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R-18 Literary Award for Women by Women おんなによるおんなのためのR-18ぶんがくしょう

Edition 1 (2002)

Fiction

Winners

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Yomogi Hinata grand prize

Hinata Yomogi's debut short-story collection includes the title story, which won the inaugural R-18 Literary Prize for Women. Its five stories portray women negotiating love and intimacy with humour and a touch of bittersweetness.

Five short stories that trace the distinct textures of romantic experience.

155 pages
Love and intimacyWomen's self-imageSensuality in everyday life
Miho Toshima readers prize

Aozora Cherry is a collection of short stories narrated by an eighteen-year-old cram-school student as she confronts uncertainty in everyday life and her feelings about love. Including the title story, its three pieces let loneliness and emotional urgency emerge beneath a lively, direct voice.

Three stories in which an eighteen-year-old's unsettled feelings linger beneath brightly told everyday moments.

199 pages
youthromancelonelinessself-discovery