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Fujimoto Giichi Literary Award ふじもとぎいちぶんがくしょう

Edition 4 (2018)

Contemporary fictionSF fiction

Winners

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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