Japan Fantasy Novel Grand Award
にほんファンタジーノベルたいしょう
Open submission literary award targeting unpublished original fantasy novels
- Established
- 1989
- Organizer
- Shinchosha Foundation for the Promotion of Literature
- Category
- Genre Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around September–October
- Announcement Period
- around March–April
- Status
- Active
Description
Established in 1989, this is a Japanese fantasy novel open submission literary award open to both professionals and amateurs. Award-winning works are published by Shinchosha.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize
- Cash Prize
- 3,000,000 JPY
- Publication by Shinchosha
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round selection | Editorial staff | — | — |
| Final selection | Judging committee | — | — |
Official Resources
https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/fantasy/Past Winners
Seiemon visits an old man to collect folk tales and hears the legend of Shutenno Doji, a demon that once terrorized the capital. Inspired by the Shuten-doji legend, this Heian-era entertainment novel explores the battles and coexistence of demons who defy authority, as well as the shifting notions of justice and the reversal of roles.
There are days when you feel you cannot go on living without setting out on a journey of the imagination. In those times, the world of fantasy was something I could not do without.
Hirari, a newly employed local civil servant, moves into her mother's childhood home and discovers that her family lineage carries a special role as descendants of the "Nakayashiki," charged with making wishes to tengu. Through encounters with a talking badger named Yosaburo and the tengu Iino, she gradually awakens to her destiny. When a powerful typhoon strikes the town of Toyoho, her true trial begins. A fresh-feeling fantasy set in a rural town where daily life and the supernatural intertwine, depicting the fading of tradition alongside the struggles of a modern civil servant.
The combination of a civil servant and an earth spirit is fascinating — Riku Onda