning work in which 対馬正治 brings the force of the title "エルネミアの棺(異相界の凶獣)" into focus.

award-winning workファンタジア大賞authorial style
山本亮二 final selection

"卑怯者凱旋記" is an award-winning work by 山本亮二, recognized by the ファンタジア大賞. It can be read as a representative work that concentrates the author style and concerns.

An award-winning work in which 山本亮二 brings the force of the title "卑怯者凱旋記" into focus.

award-winning workファンタジア大賞authorial style
すぎたことよ final selection

ガナルの橋 is a 文学作品 by すぎたことよ. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys すぎたことよ's style through the world suggested by the title ガナルの橋.

文学作品award-recognized work1995
白井壮一郎 final selection

ようこそ麒麟亭へ is a 文学作品 by 白井壮一郎. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.

A work that conveys 白井壮一郎's style through the world suggested by the title ようこそ麒麟亭へ.

文学作品award-recognized work1995
滝川羊 grand prize

神々の砂漠(風の白猿神) is a work by 滝川羊. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of fantasia-grand-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

神々の砂漠(風の白猿神) reflects the qualities in 滝川羊's writing that drew award attention.

award-winning work1994literature
槻矢壇 honorable mention

海賊船ガルフストリーム is a work by 槻矢壇. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of fantasia-grand-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

海賊船ガルフストリーム reflects the qualities in 槻矢壇's writing that drew award attention.

award-winning work1994literature
川口大介 special award

そんな血を引く戦士たち is a work by 川口大介. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of fantasia-grand-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

そんな血を引く戦士たち reflects the qualities in 川口大介's writing that drew award attention.

award-winning work1994literature
南房秀久 final selection

黄金の鹿の奇跡(黄金の鹿の闘騎士) is a work by 南房秀久. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of fantasia-grand-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

黄金の鹿の奇跡(黄金の鹿の闘騎士) reflects the qualities in 南房秀久's writing that drew award attention.

award-winning work1994literature
朝日奈徹 final selection

ゴルディアスの結び目 is a work by 朝日奈徹. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of fantasia-grand-award; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.

ゴルディアスの結び目 reflects the qualities in 朝日奈徹's writing that drew award attention.

award-winning work1994literature
川崎康宏 runner-up selection

銃と魔法 is an award-winning work by 川崎康宏. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

銃と魔法 presents the literary world of 川崎康宏.

award-winning workauthorial voiceliterary expression
富永浩史 honorable mention

ルスキエ・ビチャージ(死天使は冬至に踊る) is an award-winning work by 富永浩史. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

ルスキエ・ビチャージ(死天使は冬至に踊る) presents the literary world of 富永浩史.

award-winning workauthorial voiceliterary expression
野上礼史 encouragement award

龍炎使いの牙 is an award-winning work by 野上礼史. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

龍炎使いの牙 presents the literary world of 野上礼史.

award-winning workauthorial voiceliterary expression
香月郁生 final selection

聖王伝説 is an award-winning work by 香月郁生. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

聖王伝説 presents the literary world of 香月郁生.

award-winning workauthorial voiceliterary expression
霞しのぶ final selection

魔術師と一匹の猫 is an award-winning work by 霞しのぶ. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.

魔術師と一匹の猫 presents the literary world of 霞しのぶ.

award-winning workauthorial voiceliterary expression
五代ゆう grand prize

A fantasy that unfolds a vision of bodies and origins with youthful narrative force. It was issued in paperback after the award and later reprinted, marking an early long-form work by Yu Godai.

It raises the feel of a world beginning from bones as vivid fantasy.

344 pages
otherworldadventurefantasy
まみやかつき runner-up selection

A light novel centered on Amor, a demon with a jade-colored arm, portraying otherworldly power and battles. Dense supernatural imagery and heroic action move with debut-work energy.

It depicts overwhelming power appearing in a demonic hour as strange, rough-edged action.

260 pages
otherworlddemonsadventure
羽広里子 effort award

An SF-leaning submitted work with a title suggesting a futuristic team. No standalone publication was confirmed, but as an effort-prize work it represents youthful imagination and genre momentum.

Its high-speed title suggests a story about a group and the future.

science fictionadventure
ろくごまるに special award

An award-recognized fantasy by Rokugomaruni, combining mourning with the figure of a warrior. It can be placed as an early work of unusual invention leading toward the author's later playful style.

A strangely titled fantasy that sets the stillness of mourning against warrior action.

otherworldadventurefantasy
大田寛 final selection

An SF submitted work apparently centered on a human migration ship. Its title suggests enclosed shipboard society, migration, and anxiety about the future, and it reached the prize's final selection.

