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Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award

ふじもとぎいちぶんがくしょう

A short fiction award commemorating Naoki Prize-winning writer Giichi Fujimoto; winning works were published in anthologies by Taru Publishing.

Contemporary fictionSF fiction
Established
2015
Organizer
Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award Office / Giichi Gallery
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around July–August
Announcement Period
around October
Status
Active

Description

Inheriting the will of novelist Fujimoto Giichi, hosted by the gallery <Fujimoto Giichi's Study> operated by the bereaved family. Targets unpublished contemporary fiction and SF fiction works, awarding Grand Prize 300,000 yen, Excellence Award 50,000 yen, Special Award commemorative gift. Winning works are published by Taru Publishing. Grand Prize and Excellence Award ceremonies are held on October 30, Fujimoto Giichi's death anniversary.

Prize

Main Prize
Grand Prize 300,000 yen, Excellence Award 50,000 yen, Special Award commemorative gift
Cash Prize
300,000 JPY
  • Excellence Award 50,000 yen
  • Special Award commemorative gift

Selection

Criteria

  • Unpublished works using the theme keyword

Official Resources

https://giichigallery.net/bungakusyou.html

Past Winners

No winner
歌田年 みしま まお best award

A short story whose title evokes seaside memory. Centered on the required word “wind,” it is included in the collection as the top-prize work that condenses loss and lingering sensation.

“海ホオズキ” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
朝永理人 むろまち しん excellence award

A short story that pairs an everyday food with the unexpected image of a lady, drawing humor and human distance out of ordinary life.

“メンチカツと貴婦人” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
貴戸湊太 きたはら なお excellence award

A short story about what is inherited from family, treating not only material legacy but also the passing down of memory and feeling.

“母の遺産” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
久真瀬敏也 はちがつついたち じんご special award

A short story with a title that suggests a foreign word, portraying inner movement and emotional wavering within the award’s wind motif.

“クオロ” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
藍沢今日 にしむら ふみ special award

A short story that begins from the domestic space of a veranda in sunlight and depicts a gentle crossing of people and time.

“縁側の日だまりに” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
今野綾 こんの あや special award

A wind story named after its central figure, containing youth, memory, and seasonal change in a compact narrative.

“ナツキの風” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
磯間帆波 いそま はなみ special award

A short story about voices and memories remaining in a house, evoking how a lived-in place can echo the past.

“家の谺(こだま)” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
夏青 なつあお special award

A special-prize story that turns the fantastical idea of a creature devouring wind into a narrative about unseen forces and unease.

“風を喰らう魔物” is a short story included in the fifth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award collection.

172 pages
short fictionliterary contestwindanthology
倉井眉介 いしくら としふみ best award

The top-prize winner of the fourth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award, whose theme was dreams. Toshifumi Ishikura's Akuma no Sasayaki is included in the award anthology The 4th Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award and appears at the opening of the collection.

A short work selected for the top prize in an open literary award built around the theme word dream.

172 pages
dreamsopen literary awardshort fictionGiichi Fujimoto Literary Awardaward anthology
井上ねこ ふじかけ よしあき excellence award

An excellence-prize winner of the fourth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award, whose theme was dreams. Yoshiaki Fujikake's Chichi no Glove is included in Taru Publishing's award anthology The 4th Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award.

A short work included in the award anthology as an excellence-prize winner of the fourth Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award.

172 pages
dreamsfathergloveopen literary awardaward anthology
登美丘丈 おくはた のぶこ excellence award

"Murasuzume" is a short story by Nobuko Okuhata that received an Excellence Prize in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. It appears in the award anthology built around the theme word "dream," presenting a compressed fictional world within a brief form.

As one of the prizewinning short stories born from the theme "dream," it introduces a new voice within the anthology.

172 pages
dreamsshort fictionopen literary prizecontemporary Japanese literature
黒川慈雨 みやがわ なおき special award

"Tsuma to Musume o" is a short story by Naoki Miyagawa that received a Special Prize in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Included in the anthology of winning works on the theme "dream," its title foregrounds the intimate frame of wife and daughter.

