Japan Fantasy Novel Award
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The Japan Fantasy Novel Award (日本ファンタジーノベル大賞 Nihon Fantajī 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 The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million.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.
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[edit] List of winners
[edit] 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 Hiroaki Okazaki
- Cosmic Beetle by Takao Iwamoto
- Mikazuki Ginjirō ga Iku: Īhatōbo no Bōkenhen by Tatsuhiko Takeyoshi
[edit] Year 2: 1990
- Grand Prize: none
- Superior Award:
- Rakuen by Kōji Suzuki
- Eiyū Rafashiden by Hiroaki Okazaki
- Runners Up:
- Last Magic by Tetsuya Murakami
- Nichirin'ō Densetsu by Ayame Hara
- Nenjutsu Kozō by Masakazu Katō
[edit] Year 3: 1991
- Grand Prize: Balthasar no Henreki by Aki Satō
- Superior Award: Nanka Tōkaitakushi by Gakuto Hara
- Runners Up:
- Refrain by Rin Sawamura
- Tenmei Dōji by Yasuko Kawai
- Rokubanmei no Sayoko by Riku Onda
[edit] Year 4: 1992
- Grand Prize: none
- Superior Award: Mukashi, Kasei no Atta Basho by Yūsaku Kitano
- Runners Up:
- Fantasia by Kyō Fujiwara
- Aoi Eriru no Hana by Satoshi Utsugi
- Yasha ga Ike Densetsu Ibun by Komoriten
- Gāda no Hoshi by Satoko Tatsuki
[edit] Year 5: 1993
- Grand Prize: Irahai by Tetsuya Satō
- Superior Award: Shusen by Takenori Nanjō
- Runners Up:
- Tōkei Ibun by Fuyumi Ono
- Kyūkei no Kisetsu by Riku Onda
[edit] Year 6: 1994
- Grand Prize:
- Bagājimanupanasu by Eiichi Ikegami
- Tettō Musashinosen by Minoru Ginbayashi
- Superior Award: none
- Runners Up:
- Mujika Makīna by Fumio Takano
- Sekai no Hate ni Umarete by Rin Sawamura
- Tobichi no Jimu by Min Ishidate
[edit] Year 7: 1995
- Grand Prize: none
- Superior Award:
- Funtai by Masaya Fujita
- Bus Stop no Shōsoku by Tatsushi Shimamoto
- Runners Up:
- Yōsorō 1983 by Tetsuya Ueno
- Gakidō Sugoroku Soba Itohiki by Noboru Kihara
[edit] Year 8: 1996
- Grand Prize: none
- Superior Award:
- Island by Ken Hazuki
- Aonekoya by Mitsuko Kido
- Runners Up:
- Dabusuton Kaidō by Mitsufumi Asagure
- Kaiyū Opera Fune kara no Dasshutsu by Shunichi Hashimoto
- Uchū Bōeigun by Masayuki Yagi
[edit] Year 9: 1997
- Grand Prize: Baisuboiru Book by Kyōichi Imura
- Superior Award: Kyōsō Kaiiki by Shigeru Satō
- Runners Up:
- Gonin Kazoku by Rin Sawamura
- Junkai no Senritsu by Ryōji Yokoyama
- Nendaiki "Anoekumene Mercury" by Fumiko Hagiwara
[edit] Year 10: 1998
- Grand Prize: Organist by Yō Yamanoguchi
- Superior Award:
- Yan no Itajima by Rin Sawamura
- Aoneko no Machi by Yūichi Suzumoto
- Runners Up:
- Gizō Shuki by Toshiro Kuwabara
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Japan Fantasy Novel Award
