The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner receives a statue of Arthur Conan Doyle.
The award was named after Tetsuya Ayukawa (1919–2002), a Japanese writer who mainly wrote the Golden-Age-style detective fiction.
| Year | Winner | Winning entry | Available in English Translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 | Taku Ashibe | |||
| 2 | 1991 | Shinsuke Ishikawa (ja) | |||
| 3 | 1992 | Tomoko Kano (ja) | |||
| 4 | 1993 | Fumie Kondo (ja)[1] | |||
| 5 | 1994 | Akira Aikawa (ja) | |||
| 6 | 1995 | Ko Kitamori (ja) | |||
| 7 | 1996 | Taro Mitsusaka (ja) | |||
| 8 | 1997 | Kenji Kodama (ja) | |||
| 9 | 1998 | Katsunori Asukabe (ja) | |||
| 10 | 1999 | no applicable work | |||
| 11 | 2001 | Noriyuki Monzen (ja) | |||
| 12 | 2002 | Hitoshi Goto (ja) | The Labyrinth of the Scriptorium | ||
| 13 | 2003 | Akiko Moriya (ja) | |||
| 14 | 2004 | Keijiro Kamizu (ja) | |||
| Ruriko Kishida (ja) | |||||
| 15 | 2005 | no applicable work | |||
| 16 | 2006 | Kazushi Asami (ja) | |||
| 17 | 2007 | Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (ja) | |||
| 18 | 2008 | Nanakawa Kanan (ja) | |||
| 19 | 2009 | Sako Aizawa (ja) | |||
| 20 | 2010 | Junichi Aman (ja) | |||
| Wataru Tsukihara (ja) | |||||
| 21 | 2011 | Ayato Yamada (ja) | |||
| 22 | 2012 | Yugo Aosaki (ja) | |||
| 23 | 2013 | Tetsuya Ichikawa (ja) | |||
| 24 | 2014 | Jun Uchiyama (ja) | |||
| 25 | 2015 | no applicable work | |||
| 26 | 2016 | Yūto Ichikawa (ja) | |||
| 27 | 2017 | Masahiro Imamura(ja) | Death Among the Undead | ||
| 27 | 2018 | Kouhei Kawasumi(ja) | |||
| 28 | 2019 | Kie Houjyō(ja) | |||
| 29 | 2020 | Rio Senda(ja) | |||
| 30 | 2021 | no applicable work | |||
| 31 | 2022 | no applicable work |