Murō Saisei Literary Award
むろうさいせいぶんがくしょう
A public literary award for unpublished short fiction, established in 2012 by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hokuriku Branch to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Murō Saisei. The award concluded after its fifth edition in 2016.
- Established
- 2012
- Organizer
- Yomiuri Shimbun Hokuriku Branch
- Category
- Pure Literature
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
A public literary award established in 2012 by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hokuriku Branch to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of poet and novelist Murō Saisei. The prize solicited unpublished short fiction of up to 50 pages (400 characters per page) with no restrictions on theme. Winners received a Kutani porcelain paperweight and prize money of 500,000 yen. Winning works were announced in the Yomiuri Shimbun in March, and award ceremonies were held on Murō Saisei's death anniversary, March 26, at Anbain Temple in Kanazawa. Co-hosted by Kinjo Gakuen educational corporation, and supported by Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa City, Television Kanazawa, Chūō Kōron Shinsha, and Hōchi Shimbun. The award concluded after its fifth edition in 2016.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Kutani-yaki paperweight
- Cash Prize
- 500,000 JPY
Related Awards
- Murō Saisei Poetry Award
Official Resources
http://hokuriku.yomiuri.co.jp/hoksub8/event/saisei/yomiuri-saisei.htmPast Winners
稲荷道 is an award-winning work by 山路時生. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
稲荷道, an award-winning work by 山路時生.
Father's Medal is an autobiographical story by Ochitsukana based on personal experience. Tracing the relationship with the father and family memory, it quietly examines the pain and pride that remain in personal history.
Touching the memory of the father becomes a way to reexamine one's own path.
雪虫 by 安藤憲一 is recorded as the work attached to this award entry. No reliable standalone book identifier was confirmed for this envelope, so magazine or award-page identifiers have not been reused.
A concise profile of 雪虫 by 安藤憲一, including award and bibliographic context.
風が動く街 is a work by 緋野由意子. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.
風が動く街 was checked as an award-listed work by 緋野由意子.
二日月 is recorded as a winning work for muro saisei literary award in 2012-1. The identifier check prioritized Amazon Japan, the National Diet Library, and publisher pages, but no confirmed ASIN or ISBN for the winning work itself was established in this batch. Identifiers for magazines or adjacent media have therefore not been reused.
The work is recorded as 二日月; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.