Edition 20 (2017, held 2 times in year)

Sensual novelsLiterary contestNew talent discoveryE-booksSpecial PrizeNewcomer PrizeNonfiction Prizee-Books Prizee-Noir PrizeGeneral-audience label prize

Winners

2 people

Kairi Tsukumo つくもかい newcomer award

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.

304 pages

adult fictionwidowsclosed settingsuspense

Shunichiro Sakuraba さくらばしゅんいちろう special award

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.

302 pages

adult fictiondominant and submissive dynamicsromantic desirepaperback release