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Kita-ku Uchida Yasuo Mystery Literary Award きたく うちだやすおミステリーぶんがくしょう

Edition 10 (2012)

Mystery novelsShort stories

Winners

3 people
山下歩 やました あゆむ grand prize

This grand prize-winning work of the Kita City Yasuo Uchida Mystery Literary Award is a short mystery rooted in places and atmosphere connected to Kita City, with a puzzle tied to sound and location driving the story.

A short mystery set in Kita City, where memories of sound and place turn into a puzzle.

short mysteryKita Cityregional literary awardmemory of sound
滝川野枝 たきがわ のえ jury special prize

A prize-winning short mystery of the Kita City Yasuo Uchida Mystery Literary Award. Using the title's chant-like rhythm as a clue, it follows a mystery hidden within local memory and human relationships.

The chant-like sound of the words leads readers toward secrets left in the land.

short mysterysound of wordslocal memoryregional literary award
宮田隆 みやた たかし ward mayor award

A prize-winning short mystery of the Kita City Yasuo Uchida Mystery Literary Award. Its title evokes the classic motif of revenge, and the mystery unfolds around the relationships and pasts of people gathered for cherry-blossom viewing.

Behind the bustle of cherry-blossom viewing, an old connection emerges as a mystery.

short mysterycherry-blossom viewingrevenge motifregional literary award