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Novel Grand Award

のべるたいしょう

A public literary award organized by Shueisha. Open to entertainment fiction of any genre—romance, fantasy, comedy, mystery, horror, science fiction, and more. The Grand Prize winner receives three million yen and is guaranteed a debut as a bunko paperback.

Novel
Established
1983
Organizer
Shueisha
Category
Light Novels and Web Literature
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around January
Announcement Period
around August
Status
Active

Description

The Novel Grand Award is a public literary award established by Shueisha in 1983. From 1992 to 1995, it was held twice a year (first and second halves) as the Cobalt Novel Grand Award, and from 1996 it was renamed to its current name and held once a year. It solicits works from readers of the light novel magazine "Cobalt", Cobalt Bunko, and Shueisha Orange Bunko, and web submissions became possible from 2012. Grand Prize winners receive a certificate and 3 million yen, runner-up prizes receive a certificate and 1 million yen, and honorable mentions receive a certificate and 500,000 yen. Selected works are guaranteed a bunko debut.

Prize

Main Prize
Certificate and 3 million yen
Cash Prize
3,000,000 JPY
  • Runner-up: Certificate and 1 million yen
  • Honorable mention: Certificate and 500,000 yen

Related Awards

  • Roman Grand Prize
  • Cobalt Bunko
  • Shueisha Orange Bunko

Official Resources

https://orangebunko.shueisha.co.jp/novel-award

Past Winners

西東子 さいとうこ excellence award

The award title, Sweet Tanuki Beyond the Mountain, was retitled for publication as Tenko and Aoi-kun: Searching for Tanuki Cake. It is a light fantasy about a fox girl and a young cook searching for a tanuki cake.

A tiny fox girl and a cook search for a tanuki cake and, along the way, discover something important.

256 pages
fantasyfoodadventurerenewal
栢山シキ かやましき excellence award

Baroness Claire, who can see ghosts, tries to uncover the truth behind her best friend's death. Under its fantasy surface, suspicion and loss gradually accumulate.

A girl who can see ghosts steps toward the truth hidden in a friend's death.

320 pages
fantasymysterylossnoble heroine
東雲めめ子 しののめめめこ honorable mention

A youthful mystery centered on the disappearance of a girl known as the 'Maria of Hakujo' at an elite boarding school, as the intentions around her gradually warp.

Why did the beloved 'Maria' disappear?

320 pages
youth mysterygirls' schooldisappearanceensemble drama
森かおる もりかおる grand prize

A workplace novel about a rookie office broker with zero contracts who is moved to a special unit and fights back in the field.

A contract is about to fall apart right in front of her.

304 pages
workplace novelhuman dramacomebackoffice brokerage
氏家仮名子 うじいえかなこ Kazlaser Award

A Chinese-style fantasy about two sisters sent to marry into a powerful kingdom, where the palace and the dynasty pull them into intrigue.

A horse runs across the grassland as far as the eye can see.

336 pages
fantasyharemhistoricalintrigue
佐久間泉 さくまいずみ grand prize

A youth suspense novel where an all-girls band and a new religion collide around secrets and guilt.

This youth story hits like a punch.

288 pages
youth suspenseall-girls bandnew religionsecrets and guilt
花村はづき はなむらはづき runner-up grand prize

A dark fantasy about the girl Eris in a glass coffin, where loss and secrets keep spreading.

Eris, look. Someone died for you again.

336 pages
dark fantasysuspenselosssecrets
遊川ユウ ゆかわゆう runner-up grand prize

A Shueisha Orange Bunko coming-of-age human drama in which Yui Kamitsure, confined to a juvenile detention center on a false murder charge, joins a new arrival, Kirameki Manjushage, to pursue the real culprit.

Let's find the real culprit.

272 pages
coming of agehuman dramajuvenile detentionfriendshiprenewal
猫田佐文 ねこた さぶん grand prize

How to Get a Shut-In Out of the House follows Toshiharu Kageyama, who has spent years unable to leave his room, until a maid from a professional team arrives to draw him outside. With humor and felt immediacy, it faces the difficulty of living.

It tenderly depicts the time it takes to step beyond the door of a room.

304 pages
light literary fictionsocial withdrawalrenewalmaiddifficulty living
森りん もり りん honorable mention

Writing Love is a historical romance about Faith, a girl raised in loneliness and poverty who becomes a maid in an aristocratic household. As she learns to read and write, she awakens to love and self-expression across a class divide.

