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Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Grand Award

かどかわがくえんしょうせつたいしょう

Light novel newcomers' award sponsored by Kadokawa Shoten from 1997 to 2010.

Light novelSchool novel
Established
1997
Organizer
Kadokawa Shoten
Category
Light Novels and Web Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around September–October
Announcement Period
around March–April
Status
Ended

Description

Light novel newcomers' literary award sponsored by Kadokawa Shoten from 1997 to 2010. Accepted submissions regardless of genre with 'school' (gakuen) as the keyword, and renamed to 'School Novel Grand Prize' starting from the 13th edition in 2009. Concluded with the 14th edition in 2010, after which the Sneaker Grand Prize began holding submissions twice a year from 2011.

Prize

Main Prize
Grand Prize and other prizes

Selection

Selection Process

Selection
Judges Kadokawa Shoten Anime and Comics Division

Related Awards

  • Sneaker Grand Prize

Past Winners

宮越しまぞう みやこし しまぞう excellence award

がらくたヴィーナス is an entertainment novel for younger readers, foregrounding a strong premise and active characters with the momentum expected of a newcomer prize entry.

がらくたヴィーナス is a prize-recognized work by 宮越しまぞう.

light novelcharactersnewcomer prize
Atsushi Takagi たかぎ あつし excellence award

なしのつぶて(菜々子さんの戯曲 Nの悲劇と縛られた僕) is a work by 高木敦. 『なしのつぶて(菜々子さんの戯曲 Nの悲劇と縛られた僕)』は高木敦による作品。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。

なしのつぶて(菜々子さんの戯曲 Nの悲劇と縛られた僕) presents 高木敦's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

文学賞受賞作
夏村めめめ なつむら めめめ excellence award

暴走社会魔法学 is a work by 夏村めめめ. 『暴走社会魔法学』は夏村めめめによる作品。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。

暴走社会魔法学 presents 夏村めめめ's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

文学賞受賞作
星野アギト ほしの あぎと U-20 Award

ハワイ(How was it)?Vol.1 is a work by 星野アギト. 『ハワイ(How was it)?Vol.1』は星野アギトによる作品。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。

ハワイ(How was it)?Vol.1 presents 星野アギト's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

文学賞受賞作
Nekosuna Ippei ねこすな いっぺい grand prize

'末代まで!' is a winning work of the 角川学園小説大賞 by Nekosuna Ippei.

'末代まで!' is a winning work of the 角川学園小説大賞 by Nekosuna Ippei.

285 pages
children and growth
Ko Narayama へいじょうやま こうがく encouragement award

×計画予備軍婦人部(ヒミツのテックガール ぺけ計画と転校生) is a 学園ライトノベル by 平城山工学. 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 学園ライトノベル that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
Maki Kuuto まき くうと encouragement award

ウォーターズ・ウィスパー(耳鳴坂妖異日誌 手のひらに物の怪) is a 学園怪異小説 by 眞木空人. 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 学園怪異小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

family and memoryself-discoverysocial pressure
桂木希 encouragement award

Everyday Elemental is a school-fiction work associated with the Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Grand Prize. Combining a sense of everyday life with an elemental or spirit-like term, it can be introduced as light-novel-style fiction in which small disruptions enter school life.

A school story where everyday life intersects with elemental strangeness.

school lifeeveryday lifethe extraordinary

Ao's Book and Iron Shoes is a school or fantasy-leaning newcomer work by Kazuhiro Yoshino. With a book and shoes in the title, it suggests a youth story linking reading, walking, and stepping into unknown places.

A youth story about stepping into the unknown through a book and iron shoes.

booksdepartureyouthfantasy
伊岡瞬 excellence award

Boneking I: Undertakers is a Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko novel by Kei Nomura. It unfolds as a dark young-adult science fantasy combining special abilities, infection, and revenge.

A boy pursuing the killer of his cousin steps into a chain of events where powers and infection intersect.

381 pages
light novelscience fictionhorrorrevengespecial abilities
秋芳雅人 encouragement award

Reversible City: Kuro no Heishi is a work by Ko Suigetsu that received an encouragement prize in the Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Grand Prize. It is confirmed in award records, but no standalone publication could be verified.

The work appears in award records, but no hardcover or paperback bibliography could be confirmed.

light novelnewcomer awardnot confirmed as a book

Junjo Kanjo Alien 1: Chikyu Boeibu to Boku to Momo Senpai is a Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko novel by Yuki Kobayashi. A boy joins the Earth Defense Club to be near the senior he admires, only for his everyday life to shift with the arrival of a strange transfer student.

A club life begun out of admiration for Momo-senpai rolls into unease after a strange transfer student appears.

284 pages
light novelschoolclub activitiesromancealiens
神森繁 excellence award

Seishun Haiku Koza: Hatsuzakura is a coming-of-age mystery by Saho Mizuhara. A high school student studying haiku reads the seasons and human feelings through small mysteries hidden in everyday life.

Haiku and everyday mysteries intertwine as a girl's season gradually opens.

253 pages
coming-of-age mysteryhaikueveryday mysterygrowthKomoro
村崎友 excellence award

A light novel set in a society where the technology of summoning strange creatures from the otherworld of Andaka has become common. Its school-centered disturbances explore talent, loneliness, and connection with others.

