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げんえいじょうしんじんしょう

Newcomer award solicited on the pages of the detective fiction magazine "Gen'eijō".

Mystery novelsCriticism
Established
1975
Organizer
Gen'eijō Editorial Department
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
Irregular
Status
Ended

Description

Newcomer award for mystery novels and criticism solicited on the pages of the detective fiction specialist magazine "Gen'eijō," which was published from 1975 to 1979. There were regulations such as limits on manuscript paper sheets and a prize of 100,000 yen. Results were announced from the 1st to 4th rounds, and the 5th round ended without announcement due to the magazine's suspension.

Prize

Main Prize
100,000 yen prize money for selected works
Cash Prize
100,000 JPY

Related Awards

  • Mystery novel awards

Past Winners

No winner
Masafumi Nakagami honorable mention

贋作たけくらべ is a work by 中上正文 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

贋作たけくらべ brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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津端英二 つはし えいじ honorable mention

鶏の子(とりのこ) is a work by 津端英二 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

鶏の子(とりのこ) brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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Kazuyasu Watanabe honorable mention

現代探偵小説の構築 is a work by 渡辺和靖 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

現代探偵小説の構築 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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黒山猛 honorable mention

夢の通い路-探偵小説の「剰余」について is a work by 黒山猛 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

夢の通い路-探偵小説の「剰余」について brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
Yoshiki Tanaka selected

緑の草原に… is a work by 田中芳樹 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

緑の草原に… brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
Renjo Mikihiko selected

変調二人羽織 is a work by 連城三紀彦 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

変調二人羽織 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
Ashiro Hakuto あしろ はくと selected

蒼月宮殺人事件 is a work by 堊城白人 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

蒼月宮殺人事件 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
高羽融二 たかは ゆうじ honorable mention

異次元の構図 is a work by 高羽融二 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

異次元の構図 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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Kenji Natsuki honorable mention

屍語の芳香 is a work by 夏来健次 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

屍語の芳香 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
佐藤齋 さとう ひとし honorable mention

夢野久作「氷の涯」への構想 is a work by 佐藤齋 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

夢野久作「氷の涯」への構想 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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中村良樹 honorable mention

三好徹と風の世界 is a work by 中村良樹 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

三好徹と風の世界 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

memoryhuman relationshipsliterary style
滝川秀人 たきかわ ひでと honorable mention

シァーロク・ホウムズの呪術 is a work by 滝川秀人 that uses the form of 幻想・推理作品 to portray human feeling and the atmosphere of its time. Its award recognition suggests a lasting impression created by its subject matter and controlled style.

シァーロク・ホウムズの呪術 brings 幻想 and 批評 into focus through the form of 幻想・推理作品.

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Kimihiko Kato honorable mention

Murder: Yasaburo-bushi is a short mystery story by Kimihiko Kato published in Geneijo. Its title evokes a folk-song cadence and local memory, sharpening the unease around the crime.

A short mystery from the Geneijo newcomer era, where folk-song echoes meet the shadow of murder.

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Arirou Tsuji つじ ありろう honorable mention

Refused Death is a short mystery by Ariro Tsuji published in Geneijo in 1977. Its title places denial and unease around death at the center of the reading experience.

A refusal to accept death widens the tension of the mystery.

deathrefusalshort mysterypsychology
Shinjiro Shimotsuki honorable mention

Crystal of Flame is a short mystery by Shinjiro Shimotsuki associated with the Geneijo Newcomer Award. Its title suggests heat and hardness, giving the impression of an incident compressed into a sharp form.

A taut short mystery built around the image of flame.

short mysteryflametensionGeneijo
Tadashi Taketani たけたに ただし recommended newcomer

First-Class Insurance is a short mystery by Tadashi Taketani published in Geneijo, with the award listing noting the magazine issue. It links the institutional subject of insurance to crime and motive.

An everyday institution becomes a device for mystery.

insurancecrimeshort mysterymotive
麻田実 honorable mention

The Editor's Anxiety: Around The Secret of the Red House is an essay-like work by Minoru Asada that treats questions of reading and editorial unease around The Secret of the Red House. It is closer to mystery criticism than to a standalone fiction title.

From an editor's perspective, it explores the shape of anxiety around a classic mystery.

mystery criticismeditorinterpretationThe Secret of the Red House
Kaoru Kurimoto honorable mention

Michio Tsuzuki's Life and Mystery is a critical essay by Kaoru Kurimoto on Tsuzuki's authorial image and approach to mystery fiction. It links the writer's everyday life with his creative method.

A young critical eye reads Michio Tsuzuki through everyday sensibility and mystery technique.

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Junichi Tomonari honorable mention

The Theorem of the Invisible Man: On Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is a critical essay by Junichi Tomonari using Villiers as a point of entry into fantasy literature and invisibility.

A reading of Villiers that explores the logic of fantasy and invisibility.

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Keizo Muraoka selected

乾谷(ワディ) is a 短編小説 by 村岡圭三. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編小説 recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

短編小説prize-recognized work1970s literature
Awasaka Tsumao honorable mention

DL2号機事件 is a 短編ミステリ by 泡坂妻夫. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編ミステリ recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

328 pages
短編ミステリprize-recognized work1970s literature
Fumio Tanaka honorable mention

さすらい is a 短編小説 by 田中文雄. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編小説 recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

261 pages
短編小説prize-recognized work1970s literature
Asa Miyata みやた あさ recommended newcomer

お精霊舟 is a 短編小説 by 宮田亜佐. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編小説 recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

短編小説prize-recognized work1970s literature
Tsukuba Koichiro recommended newcomer

密室のレクイエム is a 短編ミステリ by 筑波耕一郎. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編ミステリ recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

短編ミステリprize-recognized work1970s literature
Ikuteru Tsuide ついで いくてる honorable mention

探偵小説と笑い-私的探偵小説論 is a 探偵小説論 by 津井手郁輝. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 探偵小説論 recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞評論部門の対象作.

探偵小説論prize-recognized work1970s literature
Hiroshi Terada てらだ ひろし honorable mention

ゲームの規則 is a 短編小説 by 寺田裕. Recognized by the prize, it presents the author's literary voice within its period.

A 短編小説 recognized in the context of 幻影城新人賞推薦新人作.

短編小説prize-recognized work1970s literature