Learning letters brings the girl love and a voice of her own.

304 pages
romanceperiod settingclass differenceliteracygrowth
喜咲冬子 きさき ふゆこ honorable mention

The Wandering Noble Consort, or Queen Beyond the Frontier is a Chinese-style historical romance set between court and borderlands. It follows a woman buffeted by politics as she tries to choose her own way of living.

Beyond the court, a wandering consort learns another meaning of queenship.

304 pages
Chinese-style settinghistorical romancecourtfrontierwomanhood
佐倉ユミ さくら ゆみ grand prize

This work is introduced as: 落ちぶれた絵師の再起を描く大江戸人情譚。受賞時の題名から改題され、江戸の四季と人々の営みを四編で描く。

A work centered on 墨の色の奥に、再び絵を描く力が立ち上がる。

256 pages
memorycommunityself-discovery
水守糸子 みずもり いとこ honorable mention

This work is introduced as: 遺体に触れると死の瞬間を追体験できる特殊捜査官を主人公にしたミステリー。受賞時の題名から改題され刊行された。

A work centered on 過去の死に触れる力が、未解決の真実へ硝子を導く。

304 pages
memorycommunityself-discovery
乃村波緒 のむら はお honorable mention

This work is introduced as: 人を楽しませるために花のような煙を操る不思議な職能をめぐるファンタジー。再会した友人との関係から物語が動き出す。

A work centered on 花煙師となった友人との再会が、失われた時間を揺らす。

240 pages
memorycommunityself-discovery
Miyuki Takamori たかもり みゆき grand prize

花木荘のひとびと is an award-winning work by 髙森美由紀. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.

花木荘のひとびと looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.

304 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
奥乃桜子 おくの さくらこ honorable mention

あやしバイオリン工房へようこそ is an award-winning work by 奥乃桜子. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.

あやしバイオリン工房へようこそ looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.

288 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
時本紗羽 ときもと さわ honorable mention

今夜、2つのテレフォンの前。 is an award-winning work by 時本紗羽. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.

今夜、2つのテレフォンの前。 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.

272 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
ゆきた志旗 ゆきた しき grand prize

This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.

A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.

240 pages
light novelromantic comedy仕事結婚式自己肯定
白洲梓 しらす あずさ grand prize

最後の王妃 is an award-recognized work by 白洲梓. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

最後の王妃, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
長谷川夕 はせがわ ゆう runner-up grand prize

亡霊 is an award-recognized work by 長谷川夕. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

亡霊, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordpeople and society
Akiko Sugimoto すぎもと あきこ grand prize

はなもよう by 杉元晶子 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 はなもよう by 杉元晶子, including award and bibliographic context.

award workliteraturebibliographic record
紙上ユキ かみじょう ゆき honorable mention

背徳ソナタ by 紙上ユキ 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 背徳ソナタ by 紙上ユキ, including award and bibliographic context.

award workliteraturebibliographic record
秋杜フユ あきもり ふゆ grand prize

幻領主の鳥籠 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 幻領主の鳥籠 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

award-winning workbibliographic verificationliterary award
東堂燦 とうどう さん honorable mention

薔薇に雨 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 薔薇に雨 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

award-winning workbibliographic verificationliterary award
つのみつき つのみつき honorable mention

死体と花嫁 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 死体と花嫁 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

award-winning workbibliographic verificationliterary award
汐原由里子 しおはら ゆりこ honorable mention

This work is confirmed as an honorable mention in the 2012 Novel Grand Prize and as appearing in the January 2013 issue of Cobalt. Public information did not reveal evidence of standalone book publication; it is confirmed through prize records and author biographies.

An honorable-mention work in a Cobalt-related newcomer prize, published in a magazine with no confirmed standalone edition.

girls' fictionnewcomer prizemagazine publication
きりしま志帆 きりしま しほ honorable mention

Raja, princess of the small desert kingdom of Bazi, suffers from an irresistible charm that makes unmarried men lose themselves and propose to her. Following a fairy tale about a princess with the same condition, she sets out on a journey and meets Shams, a taciturn young man apparently immune to her power.

A princess troubled by her overwhelming charm crosses the desert in pursuit of the curse's secret and a young man it cannot affect.

