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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.

Light novelShoujo
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

No winner
No winner
石川美子 honorable mention

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.

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Miyama Kunoe honorable mention

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.

light novelsubmitted workPalette Novel Grand Awardbefore author debut
Michiko Aoyama honorable mention

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.

girls' fictionfamilymother and childencouragementgrowth
亜壇月子 honorable mention

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.

girls' fictionlaughteryouthuneaserelease
神谷よし子 grand prize

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.

455 pages
girls' fictionpromisejewelromancecoming of age
安西花奈絵 honorable mention

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.

455 pages
girls' fictionice sportyoutheffortself-discovery
Reiko Hiroshima honorable mention

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.

455 pages
fantasyprincessfemale knightbondchoice
華屋初音 honorable mention

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.

155 pages
memorysocietyrelationships
國本まゆみ honorable mention

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.

memorysocietyrelationships
倉村実水 honorable mention

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.

memorysocietyrelationships
橘涼香 honorable mention

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.

167 pages
memorysocietyrelationships
No winner
陣内よしゆき honorable mention

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.

少女小説幻想
高梁るいひ honorable mention

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.

青春友情恋愛十代
No winner
Hikari Sakurai さくらい ひかり honorable mention

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.

literatureaward-winning work
水科月征 みずしな つきせい honorable mention

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.

literatureaward-winning work
世良さおり せら さおり honorable mention

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.

literatureaward-winning work
林慧樹 はやし けいじゅ special award

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.

award-recognized worksocietymemorypeople
香村日南 かむら ひなみ honorable mention

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.

award-recognized worksocietymemorypeople
桜沢みなみ さくらざわ みなみ honorable mention

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.

award-recognized worksocietymemorypeople
秋水一威 しゅうすい かずい selected

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.

award-winning workパレットノベル大賞people and timememory
杉森美也子 すぎもり みやこ honorable mention

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.

award-winning workパレットノベル大賞people and timememory
足立和葉 あだち かずは honorable mention

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.

award-winning workパレットノベル大賞people and timememory
橋本浩 はしもと ひろし selected
232 pages
Iku Kahara しかはら いく honorable mention
205 pages
津島秋子 つしま あきこ honorable mention
No winner
No winner
中村まさみ なかむら まさみ honorable mention

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.

literaturerelationshipsmemory
No winner
小高宏子 こだか ひろこ award

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.

199 pages
light novelyouthcomedy
No winner
おおるり万葉 おおるり まんよう honorable mention

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.

forestotherworldawakeninggirls' fantasy
有澤由美子 ありさわ ゆみこ effort award

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.

flowersgiftromanceseason
草間茶子 くさま ちゃこ honorable mention

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.

mirrorprincesstransformationgirls' fantasy
小久保純子 こくぼ じゅんこ honorable mention

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.

youthself-awarenesseveryday lifegirls' fiction
高橋ななを たかはし ななを honorable mention

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.

romanceeveryday lifeyouthgirls' fiction
真弓あきら まゆみ あきら honorable mention

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.

203 pages
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原田じゅん はらだ じゅん honorable mention

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.

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松本ありさ まつもと ありさ honorable mention

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.

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中沢紅鯉 なかざわ べにこい honorable mention

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.

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柾弥生 まさき やよい honorable mention

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.

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是方那穂子 これかた なほこ honorable mention

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.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
今川真由美 いまがわ まゆみ honorable mention

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.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships
小野紗那恵 おの さなえ honorable mention

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.

time and the individualmemorysocietyhuman relationships