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
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.
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.
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.
Sakon Shima, retainer to the young Yamato lord Junkei Tsutsui, captures the female ninja Shino and sets out to assassinate his lord's enemy, Hisahide Matsunaga. This Sengoku-period fantasy follows Sakon as he battles the sorcery of the Tsuchigumo clan while dealing with his lord's growth and Shino.
A Sengoku-period fantasy in which Sakon Shima attempts to assassinate Hisahide Matsunaga and battles the sorcery of the Tsuchigumo clan.
In Ikebukuro, a corpse is found with a throat torn as if by a beast. As the police investigate a case resembling a series of gang-leader murders three years earlier, a supernatural mystery unfolds around Benisuzu, an enigmatic sex worker, and Yoshiki, a gigolo she rescues.
A mystery links a beast-torn corpse to an alluring and enigmatic woman.
After returning to his home in Oshu, Sokuta is attacked by ninjas from the Date clan's Black Hood group. A female ninja tells him of a legendary temple made of solid gold and of his late father's knowledge of its location, setting off his adventure.
A ninja fantasy in which Sokuta returns to Oshu and pursues the secret of a golden temple connected to his father.
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.
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.
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.