Oda Sakunosuke Award - Grand Prize and Former Newcomer Prize
The grand prize division of the Oda Sakunosuke Award plus the former newcomer prize through 2005.
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- Established
- 1983
- Organizer
- Oda Sakunosuke Award Executive Committee
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around August
- Announcement Period
- around December
- Status
- Active
Description
A literary prize established in 1983 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Osaka writer Oda Sakunosuke. Through the 22nd award it functioned as a public newcomer prize for unpublished work. From the 23rd award in 2006 it split into a grand prize for books and a separately managed youth prize. This entry covers the grand prize division and the former newcomer prize.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Youth Prize (300,000 yen prize money)
- U-18 Prize (31st to 35th editions)
- Encouragement Prize (36th edition onward)
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selection Committee | Selection committee members | — | Press conference and published in Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and website |
Selection Committee
Judges
Selection committee members
Announcement
Press conference and published in Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and website
Application Tips
Dos
- 応募要項をよく確認する
- 規定のフォーマットや字数を守る
- 青春賞応募時は年齢制限を確認する
Don''ts
- 既発表作品は応募しない
- 応募要項にない形式のファイルを提出しない
From Judges
- 独自の視点や表現を重視する
- 文章の完成度と緻密さを評価する
- 作品の個性を大切にする
Related Awards
- Akutagawa Prize
- Naoki Prize
- Mita Literary Prize
Official Resources
https://odasaku-award.org/Past Winners
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三田華
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小森隆司
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Ryo Mizuki
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上川龍次
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小林長太郎
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