Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award
Established in 2009, this open-submission newcomer literary award is sponsored by KADOKAWA Corporation. It was renamed from the Yasei Jidai Frontier Literary Award to the Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award with the 11th call for entries.
- Established
- 2009
- Organizer
- KADOKAWA Corporation
- Category
- General Fiction and Popular Fiction
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around August–September
- Announcement Period
- around March–April
- Status
- Active
Description
Targets broad entertainment fiction regardless of genre, including romance, mystery, adventure, youth, historical fiction, period drama, fantasy, etc. The 1st to 5th awards include a prize of 3 million yen and commemorative items; from the 6th award onward, a prize of 1 million yen and commemorative items. Recruitment and announcements for the 1st award were in 'Yasei Jidai' magazine; from the 2nd award onward, in 'Shosetsu Yasei Jidai' magazine.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Commemorative items and cash prize (1st–5th: 3 million yen; 6th onward: 1 million yen)
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
- Commemorative items
Related Awards
- Yasei Jidai Newcomer Literary Award
- Kadokawa Entertainment Next Award
- List of Literary Awards
Official Resources
https://kadobun.jp/awards/yaseijidai/Past Winners
Sakutaro Yamada, a librarian at a Kyoto university library, struggles deeply with forming human relationships. When a student tells him to "just get married and change your name," he is struck by the idea and joins a marriage agency, insisting on finding a woman with an unusual surname. A unique and entertaining novel about an unconventional search for love.
A quirky and warm-hearted story of a librarian haunted by his own surname, who sets out to find a wife with an unusual family name.
Miyata, a 30-year-old who quit his job in a state of mental and physical exhaustion, hears from his only friend Hamano that factory contract work is a position where you have little contact with people and are not even considered human. He decides to work at the factory alongside Hamano. In circumstances that feel as though his humanity is being steadily eroded, Miyata gradually begins to seek something more human, all while secretly harboring a hidden burden. Winner of the 16th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Just live without making a fuss, that is enough.
A historical adventure in which Iga ninja and Shima pirates cross paths in the Sengoku period.
A Sengoku-scale showdown begins with the pairing of ninja and pirates.
A coming-of-age novel in which the passion of rakugo performers rekindles the resolve of a camera operator who has lost direction.
The protagonist restarts his path toward becoming an entertainment photographer.
A young man captivated by yosemoji, the calligraphy used on rakugo programs, confronts his father and events from the past as he tries to reclaim his own hand.
Captivated by yosemoji calligraphy, a young man faces his past and reaches again for his pen.
A prize-winning novel in which Rio, who works in delivery health services, is drawn toward the boundaries of desire and exploitation after meeting a new idol who looks just like her.
Two girls with the same face brush against desire at the edge of summer.
Winner of the 12th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "君の顔では泣けない（『水平線は回転する』を改題）" is an award-winning work. A story of two people who live for 15 years after swapping bodies.
Winner of the 12th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 12th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "どしょぼね" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel.
Winner of the 12th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 11th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "化け者心中" is an award-winning work. A story of demons and humans set in an Edo theater.
Winner of the 11th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 10th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "むかさりの彼方" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel.
Winner of the 10th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 9th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "永遠についての証明" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel about a mathematical genius and the pains of youth.
Winner of the 9th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 9th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "親子喧嘩" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel.
Winner of the 9th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 8th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "うつくしき屑" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel.
Winner of the 8th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 7th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "お月様のブランコ" is an award-winning work. An award-winning novel.
Winner of the 7th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Misato Kunisaki, a freeter living in Sapporo, always wears a mask and calls herself a 'slit-mouthed woman.' This coming-of-age novel follows the comic and poignant human entanglements that draw her out of her complicated daily life.
A young woman unable to remove her mask takes her first steps toward finding herself.
A man who has lost his words encounters a satori, a yokai that can read human minds. Through their exchanges, this supernatural tale explores human folly and the urgency of living.
A supernatural tale of a wordless man and a mind-reading satori who meet.
Winner of the 4th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "天涯の果て 波濤の彼方をゆく翼" is an award-winning work. An award-winning Japanese fantasy set in ancient Kyushu.
Winner of the 4th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 3th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "罪の余白" is an award-winning work. A psychological suspense novel about a father pursuing the truth behind his daughter's fall.
Winner of the 3th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 2th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award. "枯神のイリンクス" is an award-winning work. An award-winning work in which a former internet idol narrates the full story on a blog.
Winner of the 2th Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award.
Winner of the 1st Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Frontier Literary Award. "鳩とクラウジウスの原理" is a light, idea-driven tale centered on carrier pigeons.
What the pigeon carries is not only a love letter.