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Golden Elephant Award

ごーるでん・えれふぁんとしょう

International literary award targeting unpublished long-form entertainment novels written in Japanese

Long-form entertainment novels
Established
2009
Organizer
Golden Elephant Award Organizing Committee
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Ended

Description

Co-hosted by Japan's Ibuki Publishing, USA's Vertical, China's Shanghai Translation Publishing House, and Korea's Sodam & Tale Publishing, this literary award solicits unpublished long-form entertainment novels. Winning works are also published in translation.

Prize

Main Prize
3 million yen prize money to the grand prize winner
Cash Prize
3,000,000 JPY
  • Publication of translated editions of winning works

Selection

Selection Process

Final selection
Judges Japan: Tsunehiro Uno, Ken Nemoto, Tetsu Tsurugi; United States: Ioannis Menzas; China: Zhao Ping; Korea: Ryun-ok Yang

Related Awards

  • List of literary awards
  • Random House Kodansha Newcomer Award

Official Resources

http://geaward.jp/index.html

Past Winners

Tokitake Botan ときたけ ぼたん grand prize
シュウ・エジマ しゅう えじま grand prize
わかたけ まさこ わかたけ まさこ special award
Tomotake Ishikawa いしかわ ともたけ grand prize
磐木大 いわき ひとし excellence award
根本起男 ねもと おきお special award
中村文 なかむら ふみ grand prize
荒井曜 あらい よう
升本九八 ますもと きゅうはち special award