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Maekawa Samio Award

まえかわさみおしょう

A literary award established to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Maekawa Samio's birth, given to tanka-related books published in the previous year.

Literary awardTanka
Established
2003
Organizer
Nagarami Shobo
Category
Tanka
Selection Method
Recommendation
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Announcement Period
around June
Status
Active

Description

Established in 2003 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Maekawa Samio's birth. Primarily awarded to the most thrilling and outstanding tanka collections and tanka books from those published during the previous year. However, unique tanka-related dictionaries, magazine features, and projects may also be eligible, covering a wide range across tanka in general. It positions itself as an open-weight-class tanka award. Predecessor: Nagarami Modern Tanka Award.

Prize

Main Prize
Certificate and 500,000 yen prize money
Cash Prize
500,000 JPY

Selection

Selection Process

Selection Committee (1st–20th editions)
Judges Sasaki Yukitsuna, Mieda Takayuki, Sasaki Kanrō, Tawara Machi, Katō Jirō
Announcement In the June issue of Tanka Ōrai
Selection Committee (21st edition onward)
Judges Isaka Yōko, Shimada Shūzō, Honda Kazuhiro, Matsumura Yuriko
Announcement In the June issue of Tanka Ōrai

Criteria

  • Selection from tanka-related books published in the previous year
  • Evaluation of thrilling and outstanding tanka collections and tanka books
  • Dictionaries, magazine features, etc., also eligible

Related Awards

  • Nagarami Shobo Publishing Award
  • Nagarami Modern Tanka Award

Official Resources

https://www.nagarami.org/%E5%89%8D%E5%B7%9D%E4%BD%90%E7%BE%8E%E9%9B%84%E8%B3%9E-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8C%E3%82%89%E3%81%BF%E6%9B%B8%E6%88%BF%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E8%B3%9E/

Past Winners

Edition 23 (2025)
加古陽 award
Edition 22 (2024)
Satoko Kawano かわの りこ award
Edition 21 (2023)
Shion Mizuhara みずはら しおん award
Edition 20 (2022)
Mitsuhiro Hosokawa ほそかわ みつひろ award
Edition 19 (2021)
Harumi Ikeda いけだ はるみ award
Edition 18 (2020)
Hidenori Fujishima ふじしま ひでのり award
Edition 17 (2019)
Yukari Kojima こじま ゆかり award
Edition 16 (2018)
Boyo Okuda おくだ ぼうよう award
Edition 15 (2017)
Jun Komon こもん じゅん award
Edition 14 (2016)
Karan Kurose くろせ からん award
Edition 13 (2015)
Kazuhiro Honda ほんだ かずひろ award
Edition 12 (2014)
Kyoko Kuriki くりき きょうこ award
Edition 11 (2013)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa よしかわ ひろし award
Edition 10 (2012)
Akiko Baba award
Edition 9 (2011)
牧水研究会（伊藤一彦会長） award
Edition 8 (2010)
Tomohiko Kusumi award
Edition 7 (2009)
Fujiko Ishikawa award
渡英子 special award
Edition 6 (2008)
Shuzo Shimada award
Edition 5 (2007)
Aki Tanioka award
Edition 4 (2006)
Kyoko Inaba award
Edition 3 (2005)
Chieko Yamanaka award
Edition 2 (2004)
Hikaru Koike award
Edition 1 (2003)
Reiko Oguchi award