アンダカの怪造学 is a work in which 日日日 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

339 pages
otherworldschool lifestrange creatures
射逆裕二 encouragement award

A light novel about bonds between young people and the instability of overlapping worlds. Relationships formed amid chaos drive the story forward.

多重世界の幻影ども (世界のキズナ 混沌な世界に浮かぶ月) is a work in which 有澤透世 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

321 pages
multiple worldsbondslight novel

Recorded as an encouragement-prize work for the Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Award. No standalone book was confirmed; it appears to center on a bright school-story heroine with a strong sense of justice.

晴れ時どき正義の乙女 is a work in which 宮崎みゆき draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

school storygirl heroinestandalone publication unconfirmed
秋芳雅人 encouragement award

Recorded as an encouragement-prize work for the Kadokawa Gakuen Novel Award. The title combines images of dolls and violence, suggesting a school novel with an unsettling fantastical edge.

キリングドール is a work in which 鈴原麻貴 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

dollsfantasystandalone publication unconfirmed
朝宮運河 encouragement award

E×N きみとの縁てやつ 巻の一 is a fictional work by どば. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title E×N きみとの縁てやつ 巻の一 conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

relationshipsgrowthtime
佐々木土下座衛門 special award

純潔ブルースプリング is a fictional work by 十文字青. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title 純潔ブルースプリング conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

relationshipsgrowthtime
初野晴 grand prize

光の魔法使い (バイトでウィザード 流れよ光、と魔女は言った) is an award-recognized work by 椎野美由貴. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

光の魔法使い (バイトでウィザード 流れよ光、と魔女は言った) presents the literary world of 椎野美由貴 as an award-recognized work.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
滝本陽一郎 excellence award

消閑の挑戦者 パーフェクト・キング is an award-recognized work by 岩井恭平. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

消閑の挑戦者 パーフェクト・キング presents the literary world of 岩井恭平 as an award-recognized work.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
渚辺環生 excellence award

魔を穿つレイン is an award-recognized work by 渚辺環生. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

魔を穿つレイン presents the literary world of 渚辺環生 as an award-recognized work.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
川崎草志 excellence award

ネクストエイジ is a work by 野島研二 recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

ネクストエイジ brought wider attention to 野島研二's writing through its prize recognition.

FictionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature

ばいおれんす☆まじかる!~九重第二の魔法少女 is a work by 林トモアキ recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

ばいおれんす☆まじかる!~九重第二の魔法少女 brought wider attention to 林トモアキ's writing through its prize recognition.

279 pages
FictionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature
滝本竜彦 special award

ネガティブハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ is a work by 滝本竜彦 recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

ネガティブハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ brought wider attention to 滝本竜彦's writing through its prize recognition.

237 pages
FictionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature
北乃坂柾雪 encouragement award

匣庭の偶殺魔 is a work by 北乃坂柾雪 recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

匣庭の偶殺魔 brought wider attention to 北乃坂柾雪's writing through its prize recognition.

284 pages
FictionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature

氷菓 is a work by 米澤穂信 recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

氷菓 brought wider attention to 米澤穂信's writing through its prize recognition.

224 pages
FictionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature
咲田哲宏 excellence award

ドラゴン・デイズ (竜が飛ばない日曜日) is 作品 by 咲田哲宏. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 咲田哲宏's literary expression.

award-recognized literature
秋葉千景 encouragement award

蛹の中の十日間 is 作品 by 秋葉千景. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 秋葉千景's literary expression.

award-recognized literature

マグダミリア 三つの星 (バルビザンテの宝冠 王の星を戴冠せよ) (ミゼリコルドの聖杖 永遠はわが王のために) is 作品 by 高殿円. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 高殿円's literary expression.

award-recognized literature
鷹野良仁 grand prize

"幻想婚 (フィールド・オブ・スターライト―新任艦長はいつも大変)" is a literary work by 鷹野良仁. Reliable book identifiers for a standalone volume could not be confirmed.

"幻想婚 (フィールド・オブ・スターライト―新任艦長はいつも大変)" is recognized as a literary work.

literary workaward-winning work
嶋崎宏樹 encouragement award

"朱美君がいっぱい。" is a literary work by 嶋崎宏樹. Reliable book identifiers for a standalone volume could not be confirmed.

"朱美君がいっぱい。" is recognized as a literary work.

literary workaward-winning work
星野亮 encouragement award

学園警護[城渓篇] is a work by 伊勢方脇勝 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

学園警護[城渓篇] leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

award-recognized workcharacter portrayalsense of period
榊一郎 grand prize

銀河鉄道☆スペースジャック is a work by 相川万里 associated with the 角川学園小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞, 銀河鉄道☆スペースジャック draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

角川学園小説大賞銀河鉄道☆スペースジャックliterature

黄昏の終わる刻 (トラブル・てりぶる・ハッカーズ) is a work by 後池田真也 associated with the 角川学園小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞, 黄昏の終わる刻 (トラブル・てりぶる・ハッカーズ) draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

角川学園小説大賞黄昏の終わる刻 (トラブル・てりぶる・ハッカーズ)literature
高橋夕樹 gold prize

歪む教室 is a work by 関俊介 associated with the 角川学園小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 角川学園小説大賞, 歪む教室 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

229 pages
角川学園小説大賞歪む教室literature