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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International literary award targeting unpublished long-form entertainment novels written in Japanese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China's Shanghai Translation Publishing House, and Korea's Sodam & Tale Publishing, this literary award solicits unpublished long-form entertainment novels.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

A naval novel following a female officer aboard a training vessel.

A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.

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シュウ・エジマ しゅう えじま grand prize

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わかたけ まさこ わかたけ まさこ special award

エリッサ様、前方に敵艦を発見しました is an award-winning work by わかたけ まさこ. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

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Tomotake Ishikawa いしかわ ともたけ grand prize

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A concise guide to グレイメン, the award-recognized work by 石川智健.

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A concise guide to 柿崎トオルの出会った自殺請負人, the award-recognized work by 磐木大.

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中村文 なかむら ふみ grand prize

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