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Japan Poetry, Tanka and Haiku Grand Prize

にほんしかくくたいしょう

An open literary award for works of poetry, tanka, haiku, essays, and criticism, presented by the NPO Japan Shikaku Association. The grand prize winner receives a cash award of 50,000 yen.

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Established
2005
Organizer
Japan Shikaku Association (NPO)
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Open
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around June
Announcement Period
around July–September
Status
Active

Description

An open literary award established in 2005 by the NPO Japan Shikaku Association (Tokyo), recognizing outstanding works of poetry, tanka, haiku, essays, and criticism. From the 11th edition (2015) onward, the award was renamed to formally include essay and criticism categories. The grand prize carries a cash award of 50,000 yen. Submissions are typically accepted from spring through the end of June, with results announced between July and September.

Official Resources

https://shikakukyokai.jimdofree.com/

Past Winners

Mieko Watanabe わたなべ みえこ award

空の水没 by 渡辺みえこ 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 空の水没 by 渡辺みえこ, including award and bibliographic context.

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原詩夏至 はら しかし award

レトロポリス by 原詩夏至 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 レトロポリス by 原詩夏至, including award and bibliographic context.

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中谷清 なかたに きよ award

香芝春秋 by 中谷清 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 香芝春秋 by 中谷清, including award and bibliographic context.

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浜江順子 はまえ じゅんこ award

闇の割れ目で is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for 闇の割れ目で is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

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稲村恒次 いなむら こうじ award

マルメロの香り is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for マルメロの香り is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

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藤島咲子 ふじしま さきこ award

雪嶺 is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for 雪嶺 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

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下川敬明 しもかわ たかあき award

A poetry collection by Hiroaki Shimokawa. As the title Requiem suggests, it centers on prayer and memory for what has been lost, facing the dead and wounded time through restrained language.

A quiet book of poems offered to the dead and to memory.

108 pages
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帯川千 おびかわ ち award

A tanka collection by Chi Obikawa. Centered on the tactile and domestic associations evoked by the title The Scent of Quince, it preserves changes in everyday time, memory, and feeling in the form of tanka.

A tanka collection that entrusts domestic scent and memory to the fragrance of quince.

236 pages
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大野素郎 おおの そろう award

A haiku collection by Soro Ohno. According to the author profile in the later collection Koseki, this earlier collection was issued alongside the haiku magazine Shunrei, and can be placed among works that view nature, daily life, and memories of war with a direct gaze.

A haiku collection that marks a life in haiku through plain language.

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山本萌 やまもと もえ award

天河まで is a 詩集 by 山本萌. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

天河まで presents 山本萌's work in the form of 詩集.

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土橋いそ子 どばし いそこ award

草の穂 is a 詩集 by 土橋いそ子. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

草の穂 presents 土橋いそ子's work in the form of 詩集.

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春田千歳 はるた ちとせ award

鰐の眼 is a 句集 by 春田千歳. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

鰐の眼 presents 春田千歳's work in the form of 句集.

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Itsuko Ishikawa いしかわ いつこ award

The Sea of Rongelap is a poetry collection facing the memory of radiation exposure and the sea around Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It gives language to the shadow of nuclear testing not as a distant event but as pain remaining in the sea and human bodies.

A work that listens to the nuclear wounds left in the sea as poetic voices.

161 pages
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Kako Souya かこ そうや award

Hana no Ame is a haiku collection by Soya Kako. Through seasonal presences such as flowers and rain, it holds quietness, change, and layered time within the brief vessel of haiku.

From the presence of flowers and rain, the time of daily life quietly unfolds.

181 pages
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桜井さざえ さくらい さざえ award

海の伝説 is a work by 桜井さざえ recorded as a 2009 award-winning title. The title and author were checked against the National Diet Library Search, and print identifiers were used only when a matching standalone book was found.

海の伝説 by 桜井さざえ is a work read through the lens of its award history and publication form.

169 pages
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Ritsuo Yamanaka やまなか りつお award

変遷 is a work by 山中律雄 recorded as a 2009 award-winning title. The title and author were checked against the National Diet Library Search, and print identifiers were used only when a matching standalone book was found.

