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Fantasia Grand Award ふぁんたじあたいしょう

Edition 21 (2009)

Full-length novelLight novel

Winners

5 people
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