Shosetsu Hoseki Newcomer Award
しょうせつほうせきしんじんしょう
Open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Shosetsu Hoseki, a novel magazine published by Kobunsha.
- Established
- 2007
- Organizer
- Kobunsha
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
The Shosetsu Hoseki Newcomer Award is an open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Shosetsu Hoseki, a novel magazine published by Kobunsha. It has been held since 2007, soliciting short stories equivalent to 50 to 100 pages of 400-character manuscript paper. Winning works are published in Shosetsu Hoseki, and winners receive a prize of 500,000 yen. It was suspended after the 11th edition.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Winning works will be published in Shosetsu Hoseki.
- Cash Prize
- 500,000 JPY
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final selection | — | Announced in Shosetsu Hoseki magazine |
Criteria
- No genre restrictions
- Short stories equivalent to 50 to 100 pages of 400-character manuscript paper
Related Awards
- Entertainment Novel Grand Prix
- List of literary awards
Official Resources
https://zz108.secure.ne.jp/~zz108063m02/404/index.htmlPast Winners
ウミガメみたいに飛んでみな is an award-recognized work by 木村椅子. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.
ウミガメみたいに飛んでみな is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.
ユズとレモン、だけどライム is an award-recognized work by 本山聖子. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.
ユズとレモン、だけどライム is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.
After taking the wrong train, Shimamoto gets off in an unfamiliar town and is warned by a subordinate not to stay long in Baku City. Once he ignores the warning and passes through, luck seems to come his way at work and in love, but an uncanny figure resembling his former girlfriend enters his life and quietly unsettles the ground beneath reality.
A horror collection in which everyday lives touched by the mysterious Baku City slide into absurdity disguised as good fortune.
ふざけろよ is a work by くぼ田あずさ受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。
Verified information on ふざけろよ is organized as prize-work data.
A novel suggestive of emotions wavering inside a sealed vessel, delicately portraying suffocating relationships and the search for an exit.
カプセルフィッシュ is a work by 大西智子 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.
敬語で旅する四人の男 is a 受賞作 by 麻宮 ゆり子 recognized in the relevant 2013 literary award cycle. The entry summarizes the work as a prize-listed title based on the available bibliographic record.
Bibliographic and descriptive notes for 敬語で旅する四人の男, recorded as a 2013 award-winning work.
雨宿り is an award-winning work by 宮本紀子. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.
雨宿り, recorded as an award-winning work by 宮本紀子.
じゅうごの夜 is a work by 佐久間直樹. Award records show that the premise and conception were central to its recognition.
じゅうごの夜 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.
A large camper suddenly appears in town. Inside it, a mysterious traveling people calling themselves the Attilkaylar perform music night after night. Their music touches people's hearts and gradually spreads rings of happiness through ordinary life.
Music played night after night slowly loosens the hearts of the townspeople.
A period story that evokes the world of Yosa Buson and draws a faint supernatural presence from the pairing of plum blossoms and bush warblers. It is a quiet short story where seasonal feeling overlaps with the unseen.
Behind the signs of spring, the shadows of Edo lives and spirits briefly rise into view.
A period story that begins with the Edo practice of casual window-shopping and draws out the texture of everyday lives and human feeling. Beneath the light exchanges, overlooked emotions quietly come into view.
A period story that begins with the Edo practice of casual window-shopping and draws out the texture of everyday lives and human feeling.
This mystery begins with traces of the dead and unseen, then moves toward regrets and secrets hidden inside ordinary lives. Tadashi Ota's light narrative touch gives the story a steady movement from small dislocations to revelation.
A quiet sense of unease, as if arriving from beyond the grave, gradually unravels the mystery.