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Gentosha Outlaw Grand Award

げんとうしゃアウトローたいしょう

A public submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Gentosha.

NovelsNonfictionManga
Established
2003
Organizer
Gentosha
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
Irregular
Status
Ended

Description

The Gentosha Outlaw Grand Award was a public submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Gentosha. It solicited novels and nonfiction works, as well as manga works.

Prize

Main Prize
Award-winning works are published in B6 hardcover or Gentosha Outlaw Bunko.

Official Resources

http://webmagazine.gentosha.co.jp/outlaw/

Past Winners

坂野昭彦 さかの あきひこ grand prize

A first-person nonfiction account of how the author, driven into a corner, turned to counterfeiting and faced the consequences. It depicts life at the edge and the psychology of crime from the participant’s perspective.

一文無しが贋札造って捕まって is read as a ノンフィクション connected with 坂野昭彦's award recognition.

261 pages
crimepovertyfirst-person testimony
水無月詩歌 みなづき しいか special award

An erotic suspense novel that begins when Misaki, orphaned by a fire, is taken in by a wealthy businessman claiming distant kinship. It was published in paperback after receiving a special prize from the Gentosha Outlaw Grand Award.

A story of sweet, dangerous control and desire closing around an isolated young woman.

299 pages
erotic fictionsuspenseisolationcontrol
Wakatsuki Rin わかつき りん special award

舞妓調教, by 若月凛, is an award-recognized work. It follows the movement of its characters’ minds and surrounding world, drawing out the conflict and change behind its concise title.

舞妓調教, by 若月凛, is an award-recognized work.

312 pages
charactersconflictchange
Kawahara Tetsu かわはら てつ special award

名画座番外地 「新宿昭和館」傷だらけの盛衰記 is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures. It draws the distortions of its time from concrete scenes.

名画座番外地 「新宿昭和館」傷だらけの盛衰記 is nonfiction that patiently approaches its subject and connects individual experience with social structures.

270 pages
nonfictionsocietyrecord
Shiori Matsuzaki まつざき しおり special award

フラジャイル by 松崎詩織 is an award-recognized work built around student teaching, adult short fiction, psychological suspense. It presents its conflict through a focused premise and leaves the reader with a clear sense of the genre and emotional stakes.

フラジャイル draws the reader into a story shaped by student teaching.

243 pages
student teachingadult short fictionpsychological suspense
Tsutomu Tsukada つかだ つとむ grand prize

だから山谷はやめられねぇ 「僕」が日雇い労働者だった180日 is a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

だから山谷はやめられねぇ 「僕」が日雇い労働者だった180日, a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award.

gentosha-outlaw-grand-awardaward-recognized work
小暮俊作 こぐれ しゅんさく grand prize

帰らざる日々 is a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

帰らざる日々, a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award.

gentosha-outlaw-grand-awardaward-recognized work
Echigoya えちごや special award

夜の飼育 is a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.

夜の飼育, a work recognized by the gentosha-outlaw-grand-award.

gentosha-outlaw-grand-awardaward-recognized work
No winner
黒沢美貴 くろさわ みき special award

溺れる指さき is a 2003 recognized work by 黒沢美貴. It stands within the context of 受賞作 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.

溺れる指さき, a recognized work by 黒沢美貴, is shaped by 受賞作.

受賞作物語作家性