Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award
しょうせつげんだいしんじんしょう
Kodansha-sponsored open call newcomer literary award. Solicits medium-length and short stories; winning works are published in Shosetsu Gendai.
Literature
- Established
- 1963
- Organizer
- Kodansha
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 2 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award (shōsetsu gendai shinjinshō, 1963–2005) was an open call newcomer literary award sponsored by Kodansha. Solicited medium-length and short stories regardless of genre, awarded winners 1 million yen in prize money, and published winning works in Shosetsu Gendai, issued by Kodansha. Reorganized into Shosetsu Gendai Long Novel Newcomer Award from 2006.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Winners are awarded 1 million yen in prize money. Winning works are published in Shosetsu Gendai.
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Publication of winning work
Related Awards
- Shosetsu Gendai Long Novel Newcomer Award
Past Winners
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