Sogen SF Short Story Prize | |
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Awarded for | Japanese science fiction and related genres |
Country | ![]() |
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 [1] It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres. It is mainly intended for amateur writers, but also open to who have professional publications.
The winning stories have been published in the year's-best Japanese SF anthology series from the publisher's imprint Sōgen SF Bunko until 2019. Since 2020, they will be included in Genesis, the publisher's hard cover SFF series. Since 2023, they will be appeared on the publisher's magazine Shimi no Techo.
In 2010 and 2011, some of finalist stories were collected into original anthology series Beyond Imagination (原色の想像力, Genshoku no Sōzōryoku). [2] [3]
Until 2019, Regular judges have been Nozomi Ohmori (critic/translator/anthologist) and Sanzō Kusaka (critic/anthologist), who have edited the year's-best. Another notable author have been invited as a guest judge each year.
Yūsuke Miyauchi's first collection Banjō no Yoru (盤上の夜) was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize [4] and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award. [5]
Dempow Torishima's first collection Kaikin no To (皆勤の徒) won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The English translation of the book, Sisyphean, was published in 2018, [6] following that the original award-winning novella "Kaikin no To" was translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan. [7] His first novel Yadokari no Hoshi (宿借りの星) also won the 2019 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
English titles are for translated stories.
Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Guest judge |
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2010 | 612 | Winner | Agari (あがり) | Yūri Matsuzaki | Masaki Yamada |
Second place | Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no (うどん キツネつきの) | 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 | Prometheus no Bansan | Takehiko Okishi | |||
Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Terra no Suisō | Aoba Minazuki | |||
Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Atamayama | Ei Funazato | |||
Special citation by Hirotaka Tobi | Enu Shi | Toshimichi Watanabe | |||
2013 | 576 | Winner | Gingafū Hansō (銀河風帆走) | 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 | Winners | Fūga (風牙) | Mitsuhiro Monden | Hideaki Sena |
Landscape to Natsu no Teiri (ランドスケープと夏の定理) | 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 | |||
2015 | 510 | Winner | Kamigami no Hohō (神々の歩法) | Iori Miyazawa | Riku Onda |
Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Kono Kogoeta Sekai ni Umareru Mae ni | Eiichi Ube | |||
Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kimitachi Kyoshitsu ni Hairinasai | Tomoko Itō | |||
Special citation by Riku Onda | Bakko Chan | Mayu Henmi | |||
2016 | 464 | Winner | Yoshida Dōmei (吉田同名) | Muneo Ishikawa | Hiroshi Yamamoto |
Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saibō Remin no Meikai Shindo Live | Ren Fukami | |||
Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kurueyo. | Ifu Azumi | |||
Special citation by Hiroshi Yamamoto | Niji no Ishi | Toshin Kagami | |||
2017 | 417 | Winner | 74-Byō no Seijaku to Kodoku (七十四秒の静寂と孤独) | Mikihiko Hisanaga | Satoshi Hase |
Special citation by Satoshi Hase | Gin no Ame Furu Furu | Yō Hisano | |||
2018 | 424 | Winner | Tenku seyo Hosshō-ji (天駆せよ法勝寺) | Yūgen Yashima | Motoko Arai |
Second place | Kikai ha Naze Korosu ka | Masaki Nagumo | |||
Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Natsu no Musubime | Hisaki Orito | |||
Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kanki ni Somare | Kenji Nonaka | |||
Special citation by Motoko Arai | Adversarial Vipers, Arui ha Saigo no Ginkō Gōtō | Hitozō Takeda | |||
2019 | 511 | Winner | Sangita (サンギータ) | Tokio Amasawa | Yūsuke Miyauchi |
Second place | Inchin Shikatsu (飲鴆止渇) | Sayo Onoda | |||
Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | "Sakhalin Shakaishugi Kyōwakoku Kindai Shūkyō Shiryō" (2099) Bassui, oyobi Sonota Zakki | Mamoru Tanibayashi | |||
Special citation by Yūsuke Miyauchi | Kaitensuru Dōbutsu no Seishiten | Chiba Shū |
Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Judges |
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2020 [8] | 468 | Winner | Ao no Shanghai (蒼の上海) | Matō Oriteru | Akira Hori Yūsuke Miyauchi Tetsuya Kohama (Editor) |
Special citation by Judges | Ōedo Shinguraritei (大江戸しんぐらりてい) | Kazane Yarai | |||
2021 [8] | 550 | Winner | Iteza no Kaoru Natsu (射手座の香る夏) | Rin Matsuki | Akira Hori Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama |
Second place | Kami no Buta (神の豚) | Kumiko Mizobuchi | |||
2022 [9] | 496 | Winner | Kaze ni naruniwa mada (風になるにはまだ) | Chinami Sasahara | Masaki Yamada Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama |
2023 [10] | 487 | Winner | Ryū to Chinmoku no Ginga (竜と沈黙の銀河) | Toryū Abe | Masaki Yamada (absence due to illness) Iori Miyazawa Tetsuya Kohama |
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