Japanese Literary Awards

← Back to Literary Awards

Mu Legendary Novel Grand Award

むーでんきのべるたいしょう

A public newcomer literary award for genre fiction, hosted by the magazine Mu (Gakken).

Established
2001
Organizer
Gakken (formerly Gakushū Kenkyūsha)
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around October
Announcement Period
around March–April
Status
Ended

Description

A newcomer literary award run by Gakken's magazine Mu from 2001 to 2005, open to horror, fantasy, psycho-suspense, and legendary-mystery fiction. Winning works were published in book form by Gakken.

Prize

Main Prize
Winning works are published by Gakken Kenkyusha in B6 hardcover, or Wolf Novels, or Gakken M Bunko.

Past Winners

No winner
No winner
葉越晶 best award

Ouma no Toshi is Akira Hagoshi's legendary fantasy novel. Argentos, an intelligence gatherer attached to the temple of the ancient city Ravataar, investigates a missing priest and murdered citizens, entering a city haunted by dreams of the dead and lingering resentment.

In a city where the dreams of the dead wander, a hidden disturbance behind the oracle is pursued.

375 pages
legendary fantasyancient cityoraclecursefantasy
浅永マキ excellence award

A supernatural horror novel set around an old house in a mountain village and the taboos handed down within it. In a mansion cut off from the outside world, youthful desire and family secrets converge toward a ritual-like tragedy.

A taboo sleeping in an old mountain household turns desire in a closed world into a blood-tinged supernatural tale.

213 pages
old mountain householdtaboosupernatural horrorblood ties and desire
Makiko Nagashima excellence award

A supernatural novel that combines a traveling theater troupe with the atmosphere of ghost stories. Scenes advance like spaces on a sugoroku board, linking itinerant performance, local entanglements, and the fears people carry within them.

Each time the traveling stage opens, the ghost story advances another square and the place reveals its old entanglements.

364 pages
traveling theaterghost storiesitinerancylocal entanglement
Kaoru Shigisawa excellence award

信貴山妖変 嶋左近戦記 is a work by 志木沢郁. It is associated with the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

信貴山妖変 嶋左近戦記 by 志木沢郁.

Tetsuya Honda excellence award

ダークサイド・エンジェル紅鈴 妖の華(あやかしのはな) is a work by 誉田哲也. It is associated with the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

ダークサイド・エンジェル紅鈴 妖の華(あやかしのはな) by 誉田哲也.

Kokuzo Sawada excellence award

不問ノ速太、疾る 黄金寺院轟現 is a work by 沢田黒蔵. It is associated with the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

不問ノ速太、疾る 黄金寺院轟現 by 沢田黒蔵.

Sazare Kutsuna best award

ダブル is a work by 久綱さざれ. It was selected for the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 久綱さざれ recognized by the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

327 pages
literary awardhuman experiencenarrative
Ko Haisaki excellence award

想師 Explorer in the visionary world is a work by 灰崎抗. It was selected for the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 灰崎抗 recognized by the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

375 pages
literary awardhuman experiencenarrative
南家礼子 honorable mention

センチメンタル・ゴースト・ペイン is a work by 南家礼子. It was selected for the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 南家礼子 recognized by the ムー伝奇ノベル大賞.

193 pages
literary awardhuman experiencenarrative