Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award
きゅうしゅうさがたいしゅうぶんがくしょう
Publicly solicited newcomer literary award for unpublished short mystery, historical, and period novels.
- Established
- 1993
- Organizer
- Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award Committee
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
Established in 1993 at the proposal of Sasazawa Seihō. Sponsored by Kyushu Electric Power, Saga Bank, Misawa Homes Saga, and Saga Shimbun; supported by Saga Prefecture and Saga City. From the 10th edition onward, the Grand Prize is awarded as the Sasazawa Seihō Prize with 1 million yen prize money.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize (Sasazawa Seihō Prize): 1 million yen prize money, plaque
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Honorable Mention: 100,000 yen prize money, plaque
- Encouragement Award: 50,000 yen prize money, plaque
Related Awards
- List of literary awards
- Regional literary awards
- Mystery novel awards
Official Resources
http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/taisyubungaku.htmlPast Winners
This work won the grand prize and the Sahozawa Saho Prize at the 24th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Selected in the final year of a prize for mystery, historical, and period fiction, it appeared in Shosetsu NON and was later included in the collected volume Kyushu Saga Taishu Bungaku Sho 23 and 24.
A prize-winning work of mystery or historical fiction, collected in the anthology for the award's final years.
This work received an honorable mention at the 24th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Award listings record Takashi Iijima's Hadan ouke soro nochi as an honorable-mention work in the prize's final year.
An honorable-mention work from the final year of a public prize for mystery, historical, and period fiction.
This work received an encouragement award at the 24th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Award listings record Rio Haraguchi's Aoi kanzashi to natsu no tegami as the encouragement-prize work in the prize's final year.
A publicly submitted work selected for the encouragement prize in the final year of the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award.
狐の城 is a work by 今村翔吾 recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.
Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 狐の城.
半夏生の百合 is a work by 龍崎豪 recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.
Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 半夏生の百合.
老虎の檻 by 山口昌志 is introduced as a work that draws its force from its subject and setting, inviting readers to follow the author’s central question through a focused literary or critical structure.
老虎の檻 leads readers into its world through 歴史小説.
浮かぶ瀬も吉原 by 原里佳 is introduced as a work that draws its force from its subject and setting, inviting readers to follow the author’s central question through a focused literary or critical structure.
浮かぶ瀬も吉原 leads readers into its world through 時代小説.
誘惑の土曜日 by 佐嘉栄一 is introduced as a work that draws its force from its subject and setting, inviting readers to follow the author’s central question through a focused literary or critical structure.
誘惑の土曜日 leads readers into its world through 大衆文学.
封じ手 is an award-winning work by 松本茂樹. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.
封じ手 by 松本茂樹.
慶応三年パリ、佐賀の風が吹いた is an award-winning work by 中村弘行. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.
慶応三年パリ、佐賀の風が吹いた by 中村弘行.
羞天 is an award-winning work by 田島巧仁. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.
羞天 by 田島巧仁.
玄鳥がいた頃 is a work by 若江克己. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.
玄鳥がいた頃 was checked as an award-listed work by 若江克己.
睡蓮の鉢 is a work by 井藤貴子. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.
睡蓮の鉢 was checked as an award-listed work by 井藤貴子.
Winner of the nineteenth Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award grand prize and Sasazawa Saho Prize. The title suggests a historical novel involving Saga domain technology and artillery; after the award it is confirmed as a piece published in Shosetsu NON, but no standalone book edition could be confirmed.
An award-winning historical story with a title centered on Saga domain artillery, confirmed up to magazine publication.
A finalist/encouragement-prize work from the nineteenth Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Award listings confirm publication in Shosetsu NON, but detailed public information about the story and a standalone book record could not be confirmed.
The award record and magazine publication are confirmed, but no standalone book edition could be found.
Kurui Noh won the grand prize at the 18th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Award records identify it as a work by Manabu Sato, but Amazon JP, public bibliographic searches, and publisher pages did not confirm a standalone publication.
Its title evokes noh and suggests a crossing of madness and performance.
Tsutaerareta Kokoro is recorded in relation to the 18th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award as a work by Shizuo Koyama. Within the assigned research, no standalone publication or detailed public description could be confirmed beyond award records.
The title suggests a story about feelings or memories passed from one person to another.
Kujirauta is recorded as a work by Yoshinori Koyanagi in relation to the 18th Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. The title evokes the sea and local memory, but public bibliographic searches did not confirm standalone publication.
The title, Whale Song, opens onto a story one imagines around the sea and memory.
A popular-fiction work that received the grand prize, the Saho Sasazawa Prize, in the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. The title's image of poison points toward a story built on incident and human psychology.
