Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Award
にほんケータイしょうせつたいしょう
Japan's first full-fledged literary award targeting cell phone novels.
- Established
- 2006
- Organizer
- Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Award Executive Committee
- Category
- Light Novels and Web Literature
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Announcement Period
- around September
- Status
- Ended
Description
Established in 2006 by three companies—Mainichi Shimbun, Starts Publishing, and Mahou no Irando—against the backdrop of the rapid penetration of cell phone novels and the phenomenon of book adaptations exceeding 1 million copies in bestsellers. This award targets original works publicly released on mobile phones nationwide, and the Grand Prize and Excellent Prize are guaranteed to be published as books.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize and Excellent Prize are guaranteed to be published as books
- Tokyo Disney Resort(R) Pair Tickets & Accommodation Voucher
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Reader Vote | Reader Vote | — | Announced on the official website |
| Second Reader Vote | Reader Vote | 37.5% | Announced on the official website |
| Final Judging | Selection Committee | — | Late September |
Related Awards
- Cell phone novel
- Novel submission sites
- Online novels
Official Resources
http://nkst.jp/Past Winners
はちみつ色の太陽 by Link is introduced here as a work centered on 恋愛, 闘病. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 恋愛 shapes the reader's path into the story.
妄想ラブレター by 浪速ゆう is introduced here as a work centered on 恋愛, 手紙. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 恋愛 shapes the reader's path into the story.
STARS&MISSION by 天瀬ふゆ is introduced here as a work centered on 使命, 恋愛. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 使命 shapes the reader's path into the story.
好きになれよ、俺のこと。 by SELEN is introduced here as a work centered on 学園恋愛, 片思い. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 学園恋愛 shapes the reader's path into the story.
絶対値のゆくえ by aona is introduced here as a work centered on 短編, 心の距離. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 短編 shapes the reader's path into the story.
晴れ空にビー玉 by なかめぐろ is introduced here as a work centered on 短編, 青春. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 短編 shapes the reader's path into the story.
はちみつ色の太陽 by Link is introduced here as a work centered on 恋愛, 闘病. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 恋愛 shapes the reader's path into the story.
はちみつ色の太陽 by Link is introduced here as a work centered on 恋愛, 闘病. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.
A work in which 恋愛 shapes the reader's path into the story.
また、キミに逢えたなら。 is a work by miNato, recorded here as a 大賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of また、キミに逢えたなら。 by miNato, including award and bibliographic context.
キミのイタズラに涙する。 is a work by cheeery, recorded here as a 優秀賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of キミのイタズラに涙する。 by cheeery, including award and bibliographic context.
天国への切符 is a work by 幸, recorded here as a 優秀賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of 天国への切符 by 幸, including award and bibliographic context.
キミのイタズラに涙する。 is a work by cheeery, recorded here as a TSUTAYA賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of キミのイタズラに涙する。 by cheeery, including award and bibliographic context.
また、キミに逢えたなら。 is a work by miNato, recorded here as a ブックパス賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of また、キミに逢えたなら。 by miNato, including award and bibliographic context.
あのこになりたい is a work by 美波 夕, recorded here as a 特別賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of あのこになりたい by 美波 夕, including award and bibliographic context.
あと、11分 is a work by ちせ., recorded here as a ケータイ小説文庫賞・ブルーレーベル selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of あと、11分 by ちせ., including award and bibliographic context.
彼氏人形 is a work by 西羽咲花月, recorded here as a ケータイ小説文庫賞・ブラックレーベル selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.
A concise profile of 彼氏人形 by 西羽咲花月, including award and bibliographic context.
