Novel Grand Award のべるたいしょう
Edition 20 (1992, held 2 times in year)
Winners
4 peopleSixteen, 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.
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.
"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.
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.