Tsuneharu Marui's Castle in a Cage was published in Mita Bungaku as the 36th Oda Sakunosuke Youth Award winner. Its title suggests a compressed story of inner confinement and relationships.

The opposing images of cage and castle reflect a young writer's sense of confinement.

Miyuka Yo's Zamaa Oboroge received the encouragement prize at the 36th Oda Sakunosuke Youth Award. Public records confirm the prize, but no standalone or collected book publication could be confirmed.

A work remembered in the youth-award context for its hazy feeling and texture of language.