KAPPA-ONE
かっぱわんとうりゅうもん
Kobunsha's open call project for discovering new full-length novel talent. Effectively suspended after the 2007 recruitment, and from 2014, launched Kappa・Two as the successor project targeting honkaku mysteries.
- Established
- 2002
- Organizer
- Kobunsha
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 2 per year
- Application Deadline
- around June, around December
- Status
- Ended
Description
KAPPA-ONE Ryuryumon is Kobunsha's open newcomer award for full-length novels regardless of genre. Entries equivalent to 200-1,000 sheets of 400-character manuscript paper are solicited with deadlines at the end of June and December each year, and winning works are published by Kobunsha Kappa Novels. It was effectively suspended after 2007, and from 2014, the successor project Kappa・Two targeting honkaku mysteries was started.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Winning work published by Kobunsha Kappa Novels
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screening of submitted works | Kobunsha editors | — | — |
Related Awards
- Mephisto Award
- Kadokawa Entertainment Next Award
Official Resources
http://kappa-novels.com/kappaone/index.htmlPast Winners
バロックライン is a ミステリ by 樹月弐夜. 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 ミステリ that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
ルナ is a 小説 by 沖水幹生. 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 小説 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
リロ・グラ・シスタ the little glass sister is a ミステリ by 詠坂雄二. 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 ミステリ that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.
An action novel set in near-future Tokyo, where people with special abilities known as evolved variants clash. After losing his sister, the protagonist is drawn into revenge, investigation, and battles among ability users.
A young man driven by revenge steps into a sorrowful battlefield of people with strange powers.
A historical romance set in an imagined foreign world, centered on a band of tomb raiders, an army, and a boy known as the weaver of time. Former friendship and the course of war intersect within an unwanted conflict.
Around a boy who weaves time, a battle between former friends begins to move.
An entertainment novel built around crime, obsession, and fear, with an unsettling premise signaled by its macabre title.
An entertainment novel built around crime, obsession, and fear, with an unsettling premise signaled by its macabre title.
An adventure-leaning entertainment novel centered on conflict, movement, and a sense of mission.
An adventure-leaning entertainment novel centered on conflict, movement, and a sense of mission.
首切り坂 is a fictional work by 相原大輔. 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 首切り坂 conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.
幻神伝 is a fictional work by 浅田靖丸. 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 幻神伝 conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.
S.I.B セーラーガール・イン・ブラッド is a fictional work by 佐神良. 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 S.I.B セーラーガール・イン・ブラッド conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.
アイルランドの薔薇 is an award-recognized work by 石持浅海. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
アイルランドの薔薇 presents the literary world of 石持浅海 as an award-recognized work.
The unseen 見えない精霊 is an award-recognized work by 林泰広. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
The unseen 見えない精霊 presents the literary world of 林泰広 as an award-recognized work.
密室の鍵貸します is an award-recognized work by 東川篤哉. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
密室の鍵貸します presents the literary world of 東川篤哉 as an award-recognized work.
双月城の惨劇 is an award-recognized work by 加賀美雅之. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
双月城の惨劇 presents the literary world of 加賀美雅之 as an award-recognized work.