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Kuzuhara Taeko Award

くずはらたえこしょう

A literary award recognizing outstanding tanka collections by mid-career female tanka poets.

TankaTanka collections
Established
2005
Organizer
Sunakoya Shobo
Category
Tanka
Selection Method
Recommendation
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Ended

Description

The Kuzuhara Taeko Award is sponsored by Sunakoya Shobo and targets outstanding tanka collections by mid-career female tanka poets. It was established in 2005 to commemorate the achievements of tanka poet Taeko Kuzuhara, succeeding the Kono Aiko Award, which was created in 1991. It pairs with the Terayama Shuji Tanka Award, which targets tanka collections by mid-career male tanka poets, and the judging committees and award ceremonies for both awards are held simultaneously. It ended in 2016.

Prize

Main Prize
Certificate and 300,000 yen prize money
Cash Prize
300,000 JPY

Selection

Selection Process

Judging meeting
Judges Hiroshi Shino, Yukitsuna Sasaki, Hikaru Koike, Takako Kayama (2013)
Announcement Announced at the award ceremony

Related Awards

  • Kono Aiko Award
  • Terayama Shuji Tanka Award

Past Winners

Misako Kawano かわの みさこ award
Saiko Kajiwara かじわら さいこ award
Tomiko Dodo どど とみこ award
Ako Namino なみの あこ award
Mikako Umenai うめうち みかこ award
Yuriko Matsumura まつむら ゆりこ award
Satoko Kawano かわの さとこ award
小林幸子 こばやし さちこ award
Mikiko Yokoyama よこやま みらい award
酒井佑子 さかい ゆうこ award
Reiko Oguchi おおぐち れいこ award
Sumi Konno こんの すみ award