Sogen SF Short Story Prize

Japanese literary award

Award

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is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010.^[1] It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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

Published Books

• Matsuzaki, Yūri (2011). Agari [One Done] あがり (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018146.
• Miyauchi, Yūsuke (2012). Banjō no Yoru [The Night on the Game Board] 盤上の夜 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018153.
• Torishima, Dempow (2013). Kaikin no To [Sisyphean] 皆勤の徒 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018177.
• Haneko, Takayama (2014). Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no [Udon, Fox Haunted] うどん キツネつきの (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018191.
• Ishikawa, Muneo (2018). Hanbun Sekai [Halved World] 半分世界 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018252.
• Takashima, Yūya (2018). Landscape to Natsu no Teiri [Landscape and Summer Theorem] ランドスケープと夏の定理 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018283.
• Monden, Mitsuhiro (2018). Fūga [Wind Fang] 風牙 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018290.
• Hisanaga, Mikihiko (2020). 74-Byou no Senritsu to Kodoku [74 Seconds of melody and loneliness] 七十四秒の旋律と孤独. Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018429.
• Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Yamada, Masaki, eds. (2010). Genshoku no Sōzōryoku 原色の想像力 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739010.
• Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Hori, Akira, eds. (2012). Genshoku no Sōzōryoku 2 原色の想像力2 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739027.

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. "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.

External links

• "The Official Website" (in Japanese).
• "The Winners and Nominees of Sōgen SF Tanpen Shō" (in Japanese).