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 The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million.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

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 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

• (Japanese) Japan Fantasy Novel Award