288 pages
Arabian romanceprincesscursejourney
後白河安寿 ごしらかわ あんじゅ readers grand prize

Fangyu, the daughter of a high official, is a spirited girl who causes commotion without realizing it. One day she becomes a jiangshi and attacks townspeople, but the Taoist practitioner Li tells her she is not dead, only placed in a deathlike state, and she begins searching for whoever transformed her.

A spirited young lady is turned into a jiangshi and pursues the culprit with a Taoist practitioner.

224 pages
Chinese-inspired fantasyjiangshiyoung noblewomanromance and mystery
野村行央 のむら ゆきお grand prize

青色ジグソー is a 小説 by 野村行央. 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.

青色ジグソー presents 野村行央's work in the form of 小説.

literary award workmemoryhuman experience
せひらあやみ せひら あやみ honorable mention

異形の姫と妙薬の王子 is a ライトノベル系小説 by せひらあやみ. 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.

異形の姫と妙薬の王子 presents せひらあやみ's work in the form of ライトノベル系小説.

literary award workmemoryhuman experience
小糸なな こいと なな readers grand prize

ゴシック・ローズ is a ライトノベル by 小糸なな. 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.

ゴシック・ローズ presents 小糸なな's work in the form of ライトノベル.

256 pages
literary award workmemoryhuman experience
長尾彩子 ながお あやこ grand prize

Niwaka Hime no Keso is a romance fantasy in the tradition of girls' fiction. It layers the sudden situation of being treated like a princess with rising romantic feeling, portraying confusion and longing within a colorful setting.

A sudden princess-like situation sets romantic confusion vividly in motion.

girls' fictionromanceprincessfantasylonging
御永真幸 おなが まさゆき honorable mention

Set in Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, this historical romance follows Jeanne, a free-spirited courtesan, and Charles, an executioner living under a concealed identity. From a rainy encounter, their forbidden affection grows against the boundaries of status and duty.

In rainy Paris, a courtesan and an executioner are drawn into a forbidden love.

256 pages
pre-revolutionary Franceforbidden romanceidentity and dutyhidden love
高見雛 たかみ ひな readers grand prize

Ilse, always second best at the National Alchemy Academy, is sent to bring back Annika, a brilliant student who has vanished after submitting her withdrawal notice. In a town where a shop sells supposedly luxurious chocolate at surprising prices, alchemy, confectionery, and youthful rivalry come together in a lively fantasy.

A mission to retrieve a prodigy turns into an adventure around the secret of chocolate and the dreams of young alchemists.

240 pages
alchemychocolategirls coming of agecraft and ambition
Rise Kuga grand prize

“始まりの日は空へ落ちる” is a 2009 award-winning work by 久賀理世. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“始まりの日は空へ落ちる” is an important work in the record of 久賀理世’s award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary literature2009
夢野リコ honorable mention

“傾国の美姫” is a 2009 award-winning work by 夢野リコ. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“傾国の美姫” is an important work in the record of 夢野リコ’s award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary literature2009
高山ちあき readers grand prize

“橘屋本店閻魔帳~跡を継ぐまで待って~” is a 2009 award-winning work by 高山ちあき. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“橘屋本店閻魔帳~跡を継ぐまで待って~” is an important work in the record of 高山ちあき’s award recognition.

award-winning workcontemporary literature2009
汐月遥 honorable mention

やがて霧が晴れる時 is a 2008 award-winning work by 汐月遥. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

やがて霧が晴れる時 is a work by 汐月遥 recognized by the ノベル大賞.

relationshipsthe atmosphere of an erainner change
香月せりか honorable mention

我が家の神様セクハラニート is a 2008 award-winning work by 香月せりか. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

我が家の神様セクハラニート is a work by 香月せりか recognized by the ノベル大賞.

relationshipsthe atmosphere of an erainner change
椎名鳴葉 readers grand prize

薄青の風景画 is a 2008 award-winning work by 椎名鳴葉. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

薄青の風景画 is a work by 椎名鳴葉 recognized by the ノベル大賞.

relationshipsthe atmosphere of an erainner change
相羽鈴 grand prize

1000キロぐらいじゃ、涙は死なない is an award-winning work by 相羽鈴. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

1000キロぐらいじゃ、涙は死なない is an award-winning work in which 相羽鈴 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

award-winning workrelationshipsmemorysociety
一井七菜子 honorable mention

このくらい、のあなた is an award-winning work by 一井七菜子. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

このくらい、のあなた is an award-winning work in which 一井七菜子 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

award-winning workrelationshipsmemorysociety
Kazuki Ayamoto readers grand prize

アルカトラズの聖夜 is an award-winning work by 彩本和希. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

アルカトラズの聖夜 is an award-winning work in which 彩本和希 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

award-winning workrelationshipsmemorysociety
藤原美里 grand prize

A Cobalt Bunko fantasy set in a Chinese-mythic world. A cheerful, voracious girl named Toka forces herself into the hut of a young healer, setting off commotions involving heavenly and earthly immortals.

