Pureful Novel Award
ピュアフルしょうせつしょう
A literary award organized by Poplar Publishing targeting unpublished novel works written in Japanese.
- Established
- 2010
- Organizer
- Poplar Publishing
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
Established in 2010 as the successor to the Jive Novel Award, it solicits unpublished Japanese novels of 200 to 500 sheets (400-character manuscript paper). The Poplar Bunko Pureful editorial department conducts the selection, and 300,000 yen is awarded to the grand prize winner. It ended after the second deadline in 2011.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Cash prize awarded to the grand prize winner
- Cash Prize
- 300,000 JPY
- Publication of the winning work (Poplar Bunko Pureful)
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial review | Poplar Bunko Pureful editorial department | — | — |
Criteria
- Must be an unpublished novel work
- 200 to 500 sheets of 400-character manuscript paper
- Written in Japanese
Related Awards
- Jive Novel Award
- Poplar Publishing Novel Newcomer Award
Official Resources
http://bungei-pureful.jive-ltd.co.jp/boshu.htmlPast Winners
A summer mystery in which children sent to a rural town in Tohoku are drawn by disappearances, an old diary, and strange film footage toward a crime from the past. The shadow of a girl killed beneath the water links past and present.
A woman's reflection in a puddle awakens a summer from decades before.
A youth novel by Takuya Nagano built around the image of triangular-base baseball. Published as a story that uses childhood play and relationships with friends to look at time and human connection that may otherwise be lost.
Memories of a small playing field illuminate the ties among seven people once more.
A novel by Naoko Ogi that received an encouragement prize in the Pureful Novel Award. Centered on the upward impulse suggested by its title, it can be read as a work about the desire to break through confinement.
The phrase breaking through the sky signals a leap out of a closed place.