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にほんすいりさすぺんすたいしょう

Open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Nippon Television Network with cooperation from Shinchosha

Mystery novelsSuspense
Established
1988
Organizer
Nippon Television Network
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Ended

Description

Open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Nippon Television with cooperation from Shinchosha, held from 1988 to 1994. The grand prize-winning work was published in full in Shosetsu Shincho. It ended with the 7th edition and transitioned thereafter to the Shinchosha Mystery Club Award.

Prize

Main Prize
Grand prize-winning work published in full in Shosetsu Shincho

Related Awards

  • Mystery novel awards
  • Shinchosha Mystery Club Award
  • Horror Suspense Grand Award
  • Shinchosha Mystery Grand Award

Past Winners

Yoshiaki Ando あんどう のうめい excellent work

褐色の標的 is a work by Yoshiaki Ando recognized by the . It can be read as a work shaped by the award's literary field, with attention to narrative, character, society, and history.

A work by Yoshiaki Ando recognized through the .

award-winning literaturenarrativeliterary recognition
吉田直樹 よしだ なおき honorable mention

ラスト・イニング is a work by 吉田直樹 recognized by the . It can be read as a work shaped by the award's literary field, with attention to narrative, character, society, and history.

A work by 吉田直樹 recognized through the .

357 pages
award-winning literaturenarrativeliterary recognition
森山清隆 もりやま きよたか honorable mention

回遊魚の夜 is a work by 森山清隆 recognized by the . It can be read as a work shaped by the award's literary field, with attention to narrative, character, society, and history.

A work by 森山清隆 recognized through the .

306 pages
award-winning literaturenarrativeliterary recognition
Arata Tendo てんどう あらた excellent work

孤独の歌声 is an award-winning work by 天童荒太, recognized by the 日本推理サスペンス大賞. It presents its subject through the form suggested by the title and stands as part of the author's published career.

孤独の歌声 is a work by 天童荒太 honored by the 日本推理サスペンス大賞.

321 pages
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Soji Yagi やぎ そうじ grand prize

Vanishing in Seoul is a suspense novel that follows the mystery of a disappearance against the urban and political backdrop of Japan and Korea. Political shadows, cross-border relationships, and the protagonist's persistence give it the tension of a hard-edged mystery.

Set in Seoul, the mystery of a disappearance widens across borders.

mysterysuspenseJapan-Korea relations
御坂真之 みさか まさゆき honorable mention

Life Behind a Mask is a work by 御坂真之. 日本推理サスペンス大賞佳作として記録されるサスペンス作品。公開書誌では単行本化を確認できず、人物の内面と仮面性を軸にした受賞作として扱う。

Life Behind a Mask is an award-winning work read in the context of サスペンス.

サスペンス仮面性心理
Kazuo Matsunami まつなみ かずお honorable mention

The Command to Shoot Down the Enola Gay is a work by 松浪和夫. 広島への原爆投下をめぐる歴史の隙間に、もしもの作戦を重ねた戦争サスペンス。極秘任務に関わる人びとの緊張と、戦争末期の切迫した空気を追う。

The Command to Shoot Down the Enola Gay is an award-winning work read in the context of 戦争サスペンス.

308 pages
戦争サスペンス歴史改変極秘任務
Kaoru Takamura たかむら かおる grand prize

黄金を抱いて翔べ is a mystery or crime-related work by 高村薫. Around an incident or puzzle, it develops character psychology, period detail, and narrative tension.

黄金を抱いて翔べ is an important work for reading 高村薫's expression in the context of 日本推理サスペンス大賞.

312 pages
mysterycharacter psychologytension
Housei Hahakigi ほうきぎ ほうせい honorable mention

賞の柩 is a mystery or crime-related work by 帚木蓬生. Around an incident or puzzle, it develops character psychology, period detail, and narrative tension.

賞の柩 is an important work for reading 帚木蓬生's expression in the context of 日本推理サスペンス大賞.

277 pages
mysterycharacter psychologytension
Miyuki Miyabe みやべ みゆき grand prize

魔術はささやく is an award-winning work by 宮部みゆき. Using the people, places, or events suggested by its title as a point of entry, it presents human choices and the atmosphere of its time through narrative, criticism, or documentary inquiry.

魔術はささやく brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
Asa Nonami のなみ あさ excellent work

幸福な朝食 by 乃南アサ is a mystery that traces tension, relationships, and the path toward truth. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

幸福な朝食 layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

254 pages
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