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TheJapan Fantasy Novel Award (日本ファンタジーノベル大賞,Nihon Fantashī Noberu Taishō) is an annual award which began in 1989 and is sponsored by theYomiuri Shimbun andShimizu Corporation with the backing of publisherShinchōsha. The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million. The contest is open to anyone, whether an already published author or not. Past winners includeRiku Onda,Fuyumi Ono andKen'ichi Sakemi.Kōji Suzuki, known for hisRing series, was later one of the selectors for this award, although he did not win the grand prize.It ceased being awarded after 2013, its twenty-fifth year,^[1] but started again in 2017.

• Grand Prize:Kōkyū Shōsetsu byKen'ichi Sakemi
• Superior Award:Uchū no Minamoto no Taki byIzumi Yamaguchi
• Runners Up:
  • Tsuki no Shizuku 100% Juice byHiroaki Okazaki
  • Cosmic Beetle byTakao Iwamoto
  • Mikazuki Ginjirō ga Iku: Īhatōbo no Bōkenhen byTatsuhiko Takeyoshi

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Rakuen byKōji Suzuki, English translation:Paradise (Vertical. 2006)
  • Eiyū Rafashiden by Hiroaki Okazaki
• Runners Up:
  • Last Magic by Tetsuya Murakami
  • Nichirin'ō Densetsu byAyame Hara
  • Nenjutsu Kozō byMasakazu Katō

• Grand Prize:Balthasar no Henreki byAki Satō
• Superior Award:Nanka Tōkaitakushi byGakuto Hara
• Runners Up:
  • Refrain byRin Sawamura
  • Tenmei Dōji byYasuko Kawai
  • Rokubanmei no Sayoko byRiku Onda

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:Mukashi, Kasei no Atta Basho byYūsaku Kitano
• Runners Up:
  • Fantasia byKyō Fujiwara
  • Aoi Eriru no Hana bySatoshi Utsugi
  • Yasha ga Ike Densetsu Ibun byKomoriten
  • Gāda no Hoshi bySatoko Tatsuki

• Grand Prize:Irahai byTetsuya Satō
• Superior Award:Shusen byTakenori Nanjō
• Runners Up:
  • Tōkei Ibun byFuyumi Ono
  • Kyūkei no Kisetsu by Riku Onda

• Grand Prize:
  • Bagājimanupanasu byEiichi Ikegami
  • Tettō Musashinosen byMinoru Ginbayashi
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Mujika Makīna byFumio Takano
  • Sekai no Hate ni Umarete by Rin Sawamura
  • Tobichi no Jimu byMin Ishidate

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Funtai byMasaya Fujita
  • Bus Stop no Shōsoku byTatsushi Shimamoto
• Runners Up:
  • Yōsorō 1983 byTetsuya Ueno
  • Gakidō Sugoroku Soba Itohiki byNoboru Kihara

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Island byKen Hazuki
  • Aonekoya byMitsuko Kido
• Runners Up:
  • Dabusuton Kaidō byMitsufumi Asagure
  • Kaiyū Opera Fune kara no Dasshutsu byShunichi Hashimoto
  • Uchū Bōeigun byMasayuki Yagi

• Grand Prize:Baisuboiru Book byKyōichi Imura
• Superior Award:Kyōsō Kaiiki byShigeru Satō
• Runners Up:
  • Gonin Kazoku by Rin Sawamura
  • Junkai no Senritsu byRyōji Yokoyama
  • Nendaiki "Anoekumene Mercury" byFumiko Hagiwara

• Grand Prize:Organist byYō Yamanoguchi
• Superior Award:
  • Yan no Ita Shima by Rin Sawamura
  • Aoneko no Machi byYūichi Suzumoto
• Runners Up:
  • Gizō Shuki byToshiro Kuwabara

• Grand Prize:Nobunaga Aruiha Taikanseru Androgynous byHaruaki Utsukibara
• Superior Award:BH85 byMori Seika
• Runners Up:
  • Crystal Memory byTomomichi Nishiogi
  • Jacob no Hashigo wo Kudari Kitaru Mono byAoi Hitomi

