Japan Fantasy Novel Award

The Japan Fantasy Novel Award (日本ファンタジーノベル大賞, Nihon Fantashī Noberu Taishō) is an annual award which began in 1989 and is sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun and Shimizu Corporation with the backing of publisher Shinchōsha. The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million. The contest is open to anyone, whether an already published author or not. Past winners include Riku Onda, Fuyumi Ono and Ken'ichi Sakemi. It ceased in being awarded after 2013, its twenty-fifth year,^[1] but started again in 2017.

Selection committee[]

List of winners[]

Year 1: 1989[]

• Grand Prize: Kōkyū Shōsetsu by Ken'ichi Sakemi
• Superior Award: Uchū no Minamoto no Taki by Izumi Yamaguchi
• Runners Up:
  • Tsuki no Shizuku 100% Juice by
  • Cosmic Beetle by
  • Mikazuki Ginjirō ga Iku: Īhatōbo no Bōkenhen by

Year 2: 1990[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Rakuen by Kōji Suzuki, English translation: (Vertical. 2006)
  • Eiyū Rafashiden by Hiroaki Okazaki
• Runners Up:
  • Last Magic by Tetsuya Murakami
  • Nichirin'ō Densetsu by
  • Nenjutsu Kozō by

Year 3: 1991[]

• Grand Prize: Balthasar no Henreki by
• Superior Award: Nanka Tōkaitakushi by
• Runners Up:
  • Refrain by Rin Sawamura
  • Tenmei Dōji by
  • Rokubanmei no Sayoko by Riku Onda

Year 4: 1992[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award: Mukashi, Kasei no Atta Basho by
• Runners Up:
  • Fantasia by
  • Aoi Eriru no Hana by
  • Yasha ga Ike Densetsu Ibun by
  • Gāda no Hoshi by

Year 5: 1993[]

• Grand Prize: Irahai by
• Superior Award: Shusen by
• Runners Up:
  • Tōkei Ibun by Fuyumi Ono
  • Kyūkei no Kisetsu by Riku Onda

Year 6: 1994[]

• Grand Prize:
  • Bagājimanupanasu by
  • Tettō Musashinosen by
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Mujika Makīna by
  • Sekai no Hate ni Umarete by Rin Sawamura
  • Tobichi no Jimu by

Year 7: 1995[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Funtai by
  • Bus Stop no Shōsoku by
• Runners Up:
  • Yōsorō 1983 by
  • Gakidō Sugoroku Soba Itohiki by

Year 8: 1996[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Island by
  • Aonekoya by
• Runners Up:
  • Dabusuton Kaidō by
  • Kaiyū Opera Fune kara no Dasshutsu by
  • Uchū Bōeigun by

Year 9: 1997[]

• Grand Prize: Baisuboiru Book by
• Superior Award: Kyōsō Kaiiki by
• Runners Up:
  • Gonin Kazoku by Rin Sawamura
  • Junkai no Senritsu by
  • Nendaiki "Anoekumene Mercury" by

Year 10: 1998[]

• Grand Prize: Organist by
• Superior Award:
  • Yan no Ita Shima by Rin Sawamura
  • Aoneko no Machi by Yūichi Suzumoto
• Runners Up:
  • Gizō Shuki by

Year 11: 1999[]

• Grand Prize: Nobunaga Aruiha Taikanseru Androgynous by
• Superior Award: BH85 by
• Runners Up:
  • Crystal Memory by
  • Jacob no Hashigo wo Kudari Kitaru Mono by

Year 12: 2000[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award: Kasō no Kishi by Naoko Saitō
• Runners Up:
  • Namida Hime by
  • Koiwarai by a.k.a.
  • Bachigaina Kōgeihin by

Year 13: 2001[]

• Grand Prize: Taiyō to Shisha no Kiroku by
• Superior Award: Shabake by
• Runners Up:
  • Undead Returners by Jin Satō
  • Apāto to Oni to Kisekae Ningyō by

Year 14: 2002[]

• Grand Prize: Short Stories a.k.a. Sekai no Hate no Niwa: Short Stories by
• Superior Award: Kai by
• Runners Up:
  • Kigeki no Naka no Kigeki: Minami no Kuni no Shakespeare by
  • Amanouzume no Yūutsu by

Year 15: 2003[]

• Grand Prize: Taiyō no Tou / Pyrenees no Shiro a.k.a. Taiyō no Tou by Tomihiko Morimi
• Superior Award: Zou no Sumu Machi by
• Runners Up:
  • Rabbit Shinpan by
  • Kagemai by

Year 16: 2004[]

• Grand Prize: Rasu Manchasu Tūshin by
• Superior Award: Bonus Track by Osamu Koshigaya
• Runners Up:
  • Kono Hareta Hi ni, Hitori de by Katsuhiro Harada
  • Ikejiri Water Court by

Year 17: 2005[]

• Grand Prize: Konharuya Gomez by
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Tenjō no Niwa, Hikari no Jikoku by
  • Kohaku Wacchi by

Year 18: 2006[]

• Grand Prize: Boku Boku Sensei' by
• Superior Award: Yami Kagami by
• Runners Up:
  • Cappadocia Wine by
  • Yoru no Unicorn by

Year 19: 2007[]

• Grand Prize: Enken Den' by
• Superior Award: Brack Jack Kid by
• Runners Up:
  • Karakuri Neko to Jikan Ryokō Dairiten by
  • Kikkō Ki by Masayuki Fujita

Year 20: 2008[]

• Grand Prize: Tenkai no Miyako: Aru Kenchikuka wo Meguru Monogatari a.k.a. Tenshi no Horō: Aru Kenchikuka wo Meguru Monogatari by
• Superior Award: Kanojo no Shiranai Kanojo by
• Runners Up:
  • Ryūmori no Matsuei by
  • Ideal by Yū Matsuzaki a.k.a.

Year 21: 2009[]

• Grand Prize: Gettōya by / Zōdaiha ni Tsugu by
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Kuzira ga Tobu Yoru by
  • Shishōsetsu by
  • Kachō Ryōran by

Year 22: 2010[]

• Grand Prize: Wadatsumi no Chinkonka a.k.a. Zenya no Kōseki by
• Superior Award: Shizuka no Umi a.k.a. Tsuki no Sanagi by
• Runners Up:
  • Gehō Koji KA.SIN by
  • Hall Shovel: Aru Anahori no Monogatari by

Year 23: 2011[]

• Grand Prize: Sazanami no Kuni by
• Superior Award: Yoshida Kigurumare Night by
• Runners Up:
  • Zanzō no Tobira by
  • Nigemachi Fenuse by

Year 24: 2012[]

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award: Asa no Yōka by / Worker by
• Runners Up:
  • Kyōryū Gift by
  • Ongoku by

Year 25: 2013[]

• Grand Prize: Kotoshi no Okurimono a.k.a. Hoshi no Tami no Christmas by Natsuki Koyata
• Superior Award: Kinoko Mura no Onna Eiyū a.k.a. Wasure Mura no Yen to Shinkai no Inu by Shin Suzuki a.k.a.
• Runners Up:
  • Akashic Museum by
  • Akutō Kaden by

References[]

External links[]

• (in Japanese) Japan Fantasy Novel Award