A girl who appears at the foot of Mount Horai noisily disrupts the lives of immortals.

208 pages
Chinese-style fantasyimmortalshealergirls’ light novel
木崎菜菜恵 honorable mention
閑月じゃく honorable mention
Nagato Kiha readers grand prize

A Cobalt Bunko novel set in a world reminiscent of the Suwa region in the Sengoku period. Based on the Readers’ Prize-winning work, it was published as a historical romance around a princess at sunset.

A historical romance around a fallen princess unfolds in the sunset over Suwa.

224 pages
historical romancegirls’ light novelSuwaprincess
Momoko Koiwai grand prize

チルカの海 is an award-recognized work by 桂環. Searches of public and commercial bibliographic sources did not confirm a standalone book edition of the awarded work.

チルカの海, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

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松田志乃ぶ honorable mention

花ざかりの夜 is an award-recognized work by 松田志乃ぶ. Searches of public and commercial bibliographic sources did not confirm a standalone book edition of the awarded work.

花ざかりの夜, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

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Maachou Yuzuki honorable mention

波乱万丈☆青春生き残りゲーム-魔王殿下と勇者の私- is an award-recognized work by 真朝ユヅキ. Searches of public and commercial bibliographic sources did not confirm a standalone book edition of the awarded work.

波乱万丈☆青春生き残りゲーム-魔王殿下と勇者の私-, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordJapanese literature
Nao Okashino readers grand prize

空の巣 is an award-recognized work by 岡篠名桜. Searches of public and commercial bibliographic sources did not confirm a standalone book edition of the awarded work.

空の巣, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

award-recognized workbibliographic recordJapanese literature
高川ひびき honorable mention

An award-submitted work whose wintry image and unsettling title suggest an inward story of unease. No book edition could be verified through major bibliographic sources.

冬のねじ鳥 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

winterpsychologyyoung adult fiction
Momoi An honorable mention

A work confirmed as an honorable mention in a young women’s fiction prize. Its title suggests fantasy and transformation, but no stand-alone book edition could be verified.

無限のマリオン follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

girls’ fictionfantasytransformation
Ashizuka Iwashi readers grand prize

An award work with a symbolic title combining snakes, water, and gardenias, suggesting atmospheric tension and psychological movement. No book publication could be verified.

蛇と水と梔子の花 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

symbolismpsychologyfantasy
小池雪 grand prize

This prize-winning work in the girls' fiction tradition has a title suggesting reunion in dreams. It softly portrays feelings that are hard to convey in reality through the space of dreams.

In a dream, even feelings that could not be spoken may be reached again.

dreamsreuniongirls' fictionloveemotional distance
菊池瞳 honorable mention

Under a title meaning trial, the story follows young characters confronting their own possibilities. It portrays the pain required to move forward and the changes that come after a challenge.

In a time of testing, the characters begin to find the outlines of themselves.

challengeyouthgirls' fictiongrowthchoice
Tomomi Okihara readers grand prize

Beginning with the fantastical image of a mermaid princess beneath cherry blossoms, this girls' novel portrays love, pain, and the wish to transform. Moving between reality and fairy tale, it illuminates the loneliness of a young heart.

The mermaid princess beneath the cherry blossoms carries an impossible wish and a longing to change.

205 pages
girls' fictionfantasylovetransformationloneliness
Yuko Aoki grand prize

ぼくのズーマー is a work by 青木祐子. It is associated with the ノベル大賞.

ぼくのズーマー by 青木祐子.

Yamamoto You honorable mention

パーフェクト・ガーデン is a work by 山本瑤. It is associated with the ノベル大賞.

パーフェクト・ガーデン by 山本瑤.

ココロ直 readers grand prize

夕焼け好きのポエトリー is a work by ココロ直. It is associated with the ノベル大賞.

