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Ichijinsha Bunko Grand Award

いちじんしゃぶんこたいしょう

A light novel newcomer award sponsored by publisher Ichijinsha.

Light novel
Established
2008
Organizer
Ichijinsha
Category
Light Novels and Web Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September
Announcement Period
around March–April
Status
Ended

Description

Light novel newcomer open submission literary award newly established in May 2008 simultaneously with the launch of Ichijinsha Bunko. It adopts a two-division system consisting of the boys-oriented Ichijinsha Bunko division and the girls-oriented Iris division, targeting teen-oriented entertainment novels, fantasy, mysteries, and the like, with awards such as Winner, Encouragement Award, Gold Award, etc. Recruitment ceased after 2016.

Prize

Main Prize
Publication in Ichijinsha Bunko or Ichijinsha Bunko Iris label

Related Awards

  • Ichijinsha Bunko Iris Romance Fantasy Grand Award
  • New-Generation Iris Girls' Novel Grand Award

Official Resources

https://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/

Past Winners

神庭武敏 encouragement award

つくなみな日常 is a ライトノベル work by 神庭武敏 associated with the 2016 奨励賞 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

つくなみな日常 by 神庭武敏 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

award-winning workbibliographic verificationライトノベル
Hotori Handa はんだ あぜ Misaki / July Award

Umi no Yuyu was published as Ningyo ni Uso wa Tsukenai, a young-adult novel by Aze Handa. In a seaside town, a boy meets a mermaid who cannot return home, and the summer story unfolds around family absence, secrets, and danger.

A fresh seaside coming-of-age novel that begins with a stranded mermaid.

223 pages
coming of agemermaidseaside town
山吹匂 やまぶき にお encouragement award

Shonen Yako Kitan is a work by Nio Yamabuki that received an encouragement prize from the Ichijinsha Bunko Award. It is confirmed in award records, but no standalone publication under this title could be verified.

A prize-recorded work with a fantastical title and no confirmed book publication.

light novelthe uncannynew writer award
くらげマン くらげまん silver prize

俺は本気で竜の娘と婚約するんだろうか(竜の娘と女勇者とダンジョンが俺の日常に馴染んでる) is an award-winning work by くらげマン. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

俺は本気で竜の娘と婚約するんだろうか(竜の娘と女勇者とダンジョンが俺の日常に馴染んでる), an award-winning work by くらげマン.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturebibliographic verification
ざっき ざっき encouragement award

小虎みみ子さんのミミック校内戦争 is an award-winning work by ざっき. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.

小虎みみ子さんのミミック校内戦争, an award-winning work by ざっき.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturebibliographic verification
西型一央 gold prize

A school romantic comedy in which the protagonist is suddenly loved by the admired Mizuki Amanogawa, only to face a premise where love itself can become fatal. The book turns an extreme fantasy rule into a high-energy light-novel comedy about affection, danger, and jealousy.

A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.

238 pages
school liferomantic comedylove
福本丸太 ふくもと まるた encouragement award

「尿とストーカー」という応募時タイトルからもうかがえるように、倒錯的に見える行動と人物理解の境界を扱ったライトノベル系作品。受賞記録は確認できるが、同題または改題後の単独書籍化は公開情報から確認できない。

A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.

loveschool life心理
棺悠介 grand prize

引きこもりのララバイ(引きこもりたちに俺の青春が翻弄されている) is an award-winning work by 棺悠介. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 引きこもりのララバイ(引きこもりたちに俺の青春が翻弄されている), based on award records and public book data.

award-winning workbibliographic researchliterature
平山ひろてる ひらやま ひろてる gold prize

魔法少女は、ビジネスだ。―黙って金を持ってこい―(あいまねっ!-Idol is money!?-) is an award-winning work by 平山ひろてる. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of 魔法少女は、ビジネスだ。―黙って金を持ってこい―(あいまねっ!-Idol is money!?-), based on award records and public book data.

award-winning workbibliographic researchliterature
小林健太郎 こばやし けんたろう encouragement award

リリーローズと夜の学び舎 is an award-winning work by 小林健太郎. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.

A bibliographic profile of リリーローズと夜の学び舎, based on award records and public book data.

award-winning workbibliographic researchliterature
真慈真雄 encouragement award

Tsukumo to Yorozu no Garakuta is recorded as an Encouragement Prize work in the Ichijinsha Bunko Grand Prize's Ichijinsha Bunko division. Public award lists confirm the title and author, but no published synopsis could be found.

An Ichijinsha Bunko prize work recorded in award lists, with no confirmed book publication.

light novel awardunpublishedIchijinsha Bunko
No winner
水上貴之 みずかみ たかゆき selected

KNIGHT INSPECTOR 熾炎の狩人は、水上貴之が一迅社文庫大賞で入選したライトノベル作品です。題名からうかがえる騎士・捜査・炎のイメージを中心に、アクション性のある物語として記録されています。

騎士と狩人のイメージを重ねる、一迅社文庫大賞の入選作です。

light novel騎士アクション
Katsuhiro Mizushima せんじょう たろう encouragement award

ゆっけっちょるかなー(僕が彼女に寄生中)は、戦場太郎が一迅社文庫大賞で奨励賞を受けた作品です。奇抜な題名から、日常と異物感を組み合わせるライトノベルとして位置づけられます。

強い題名の引力で読者を誘う、一迅社文庫大賞の奨励賞作品です。

light novelcomedyyouth