Komatsu Sakyo Award
こまつさきょうしょう
Public newcomer literary award sponsored by Kadokawa Haruki Office targeting SF novels
- Established
- 2000
- Organizer
- Kadokawa Haruki Office
- Category
- Genre Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
The Komatsu Sakyo Award was a public newcomer literary award sponsored by Kadokawa Haruki Office targeting SF novels. It was held from the 1st edition in 2000 to the 10th edition in 2009, and winners were presented with an engraved gold watch and 1 million yen as prize money.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Main prize: Engraved gold watch, Additional prize: 1 million yen
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final selection | Komatsu Sakyo | — | — |
Related Awards
- Japan SF Newcomer Award
- Sogen SF Short Story Award
- Hayakawa SF Contest
- Japan SF Criticism Award
Official Resources
http://www.kadokawaharuki.co.jp/Past Winners
'ラヴィン・ザ・キューブ' is a winning work of the 小松左京賞 by Mikure Mori.
'ラヴィン・ザ・キューブ' is a winning work of the 小松左京賞 by Mikure Mori.
A large-scale science-fiction suspense story that begins with a failed satellite launch and expands into space weapons and international conspiracy.
セカンドムーン draws readers in through its focus on space development.
A historical science-fiction novel that begins around Perry's arrival and imagines a family with mysterious powers operating behind Japanese history. Centered on a lineage stretching from antiquity to the modern era, it links alien contact with counterhistorical imagination.
Powers gained through alien contact are inherited as a bloodline behind Japanese history.
A science-fiction and fantasy-leaning novel that combines dark atmosphere and suspense around a castle-like enclosed setting.
A science-fiction and fantasy-leaning novel that combines dark atmosphere and suspense around a castle-like enclosed setting.
A science-fiction novel set on a near-future Mars, where security officer Retsu Mizushima is drawn into strange creatures and conspiracy after an attack during a prisoner transport. The bleak Martian environment, criminal investigation, and uncanny abilities intersect in a dark adventure.
On barren Mars, a prisoner transport turns into a dark ballad after an uncanny attack.
神様のパズル is an award-recognized work by 機本伸司. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
神様のパズル presents the literary world of 機本伸司 as an award-recognized work.
今池電波聖ゴミマリア is a work by 町井登志夫 recognized by the 小松左京賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.
今池電波聖ゴミマリア brought wider attention to 町井登志夫's writing through its prize recognition.
エリ・エリ is 作品 by 平谷美樹. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.
The work offers a way into 平谷美樹's literary expression.
DOMESDAY（ドームズデイ） is 作品 by 浦浜圭一郎. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.
The work offers a way into 浦浜圭一郎's literary expression.
ストレンジ・ランド is a work by 高橋桐矢 associated with komatsu-sakyo-award/2000-1#2. Even where a standalone book could not be confirmed in public sources, it is identified through its award context.
ストレンジ・ランド by 高橋桐矢 is a work preserved through its award history.