夕焼け好きのポエトリー by ココロ直.

Hajime Shimizu grand prize / readers grand prize

神遊び is a work by 清水朔. It was selected for the ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 清水朔 recognized by the ノベル大賞.

240 pages
literary awardhuman experiencenarrative
なかじまみさを honorable mention

孵化界 is a work by なかじまみさを. It was selected for the ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by なかじまみさを recognized by the ノベル大賞.

literary awardhuman experiencenarrative
Miyuki Miyuki honorable mention

あなたはあたしを解き放つ is a work by 深志いつき. It was selected for the ノベル大賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 深志いつき recognized by the ノベル大賞.

literary awardhuman experiencenarrative
小沼まり子 grand prize

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

award-winning literaturehuman relationshipssense of an era
石川宏宇 honorable mention

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

award-winning literaturehuman relationshipssense of an era
Yule honorable mention / readers grand prize

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

award-winning literaturehuman relationshipssense of an era
Hazuki Takeoka honorable mention

僕らに降る雨 is a work by 竹岡葉月. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

僕らに降る雨 uses 青春 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

青春友情心の揺れ
吉平映理 honorable mention

救助信号 is a work by 吉平えり. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

救助信号 uses 孤立 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

孤立救い青春関係
松井千尋 readers grand prize

ウェルカム・ミスター・エカリタン is a work by 松井千尋. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

ウェルカム・ミスター・エカリタン uses 来訪者 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

来訪者非日常ライトノベル交流
Akiko Fukaya grand prize

サカナナ is a work by 深谷晶子. Recognized by the ノベル大賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.

A work recognized by the ノベル大賞, showing 深谷晶子's distinctive voice.

literatureaward-winning work
Naoko Katayama honorable mention / readers grand prize

ペンギンの前で会いましょう is a work by 片山奈保子. Recognized by the ノベル大賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.

A work recognized by the ノベル大賞, showing 片山奈保子's distinctive voice.

literatureaward-winning work
Yukako Komatsu grand prize

機械の耳 is a work by 小松由加子 that was recognized by the ノベル大賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

機械の耳, a work recognized by the ノベル大賞.

208 pages
榊原和希 honorable mention

僕らは玩具の銃を手に is a work by 榊原和希 that was recognized by the ノベル大賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

僕らは玩具の銃を手に, a work recognized by the ノベル大賞.

192 pages
Akira Kawahara honorable mention

両手を広げて is a work by 河原明 that was recognized by the ノベル大賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

両手を広げて, a work recognized by the ノベル大賞.

Yukako Komatsu readers grand prize

機械の耳 is a work by 小松由加子 that was recognized by the ノベル大賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

機械の耳, a work recognized by the ノベル大賞.

208 pages
橘有未 grand prize

SILENT VOICE is a work by 橘有未 associated with the ノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title SILENT VOICE, the work foregrounds 橘有未's engagement with its subject.

award-winning workノベル大賞people and timememory
川村蘭世 honorable mention

月を描く少女と太陽を描いた吸血鬼 is a work by 川村蘭世 associated with the ノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title 月を描く少女と太陽を描いた吸血鬼, the work foregrounds 川村蘭世's engagement with its subject.

award-winning workノベル大賞people and timememory
高野冬子 readers grand prize

楽園幻想 is a work by 高野冬子 associated with the ノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title 楽園幻想, the work foregrounds 高野冬子's engagement with its subject.

award-winning workノベル大賞people and timememory
遠田緩 grand prize
34 pages
森田尚 honorable mention
148 pages
吉田緑 honorable mention
浩祥まきこ readers grand prize
224 pages
Akiko Kayama grand prize
いたみありあ honorable mention
64 pages
Mari Fujiwara readers grand prize
325 pages
Itsuki Shindo grand prize

春王冥府 is a work by Itsuki Shindo recognized by the Novel Grand Award. 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 Itsuki Shindo recognized through the Novel Grand Award.

224 pages
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Minami Honzawa honorable mention

A youth novel about a young person trying to move forward at their own pace, mixing accessible storytelling with uncertainty about relationships and the future.

ゴーイング・マイ・ウェイ uses 青春 as an entry point into human emotion.

青春自立進路友情
Fujisaki Ayuna readers grand prize

A quiet novel that follows memories awakened by rain, drawing out feelings of loss, distance, and return from ordinary moments.

