Subaru Critique Award
すばるくりてぃーくしょう
A newcomer award for criticism sponsored by Shueisha.
- Established
- 2017
- Organizer
- Shueisha
- Category
- Criticism and Critical Writing
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
The Subaru Critique Award is a newcomer award for criticism sponsored by Shueisha, established in 2017, with the first winning work announced in the February 2018 issue. Deadline is August 31 every year. It was suspended after the 5th edition in 2022.
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final selection | Nobuaki Osawa, Shunsuke Sugita, Yosuke Hamazaki, (Guest) Takeshi Nakajima (1st–3rd), (Guest) Takehiro Ueda (4th–5th) | — | Published in Subaru February issue |
Related Awards
- Subaru Literary Award
- Gunzo Newcomer Criticism Award
- Mita Literature Newcomer Award (Criticism Category)
- Japanese SF Criticism Award
- Sogen Mystery Criticism Award
- Modern Tanka Criticism Award
- Modern Haiku Criticism Award
- Japan Children's Literature Association Criticism Newcomer Award
Official Resources
https://subaru.shueisha.co.jp/critique/Past Winners
A critical essay that starts from Murasaki Byakuro and rereads 1990s shock and bad-taste subculture alongside the ethics of the pre-internet era. It redraws the outline of the period from the dark side of subculture.
It redraws the era from the dark side of shock subculture.
A critical essay that uses the work of film director Kobayashi Masaki as a starting point to consider how the subject is formed and how it faces the world.
It considers what it means to forge the self through film criticism.
A critical essay that uses Shiina Ringo's songs and statements to examine how the image of motherhood functions in contemporary popular culture. It sharply probes the meeting point of J-pop and social consciousness.
It reconsiders the contours of motherhood through musical expression.
A critical essay that treats Japanese rap as an object of literary and cultural criticism, connecting it with the critical perspective of Masaaki Hiraoka. It won the 2019 Subaru Critique Award as an essay published in the monthly literary magazine Subaru.
It rereads Japanese rap through the critical lineage of Masaaki Hiraoka.
A critical essay on Kenzo Tange, public space, monumentality, and Japanese modernity. No book edition could be confirmed.
A critical essay on Kenzo Tange, public space, monumentality, and Japanese modernity.
A critical essay that rereads Takeshi Kaiko through distance, reportage, travel, and postwar literature. No book edition could be confirmed.
A critical essay that rereads Takeshi Kaiko through distance, reportage, travel, and postwar literature.
A critical essay on 2.5-dimensional performance, spectatorship, bodies, and character representation. No book edition could be confirmed.
A critical essay on 2.