Japanese Literary Awards

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Literary award sponsored by Gentosha Comics targeting the novels category.

Novels
Established
0
Organizer
Gentosha Comics
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around March
Announcement Period
around August–September
Status
Ended

Description

'Genrou Taisho' is an open submission literary award by Gentosha Comics. Up to the second edition, an illustration category was also included. From the 5th edition, which had a deadline at the end of March 2012, no further submissions have been accepted.

Prize

  • Encouragement Award
  • Student Special Encouragement Award

Related Awards

  • Genrou Fantasia Novels Student Newcomer Grand Prize

Official Resources

http://www.gentosha-comics.net/genrou/

Past Winners

No winner
天音璃京 encouragement award

Kokoro no Tsubasa is recorded as an encouragement-prize entry by Rikyo Amane in the third Genro Award. Public sources confirm the title in award lists, but no bibliographic record for publication as a book or novels volume could be confirmed.

It is recorded as an award entry, but no trace as a published book could be confirmed.

new writer award entryfantasypublication unconfirmed
石井颯人 encouragement award

Hakumei no Umi no, Sono Muko is recorded as an encouragement-prize entry by Hayato Ishii in the third Genro Award. It is confirmed in award lists, but public bibliographic searches did not confirm publication as a book or under a revised title.

The title remains in award records, but no confirmable information for a published book was found.

new writer award entryfantasypublication unconfirmed
Masami Morokuchi encouragement award

Clump,Clump is a work by 諸口正巳. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.

A concise guide to Clump,Clump, the award-recognized work by 諸口正巳.

award-winning literaturecontemporary writinghuman experience
叡惟匡見 encouragement award

Kizuna no Phantom Pain is a fantasy in which a group called Doctors of Souls Without Borders is formed to save people whose souls have been infected by a plague that turns humans into magical beasts. It frames illness and monstrosity as a story of healing, travel, and bonds.

Against a plague that eats into the soul, the doctors take bonds as their guide.

249 pages
fantasyplaguehealingbonds
いおりべゆう encouragement award

Vermilion in the Dark was published under the revised title Vermilion Sprite. The fantasy follows Akari, an extremely shy girl taken in as an apprentice by an organization that fights ayakashi, as she faces her hidden potential.

A shy girl discovers her power in the world of Yamibashiri, an organization that fights ayakashi.

251 pages
Japanese-style fantasyayakashigrowthapprenticeship
野口祐加 encouragement award

Replica Doll is a fantasy in which Ruri, a high-school student controlled by a childhood friend who knows her weakness, is tricked into drinking his blood and gains the power of a Doll Master. Drawn into monitoring illegal entrants from another world to Earth, she confronts control, obsession, and otherworldly crime.

A girl granted the power of a Doll Master pursues dangerous shadows arriving from another world.

269 pages
other worldDoll Mastercontrolspecial mission
J太郎 encouragement award

Colorful is recorded as an encouragement-prize entry by J Taro in the second Genro Award. Publicly available information did not confirm a later book or novels publication title, so it is treated as an unpublished or publication-unconfirmed fantasy entry preserved in award lists.

The title remains in award records, but publication as a book could not be confirmed.

new writer award entryfantasypublication unconfirmed
深山キリ encouragement award

Fantasy Sekai is recorded as an encouragement-prize entry by Kiri Miyama in the second Genro Award. Public bibliographic searches did not confirm publication under this title or a revised title, so it is treated as a publication-unconfirmed award entry.

The title appears in award lists, but no reliable link to a published bibliographic record could be confirmed.

new writer award entryfantasypublication unconfirmed
甲田由 excellence award

Producing the Demon King is a ライトノベル by 甲田由. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Producing the Demon King is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
Sasaki Sakuma encouragement award

Crimson Ogre is a ライトノベル by 夏希のたね. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Crimson Ogre is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
渡邊則幸 student special encouragement award

Owl is a ライトノベル by 渡邊則幸. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Owl is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
encouragement award

Golden Opera is a ライトノベル by 憂. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Golden Opera is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル
ねこ student special encouragement award

Laughed is a ライトノベル by ねこ. It draws readers into its world through choices made by the characters, shifting relationships, and tension within each scene.

Laughed is a focused award-related work with a clear shape as ライトノベル.

award-related workcharacter relationshipsライトノベル