Palette Novel Grand Award
ぱれっとのべるたいしょう
A debut fiction award for girls' light novels organized by Shogakukan. Held twice a year from 1989 to 2005 for a total of 34 rounds, after which it was succeeded by the Shogakukan Light Novel Award (Lululu Bunko division) in 2006.
- Established
- 1989
- Organizer
- Shogakukan
- Category
- Light Novels and Web Literature
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 2 per year
- Application Deadline
- around May–June, around November–December
- Announcement Period
- around October–November, around April–May
- Status
- Ended
Description
A newcomer literary award for shoujo light novel works sponsored by Shogakukan from 1989 to 2005, held twice a year, with grand prize works published by the company.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand prize winner published by Shogakukan
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Honorable mention: 300000 JPY
Related Awards
- Shogakukan Light Novel Grand Award
- Lululu Bunko division
- Palette Bunko
Past Winners
I Will Become the Wind is a Palette Novel Grand Award-winning work by Miko Ishikawa. It is recorded as a prizewinning work, but no evidence of circulation as a standalone book has been confirmed.
A Palette Novel Grand Award-winning work with no confirmed standalone publication.
Caged Bird, Fly Someday is an honorable-mention work by Kunoe Miyama in the Palette Novel Grand Award. The author later made a book debut with another title, and no standalone publication of this work itself has been confirmed.
A submitted work known as Kunoe Miyama's prizewinning title, with no confirmed book edition.
An honorable mention from Michiko Aoyama's debut period. The lightness of a title that suggests family and mother-child ties carries the warmth of cheering someone on and being encouraged in return.
The sound of handclaps gradually changes the distance between mother and child.
A girls' novel from the Palette Novel Grand Award period with an English phrase in its title. Through emotions surrounding laughter, it appears to depict young characters' unease and release.
A call to laugh loosens the stiffness of the heart.
A Palette Novel Grand Award work collected in Debutante Omnibus vol. 1. With the sparkle of girls' fiction, it portrays changing relationships around a promise and a jewel.
The memory of a promise and the gleam of a jewel move the characters' hearts.
A Palette Novel Grand Award selection included in Debutante Omnibus vol. 1. Set on the ice, it depicts the tension and emotional movement of a young person facing competition in the style of girls' fiction.
A step on the ice turns uncertainty and longing into story.
An early Reiko Hiroshima work collected in Debutante Omnibus vol. 1. Through the contrasting figures of a princess and a female knight, it explores protection, choice, and the meaning of bonds.
Through the princess and the female knight, the boundary between protector and protected begins to shift.
やだぜ! is a light novel by 華屋初音. It focuses on 率直な感情のぶつかり合いを軸に、若い登場人物たちの関係の揺れを描く。
やだぜ! uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.
眠れる聖母~絵画探偵の事件簿~ is a mystery novel by 國本まゆみ. It focuses on 絵画をめぐる謎と探偵趣味を組み合わせた、応募作として知られるミステリー。
眠れる聖母~絵画探偵の事件簿~ uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.
黒鳩団がやってくる is a light novel by 倉村実水. It focuses on 集団名を冠したタイトルどおり、騒動の到来を予感させるユーモラスな物語。
黒鳩団がやってくる uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.
俺達のストライクゾーン is a light novel by 橘涼香. It focuses on 野球をめぐる青春の熱量と恋愛感情を、軽快な語り口で描く。
俺達のストライクゾーン uses the world suggested by its title to bring people and their times into quiet focus.
月鏡の海 is a work by 陣内義之. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.
月鏡の海 uses 月 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.
セブンティーンズ・コネクション is a work by 高橋るいひ. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.
セブンティーンズ・コネクション uses 青春 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.
ALIVE~そして君とさあ行こう is a work by 桜井ひかり. Recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.
A work recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, showing 桜井ひかり's distinctive voice.
聖域 is a work by 水科月征. Recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.
A work recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, showing 水科月征's distinctive voice.
きみに出会う場所 is a work by 世良さおり. Recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.
A work recognized by the パレットノベル大賞, showing 世良さおり's distinctive voice.
いじめ14歳のMessage is an award-recognized work by 林慧樹. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.
いじめ14歳のMessage is a work by 林慧樹 that continues to be read through its award recognition.
片翼のリサイエーラ is an award-recognized work by 嘉村日南. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.
