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.
- 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 Targets unpublished contemporary fiction and SF fiction works, awarding Grand Prize 300,000 yen, Excellence Award 50,000 yen, Special Award commemorative gift.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- Unpublished works using the theme keyword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.htmlPast Winners
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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."
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。