Under the uneasy title Poison, the story builds popular-fiction tension from incident and psychology.
A grand-prize work of the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. As the title Resume or Record suggests, it points toward a story about pasts, social histories, and the choices that shape a person's life.
Drama rises from the past and choices inscribed in a person's record.
A work that received an encouragement prize in the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Its title evokes the beginning of life, and it stands as one award-winning point in the author's regionally grounded writing career.
The title suggests a memory of life itself, carrying the feel of a story linking past and present.
相続相撲 is a work of fiction by 一本木凱. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.
相続相撲 is an important fiction work in the award history of 一本木凱.
不切方形一枚折り is a work of fiction by 矢的竜. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.
不切方形一枚折り is an important fiction work in the award history of 矢的竜.
七五郎略伝 is a work of fiction by 田中希彦. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.
七五郎略伝 is an important fiction work in the award history of 田中希彦.
'希釈空間' is a winning work of the 九州さが大衆文学賞 by 清水芽美子.
'希釈空間' is a winning work of the 九州さが大衆文学賞 by 清水芽美子.
'それがし' is a winning work of the 九州さが大衆文学賞 by 服部素女.
'それがし' is a winning work of the 九州さが大衆文学賞 by 服部素女.
お試し期間 is an award-recognized work by 水城亮. It is known through the prize record and appears to portray a turning point in character or circumstance within a compact literary form.
Although no standalone publication could be confirmed, the prize record preserves its place in regional and open-call literary culture.
駿河守述懐 is an award-recognized work by 中村智子. It is known through the prize record and appears to portray a turning point in character or circumstance within a compact literary form.
Although no standalone publication could be confirmed, the prize record preserves its place in regional and open-call literary culture.
葉隠聞書き is an award-recognized work by 佐藤俊治. It is known through the prize record and appears to portray a turning point in character or circumstance within a compact literary form.
Although no standalone publication could be confirmed, the prize record preserves its place in regional and open-call literary culture.
A popular historical and human-interest story set in Saga, centered on a merchant house and local lore.
Local lore begins to move the fates of the people around it.
A Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award work that follows memory and human feeling through the image of the eye suggested by its title.
A single gaze reconnects emotions of the past and present.
A popular fiction work built around Hagi ware, craft tradition, and human ties shaped into an alternative tale.
The memory of place fired into pottery draws mystery into the story.
A regionally colored popular novel whose title evokes a strait, setting human movement and history across the sea against a sense of renewal.
Light rising across the strait casts new illumination on people's pasts.
A short story by Yoko Kaji that received the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Later library reference information confirms appearances in the Saga Shimbun, the July 2005 issue of Shosetsu NON, and an award anthology, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.
Yoko Kaji's award-winning short story, confirmed through newspaper, magazine, and award-anthology sources rather than a standalone book.
A short story by Ayako Shino confirmed as an honorable mention for the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Author profiles note that her short story Koku no Hana received the recognition, but a same-titled book by another author exists, so bibliographic identifiers must not be confused.
Identifiers for a different same-titled work are not reused; this is treated as Ayako Shino's award-winning short story.
A short work recorded in connection with the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. Public searches did not confirm a standalone book publication or publisher page, leaving only award-list style information.
A short story confirmed through award listings; no hardcover or paperback identifiers could be verified.
A short work recorded in connection with the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. The title suggests a work drawing on Hagakure, but public bibliographic sources do not confirm a standalone book edition.
An award-related short story apparently drawing on Hagakure; no book identifiers could be confirmed.
Kyoichiro Sashikata's work uses the momentum of popular historical fiction to follow obsession and the shadow of violence. Its stark title anchors a tense story driven by human choices.
首 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.
Sojo Hattori's historical fiction evokes the culture of the Kitamaebune trade route, combining everyday wisdom with human warmth. Through a character bound to a particular duty, it captures place and community.
お鼻番 北前すず is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.
Kazuma Matsukuma's work follows a past event that does not fade with time and continues to press on the present. It keeps a quiet tension while exploring memory and responsibility.
風化せず is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.
A historical or period-fiction work that won the grand prize of the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. With the title centering on Gengo Kohinata’s unending summer, it suggests a popular narrative where seasonal heat overlaps with an unresolved life.
The heat of an unending summer pushes Gengo Kohinata’s life into story.
A period novel in which magistrate’s officer Itate Juzo arrives in Nagasaki ahead of his superior and enters a city corrupted by a gang dealing in opium and illegal firearms. Set in a Nagasaki scented with foreign trade, it opens a series about confronting crime and vested interests.