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:Kasō no Kishi byNaoko Saitō
• Runners Up:
  • Namida Hime byMichimichi Okuno
  • Koiwarai byYui Matsunomiya a.k.a.Hiroshi Matsumiya
  • Bachigaina Kōgeihin byMatsui Ōhama

• Grand Prize:Taiyō to Shisha no Kiroku byChise Kasuya
• Superior Award:Shabake byMegumi Hatakenaka
• Runners Up:
  • Undead Returners by Jin Satō
  • Apāto to Oni to Kisekae Ningyō byOsamu Koshigaya

• Grand Prize:Short Stories a.k.a.Sekai no Hate no Niwa: Short Stories byKen Nishizaki
• Superior Award:Kai byAyumi Oyama
• Runners Up:
  • Kigeki no Naka no Kigeki: Minami no Kuni no Shakespeare byKeiichi Izumi
  • Amanouzume no Yūutsu byHumika Nakajima

• Grand Prize:Taiyō no Tou / Pyrenees no Shiro a.k.a.Taiyō no Tou byTomihiko Morimi
• Superior Award:Zou no Sumu Machi byKyū Watanabe
• Runners Up:
  • Rabbit Shinpan byJun Kanooka
  • Kagemai byNoriaki Oda

• Grand Prize:Rasu Manchasu Tūshin byHirayama Mizuho
• Superior Award:Bonus Track by Osamu Koshigaya
• Runners Up:
  • Kono Hareta Hi ni, Hitori de byKatsuhiro Harada
  • Ikejiri Water Court byMichiko Horii

• Grand Prize:Konharuya Gomez byNaka Saijō
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Tenjō no Niwa, Hikari no Jikoku byNatsuki Mizumachi
  • Kohaku Wacchi byKazu Saiki

• Grand Prize:Boku Boku Sensei byHideyuki Niki
• Superior Award:Yami Kagami byAsako Horikawa
• Runners Up:
  • Cappadocia Wine byKazuho Ōhara
  • Yoru no Unicorn byTetsuya Matsuda

• Grand Prize:Enken Den byHideaki Hironari
• Superior Award:Brack Jack Kid byTakehiko Kubodera
• Runners Up:
  • Karakuri Neko to Jikan Ryokō Dairiten byKiri Wada
  • Kikkō Ki byMasayuki Fujita

• Grand Prize:Tenkai no Miyako: Aru Kenchikuka wo Meguru Monogatari a.k.a.Tenshi no Horō: Aru Kenchikuka wo Meguru Monogatari byGen Nakamura
• Superior Award:Kanojo no Shiranai Kanojo byRan Satomi
• Runners Up:
  • Ryūmori no Matsuei byHaruka Mayama
  • Ideal by Yū Matsuzaki a.k.a.Yūri Matsuzaki

• Grand Prize:Gettōya byJunko Tōda /Zōdaiha ni Tsugu byMasakuni Oda
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Kuzira ga Tobu Yoru byMinato Yamada
  • Shishōsetsu bySen Satō
  • Kachō Ryōran byUro Jinno

• Grand Prize:Wadatsumi no Chinkonka a.k.a.Zenya no Kōseki byKiri Shino
• Superior Award:Shizuka no Umi a.k.a.Tsuki no Sanagi byAkira Ishino
• Runners Up:
  • Gehō Koji KA.SIN byKazumi Kamimori
  • Hall Shovel: Aru Anahori no Monogatari bySusumu Asari

• Grand Prize:Sazanami no Kuni byUmiyuri Katsuyama
• Superior Award:Yoshida Kigurumare Night byShuntarō Hino
• Runners Up:
  • Zanzō no Tobira byKō Aomi
  • Nigemachi Fenuse byNio Takano

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:Asa no Yōka byAoba Mikuni /Worker byShunsuke Seki
• Runners Up:
  • Kyōryū Gift byAyako Inoue
  • Ongoku byMika Harima

• Grand Prize:Kotoshi no Okurimono a.k.a.Hoshi no Tami no Christmas byNatsuki Koyata
• Superior Award:Kinoko Mura no Onna Eiyū a.k.a.Wasure Mura no Yen to Shinkai no Inu by Shin Suzuki a.k.a.Shin Saezaki
• Runners Up:
  • Akashic Museum byKiyomi Amahara
  • Akutō Kaden byAoi Sakamoto

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