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

Edition 5 (2019)

Contemporary fictionSF fiction

Winners

8 people
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