Papyrus Newcomer Award
ぱぴるすしんじんしょう
A newcomer literary award sponsored by Gentosha's magazine papyrus.
- Established
- 2007
- Organizer
- Gentosha
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
A newcomer literary award solicited in Gentosha's magazine papyrus from 2007 to 2011. It targeted unpublished full-length novels regardless of genre, with winners receiving a fountain pen as the main prize and a cash award of 1 million yen.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Fountain pen
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selection committee | Ira Ishida, Atsuko Asano | — | — |
Criteria
- Possessing the necessity to be read in the current era
- A purely 'interesting' work created through free ideas unbound by conventional methodologies
Application Tips
Dos
- 未発表の長編小説を応募する
- 従来の方法論に捕われない自由な発想を心がける
- 今この時代に読まれる必然性を備えたテーマを選ぶ
Don''ts
- 既発表作品を応募しない
- 従来の構成に固執しない
From Judges
- 今この時代に読まれる必然性を備えた作品を期待する
- 自由な発想で“面白い”作品を描いてほしい
Official Resources
http://www.g-papyrus.jp/Past Winners
A special-prize work in a newcomer award. No independent book publication was confirmed, so the record is organized chiefly as an award-recognized work.
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The presence of a girl moving deeper into the forest brings in a quiet unease.
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“犬たちの憂鬱” is a 2009 award-winning work by 森田裕之. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.
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