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Random House Kodansha Newcomer Award

らんだむはうすこうだんしゃしんじんしょう

A newcomer literary award sponsored by Random House Kodansha. Winning works are published in Japan and the United States.

Literary award
創設年
2007
主催
Random House Kodansha
カテゴリー
一般文芸・大衆小説
選考方式
Open call
受賞対象
新人
開催頻度
年1回
賞のステータス
終了

説明

An open call newcomer literary award hosted by Random House Kodansha (later Takeda Random House Japan). Winning works were promised publication not only in Japan but also English translation and publication in the United States, and were published in B6 format.

賞品

主賞品
Domestic publication of the winning work and English translation publication
  • Promise of English translation publication
  • Publication in B6 format

公式情報

https://web.archive.org/web/20100209023405/http://www.randomhouse-kodansha.co.jp/

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