Edition 24 (2019, held 2 times in year)

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

Winners

2 people

Gen Maijo まいじょうげん newcomer award

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.

adult fictionpaperbackprizewinning work

Shun Natsukawa なつかわしゅん special award

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.

256 pages

adult fictionpaperbackprizewinning work