Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award
しょうせつすばるしんじんしょう
Open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Shosetsu Subaru, a novels magazine published by Shueisha
- Established
- 1988
- Organizer
- Shueisha
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around March
- Announcement Period
- around November
- Status
- Active
Description
The Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award is an open submission newcomer literary award sponsored by Shueisha's novels magazine 'Shosetsu Subaru'. Held once a year, winners receive an award plaque as the main prize and 2 million yen as the prize money. Until the 19th edition, the prize money was 1 million yen.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Award plaque
- Cash Prize
- 2,000,000 JPY
- Until the 19th edition, the prize money was 1 million yen
Related Awards
- Shibata Renzaburō Award
- Subaru Literature Prize
- Kaikō Takeshi Nonfiction Award
Official Resources
https://syousetsu-subaru.shueisha.co.jp/Past Winners
Winner of the 38th Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award. Fourth-grader Yoshizawa Yuchi has been revered by followers of the religious organization Ogido Sorukai as the Descent Child, the reincarnation of its founding father. Strictly controlled by her mother, a sect official, in what she can eat and who she can touch, Yuchi has begun to feel resistance against the devotion of the faithful and the daily rituals imposed upon her. Then transfer student Watarai Kumi appears, a girl who has changed schools many times due to family circumstances. One day, a chance encounter in the school bathroom brings them together, and the two girls gradually grow closer. A sisterhood novel about two girls navigating lives constrained by adults, finding hope in each other.
Happiness does not continue forever in the same form, and even if it disappears, it does not vanish completely. It surely remains somewhere in the heart, changed in shape.
Winner of the 37th Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award. Thirteen-year-old Sofia lives in Cherry Town, a foggy fictional town, under the oppressive grip of her abusive father Stanley who runs a bar. One summer, a mysterious girl who calls herself Natalie Clover and claims to "be reborn every week" arrives next door. With memory that resets each week, Natalie and Sofia repeatedly become friends anew while mapping the town together. Through this, Sofia slowly awakens to a wish she has long suppressed. A timeless summer story of two lonely souls finding each other.
A timeless coming-of-age story of two lonely souls, dazzling and evergreen.