Machi de Ichiban Chiisana Jiken received an encouragement prize in the novel category of the second Kyoto Animation Award. The official archive confirms the award, but Amazon JP, public library-style records, and Kyoto Animation book listings did not confirm a standalone publication.

The title suggests an award-winning story about a small change within everyday life.

Beyond the Boundary is a youth fantasy that begins with the meeting of an immortal boy born between human and yokai worlds and a girl who hunts supernatural beings. It won an encouragement prize at the second Kyoto Animation Award and was later animated.

A rooftop encounter sets the story of an immortal boy and a spirit-world warrior in motion.

High Speed! is a youth sports novel about boys whose friendship and rivalry are shaped through swimming. It won an encouragement prize at the second Kyoto Animation Award and later became widely known as the source concept for the Free! series.

In the water, the boys rediscover the distance between friendship and rivalry.

Katasuku ni Sensu received an encouragement prize in the novel category of the second Kyoto Animation Award. The official archive confirms the award, but Amazon JP, public bibliographic records, and Kyoto Animation book listings did not confirm a standalone publication.

A memorably titled encouragement prize work from the Kyoto Animation Award novel category.