Hayakawa SF Contest はやかわえすえふこんてすと
Edition 4 (2016)
Winners
5 peopleSet in a walled city built in preparation for large-scale environmental change, the story follows a boy raised outside the walls and girls who seek the truth behind the inside. Centered on an AI named Corbo and the game Fragments, it is a coming-of-age SF novel about life inside and outside the wall.
A game and an AI lead the characters toward the truth inside the wall.
Set in a future where civilization has collapsed and humanity has become biological computers, the novel follows a boy and girl raised in an underground city as they begin searching for the real sea. Against a backdrop of Earth turned into a record medium, it is a post-cyberpunk SF story about longing for lost nature.
A post-cyberpunk SF tale of two young people searching for the lost sea.
Set in an idol warring-states era, the story follows Mika, who became an idol fanatic at six months old, as she meets fellow members in an idol club and strives to become her own version of the ultimate idol. It is a singular SF collection bursting with yuri, proletarian energy, and cosmic imagery.
A singular SF collection that pushes the idol genre to its extreme.
Recorded as a final nominee for the fourth Hayakawa SF Contest. No book-length edition could be confirmed and public information is limited, so it is currently treated primarily as a contest nominee.
One of the final nominees for the fourth Hayakawa SF Contest.
Recorded as a final nominee for the fourth Hayakawa SF Contest. No book-length edition could be confirmed and public information is limited, so it is currently treated primarily as a contest nominee.
One of the final nominees for the fourth Hayakawa SF Contest.