Sogen SF Short Story Prize

Sogen SF Short Story Prize
Awarded forJapanese science fiction and related genres
Country Japan
Presented byTokyo Sogensha
First awarded2010
Websitewww.tsogen.co.jp/award/sfss/

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Shō) is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010.[1] It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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.

Recognition

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.

Winners

English titles are for translated stories.

Year Submissions Awards Title Author(s) Guest judge
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 [ja]
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
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

Published Books

References

  1. ^ "Official Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. ^ Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Yamada, Masaki, eds. (2010). 原色の想像力 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739010.
  3. ^ Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Hori, Akira, eds. (2011). 原色の想像力2 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739027.
  4. ^ "Nominees of the 147th Naoki Prize" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  5. ^ "The List of Winners of Nihon SF Taisho Award" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Torishima, Dempow (2018). Sisysphean. San Francisco: HAIKASORU. ISBN 9781421580821.
  7. ^ Mamatas, Nick; Washington, Masumi, eds. (2014). Phantasm Japan. San Francisco: HAIKASORU. ISBN 9781421571744.
  8. ^ a b "創元SF短編賞受賞作・候補作一覧1-13回｜文学賞の世界". prizesworld.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  9. ^ "第13回 創元SF短編賞 東京創元社". 東京創元社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  10. ^ "第14回 創元SF短編賞 東京創元社". 東京創元社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-09.