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Japan Cell Phone Novel Grand Award にほんケータイしょうせつたいしょう

Edition 7 (2012)

Literary awardCell phone novel

Winners

4 people
YuUHi grand prize

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.

271 pages
first loverenewed dreamsloss and hope in adolescence
Salala excellence award

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.

287 pages
illness and self-acceptancehigh school romancecourage to live
rila。 TSUTAYA Award

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.

327 pages
childhood friendshigh school baseballwishes and happiness
月森みるく つきもりみるく special award

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.

297 pages
being fifteenexams and lovefriendship and dreams