Toshihiko Yahagi's novel follows a man returning from China and uses his perspective to expose gaps between postwar memory and the present. Its dry style links personal history with social history.

ららら科學の子 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

Shinji Ishii's novel follows twins raised in a planetarium, combining wonder with sadness. Against a world of stars and spectacle, it tells of lies, family, and loneliness with a fable-like touch.

プラネタリウムのふたご is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

Chinatsu Adachi's collection moves between childhood memory and the present world of care work, portraying hopes and wounds tied to home and family. Its quiet prose leaves a sense of loneliness and renewal.

おはなしの日 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

Novala Takemoto's novel uses mobile messages to portray forbidden love and the pain of self-fashioning. Beneath its sweet surface, social judgment and loneliness cut sharply through the story.

ロリヰタ。 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

Maki Kashimada's novel uses its unsettling title about four sisters to disturb boundaries among family, desire, and fiction. Conceptual force and narrative intensity stand side by side.

白バラ四姉妹殺人事件 is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.