なつかしの雨 uses 記憶 as an entry point into human emotion.

記憶喪失再会
Kin Renka grand prize

銀葉亭茶話 is a work by Kin Renka recognized by the Novel Grand Award. 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 Kin Renka recognized through the Novel Grand Award.

304 pages
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橘香いくの honorable mention

洞の中の女神 is a work by 橘香いくの recognized by the Novel Grand Award. 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 橘香いくの recognized through the Novel Grand Award.

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Shinobu Suga readers grand prize

惑星童話 is a work by Shinobu Suga recognized by the Novel Grand Award. 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 Shinobu Suga recognized through the Novel Grand Award.

198 pages
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Izumi Kayano grand prize

A quiet novel built around scenes of rain. It follows loneliness, emotional change, and the possibility of beginning again through a subdued narrative voice.

雨のなかへ is an award-winning work that concentrates 茅野泉’s style and central concerns.

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花宗冬馬 honorable mention

A novel whose title invokes an old expression for a matchmaker. It frames love and human encounters through the cool imagery of moonlight.

月下氷人 is an award-winning work that concentrates 花宗冬馬’s style and central concerns.

lovefatehuman bonds
緑川七央 readers grand prize

A reflective novel centered on boundaries. It depicts people moving between self and other, the ordinary and the extraordinary, conviction and doubt.

境界のテーゼ is an award-winning work that concentrates 緑川七央’s style and central concerns.

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Oyuki Konno grand prize

夢の宮~竜のみた夢~ is an award-winning work by 今野緒雪, recognized by the ノベル大賞. It presents its subject through the form suggested by the title and stands as part of the author's published career.

夢の宮~竜のみた夢~ is a work by 今野緒雪 honored by the ノベル大賞.

256 pages
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藍あずみ honorable mention

A novel with a title that suggests a symphonic structure. It can be read as a coming-of-age story that sets personal feeling against social unrest and historical turbulence.

交響詩「-騒乱-」 is an award-winning work that concentrates 藍あずみ’s style and central concerns.

coming of agesocial unrestinner conflict
Oyuki Konno readers grand prize

A Japanese-style fantasy. Through the motifs of a palace, dreams, and a dragon, it presents a lyrical story of fate, relationships, and imaginative wonder.

夢の宮~竜のみた夢~ is an award-winning work that concentrates 今野緒雪’s style and central concerns.

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甲紀枝 honorable mention

Sixteen, Summer Chart is a coming-of-age story that links a sixteen-year-old summer with medicine and bodily memory. Through the image of a clinical chart, it carefully catches pain and change that are difficult to put into words.

A record left from a sixteen-year-old summer quietly reflects a girl's change.

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Takato Sayo honorable mention

Haruka Umi no Kanata ni was Saya Takato's honorable-mention work in the lower-half 20th Cobalt Novel Award. Its title carries a sense of longing for a place beyond the distant sea, placing it among the debut works that emerged from a girls' fiction award.

A title gazing beyond the far sea marks the starting point of an honorable-mention debut.

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野間ゆかり honorable mention

"Furukotobumi" ni Yosete was Yukari Noma's honorable-mention work in the lower-half 20th Cobalt Novel Award. Its title suggests attention to old tales and language, and it was recognized among the award's girls' fiction submissions.

An honorable-mention Cobalt Novel Award work whose title turns toward old tales.

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水野友貴 readers grand prize

Obaachan no Koibito was Tomotaka Mizuno's Readers' Prize work in the lower-half 20th Cobalt Novel Award. Its title evokes family memory and romance, and it is recorded as the winner in the reader-selected category.

A title suggesting a romance hidden in a grandmother's past is recorded as a Readers' Prize winner.

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Rin Yuuki grand prize

The Witch of the Night House is a girls' fantasy that revolves around a house clothed in night and a witch-like presence. Strangeness just beside ordinary life opens the way to a story of growth and choice told in a light style.

Entering the night house sets the magic hidden beside everyday life in motion.

243 pages
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沙山茴 honorable mention

The First Gymnopedie evokes Satie in its title and portrays delicate emotional shifts and youthful solitude. Scenes follow one another like a quiet melody, gradually bringing the characters' inner lives into view.

Like a quiet melody, youthful solitude slowly resonates.

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原田紀 readers grand prize

Let's Meet on the Far Side of the Moon uses the far side of the moon as a romantic metaphor for encounter and longing in a place slightly removed from ordinary reality. Its clear girls' fiction tone carries the ache of a distance that feels almost reachable.

