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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Publicly solicited newcomer literary award for unpublished short mystery, historical, and period novels.

Mystery novelsHistorical novelsPeriod 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.html

Past Winners

石川和男 いしかわ かずお grand prize

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.

80 pages
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飯島隆 いいじま たかし honorable mention

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.

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原口莉緒 はらぐち りお encouragement award

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.

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Shogo Imamura いまむら しょうご grand prize

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.

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龍崎豪 りゅうざき ごう encouragement award

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.

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山口昌志 やまぐち まさし grand prize

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.

歴史小説武田信虎大衆文学新人賞
原里佳 はら りか honorable mention

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.

時代小説吉原未刊行受賞作
佐嘉栄一 さか えいいち encouragement award

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.

大衆文学新人賞未刊行受賞作
松本茂樹 まつもと しげき grand prize

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.

award-winning workbibliographic verification
中村弘行 なかむら ひろゆき honorable mention

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.

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田島巧仁 たじま こうじん encouragement award

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.

award-winning workbibliographic verification
若江克己 わかえ かつみ grand prize

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.

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井藤貴子 いとう たかこ encouragement award

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.

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東圭一 あずま けいいち grand prize

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.

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板倉充伸 いたくら みつのぶ honorable mention / encouragement award

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.

regional literary awardmagazine-published worknot collected as a bookaward work
佐藤学 さとう まなぶ grand prize

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.

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小山鎮男 こやま しずお honorable mention

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.

Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Awardpopular fictioninherited feelingsstandalone publication unconfirmed
小栁義則 こやなぎ よしのり encouragement award

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.

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大橋紀子 おおはし のりこ grand prize

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.

popular fictionincidentpsychologyKyushu Saga Popular Literature Award
遊部香 あそべ かおり grand prize

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.

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白石すみほ しらいし すみほ encouragement award

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.

lifememoryregional literatureencouragement prize
一本木凱 いっぽんぎ がい grand prize

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.

人間関係地方文学fiction
Yamato Ryu やてき りゅう honorable mention

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.

人間関係地方文学fiction
田中希彦 たなか のりひこ encouragement award

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.

人間関係地方文学fiction
清水芽美子 しみず めみこ grand prize

'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.

human relationships
服部素女 はっとり そじょ honorable mention

'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.

human relationships
Ryo Mizuki みずき りょう grand prize

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.

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中村智子 なかむら ともこ honorable mention

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.

award-recognized workregional literatureopen-call writing
佐藤俊治 さとう としはる encouragement award

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.

award-recognized workregional literatureopen-call writing
井上順一 いのうえ じゅんいち grand prize

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.

Sagahistorical fictionmerchant houselocal lore
Ryo Mizuki みずき りょう honorable mention

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.

popular fictionmemoryhuman feeling
Nobuhiro Baba ばば のぶひろ honorable mention

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.

Hagi warecraftspeopletraditionpopular fiction
西村志津代 にしむら しずよ encouragement award

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.

straitregional historyrenewalpopular fiction
Yoko Kaji かじ ようこ grand prize

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.

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Ayako Shino しの あやこ honorable mention

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.

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河崎守和 かわさき もりかず honorable mention

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.

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木塚昌宏 きづか まさひろ encouragement award

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.

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指方恭一郎 しきかた きょういちろう grand prize

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.

popular fictionincidentobsession
服部素女 はっとり そじょ honorable mention

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.

historical fictionKitamaebunehuman ties
松隈一馬 まつくま かずま encouragement award

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.

memoryresponsibilitycommunity
Emiko Imai いまい えみこ grand prize

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.

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Kyoichiro Sashikata さしかた きょういちろう honorable mention

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.

255 pages
Nagasakiperiod fictionmagistrate’s officesmugglinginvestigation
古澤健太郎 ふるさわ けんたろう honorable mention

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.

popular literatureofficial gazettedocumentsincidentsociety
久島達也 くしま たつや encouragement award

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.

popular fictionmortalityguilt and redemption
麻見展子 あさみ のぶこ grand prize

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.

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Midori Uematsu うえまつ みさと honorable mention

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.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
近藤善太郎 こんどう ぜんたろう honorable mention

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.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
江口陽一 えぐち よういち encouragement award

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.

award-recognized workpeople and societythe mood of its time
小沢真理子 おざわ まりこ grand prize

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.

16 pages
著作Prize-winning workModern Japanese literature
河崎守和 かわざき もりかず honorable mention

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.

著作Prize-winning workModern Japanese literature
雨神音矢 あまがみ おとや honorable mention

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.

著作Prize-winning workModern Japanese literature
多岐わたる たき わたる encouragement award

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.

著作Prize-winning workModern Japanese literature
大塚俊英 おおつか としひで grand prize

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.

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辻沢恭二 つじさわ きょうじ honorable mention

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.

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Seiji Midorikawa みどりかわ せいじ honorable mention

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.

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なべしげる なべ しげる encouragement award

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.

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川名さちよ かわな さちよ grand prize

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.

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桐山喬平 きりやま きょうへい honorable mention

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.

award-winning workpopular fictionmodern literature
Hiromi Matsumura まつむら ひろみ honorable mention

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.

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Rui Umizuki みづき るい grand prize

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.

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間宮弘子 まみや ひろこ honorable mention

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.

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渡辺治之 わたなべ はるゆき honorable mention

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.

award-recognized workcharacter portrayalsense of period
Kenji Sakai さかい けんじ encouragement award

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.

award-recognized workcharacter portrayalsense of period
折田裕 おりた ゆう grand prize

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.

天乃辺哲 あまのべ てつ honorable mention

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.

Nagai Surumi ながい するみ grand prize

マリーゴールド is a work by 永井するみ.

マリーゴールド, a work by 永井するみ.

飯島一次 いいじま いちじ honorable mention

消えた遊び人 is a work by 飯島一次.

消えた遊び人, a work by 飯島一次.

Koshi Yamamoto やまもと こうし encouragement award

ぺ天使たちのひみつ is a work by 山本甲士.

ぺ天使たちのひみつ, a work by 山本甲士.

千葉鈴香 ちば すずか grand prize

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.

award-winning literaturehuman experiencesociety and time
池田陽一 いけだ よういち honorable mention

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.

award-winning literaturehuman experiencesociety and time
鈴木誠司 すずき せいじ honorable mention

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.

award-winning literaturehuman experiencesociety and time
中村みゆき なかむら みゆき encouragement award

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.

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チャーリー・武藤 ちゃーりー・むとう grand prize

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.

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目野展也 めの てんや honorable mention

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.

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平原夏樹 ひらはら なつき honorable mention

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.

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