With a title centered on family, the story stands as a prizewinning response to the theme "dream."

172 pages
dreamsfamilyshort fictionopen literary prize
越尾圭 てつ・すがわら special award

"Kiyo-san no Jibunshi" is a Special Prize-winning short story by Tetsu Sugawara in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Included among short works written around the theme "dream," it suggests a narrative shaped through the form of a personal history.

Its title evokes personal history, linking memory and narration within a compact prizewinning story.

172 pages
dreamspersonal historymemoryshort fiction
猫森夏希 やまざき ゆのひ special award

"Sukare Jouzu" is a Special Prize-winning short story by Yunohi Yamazaki in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Published in the 2019 award anthology, it stands among the short works written around the theme "dream" and hints at an interest in human relations through its title.

Its title, suggesting the art of being liked, points toward a story attentive to distance between people.

172 pages
dreamshuman relationshipsshort fictionaward anthology
日部星花 みやま たかし special award

"The Day Lennon Came" is a Special Prize-winning short story by Takashi Miyama in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Included in the anthology of works sharing the theme "dream," the proper name in its title suggests a moment when everyday life is altered by memory or arrival.

The name "Lennon" in the title draws readers into a prizewinning story resonating with the theme of dreams.

172 pages
dreamsmemorychanges in everyday lifeshort fiction
太田ユミ子 おおた ゆみこ special award

"Yumemigusa, Sakura" is a Special Prize-winning short story by Yumiko Ota in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Included in the anthology for the competition themed around "dream," its title connects the seasonal image of cherry blossoms with a dreamlike atmosphere.

Its title places cherry blossoms beside the idea of dreaming, opening the story through season and reverie.

172 pages
dreamscherry blossomsseasonalityshort fiction
牧康子 まき やすこ Fujimoto Giichi's Study 〜Giichi Gallery〜 Award

"I Want to Run Away from Home" is Yasuko Maki's winning work for the Giichi Gallery Prize in the fourth Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award. Included in the anthology for the theme "dream," its title evokes a desire to step outside ordinary life and move toward another place.

Its title brings together dreams, escape, and the imagined possibility of another life.

172 pages
dreamsrunning awayescapeshort fiction
蒼井碧 あいだ てつ best award

The grand prize winner of the third Fujimoto Yoshikazu Literary Award. It is included in the award collection The 3rd Fujimoto Yoshikazu Literary Award, built around the keyword insects, and can be identified as a short story that turns a familiar creature and human relationships into fiction through the title figure Kusa-yan.

From the small presence of an insect, the contours of human life and feeling emerge.

294 pages
insectsshort fictiondaily lifehuman feelingaward anthology
田村和大 とがわ さくら excellence award

An excellence prize winner of the third Fujimoto Yoshikazu Literary Award. It is included in the award anthology The 3rd Fujimoto Yoshikazu Literary Award, which centers on the keyword insects, and can be identified as a short story that uses the names of colors as a way into sensation and memory.

Tracing the names of colors brings back memories of feelings that are hard to put into words.

294 pages
colormemoryshort fictioninsectsaward anthology
くろきすがや なご えいこ excellence award

"Mimi" is an excellence-prize winner of the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. It is included in the anthology for the award's "insects" theme, and its title, centered on the bodily sense of hearing, suggests sensitivity to unseen presences and voices.

A short work included in the anthology Mushi as an excellence-prize winner of the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award.

294 pages
insectshearingbodily perceptionpresenceopen literary award
宮ヶ瀬水 やすだ しょうご special award

"Mushi no Shirase" won a special prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. By placing the award's keyword directly in the title, it turns the Japanese idiom for an inexplicable premonition into the starting point for a short story.

A prizewinning short story that lets the keyword "insect" resonate through an idiom of premonition.

294 pages
insectspremonitionuneaseshort fictionopen literary award
福田悠 いちじょう えり special award

"Kizuisen" won a special prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. As one of the works gathered under the "insects" theme, its floral title draws seasonal color and the texture of memory into focus.