A promise on the far side of the moon gently lights an unreachable longing.

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Kana Hibikino grand prize

人間のいなくなった世界で出会った道化師, 売り子, 軍人の三人が, 眠りを探して不思議な遊園地から旅立つ幻想ファンタジー.古い言い伝えに導かれ, 虹の生まれる場所を目指す旅が描かれる.

眠りを失った世界で, 三人は虹の生まれる場所を探す旅に出る.

272 pages
幻想ファンタジー喪失と再生
北村染衣 honorable mention

Under the Goumi Tree is a work by 北村染衣. コバルト・ノベル大賞の入選作として記録される少女小説。ぐみの木の下という場を中心に、記憶や出会いの気配を静かに描く。

Under the Goumi Tree is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

少女小説記憶出会い
Touya Tachihara readers grand prize

The Dream Seller’s Egg is a work by 立原とうや. コバルト読者大賞受賞作として記録されるファンタジー色のある作品。夢を売るという題材から、願望や不安を物語の形に変えていく。

The Dream Seller’s Egg is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

少女小説ファンタジー
Akemi Mizumori grand prize

A Tale of Spring Wind Transformations is a work by 水杜明珠. コバルト・ノベル大賞入選作で、水杜明珠のファンタジー作品につながる初期作。異世界的な変異と春風の軽やかさを組み合わせた少女向けファンタジー。

A Tale of Spring Wind Transformations is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

259 pages
少女小説ファンタジー変異譚
島田理聡 honorable mention

Paradise Family is a work by 島田理聡. コバルト・ノベル大賞入選作品集に収録された入選作。家族という身近な関係を題材に、少女小説らしい感情の揺れと物語性を備える。

Paradise Family is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

259 pages
少女小説家族青春
久嶋薫 honorable mention

As the Night Wind Passes is a work by 久嶋薫. コバルト・ノベル大賞入選作品集に収録された作品。夜風の感触を思わせる題名の通り、移ろう心情と若い時間の余韻を描く。

As the Night Wind Passes is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

259 pages
少女小説心情青春
もりまいつ readers grand prize

Toward the Sea I Once Saw is a work by もりまいつ. コバルト・ノベル大賞入選作品集に収録された作品。海の記憶を導線に、若い登場人物の感情と変化を描く少女小説として位置づけられる。

Toward the Sea I Once Saw is an award-winning work read in the context of 少女小説.

259 pages
少女小説海の記憶青春
Yuuichi Suzumoto grand prize

我が青春の北西壁 is an award-winning work by 涼元悠一. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.

我が青春の北西壁, an award-winning work by 涼元悠一.

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赤木里絵 honorable mention

水色の夏 is an award-winning work by 赤木里絵. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.

水色の夏, an award-winning work by 赤木里絵.

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Yoko Enoki readers grand prize

特別の夏休み is an award-winning work by 榎木洋子. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.

特別の夏休み, an award-winning work by 榎木洋子.

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川田みちこ grand prize

水になる is a literary work by 川田みちこ. It presents character, atmosphere, and social context through fiction or criticism.

水になる is an important work for reading 川田みちこ's expression in the context of ノベル大賞.

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小山真弓 honorable mention / readers grand prize

血ぬられた貴婦人 is an award-winning work by 小山真弓. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.

血ぬられた貴婦人, an award-winning work by 小山真弓.

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Manami Miura honorable mention

行かないで-If You Go Away is an award-winning work by 三浦真奈美. 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.

行かないで-If You Go Away brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

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児波いさき honorable mention

つまづきゃ、青春 is an award-winning work by 児波いさき. 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.

つまづきゃ、青春 brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
Mizuna Kuwabara readers grand prize

風駆ける日 is an award-winning work by 桑原水菜. 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.

風駆ける日 brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
水樹あきら grand prize

一平くん純情す is an award-winning work by 水樹あきら. 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.

一平くん純情す brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
Wakamio Ikuru honorable mention

AGE is an award-winning work by 若木未生. 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.

AGE brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
Toshiya Nishida grand prize

恋はセサミ by 西田俊也 is a literary work that follows memory, relationships, and the shadows cast by time. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

恋はセサミ layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

268 pages
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Mitsuyo Kakuta grand prize

お子様ランチ・ロックソース by 彩河杏 is a literary work that follows memory, relationships, and the shadows cast by time. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

お子様ランチ・ロックソース layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

260 pages
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五代剛 ごだい つよし grand prize

Seele(ゼーレ) is a literary work by 五代剛 and a winner of ノベル大賞.