片翼のリサイエーラ is a work by 嘉村日南 that continues to be read through its award recognition.
FADELESS is an award-recognized work by 桜沢南. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.
FADELESS is a work by 桜沢南 that continues to be read through its award recognition.
花は桜、琴は月 is a work by 秋水一威 associated with the パレットノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.
Under the title 花は桜、琴は月, the work foregrounds 秋水一威's engagement with its subject.
疾風のごとくゆるやかに is a work by 杉森美也子 associated with the パレットノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.
Under the title 疾風のごとくゆるやかに, the work foregrounds 杉森美也子's engagement with its subject.
まほろばの姫君 is a work by 足立和葉 associated with the パレットノベル大賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.
Under the title まほろばの姫君, the work foregrounds 足立和葉's engagement with its subject.
深雪の里の… is a literary work by 中村まさみ. Against the atmosphere of its time and place, it portrays relationships, memory, and the weight of choice.
深雪の里の… is an award-winning work that concentrates 中村まさみ’s style and central concerns.
Boku to Sakura no Abunai Kankei is a Palette Bunko youth comedy by Hiroko Kodaka. During the last summer vacation of high school, college-bound Tomo falls for Sakura, a high school writer who fully becomes the protagonists of her own stories, sending everyday life into one commotion after another.
A youth comedy about a boy facing entrance exams and a girl who becomes the heroes of her own stories.
Mezamereba Mori no Naka is an honorable mention by Manyo Ooruri for the Palette Novel Grand Award. Its premise of waking in a forest suggests a girls' fantasy about stepping into an unfamiliar world.
The forest that appears upon waking begins a story outside ordinary life.
Kanojo ni Poinsettia o is an effort-prize work by Yumiko Arisawa for the Palette Novel Grand Award. Using poinsettias as a motif, it appears to be girls' fiction about conveying feelings and seasonal memory.
Feelings entrusted to a red flower quietly shift the distance between the narrator and her.
Onboro Kagami to Princess is an honorable mention by Chako Kusama for the Palette Novel Grand Award. With a mirror and a princess as fairy-tale devices, it appears to be a girls' fantasy about self-image and the wish to transform.
An old mirror reflects a story different from the girl's ordinary self.
Jinsei Nante! is a Palette Novel Grand Award honorable mention by Junko Kokubo. As a light-novel-oriented work for young readers, it appears to frame everyday uncertainty and emotional turbulence through its direct title.
It gives youthful momentum to a small act of resistance against life as it is.
Mainichi Daisuki! is an honorable mention by Nanao Takahashi for the Palette Novel Grand Award. Its title points to a girls' fiction piece built around love, everyday excitement, and an upbeat voice.
The feeling of affection gradually changes the scenery of ordinary days.
怪盗ブラックドラゴン is an award-winning work by 真弓あきら. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
怪盗ブラックドラゴン, an award-winning work by 真弓あきら.
17歳はキスから始まる is an award-winning work by 原田じゅん. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
17歳はキスから始まる, an award-winning work by 原田じゅん.
リトル・ダーリン is an award-winning work by 松本ありさ. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
リトル・ダーリン, an award-winning work by 松本ありさ.
言葉の帰る日 is an award-winning work by 中沢紅鯉. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
言葉の帰る日, an award-winning work by 中沢紅鯉.
STAY WITH ME is an award-winning work by 柾弥生. Using the people, places, or events suggested by its title as a point of entry, it presents human choices and the atmosphere of its time through narrative, criticism, or documentary inquiry.
STAY WITH ME brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.
夜の魚・一週間の嘘 is an award-winning work by 是方那穂子. Using the people, places, or events suggested by its title as a point of entry, it presents human choices and the atmosphere of its time through narrative, criticism, or documentary inquiry.
夜の魚・一週間の嘘 brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.
きみに会えて is an award-winning work by 今川真由美. Using the people, places, or events suggested by its title as a point of entry, it presents human choices and the atmosphere of its time through narrative, criticism, or documentary inquiry.
きみに会えて brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.
哀しみ色は似合わない is an award-winning work by 小野紗那恵. Using the people, places, or events suggested by its title as a point of entry, it presents human choices and the atmosphere of its time through narrative, criticism, or documentary inquiry.
哀しみ色は似合わない brings together the concerns of its period and the author's particular way of seeing.