Saitama Literary Award
さいたまぶんがくしょう
An open call literary award sponsored by Saitama Shimbun. Established in 1969. Solicits novels, poetry, tanka, and haiku from across Japan.
- Established
- 1969
- Organizer
- Saitama Shimbun
- Category
- Literature and General Literary Arts
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around August
- Announcement Period
- around November
- Status
- Active
Description
Established in 1969 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Saitama Shimbun's founding, this is an annual open call literary award. Solicits novels (within 50 sheets of 400-character manuscript paper), 3 poems, 20 tanka, and 20 haiku nationwide. Out-of-prefecture applicants must use Saitama-related themes such as local features, natural environment, people, history, etc. From the 25th edition in 1994, sponsored by Asahi Bank (now Saitama Resona Bank), denoted as "Saitama Resona Bank of the Colorful Country ○○th Saitama Literary Award". Winning works are published in Saitama Shimbun around October/November each year.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Novel category: 1 million yen, poetry/tanka/haiku categories: 300,000 yen each
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Poetry category: 300,000 yen
- Tanka category: 300,000 yen
- Haiku category: 300,000 yen
Related Awards
- Saitama Literary Arts Award
- Saitama City Sports Literature Award
- Saitama Citizens Literary Arts Award
- Saitama Literary Artists Association Award
Official Resources
http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/main/bungaku/Past Winners
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