Bungei Prize
The Bungei Prize is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha. It was first awarded in 1962. The award is intended to recognize new writers, and several famous Japanese writers have won the award, but many Bungei Prize winners have not achieved any further literary recognition.
Notable winners
Kawade Shobō Shinsha maintains a complete official list of winning works.| Number | Winner | Winning Work | Author later won |
| 1st | Kazumi Takahashi | ' | |
| 1st | Meisei Goto | Honorable mention for ' | Tanizaki Prize |
| 2nd | Kazuko Saegusa | Honorable mention for ' | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature |
| 16th | Katsusuke Miyauchi | ' | Yomiuri Prize, Itō Sei Literary Prize |
| 17th | Yasuo Tanaka | ' | |
| 20th | Masayo Yamamoto | ' | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 22nd | Amy Yamada | Bedtime Eyes | Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize |
| 24th | Jūgi Hisama | Honorable mention for Money Game | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 25th | Mayumi Nagano | ' | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Noma Literary Prize |
| 26th | Sunao Ashihara | YES・YES・YES | Naoki Prize |
| 32nd | Takami Itō | ' | Akutagawa Prize |
| 34th | Seigō Suzuki | Radio Days | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 34th | Tomoyuki Hoshino | ' | Mishima Yukio Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize |
| 35th | Maki Kashimada | ' | Mishima Yukio Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Akutagawa Prize |
| 37th | Akira Kuroda | Made in Japan | |
| 38th | Risa Wataya | Install | Akutagawa Prize |
| 40th | Keisuke Hada | 黒冷水 | Akutagawa Prize |
| 41st | Nao-Cola Yamazaki | ' | Shimase Award for Love Stories |
| 42nd | Nanae Aoyama | ' | Akutagawa Prize |
| 54th | Chisako Wakatake | Akutagawa Prize |