France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award
ふらんすしょいんぶんこかんのうたいしょう
A France Shoin Bunko open award centered on erotic fiction, now also including ebook and women-oriented erotic fiction categories.
- Established
- 2002
- Organizer
- France Shoin
- Category
- Genre Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 2 per year
- Application Deadline
- around May, around November
- Announcement Period
- around September–October, around March–April
- Status
- Active
Description
The France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award is a public literary award and contest targeting sensual novels (adult-oriented novels) that began in 2002. In addition to the Grand Prize, Special Prize, and Newcomer Prize, special prizes such as the Non-fiction Prize, eBooks Prize / eNoir Prize for electronic books, Born Digital Prize, and others may be established. Winners are determined through primary, secondary, and final selections, and winning works are often published. In recent years, submissions are accepted twice a year (deadlines at the end of May and November), with results announced approximately 4-5 months after the deadline. The editorial department reads works from beginning to end, placing emphasis on completeness for publication and the quality of sensual depictions during selection.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize and prizes in each category (Grand Prize is the top award), with selection premised on publication
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Special Prize / Newcomer Prize: 300,000 yen each
- Non-fiction Prize: 300,000 yen (revived, conditional)
- eBooks Prize / eNoir Prize (awards for electronic books)
- Editorial comments and publication (winning works may be released as bunko or e-books)
- Past special prizes such as Editor-in-Chief Special Prize, 35th Anniversary Special Prize, Born Digital Prize, Ayame Yuki Special Prize, etc.
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary selection | France Shoin Editorial Department (in principle, the editorial department reads all works) | Not publicly disclosed | Primary selection passers announced sequentially on the France Shoin Bunko homepage |
| Secondary selection | France Shoin Editorial Department | Not publicly disclosed | Secondary selection passers and progress published on the homepage |
| Final selection | France Shoin Editorial Department (final decision by editor-in-chief, etc., in some cases) | Not publicly disclosed | Results announced on the France Shoin Bunko homepage approximately 4-5 months after the deadline. Final selection passers are contacted in advance, and winning work titles and applicant name initials are published. |
Criteria
- Quality of sensual depictions (sex scenes)
- Structure and completeness aimed at publication (classical plot structures tend to be highly evaluated)
- Writing skill, originality, and thematic appeal
- Affinity with the reader demographic envisioned by the editorial department (e.g., middle-aged and older male readers of France Shoin Bunko)
- Quality of content over length (even short manuscripts with dense depictions can be evaluated favorably)
Application Tips
Dos
- 応募作品は未発表のものにする（商業出版済み作品は不可）
- 分量の目安は四百字詰めで100ページ前後を目標にする
- 書籍化を見据えた構成と完成度を意識する
- 濡れ場（官能描写）を丁寧に描くこと
- Web掲載作品でも商業出版でないものは応募可能（応募要項に従う）
Don''ts
- ライトノベル的な雰囲気や若年少女ヒロインのみの設定に偏ること
- 既に商業出版されている作品を応募すること
- 締切を守らないこと
- 書籍化の見込みを考慮せずに募集媒体と乖離した作風にすること
From Judges
- 編集部は作品を最初から最後まで読んで判断する（下読みアルバイトは原則不使用）
- 最終選考通過者には事前に連絡が入る
- 分量が少なくても濃密な濡れ場があれば受賞の可能性がある
- 書籍化を前提とした古典的な筋立てや読者層への適合性が評価されやすい
Related Awards
- France Shoin Newcomer Award (predecessor and related open call)
- France Shoin eBooks-related open calls and electronic book awards
- Newcomer open calls and literary awards related to sensual novels
Official Resources
https://www.france.jp/free/awardPast Winners
An erotic France Shoin Bunko novel in which relationships intensify inside the closed world of a volleyball training camp.
The nights of the camp are more dangerous than they first seem.
A France Shoin e-book in which a hero returning after defeating the Demon King is unsettled by women tied to the nights of his journey.
What should have been a peaceful return home brings trouble back with it.
A France Shoin e-book with NTR elements that mixes an earnest childhood-friend romance with the shadow of online sexual content.
The distance to the person he has always loved begins to collapse in unexpected ways.
An erotic novel from the France Shoin Bunko line in which desire and relationships shift around a widow and two young women in a small factory town.
Thick desire slips into the gaps of everyday life.