A special-prize work whose floral title brings in seasonal feeling and traces of memory.

294 pages
insectsflowersseasonsmemoryshort fiction
冬空こうじ しげのぶ まほ special award

"Utsusemi no Kodomo" won a special prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. The word utsusemi evokes the human world, an empty shell, and fragile presence, creating a title that resonates with the award's "insects" theme.

A prizewinning short story in which the layered meanings of utsusemi bring together a child and the trace of an insect.

294 pages
insectschildrenutsusemitransienceshort fiction
古家英寿 ふるいえ ひでとし special award

"Kimi, Tsutsuganakiya" won a special prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. Its old-fashioned phrase of concern for another person's well-being links a direct address with the small unease carried by the award's "insects" theme.

A special-prize work in which an old-fashioned inquiry after someone's safety carries quiet unease.

294 pages
insectswell-beingaddressuneaseshort fiction
松嶋チエ まつしま ちえ special award

"Anata no Scarecrow" won a special prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. Its title uses the word for a scarecrow, bringing together images of watching, warding off, and standing in place with the award's "insects" theme.

A prizewinning short story that layers watching over and keeping away through the image of a scarecrow.

294 pages
insectsscarecrowwatchingsolitudeshort fiction
三町公平 みまち こうへい Fujimoto Giichi's Study 〜Giichi Gallery〜 Award

"Umi no Mushi" won the Giichi Gallery prize at the third Giichi Fujimoto Literary Award. The title joins the sea and insects, extending the award's keyword into waterside imagery.

A prizewinning short story that links the sea and insects, expanding the keyword into a waterside world.

294 pages
insectsseawatersidelifeshort fiction
岩木一麻 たが ちさと best award

緋の道 is an award-recognized work by 田賀智佐登. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

緋の道 by 田賀智佐登 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
三好昌子 たかはし よしいく excellence award

浪花の恋の履き違い is an award-recognized work by 髙橋良育. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

浪花の恋の履き違い by 髙橋良育 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
柏木伸介 なかの ふな excellence award

ア・ピース・オブ・メモリ is an award-recognized work by 中野ふ菜. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

ア・ピース・オブ・メモリ by 中野ふ菜 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
志駕晃 みまち こうへい special award

針穴写真機 is an award-recognized work by 三町公平. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

針穴写真機 by 三町公平 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
桐山徹也 おおかわ ますく special award

代筆者 is an award-recognized work by 大河増駆. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

代筆者 by 大河増駆 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
綾見洋介 たかじょう ゆう special award

オートマチック is an award-recognized work by 鷹匠裕. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

オートマチック by 鷹匠裕 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
村上暢 かたやま よしひろ special award

猩々の瞳 is an award-recognized work by 片山吉啓. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

猩々の瞳 by 片山吉啓 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
田中静人 たがわ ともえ special award

再会 is an award-recognized work by 田川友江. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

再会 by 田川友江 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
春畑行成 あおやま れんたろう Fujimoto Giichi's Study 〜Giichi Gallery〜 Award

つくつく法師は鳴きやまず is an award-recognized work by 青山蓮太郎. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.

つくつく法師は鳴きやまず by 青山蓮太郎 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary Japanese literature
一色さゆり いす はるよ best award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「秋霖」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
城山真一 ふかみ れん excellence award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「親父の名前」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
大津光央 ささの ゆうこ excellence award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「写真の向こう側」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
才羽楽 あおやま れんたろう special award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「雪地蔵」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
枝松蛍 しらいし たけひこ special award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「シルクハットの宇宙」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
三萩せんや まじゅうきょ あきよ special award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「おっぱいぱい」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
柚本悠斗 はやし えりさ special award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「ひび割れ」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子
梓見いふ あずみ いふ special award

第1回藤本義一文学賞の受賞作「墓標」。課題「帽子」に寄せられた短編として、受賞作品集『帽子』に収録されている。

課題「帽子」から生まれた短編受賞作。

282 pages
短編小説文学賞受賞作帽子