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Novel Grand Award のべるたいしょう

Edition 20 (1992, held 2 times in year)

Novel

Winners

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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.

girls' fictiondeparturelonging
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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