Samurai Japan Baseball Literary Award
さむらいじゃぱんやきゅうぶんがくしょう
An award for works targeting Japanese baseball literature and baseball manga.
Baseball literatureBaseball manga
- Established
- 2010
- Organizer
- Samurai Japan Baseball Literary Award Executive Committee
- Category
- Genre Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
The Samurai Japan Baseball Literary Award is a Japanese award for baseball literature and baseball manga established in 2010. It was founded to commemorate Samurai Japan's consecutive victories in the first and second World Baseball Classic tournaments, with novels and manga dealing with baseball as the selection targets. The Samurai Japan Baseball Literary Award Executive Committee, consisting of Baseball Magazine and Dentsu, sponsors the award, which is supported by four publishers: Kadokawa Shoten, Kodansha, Shogakukan, and PHP Institute.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Grand Prize (also Best Nine)
Related Awards
- List of literary awards
- Japan national baseball team