Mahiro Morishita's A Single Feather won the poetry section association prize at the 15th Japan Poetry, Tanka, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Association Awards. Public records identify it as a prize-winning poem, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.

The small image of a feather suggests the lightness and solitude that poetry can hold.

Akiko Kikuchi's First Thunder won the haiku section association prize at the 15th awards. It is recorded as a haiku work that condenses seasonal change and the first rumble of thunder into a brief form.

The first thunder of spring announces a seasonal turning point within a compact poetic form.

Harumi Tanaka's The Reason for Loneliness won the essay and criticism section association prize at the 15th awards. It is recorded as a prose work that examines the meaning of loneliness.

An essayistic work that follows the reasons for loneliness instead of treating it as a simple feeling.