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Yamada Futaro Award

やまだふうたろうしょう

A literary award founded in respect for Yamada Futaro's innovative works and his stance as a writer.

NovelsLiterary award
Established
2010
Organizer
KADOKAWA, Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation
Category
General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Announcement Period
around October
Status
Active

Description

Sponsored by KADOKAWA (in-house brand: Kadokawa Shoten) and Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation, targeting Japanese novels published from September 1 to August 31 of the following year to discover and honor promising writers' works. The winner receives a commemorative item as the main prize and 1 million yen as the special prize.

Prize

Main Prize
Commemorative item as main prize, 1 million yen as special prize
Cash Prize
1,000,000 JPY

Selection

Selection Process

1st-2nd editions
Judges Jiro Akagawa, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Natsuo Kirino, Kiyoshi Shimamatsu, Yasutaka Tsutsui
3rd-5th editions
Judges Jiro Akagawa, Hikaru Oizumi, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Mari Mori
6th-10th editions
Judges Hikaru Oizumi, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Mari Mori, Baku Yumemakura
11th-12th editions
Judges Hikaru Oizumi, Riku Onda, Yusuke Kishi, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Mari Mori, Baku Yumemakura
13th edition and later
Judges Makate Asai, Riku Onda, Yusuke Kishi, Yasutaka Tsutsui (absent for 15th edition), Baku Yumemakura

Official Resources

http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/award/yamada/

Past Winners

Edition 15 (2024)
Megumi Semitani せみたに めぐみ award
Edition 14 (2023)
Homare Maekawa まえかわ ほまれ award
Edition 13 (2022)
Satoshi Ogawa おがわ てつ award
Edition 12 (2021)
Honobu Yonezawa よねざわ ほのぶ award
Edition 11 (2020)
Shogo Imamura いまむら しょうご award
Edition 10 (2019)
Ryoe Tsukimura award
Shogo Imamura nominee
Fuyumi Ono nominee
Soichi Kawagoe nominee
Akira Hamanaka nominee
Edition 9 (2018)
Junjo Shindo award
Ryosuke Kakine nominee
Shinobu Suga nominee
Kotaro Tsunekawa nominee
Kanae Minato nominee
Edition 8 (2017)
Eiichi Ikegami award
Masaki Kinoshita nominee
Toko Sawada nominee
Tomihiko Morimi nominee
Yuko Yuzuki nominee
Edition 7 (2016)
Takeshi Shiota award
Ryosuke Kakine nominee
Shusuke Shizukui nominee
Keita Nakaji nominee
Manabu Makime nominee
Muneki Yamada nominee
Edition 6 (2015)
Shogo Sato award
Bunpei Aoyama nominee
Masaki Kinoshita nominee
Rio Shimamoto nominee
Yuko Yuzuki nominee
Edition 5 (2014)
Hiroshi Ogiwara award
Shun Ioka nominee
Tetsuya Honda nominee
Manabu Makime nominee
Koji Yanagi nominee
Edition 4 (2013)
Jun Ito award
Hiro Arikawa nominee
Kotaro Isaka nominee
Ryosuke Kakine nominee
Toshinari Masuda nominee
Edition 3 (2012)
Tow Ubukata award
Misumi Kubo award
Eiichi Nakata nominee
Tetsuya Honda nominee
Muneki Yamada nominee
Edition 2 (2011)
Kazuaki Takano award
Hiro Arikawa nominee
Keisuke Sone nominee
Mizuki Tsujimura nominee
Takehiro Higuchi nominee
Jin Mayama nominee
Edition 1 (2010)
Yusuke Kishi award
Ayatsuji Yukito nominee
Hiro Arikawa nominee
Ryuichiro Kaido nominee
Tomihiko Morimi nominee