Sogen SF Short Story Prize


The Sogen SF Short Story Prize is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010.
It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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.
In 2010 and 2011, some of finalist stories were collected into original anthology series.
Until 2019, Regular judges have been Nozomi Ohmori and Sanzō Kusaka, who have edited the year's-best. Another notable author have been invited as a guest judge each year.

Recognition

's first collection was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Dempow Torishima's first collection won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The English translation of the book, Sisyphean, was published in 2018, following that the original award-winning novella "Kaikin no To" was translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan. His first novel also won the 2019 Nihon SF Taisho Award.

Winners

Japanese titles are put down with only for winning stories, and stories which were published in single-authors' books. English titles for translated stories.
YearSubmissionsAwardsTitleAuthorGuest judge
2010612WinnerYūri MatsuzakiMasaki Yamada
2010612Second placeHaneko TakayamaMasaki Yamada
2010612Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriSaezuri no UtyūYūichi SakanagaMasaki Yamada
2010612Special citation by Sanzō KusakaTsuchi no ChiriTakashi YamashitaMasaki Yamada
2010612Special citation by Masaki YamadaYūsuke MiyauchiMasaki Yamada
2011594WinnerSisypheanDempow TorishimaAkira Hori
2011594Second placeMayu no Miru YumeShunshō UtsugiAkira Hori
2011594Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriHana to ShōnenNiro KataseAkira Hori
2011594Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKudan no HitomiTatsuhiko ShiboAkira Hori
2011594Special citation by Akira HoriMono Mina IkoeruTsutomu OshizawaAkira Hori
2012618WinnerTeiji RiyamaHirotaka Tobi
2012618Second placePrometheus no BansanTakehiko OkishiHirotaka Tobi
2012618Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriTerra no SuisōAoba MinazukiHirotaka Tobi
2012618Special citation by Sanzō KusakaAtamayamaEi FunazatoHirotaka Tobi
2012618Special citation by Hirotaka TobiEnu ShiToshimichi WatanabeHirotaka Tobi
2013576WinnerKenrei MiyanishiToh Enjoe
2013576Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriThe Unknown Hero: Secret OriginTateaki KashimaToh Enjoe
2013576Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKyōren no Onna ShishōMaki TakatsukiToh Enjoe
2013576Special citation by Toh EnjoeHuminshō KitanYoda KeeToh Enjoe
2014461WinnersMitsuhiro MondenHideaki Sena
2014461WinnersYūya TakashimaHideaki Sena
2014461Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriOnna TomodachiSatoshi AriiHideaki Sena
2014461Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKaijūTakurō UradeHideaki Sena
2014461Special citation by Hideaki SenaKen ha Deja vuShūzaemon GoudoHideaki Sena
2015510WinnerIori MiyazawaRiku Onda
2015510Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriKono Kogoeta Sekai ni Umareru Mae niEiichi UbeRiku Onda
2015510Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKimitachi Kyoshitsu ni HairinasaiTomoko ItōRiku Onda
2015510Special citation by Riku OndaBakko ChanMayu HenmiRiku Onda
2016464WinnerMuneo Ishikawa
2016464Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriSaibō Remin no Meikai Shindo LiveRen Fukami
2016464Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKurueyo.Ifu Azumi
2016464Special citation by Hiroshi YamamotoNiji no IshiToshin Kagami
2017417WinnerMikihiko HisanagaSatoshi Hase
2017417Special citation by Satoshi HaseGin no Ame Furu FuruYō HisanoSatoshi Hase
2018424WinnerYūgen YashimaMotoko Arai
2018424Second placeKikai ha Naze Korosu kaMasaki NagumoMotoko Arai
2018424Special citation by Nozomi OhmoriNatsu no MusubimeHisaki OritoMotoko Arai
2018424Special citation by Sanzō KusakaKanki ni SomareKenji NonakaMotoko Arai
2018424Special citation by Motoko AraiAdversarial Vipers, Arui ha Saigo no Ginkō GōtōHitozō TakedaMotoko Arai
2019511WinnerTokio AmasawaYūsuke Miyauchi
2019511Second placeInchin ShikatsuSayo OnodaYūsuke Miyauchi
2019511Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka"Sakhalin Shakaishugi Kyōwakoku Kindai Shūkyō Shiryō" Bassui, oyobi Sonota ZakkiMamoru TanibayashiYūsuke Miyauchi
2019511Special citation by Yūsuke MiyauchiKaitensuru Dōbutsu no SeishitenChiba ShūYūsuke Miyauchi

YearSubmissionsAwardsTitleAuthorJudges
2020468Akira Hori
Yūsuke Miyauchi
Tetsuya Kohama

Published Books

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