After dying in an accident during a school trip, Hotaru is told she must fulfill three lingering wishes before she can move on. The novel follows those final wishes as a tender story about first love, family, friendship, and the truth left at the edge of life and death.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
This youth romance follows two people who still care for each other after a painful separation. It places illness, memory, and devotion at the center of a story about choosing the other person’s happiness even when that choice hurts.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
After dying in an accident during a school trip, Hotaru is told she must fulfill three lingering wishes before she can move on. The novel follows those final wishes as a tender story about first love, family, friendship, and the truth left at the edge of life and death.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
This youth romance follows two people who still care for each other after a painful separation. It places illness, memory, and devotion at the center of a story about choosing the other person’s happiness even when that choice hurts.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
This youth romance follows two people who still care for each other after a painful separation. It places illness, memory, and devotion at the center of a story about choosing the other person’s happiness even when that choice hurts.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
A mobile-novel romance first published under the title later connected with the author’s book debut. The story centers on a love that cannot easily be accepted and on the emotional conflict of holding on to someone despite social and personal obstacles.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
A supernatural romance about a heroine drawn into the world of a family connected with Japanese deities. Its appeal lies in the contrast between a passionate protagonist and a cool counterpart, mixing fate, bloodline, and forbidden attraction.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
A horror novel about a heroine who encounters the sinister house of a family known as Nanatsuno. It uses temporary cohabitation, family secrets, and a curse to build a fast-moving story aimed at teen readers.
A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.
Mai, a high school student who keeps drawing alone in the art room after class, meets Tsubasa, a basketball player chasing his dream. The novel follows first love, abandoned hopes, and a painful choice made because the characters care for each other.
A girl who has given up on her dream meets a boy who speaks openly about his own, and together they search for the strength to move forward.
Sayu, a high school student who uses a wheelchair because of a congenital illness, begins to find meaning in her life after meeting Hikaru at a school festival. The story follows a girl who had given up on love and dreams as she slowly opens herself to a bright, direct affection.
A girl who felt trapped in darkness begins to accept herself after meeting a boy as bright as sunlight.
This youth romance centers on Yuriko, a baseball club manager, and her childhood friend, the team captain, during their final high school summer. The search for a four-leaf clover becomes a symbol of wishes, happiness, and feelings that may not reach their destination.
The wish to make one summer unforgettable quietly unsettles a childhood-friend romance.
Miori, a third-year junior high student, rushes through the maze of being fifteen as she faces love for the rebellious Jin, entrance exams, adult opposition, and uncertainty about the future. The story treats adolescence as a maze of friendship, dreams, and first love.
In the maze of fifteen, where love, friendship, dreams, and exams overlap, a girl searches for a path she can choose herself.
Chizuru, worn down by bullying and unable to attend school, meets a mysterious boy named Yukio. Her grandmother’s crisis opens a story of promises across time and the ties that sustain life.
In a summer shadowed by despair, a promise arrives to reconnect life.
Sumire, a proud high school girl, carries guilt over a man who died protecting her in a traffic accident. Her love for Yuki forces her to face memory, loss, and the courage to change.
A girl burdened by guilt learns, through love, to choose tomorrow again.
A cell phone novel combining first love with time travel. Through a journey into the past, the protagonist reconsiders family and romantic memories, wavering between a past she wants to change and feelings she cannot erase.
Even across time, the pain and brightness of first love remain.
Ai, unable to fall in love because of past hurt, is supported by her friend Maria and Maria’s boyfriend Satoru. As she watches Satoru’s devotion, her own feelings change and she suffers at the boundary between friendship and love.
A painful youth romance about falling for the boyfriend of a cherished friend.
On the morning of her high school entrance ceremony, Rina meets Kyohei, an isolated classmate. She is drawn to his awkward kindness, but as their bond deepens, something begins to happen to his body.
The will to keep believing lights their brief season together.
天国までの49日間 is a work by 櫻井千姫. A novel driven by its characters' choices and the atmosphere of its time, leaving a vivid aftertaste.
天国までの49日間 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
有明先生と瑞穂さん is a work by コン. A novel driven by its characters' choices and the atmosphere of its time, leaving a vivid aftertaste.
有明先生と瑞穂さん draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
太陽が見てるから is a work by 高橋あこ. A novel driven by its characters' choices and the atmosphere of its time, leaving a vivid aftertaste.
太陽が見てるから draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
天国までの49日間 is a work by 櫻井千姫. A novel driven by its characters' choices and the atmosphere of its time, leaving a vivid aftertaste.
天国までの49日間 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
放課後図書室 is a work by イアム. A novel driven by its characters' choices and the atmosphere of its time, leaving a vivid aftertaste.
放課後図書室 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
This work presents its subject through a compact, literary form, emphasizing memory, emotion, and the pressure of lived experience. It can be read as a piece that connects personal feeling with a wider social and cultural landscape.
