Shinchosha Literary Award

しんちょうしゃぶんがくしょう

Literary award established by Shinchosha in 1954.

Established: 1954
Organizer: Shinchosha
Category: Literature and General Literary Arts
Selection Method: Open call
Target: Professional
Frequency: 1 per year
Status: Ended

Description

The Shinchosha Literary Award was established by Shinchosha in 1954 as one of the four major Shinchosha literary awards. Winners were awarded a commemorative item and a cash prize as a subsidiary prize. It ended with the establishment of the Shincho Literature Promotion Association in 1967 and was succeeded by the Japan Literature Grand Prize starting in 1969.

Prize

Main Prize: Commemorative item and cash prize as subsidiary award.
Cash Prize: 500,000 JPY

300,000 yen prize money from 1st to 7th
500,000 yen prize money from 8th onward

Selection

Selection Process

Stage	Judges	Pass Rate	Announcement
1st	Itō Sei, Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kobayashi Hideo, Kaminishi Kiyoshi, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head	—	—
2nd to 3rd	Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Kaminishi Kiyoshi, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head	—	—
4th to 11th	Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Yamamoto Kenkichi, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head	—	—
12th to 14th	Etō Jun, Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Hirano Ken, Yamamoto Kenkichi	—	—

1st

Judges Itō Sei, Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kobayashi Hideo, Kaminishi Kiyoshi, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head

2nd to 3rd

Judges Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Kaminishi Kiyoshi, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head

4th to 11th

Judges Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawabata Yasunari, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Yamamoto Kenkichi, Shinchosha Publishing Department Head

12th to 14th

Judges Etō Jun, Kamei Shōichirō, Kawaue Tettarō, Kawamori Kōzō, Kobayashi Hideo, Nakajima Kenzō, Nakamura Mitsuo, Hirano Ken, Yamamoto Kenkichi