Japan Fantasy Novel Award

The nihongo|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 Construction 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 The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million.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.

election committee

Current

*Hiroshi Aramata
*Hisashi Inoue
*Mari Kotani
*Makoto Shiina
*Koji Suzuki

Historical: 1-7

*Mitsuo Anno
*Hiroshi Aramata
*Hisashi Inoue
*Genichirō Takahashi
*Sumiko Yagawa

Historical: 8-10

*Mitsuo Anno
*Hiroshi Aramata
*Hisashi Inoue
*Makoto Shiina
*Sumiko Yagawa

Historical: 11-13

*Hiroshi Aramata
*Hisashi Inoue
*Makoto Shiina
*Koji Suzuki
*Sumiko Yagawa

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 Hiroaki Okazaki
**"Cosmic Beetle" by Takao Iwamoto
**"Mikazuki Ginjirō ga Iku: Īhatōbo no Bōkenhen" by Tatsuhiko Takeyoshi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

*ja icon [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/jfn/ Japan Fantasy Novel Award]