A work that follows intimate emotions as they meet a larger world.
This work presents its subject through a compact, literary form, emphasizing memory, emotion, and the pressure of lived experience. It can be read as a piece that connects personal feeling with a wider social and cultural landscape.
A work that follows intimate emotions as they meet a larger world.
風にキス、君にキス。 is a work by 繭. 陸上に打ち込む若者の恋と成長を描くケータイ小説。走ることへの迷い、相手を支える気持ち、夢と恋の間で揺れる青春が中心に置かれる。
風にキス、君にキス。 presents 繭's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.
風にキス、君にキス。 is a work by 繭. 陸上に打ち込む若者の恋と成長を描くケータイ小説。走ることへの迷い、相手を支える気持ち、夢と恋の間で揺れる青春が中心に置かれる。
風にキス、君にキス。 presents 繭's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.
俺様王子と秘密の時間 is a work by 涼宮リン. 学園の人気者との出会いから、恋に不慣れな少女が自分の気持ちと向き合っていくケータイ小説。甘い設定の中に、秘密を共有する距離感と成長が描かれる。
俺様王子と秘密の時間 presents 涼宮リン's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.
あたし彼女 is a work by kiki selected for the 日本ケータイ小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.
あたし彼女
A mobile novel in which Mio, a first-year high school student, meets a young man who knows a past even she does not understand. Romance, a love triangle, and buried secrets intertwine as a series of confessions moves toward the truth.
告白- synchronize love -
レンタルな関係。 is a work by 水沢莉 selected for the 日本ケータイ小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.
レンタルな関係。
あたし彼女 is a work by kiki selected for the 日本ケータイ小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.
あたし彼女
あたし彼女 is a work by kiki selected for the 日本ケータイ小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.
あたし彼女
A mobile novel about a boy afflicted by a strange disease that slowly turns his body into wood, and the girl who keeps visiting him. Through a relationship he once avoided, the story looks at what it means to live and to part.
僕にキが訪れる
白いジャージ~先生と私~ is an award-winning work by reY. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
白いジャージ~先生と私~ shows the qualities for which reY was recognized in this award year.
空色想い is an award-winning work by Ayaka.. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
空色想い shows the qualities for which Ayaka. was recognized in this award year.
√セッテン is an award-winning work by *R*. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
√セッテン shows the qualities for which *R* was recognized in this award year.
ラスト・ゲーム is an award-winning work by かな. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
ラスト・ゲーム shows the qualities for which かな was recognized in this award year.
キスまでの距離 is an award-winning work by 佐野あげは. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
キスまでの距離 shows the qualities for which 佐野あげは was recognized in this award year.
儚い者たち is an award-winning work by ERINA. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
儚い者たち shows the qualities for which ERINA was recognized in this award year.
BITTER。○ is a ケータイ小説 by 秋桜. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.
A focused ケータイ小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
ブラウン管の中の彼女 is a ケータイ小説 by のらね. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.
A focused ケータイ小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
ID01 is a ケータイ小説 by ぬこ. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.
A focused ケータイ小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
A mobile-phone novel in which Leo, a host, and Sakura, a university student, meet and seek genuine love while carrying wounds. It depicts a longing for purity and pain through urgent young romance.
A romance about two people who meet in society's shadows and search for a clear love.
A long romance about Yuri and Yu, high school students whose love passes through separation, reunion, and sudden loss. It portrays a way of living not by forgetting the beloved but by carrying memories forward.
A romance about living on with memories after losing someone precious.
A mobile-phone novel about the final day before the end of the world. Within a limited span of time, the characters reconsider their feelings for loved ones and the meaning of their own lives.
A youth novel about what people choose when only one day remains.
A mobile-phone love story selected in the first Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Prize. It follows romance and loneliness in direct language close to young readers' everyday lives.
A story born on a mobile fiction site, portraying love and vulnerability at an intimate scale.
A mobile-born romance and youth story selected in the first Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Prize. True to its starlit title, it layers flashes of feeling and unease in brief prose.
A mobile novel about youthful wavering set against the emotional distance suggested by a starlit sky.
A romance selected in the first Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Prize. As the title suggests, it portrays insecurity and suspicion in love with the immediacy typical of mobile fiction.
A mobile-born story about the closeness of love and the pain produced by doubt.