A samurai officer from Edo confronts the Musk Rat gang eating into Nagasaki.
A commendation work in the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. By centering the quiet act of reading official gazettes, the title suggests a story in which events and human circumstances emerge from the details of public documents.
From the small print of official gazettes, a person’s fate and society’s fissures come into view.
Sessho-butsu is a work by Tatsuya Kujima selected for the Kyushu Saga Taishu Bungaku Award. No public bibliographic listing for a standalone book or paperback could be confirmed; its Buddhist-tinged title suggests popular fiction concerned with human karma and views of life and death.
As its weighty title suggests, the work carries an atmosphere of guilt and possible redemption.
でびっとぺてろざうるす is an award-recognized work by 麻見展子. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
でびっとぺてろざうるす presents the literary world of 麻見展子 as an award-recognized work.
まれびと奇談 is an award-recognized work by 植松三十里. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
まれびと奇談 presents the literary world of 植松三十里 as an award-recognized work.
伝い石 is an award-recognized work by 近藤善太郎. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
伝い石 presents the literary world of 近藤善太郎 as an award-recognized work.
シスター is an award-recognized work by 江口陽一. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.
シスター presents the literary world of 江口陽一 as an award-recognized work.
雨の柩 is a work by 小沢真理子 recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.
雨の柩 brought wider attention to 小沢真理子's writing through its prize recognition.
配流 is a work by 河崎守和 recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.
配流 brought wider attention to 河崎守和's writing through its prize recognition.
銀がたき is a work by 雨神音矢 recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.
銀がたき brought wider attention to 雨神音矢's writing through its prize recognition.
欠落 is a work by 多岐わたる recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.
欠落 brought wider attention to 多岐わたる's writing through its prize recognition.
桜田門外のライター is a work by 大塚俊英 associated with kyushu-saga-taishu-bungaku-award/2000-1#0. It is documented as a published book and is read within the literary field represented by the award.
桜田門外のライター by 大塚俊英 is a work preserved through its award history.
偽書 is a work by 辻沢恭二 associated with kyushu-saga-taishu-bungaku-award/2000-1#1. Even where a standalone book could not be confirmed in public sources, it is identified through its award context.
偽書 by 辻沢恭二 is a work preserved through its award history.
冤罪の構造 is a work by 緑川聖司 associated with kyushu-saga-taishu-bungaku-award/2000-1#2. Even where a standalone book could not be confirmed in public sources, it is identified through its award context.
冤罪の構造 by 緑川聖司 is a work preserved through its award history.
平五郎の初陣 is a work by なべしげる associated with kyushu-saga-taishu-bungaku-award/2000-1#3. Even where a standalone book could not be confirmed in public sources, it is identified through its award context.
平五郎の初陣 by なべしげる is a work preserved through its award history.
タイムカプセル is a popular fiction by 川名幸代. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.
タイムカプセル brings together the shape of a popular fiction with 川名幸代's central concerns.
ヒモはつらい is a popular fiction by 桐山京平. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.
ヒモはつらい brings together the shape of a popular fiction with 桐山京平's central concerns.
メッセージ is a popular fiction by 松村比呂美. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.
メッセージ brings together the shape of a popular fiction with 松村比呂美's central concerns.
シガレット・ロマンス is a work by 貝月瑠衣 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.
シガレット・ロマンス leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.
埋み火 is a work by 間宮浩子 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.
埋み火 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.
肥前松浦党異聞 is a work by 渡辺晴幸 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.
肥前松浦党異聞 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.
巨石伝説 is a work by 酒井賢治 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.
巨石伝説 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.
死んでもいい is a work by 折田裕 that was recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.
死んでもいい, a work recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞.
重すぎるトランク is a work by 天乃辺哲 that was recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.
重すぎるトランク, a work recognized by the 九州さが大衆文学賞.
おたすけレディ is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.
おたすけレディ carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.
風花に哭く is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.
風花に哭く carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.
逃げ水 is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.
逃げ水 carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.
探偵物語 is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.
探偵物語 carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.
平成世直し老人会 by チャーリー・武藤 is a work recognized by kyushu-saga-taishu-bungaku-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.
An introduction to 平成世直し老人会 by チャーリー・武藤 in its award context.
或る『ウルトラマン』伝 is a work by 目野展也 recognized by the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. It can be read as a work shaped by the award's literary field, with attention to narrative, character, society, and history.
A work by 目野展也 recognized through the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award.
大山椒魚 is a work by 平原夏樹 recognized by the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award. It can be read as a work shaped by the award's literary field, with attention to narrative, character, society, and history.
A work by 平原夏樹 recognized through the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award.