"「膣内射精されないと目覚められない眠り病」が蔓延した世界 彼女も妹も２００％受精させちゃう日常性活" is a eブックス特別賞 work from the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-2. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.
A eブックス特別賞 work from France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-2.
"憧れのＧカップ女上司がオレのせいで弱みを握られ中年親父に強制絶頂で調教されていた件について" is a eブックス特別賞 work from the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-2. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.
A eブックス特別賞 work from France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-2.
"マスクをつけた未亡人【蜜にご用心】" is a 新人賞 work from the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.
A 新人賞 work from France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award 2021-1.
An adult sensual novel from France Shoin Bunko centered on a relationship with a neighbor.
A neighbor turns the ordinary into something dangerous and sweet.
An adult sensual novel from France Shoin Bunko depicting a relationship with an older teacher.
The distance to a beautiful teacher becomes steadily more dangerous.
An adult sensual novel from France Shoin Bunko dealing with a taboo relationship.
A taboo-laden relationship begins to consume everyday life.
Only an electronic release was confirmed; no standalone print edition could be verified.
No print publication could be confirmed, so identifiers remain unset.
An adult sensual novel published by France Shoin Bunko, depicting a relationship with a caring older woman.
A discreet relationship with a caring mature woman.
An adult sensual novel from France Shoin Bunko set on a crowded train and centered on a young married woman.
Desire stirs in the closed space of a crowded train.
An adult paperback and newcomer-prize work. It sets a closed situation over a fixed period and centers on sustained fear and tension.
“新妻拷問檻【奈落の14日間】” was published as a France Shoin Bunko prizewinning work.
An adult paperback set around a small eatery. It combines a lived-in setting with attraction to an older figure, moving through warmth and conflict.
“初体験食堂【割烹着のおばさんと僕】” was published as a France Shoin Bunko prizewinning work.
An adult paperback and grand-prize winner of the France Shoin Bunko sensual fiction award. It uses the form of erotic fiction to portray a character under severe psychological pressure in a closed situation.
“人妻拷問【絶望受胎】” was published as a France Shoin Bunko prizewinning work.
An adult paperback built around caregiving and gratitude. It turns the shifting distance between caregiver and recipient into an intimate genre narrative.
“恩返しさせて【通い看護】” was published as a France Shoin Bunko prizewinning work.
An adult paperback centered on captivity. With a widow and a newlywed as its figures, it develops a pattern of domination and fear within genre fiction.
“虜【拷問監禁】 奴隷未亡人と新妻” was published as a France Shoin Bunko prizewinning work.
An adult erotic novel by Yuzuki Takamiya, published as a standalone France Shoin Bunko paperback after receiving recognition in the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award. Bibliographic pages confirm the May 25, 2019 release and ISBN 9784829643747.
Its paperback publication is confirmed for this adult prize work about relationships with widowed women.
An adult paperback published by France Shoin Bunko under the name Togo Shiomi after receiving a special prize in the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award. It is an erotic novel set around a school clubroom, and release-listing and retail pages confirm that the prize work was issued as a standalone paperback.
The prize work was not only a magazine item; it was published as a standalone France Shoin Bunko paperback.
An adult novel by Kai Tsukumo published by France Shoin Bunko. The prize-winning work Demon Grove: Widows and Married Women was issued in paperback as Demon Grove, combining a closed, uneasy setting with tangled relationships in a sensual suspense mode.
In a secluded grove, desire and unease quietly intertwine.
An adult novel by Shunichiro Sakuraba published by France Shoin Bunko. The prize-winning My Cute Servants, Sorry for Being Lewd was issued as the paperback Sorry for Being Lewd, a sensual drama built around dominant and submissive relationship dynamics.
A relationship-driven adult novel where sweetness and control intersect.
An adult novel by Yuzuru Hyuga published under France Shoin Bunko. The prize-winning title was issued in paperback as Single Mother and Daughter and Me: Loving Together, framing its sensual drama around relationships with an older woman and a younger woman.
As the distance to a mother and daughter narrows, restrained feelings begin to shift.
彼女の母・彼女の姉・過保護なママ is an award-winning work by 柊悠哉. It is presented here as the work associated with the フランス書院文庫官能大賞.
An award-winning work by 柊悠哉: 彼女の母・彼女の姉・過保護なママ.