変遷 by 山中律雄 is a work read through the lens of its award history and publication form.

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山崎ひさを やまざき ひさを award

龍土町 is a work by 山崎ひさを recorded as a 2009 award-winning title. The title and author were checked against the National Diet Library Search, and print identifiers were used only when a matching standalone book was found.

龍土町 by 山崎ひさを is a work read through the lens of its award history and publication form.

188 pages
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平田繭子 ひらた まゆこ award

星韻 is a work by 平田繭子 recorded as a 2009 award-winning title. The title and author were checked against the National Diet Library Search, and print identifiers were used only when a matching standalone book was found.

星韻 by 平田繭子 is a work read through the lens of its award history and publication form.

153 pages
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西川修子 にしかわ しゅうこ award

花を散らさず is a 2008 award-winning work by 西川修子. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

花を散らさず is a work by 西川修子 recognized by the 日本詩歌句随筆評論大賞.

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大図清隆 おおず きよたか award

光と陰 is a 2008 award-winning work by 大図清隆. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

光と陰 is a work by 大図清隆 recognized by the 日本詩歌句随筆評論大賞.

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原朝子 はら あさこ award

やぶからし is a 2008 award-winning work by 原朝子. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

やぶからし is a work by 原朝子 recognized by the 日本詩歌句随筆評論大賞.

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日比野里江 ひびの りえ award

稲の花 is a 2008 award-winning work by 日比野里江. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

稲の花 is a work by 日比野里江 recognized by the 日本詩歌句随筆評論大賞.

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Kida Senjo きだ ちめ award

お閻魔 is a 2008 award-winning work by Kida Senjo. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

お閻魔 is a work by Kida Senjo recognized by the 日本詩歌句随筆評論大賞.

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Hiroko Yamada やまだ ひろこ award

残心 is a poetry work by 山田弘子. It uses rhythm, pause, and white space to condense everyday feeling, memory, and shifting landscapes.

残心, by 山田弘子, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

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Mutsuo Takahashi たかはし むつろう award

遊行 is an award-winning work by 高橋睦郎. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

遊行 is an award-winning work in which 高橋睦郎 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

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Takashi Kuroiwa くろいわ りゅう award

A poetry collection by Ryu Kuroiwa. It condenses the sense of the sea as a domain, loneliness behind landscapes, and bodily perception into spare lines with a quiet, hard-edged diction.

Standing at the boundary of the sea, the poems render loneliness and texture behind the landscape.

81 pages
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Eiko Suzuki すずき えいこ award

A volume in the Selection Kajin series that includes Eiko Suzuki’s tanka collection Aburazuki. Its poems bring war, family, and everyday memory into sharp focus, revealing social shadows within individual life.

War and family memory enter everyday scenes, giving the tanka a deep chiaroscuro.

149 pages
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Akito Arima ありま あきひと award

A haiku collection by Akito Arima, also known as a physicist. It joins scientific intellect with seasonal perception, extending modern haiku through proper names and a broad interest in civilization.

A scientist’s outlook and haiku’s seasonal awareness create an intellectually expansive poetic world.

233 pages
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Kurahashi Yoson くらはし ひつじむら award

A haiku collection by Yoson Kurahashi. Under a title suggestive of Zen sitting, it observes seasons and daily life with still attention, leaving spirituality and space inside compressed lines.

A still, seated gaze preserves small seasonal movements in haiku.

200 pages
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関富士子 せき ふじこ award

植物地誌 is an award-recognized work by 関富士子. The bibliographic record identifies it as a standalone book and confirms its publication details.

植物地誌, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

74 pages
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桜井健司 さくらい けんじ award

融風区域 is an award-recognized work by 桜井健司. The bibliographic record identifies it as a standalone book and confirms its publication details.

融風区域, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

179 pages
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Kaneko Minako かねこ みなこ award

花恋 is an award-recognized work by 金子皆子. The bibliographic record identifies it as a standalone book and confirms its publication details.

花恋, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

348 pages
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Etsuko Oishi おおいし えつこ award

耶々 is an award-recognized work by 大石悦子. The bibliographic record identifies it as a standalone book and confirms its publication details.

耶々, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

193 pages
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