Seele(ゼーレ) is an essential work in the award history of 五代剛.

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Fumio Yamamoto やまもと ふみお honorable mention

プレミアム・プールの日々 is a literary work by Yamamoto Fumio and a winner of ノベル大賞.

プレミアム・プールの日々 is an essential work in the award history of Yamamoto Fumio.

human experiencememorytime
夏川裕樹 なつかわ ひろき honorable mention

祭りの時 is a literary work by 夏川裕樹 and a winner of ノベル大賞.

祭りの時 is an essential work in the award history of 夏川裕樹.

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Maeda Tamako まえだ たまこ honorable mention

眠り姫の目覚める朝 is a literary work by Maeda Tamako and a winner of ノベル大賞.

眠り姫の目覚める朝 is an essential work in the award history of Maeda Tamako.

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Kei Zushi とずこ けい grand prize

A story that layers character and fictional world through the idea of myth. Its fantastic material creates a slight distance from reality while depicting desire and solitude.

A story that layers character and fictional world through the idea of myth.

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片桐里香 かたぎり りか honorable mention

A story that catches the changes hidden behind moments that appear ordinary. It draws out anxiety and unease within everyday time in a quiet style.

A story that catches the changes hidden behind moments that appear ordinary.

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Yoko Shimamura しまむら ようこ grand prize

独楽(ひとりたのしみ) is an award-winning work by 島村洋子. It presents its subject through careful attention to setting, character choices, and historical or emotional context.

An award-winning work that invites readers into the world of 独楽(ひとりたのしみ).

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Hatano Yō はたの たか grand prize

青いリボンの飛越(ジャンプ) is an award-winning work by 波多野鷹. It presents its subject through careful attention to setting, character choices, and historical or emotional context.

An award-winning work that invites readers into the world of 青いリボンの飛越(ジャンプ).

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Hitomi Fujimoto ふじもと ひとみ grand prize

眼差(まなざし) is a 青春小説 by 藤本ひとみ. It follows the pressures, memories, and relationships suggested by its subject, presenting the work in a compact literary form.

眼差(まなざし) quietly brings out the texture of memory and its time.

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Megumi Yuikawa ゆいかわ めぐみ grand prize

海色の午後 is a 青春小説 by 唯川恵. It follows the pressures, memories, and relationships suggested by its subject, presenting the work in a compact literary form.

海色の午後 quietly brings out the texture of memory and its time.

128 pages
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Kuramoto Yu くらもと ゆう honorable mention

サマー・グリーン 夏の終わりに… is a 青春小説 by 倉本由布. It follows the pressures, memories, and relationships suggested by its subject, presenting the work in a compact literary form.

サマー・グリーン 夏の終わりに… quietly brings out the texture of memory and its time.

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杉本りえ すぎもと りえ grand prize

未熟なナルシスト達 is a 青春小説 by 杉本りえ. It follows the pressures, memories, and relationships suggested by its subject, presenting the work in a compact literary form.

未熟なナルシスト達 quietly brings out the texture of memory and its time.

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塩田剛 しおた つよし honorable mention

A story centered on absence and a call that remains in a young narrator’s heart, tracing the ache of time that has passed. Its stark title sharpens the sense of longing and missed connection.

I MISS YOU is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 記憶.

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Keiko Fujimoto ふじもと けいこ honorable mention

A coming-of-age story that draws quiet tension from the year before graduation. Choices, friendship, and self-consciousness intersect as anxiety about the future gradually takes shape.

卒業前年 is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 不安.

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一藤木杳子 いちふじき ようこ honorable mention

“たとえば、19のときのアルバムに” is an award-winning work by 一藤木杳子. Recognized through the prize, it presents the author’s concerns and distinctive mode of storytelling.

An entry point into the author’s literary world through the award-winning work “たとえば、19のときのアルバムに.”

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片山満久 かたやま みつひさ honorable mention

“聖野菜祭” is an award-winning work by 片山満久. Recognized through the prize, it presents the author’s concerns and distinctive mode of storytelling.

An entry point into the author’s literary world through the award-winning work “聖野菜祭.”

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