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Japan Love Story Grand Award

にほんらぶすとーりーたいしょう

Public literary award sponsored by Takarajimasha targeting romance novels.

Romance novelsLiterary award
Established
2005
Organizer
Takarajima-sha
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Ended

Description

The Japan Love Story Grand Award is a public literary award sponsored by Takarajimasha targeting romance novels. The grand prize winning work receives 5 million yen in prize money and benefits such as book publication. Up to the 3rd edition, film adaptation was considered for the grand prize work. It has been suspended since the 10th edition.

Prize

Main Prize
Grand Prize: 5 million yen prize money and book publication
Cash Prize
5,000,000 JPY
  • Special Prize: Selected from works that passed the first screening (not awarded in some editions)
  • Film adaptation of the grand prize work was considered up to the 3rd edition

Official Resources

http://japanlovestory.jp/

Past Winners

田丸久深 たむら ひさみ best award

奇跡33756 is a work by 田丸久深, recorded here as a 最優秀賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of 奇跡33756 by 田丸久深, including award and bibliographic context.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturebibliographic verification
石田祥 いしだ しょう grand prize

For the Tomatoes is a Japanese literary work that explores memory, relationships, self-discovery. It presents its subject through a focused narrative or poetic frame shaped by the work's award context.

For the Tomatoes presents its award-winning themes in an accessible literary form.

255 pages
memoryrelationshipsself-discovery
相戸結衣 あいと ゆい grand prize

A love story set in an animal hospital, portraying people working in veterinary care, the animals they treat, and romance. Against a background of animal knowledge and the tension of caring for lives, the protagonists' relationship gradually changes.

In an animal hospital entrusted with lives, professional sincerity and romantic feeling slowly intersect.

243 pages
animal hospitalveterinary careromance
蒼井ひかり あおい ひかり excellence award

A romantic comedy about a woman who considers herself dried out from romance and begins to change through clashes with the attractive man who moves in next door. It lightly portrays a dry everyday life and the unexpected approach of love.

A woman who believes she is done with romance has her calm disrupted by the man who moves in next door.

311 pages
romantic comedyneighborsfalling in love again
Mahiro Sawaki さわき まひろ grand prize

Akatsuki, a hairstylist raised in a children’s home, has avoided romance and lived through purely physical relationships. Through her encounter with sincere Yusuke, a relationship that begins with the body gradually opens into love.

A person who has rejected romance begins to open her heart to a final love.

268 pages
adult romanceemotional woundschildren’s homebody and heartrenewal
中居真麻 なかい まま grand prize

恋なんて贅沢が私に落ちてくるのだろうか? is a prize-recognized literary work built around urgent subject matter and a prose texture designed to leave a clear impression on readers.

恋なんて贅沢が私に落ちてくるのだろうか? is a prize-recognized work by 中居真麻.

literary prizestoryexpression
宇木聡史 うき さとし grand prize

ルームシェア・ストーリー is a work by 宇木聡史. 恋に傷ついてきた女性が理想の部屋で同年代の男性と暮らし始める恋愛小説。共同生活の距離が、恋愛感情とは別の信頼から少しずつ変化していく。

ルームシェア・ストーリー presents 宇木聡史's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

240 pages
共同生活恋愛自立
Junichi Yashiro やしろ じゅんいち entertainment special award

ふたたび swing me again is a work by 矢城潤一. ハンセン病で夢を断たれたジャズマンが、孫とともにかつての仲間を訪ねる物語。音楽、家族、失われた時間を取り戻そうとする老いの青春が描かれる。

ふたたび swing me again presents 矢城潤一's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

ジャズ家族再出発
羽澄愁子 はずみ しゅうこ jury special prize

ショーウィンドウ is a work by 羽澄愁子. 『ショーウィンドウ』は羽澄愁子による作品。受賞歴を通じて知られ、人物の感情や時代性を軸にした読み味を持つ。

ショーウィンドウ presents 羽澄愁子's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

文学賞受賞作
藤崎真生 ふじさき まお grand prize

放課後のウォークライ is a work by 藤崎真生 selected for the 日本ラブストーリー大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

放課後のウォークライ

244 pages
romanceyouthrelationships
千梨らく ちなし らく entertainment special award

惚れ草 is a work by 千梨らく selected for the 日本ラブストーリー大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

惚れ草

244 pages
romanceyouthrelationships
奈良美那 なら みな grand prize

埋もれる is a 恋愛小説 by 奈良美那. 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 恋愛小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
Eri Yoshikawa よしかわ えり entertainment special award

私の結婚に関する予言「38」 is a 恋愛エンタテインメント by 吉川英梨. 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 恋愛エンタテインメント that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

408 pages
family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
Sakuno Tsukine さきの つきね Nifty / Cocolog Award

さくら色 オカンの嫁入り is a 恋愛家族小説 by 咲乃月音. 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 恋愛家族小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

216 pages
family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
林由美子 はやし ゆみこ jury special prize

化粧板 is a 恋愛小説 by 林由美子. 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 恋愛小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
Yū Uemura うえむら ゆう grand prize

A romantic entertainment novel in which an unremarkable middle-aged man tries to protect a high-school girl he has seen on a train. Comic and earnest by turns, his fixation sets off actions that pull others in.

An awkward obsession tumbles into an unexpected rescue story.

251 pages
romancemiddle-aged protagonistrescue storyhumor
Maha Harada はらだ まは grand prize

Kafu o Machiwabite is Maha Harada's debut novel, a love story set on a remote Okinawan island where an encounter begins with a wish written on a votive tablet. The quiet rhythm of island life is intertwined with the difficulty of learning to trust another person.

A wish asking someone to become his bride slowly sets the island's quiet days in motion.

283 pages
Okinawaromancelonelinesstrusthealing
さとうさくら さとう さくら jury acclaim award

Switch is a novel by Sakura Sato. Centered on the idea of a switch or turning point, it follows changes in the characters' choices and emotions.

Small shifts alter how everyday life and relationships come into view.

307 pages
romanceturning pointyoung adultsemotional change