It overlays anxiety about humanity's future onto the enclosed world of a migration ship.

science fictionspaceshipadventure
秋田禎信 runner-up selection

Originally recognized as Oni no Hanashi and later revised and published as Hitotsu Hinoko no Yuki no Naka, this is Yoshinobu Akita's debut. It is a Japanese-style fantasy about a girl with demon blood and a warrior bound to slay demons as they set out on a journey.

A demon child and a demon-slayer begin a journey together through the snow.

276 pages
Japanese-style fantasydemonsjourneyfatedebut novel
大林憲司 runner-up selection

Set in northern Japan in the Enryaku era, this historical fantasy follows a corps of ritual specialists sent into the conflict between the Yamato court and the Emishi. Koumei Toku joins the campaign seeking revenge for his father's death, but encounters with Emishi life force him to question the war itself.

On the Emishi campaign, a ritual warrior stands between revenge and doubt.

305 pages
historical fantasyEmishiritual magicrevengedoubt about war
葛西伸哉 honorable mention

An honorable-mention work by Nobuya Kasai for the Fantasia long-form novel award. Its title suggests a war chronicle inflected with the grotesque and the atmosphere of Japan's warring-states era.

An award-recognized work where war chronicle and grotesque imagination meet.

warring-states eragrotesquewar chroniclenew writer award
神理真 honorable mention

An honorable-mention work by Makoto Shinri for the Fantasia long-form novel award. The title evokes a story centered on friendship encountered in an unknown or otherworldly place.

A story of imagination directed toward a friend in an unknown world.

other worldsfriendshipnew writer awardfantasy
原山可奈 honorable mention

An honorable-mention work by Kana Harayama for the Fantasia long-form novel award. By placing distance from the sky in its title, it suggests a lyrical fantasy shaped by loss and a changed world.

A lyrical award-recognized work gazing at a receding sky.

skylosslyricismfantasy
すずきしんじ effort award

An effort-prize work by Shinji Suzuki for the Fantasia long-form novel award. Its combination of culture, magic, and university suggests an academic setting overlaid with magical systems.

At a village-run university, culture and magic overlap.

magicuniversityschool settingnew writer award
小林めぐみ runner-up selection

ねこたま is a work by 小林めぐみ. This entry summarizes the work itself, focusing on its subject, form, and the qualities for which it was recognized.

The work is introduced through its central motif and the reading experience it offers.

320 pages
literatureaward-recognized work
麻生俊平 runner-up selection

ポートタウン・ブルース -私立探偵二一〇四年- by 麻生俊平 is a prize-recognized work. 未来都市を舞台に、私立探偵小説の型をライトノベルの速度で再構成した作品。近未来の荒れた空気と、依頼を追う主人公の乾いた語りが持ち味である。

ポートタウン・ブルース -私立探偵二一〇四年- shows the central qualities of 麻生俊平.

award-recognized workliterary expressionmemory and relationships
中西健也 effort award

日之本外伝 生命神の野望 by 中西賢也 is a prize-recognized work. 和風の架空世界を舞台に、神話的な力と人間の野望がぶつかるファンタジー。歴史伝奇の雰囲気を借りながら、若い読者向けの活劇として展開する。

日之本外伝 生命神の野望 shows the central qualities of 中西賢也.

award-recognized workliterary expressionmemory and relationships
空声風音 final selection

はるかなる時の彼方に by 空清風音 is a prize-recognized work. 時間を隔てた場所への憧れと出会いを描くファンタジー作品。冒険の広がりよりも、遠いものを思う感情と人物の成長に焦点が置かれている。

はるかなる時の彼方に shows the central qualities of 空清風音.

award-recognized workliterary expressionmemory and relationships
森田真波 final selection

陽気な放浪者 is a work by 森田真波. This entry summarizes the work itself, focusing on its subject, form, and the qualities for which it was recognized.

The work is introduced through its central motif and the reading experience it offers.

literatureaward-recognized work
神坂一 runner-up selection

スレイヤーズ! is an award-recognized work by 神坂一. It leaves a lasting impression through its focus on people, its period, and its mode of expression.

スレイヤーズ! is a work in which 神坂一's expression was recognized through an award.

award-recognized workexpression1980s
縄手秀幸 runner-up selection

リュカオーン is an award-recognized work by 縄手秀幸. It leaves a lasting impression through its focus on people, its period, and its mode of expression.

リュカオーン is a work in which 縄手秀幸's expression was recognized through an award.

298 pages
award-winning workliteraturehuman drama
不破純 honorable mention

風の輪舞(ロンド) is an award-winning work by 不破純. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.

風の輪舞(ロンド) invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.

award-winning workexpressioncontemporaneity
山本利津夫 honorable mention

シーヴァス is an award-winning work by 山本利津夫. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.

シーヴァス invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.

award-winning workexpressioncontemporaneity
鷲灘宰務 effort award

聖騎士物語 is an award-winning work by 鷲灘宰務. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.

聖騎士物語 invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.

award-winning workexpressioncontemporaneity