したがり先生 人妻家庭教師と女教師ママ is an award-winning work by なぎさ薫. It is presented here as the work associated with the フランス書院文庫官能大賞.
An award-winning work by なぎさ薫: したがり先生 人妻家庭教師と女教師ママ.
六人のお嬢様と無人島【淫檻】 is an award-winning work by 瀑龍. It is presented here as the work associated with the フランス書院文庫官能大賞.
An award-winning work by 瀑龍: 六人のお嬢様と無人島【淫檻】.
美人課長 お仕置きゲーム is an award-winning work by 河北レイナ. It is presented here as the work associated with the フランス書院文庫官能大賞.
An award-winning work by 河北レイナ: 美人課長 お仕置きゲーム.
お世話します【未亡人母娘と僕】 is an award-winning work by 美原春人. It is presented here as the work associated with the フランス書院文庫官能大賞.
An award-winning work by 美原春人: お世話します【未亡人母娘と僕】.
フランス書院文庫官能大賞の新人賞受賞作。Amazon JP、国立国会図書館サーチ、出版社系の公開ページを作品名と著者名で確認したが、受賞作そのものを収録した単行本・文庫・短編集の刊行を確認できなかった。
受賞作として記録されるが、独立した書籍化情報は確認できない。
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.
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.
熟女の沼 未亡人義母と兄嫁と独身伯母 is an award-recognized work by 花邑薫. 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 花邑薫.
美熟女瞳殺 「いっそ、奥まで」 is an award-recognized work by 香住一之真. 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 香住一之真.
A too-close shared life gradually loosens desires that had been kept hidden.
A too-close shared life gradually loosens desires that had been kept hidden.
Sacrificial Flower: Humiliation Flower Arrangement Class is a 官能小説 by 八剣舞. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.
Sacrificial Flower: Humiliation Flower Arrangement Class is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as 官能小説.
An erotic novel recognized by the France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award, written for an adult paperback readership. It is a genre work centered on tension in relationships and the unfolding of desire.
フランス書院文庫官能大賞受賞作 is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.
An erotic paperback that depicts taboo relationships and chains of desire within an adult genre frame. Recorded as a special prize work, it appeals to genre readers through its forceful subject matter.
青獣の美餌 友達の母を 担任女教師を is shaped by the premise and narrative voice that supported its award recognition.
はんなりと… 年上の京おんな is an award-winning work by 宇治薫. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.
はんなりと… 年上の京おんな is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.
相姦四重奏 is an award-winning work by 榊原澪央. It is presented here as a work recognized for the tension of its scenes, relationships, and expressive control.
相姦四重奏 is a work read through the lens of its award recognition and the author's distinctive style.
婦人科診察室 人妻と女医と狼 by 嵐山鐵 is an award-recognized work built around erotic fiction, adult paperback fiction, a closed consulting room. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.
婦人科診察室 人妻と女医と狼 draws the reader into a story shaped by erotic fiction.
人妻と医者 美人MR・涼子 is a work recognized by the france-shoin-bunko-sensual-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
人妻と医者 美人MR・涼子, a work recognized by the france-shoin-bunko-sensual-grand-award.
Inro to Bishoujo is an adult novel published by France Shoin Bunko under the name Yusuke. Award records and bookseller data confirm its paper publication.
A prize-winning work published as an adult paperback.
Mama: Bibo e no Onegai by Aoi Yoshikawa is recorded as an adult fiction prize work for France Shoin Bunko. No paper-book ISBN for this exact title could be verified in public sources.
The title is confirmed in award records, but no publication record was verified.
Shonen Nikki: Onesan no Nama-shitagi by Takashi Miyazono is recorded as an adult fiction prize work for France Shoin Bunko. Ebook and used-book traces exist, but a paper-book ISBN for this exact work was not verified.
Publication traces exist, but no ISBN for the target work was verified.
のぞく 奪われた人妻 is a 2003 recognized work by 冬野螢. It stands within the context of 官能小説 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
のぞく 奪われた人妻, a recognized work by 冬野螢, is shaped by 官能小説.
人妻・同窓会の夜に is a work by 白石澪. 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.
人妻・同窓会の夜に can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.
この夜が終わるまで 彼女は友人の妻 is a work by 星野聖. 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.
この夜が終わるまで 彼女は友人の妻 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.