Sogen SF Short Story Prize
| Sogen SF Short Story Prize | |
|---|---|
| Description | Japanese science fiction |
| Location | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Tokyo Sogensha |
| First awarded | 2010 |
| Website | www |
The Sogen SF Short Story Prize (創元SF短編賞, Sōgen SF Tanpen Shō) is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010.[1]
It is a prize contest for unpublished short stories and novelettes of science fiction and other related genres. The winning story will be published on the year's-best Japanese SF anthology series from the publisher's imprint Sōgen SF Bunko. In 2010 and 2011, some of the finalists were also collected into another anthology series Genshoku no Sōzōryoku (原色の想像力).[2][3]
The regular judges are Nozomi Ohmori (critic/translator/anthologist) and Sanzō Kusaka (critic/anthologist), who edits the year's-best. Another notable author is also invited as a guest judge each year.
Recognition
Yūsuke Miyauchi's debut collection Banjō no Yoru (盤上の夜)[4] was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize[5] and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award.[6]
Dempow Torishima's debut collection Kaikin no To (皆勤の徒)[7] won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The novella "Kaikin no To" was also translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan.[8]
Winners
| Year | Submissions | Award | Title | Author | Guest judge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 612 | Winner | Agari (あがり)[9] | Yūri Matsuzaki | Masaki Yamada |
| Second place | Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no | Haneko Takayama | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saezuri no Utyū | Yūichi Sakanaga | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Tsuchi no Chiri | Takashi Yamashita | |||
| Special citation by Masaki Yamada | Banjō no Yoru (盤上の夜) | Yūsuke Miyauchi | |||
| 2011 | 594 | Winner | Sisyphean (皆勤の徒, Kaikin no To) | Dempow Torishima | Akira Hori |
| Second place | Mayu no Miru Yume | Shunshō Utsugi | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Hana to Shōnen | Niro Katase | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kudan no Hitomi | Tatsuhiko Shibo | |||
| Special citation by Akira Hori | Mono Mina Ikoeru | Tsutomu Oshizawa | |||
| 2012 | 618 | Winner | Subete no Yume Hateru Chi de (〈すべての夢｜果てる地で〉) | Teiji Riyama | Hirotaka Tobi |
| Second place | Purometeusu no Bansan | Takehiko Okishi | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Tera no Suisō | Aoba Minazuki | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Atamayama | Ei Funazato | |||
| Special citation by Hirotaka Tobi | Enu Shi | Toshimichi Watanabe | |||
| 2013 | 576 | Winner | Gingahū Hansō | Kenrei Miyanishi | Toh Enjoe |
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | The Unknown Hero: Secret Origin | Tateaki Kashima | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kyōren no Onna-Shishō | Maki Takatsuki | |||
| Special citation by Toh Enjoe | Huminshō Kitan | Yoda Kee | |||
| 2014 | 461 | Winner | Fūga (風牙) | Mitsuhiro Monden | Hideaki Sena |
| Randosukêpu no Chisei Teiri (ランドスケープの知性定理) | Yūya Takashima | ||||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Onna Tomodachi | Satoshi Arii | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kaijū | Takurō Urade | |||
| Special citation by Hideaki Sena | Ken ha Deja vu | Shūzaemon Goudo |
References
- ^ "Official Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Genshoku no Sōzōryoku: sōgen esuefu tanpenshō ansorojī (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. 2010. ISBN 9784488739010.
- ^ Genshoku no sōzōryoku: sōgen esuefu tanpenshō ansorojī 2 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. 2011. ISBN 9784488739027.
- ^ Miyauchi, Yūsuke (2012). Banjō no Yoru (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018153.
- ^ "Nominees of the 147th Naoki Prize" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "The List of winners of Nihon SF Taisho Award" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Torishima, Dempow (2013). Kaikin no To (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018177.
- ^ Mamatas, Nick; Washington, Masumi, eds. (2014). Phantasm Japan. San Francisco: HAIKASORU. ISBN 9781421571744.
- ^ Matsuzaki, Yūri (2011). あがり (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018146.