| Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature | |
| Subheader: | 泉鏡花文学賞 (Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) |
| Presenter: | City of Kanazawa, Japan |
| Date: | 1973 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Reward: | ¥1,000,000 |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Year2: | 2021 |
Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (Japanese: '''泉鏡花文学賞''', Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi. Kanazawa city, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize. Usually the award goes to one recipient, though there have been exceptions.
The City of Kanazawa, Japan maintains a list of current and past winning works.[1]
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (1973) | Musubi no Yama Hiroku (Japanese: 産霊山秘録) | March 1973 早川書房--> | |
| Tobu Kage (Japanese: 翔ぶ影) | October 1972 角川書店--> | ||
| 2nd (1974) | Hideo Nakai (JA) | Akumu no Karuta (Japanese: 悪夢の骨牌) | December 1973 平凡社--> |
| 3rd (1975) | Amai Mitsu no Heya (Japanese: 甘い蜜の部屋) | ||
| 4th (1976) | Yūwakusha (Japanese: 誘惑者) | ||
| 5th (1977) | Ayashii Raikyakubo (Japanese: 怪しい来客簿) | ||
| Kusa no Fushido (Japanese: 草の臥所) | |||
| 6th (1978) | Jūzou Kara (JA) | Hitode, Kappa (Japanese: 海星・河童（ひとで・かっぱ）) | |
| 7th (1979) | Shōmetsu no Kōrin (Japanese: 消滅の光輪) | ||
| Platon-teki Ren'ai (Japanese: プラトン的恋愛, Puraton-teki Ren'ai) | |||
| 8th (1980) | Waga Tamashii wa Kagayaku Mizu Nari (Japanese: わが魂は輝く水なり) | ||
| Makiko Mori (JA) | Yuki Onna (Japanese: 雪女) | ||
| 9th (1981) | Karakusa Monogatari (Japanese: 唐草物語) | ||
| Kyojin-tachi (Japanese: 虚人たち) | |||
| 10th (1982) | Hōyō (Japanese: 抱擁) | ||
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
|---|---|---|
| 11th (1983) | Kazuko Saegusa (JA) | Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai (Japanese: 鬼どもの夜は深い) |
| Haku Kohiyama (JA) | Hikaru Onna (Japanese: 光る女) | |
| 12th (1984) | Kaikyō (Japanese: 海峡) | |
| Yakumo ga Koroshita (Japanese: 八雲が殺した) | ||
| 13th (1985) | Shunzō Miyawaki (JA) | Satsui no Fūkei (Japanese: 殺意の風景) |
| 14th (1986) | Single Seru (Japanese: シングル・セル, Shinguru Seru) | |
| 15th (1987) | Amanon koku ōkanki (Japanese: アマノン国往還記) | |
| Hideo Asaine (JA) | Shūji no Hōrō (Japanese: シュージの放浪) | |
| 16th (1988) | Tsumao Awasaka (JA) | Oriduru (Japanese: 折鶴) |
| Mūnraito Shadō (Moonlight Shadow, Japanese: ムーンライト・シャドウ) | ||
| 17th (1989) | Taka Isawa (JA) | Nowaki Sakaba (Japanese: 野分酒場) |
| Aiko Kitahara[2] (JA) | Fukagawa Mio-dōri Kidobangoya (Japanese: 深川澪通り木戸番小屋) | |
| 18th (1990) | Jōkichi Hikage (JA) | Doro Kisha (Japanese: 泥汽車) |
| 19th (1991) | Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) | Odorō, Maya (Japanese: 踊ろう・マヤ) |
| 20th (1992) | Kakeru Shōnen (Japanese: 駆ける少年) | |
| Higan Sensei (Japanese: 彼岸先生) | ||
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
|---|---|---|
| 21st (1993) | Mofuku no Ko (Japanese: 喪服の子) | |
| 22nd (1994) | (no winning works) | |
| 23rd (1995) | Akira Tsuji (JA) | Yume no Hōi (Japanese: 夢の方位) |
| 24th (1996) | Full House (Japanese: フルハウス Furu hausu) | |
| Animal logic (Japanese: アニマル・ ロジック, Animaru rojikku) | ||
| 25th (1997) | Kamakura no Obasan (Japanese: 鎌倉のおばさん) | |
| Warau Iemon (Japanese: 嗤う伊右衛門) | ||
| 26th (1998) | Dōton-bori no ame ni wakarete irai nari - Senryū sakka Kishimoto Suifu to sono jidai (Japanese: 道頓堀の雨に別れて以来なり──川柳作家・岸本水府とその時代) | |
| 27th (1999) | Hako no Otto (Japanese: 箱の夫) | |
| Tanemura Suehiro no Neo rabirintosu "Gensō no Erosu" and other work(s) (Japanese: 種村季弘のネオ・ラビリントス「幻想のエロス」 Tanemura Suehiro no Neo-Labyrinthos "Gensō no Eros") and other work(s) | ||
| 28th (2000) | Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai (Japanese: ヒナギクのお茶の場合) | |
| 29th (2001) | Teruhiko Kuze (JA) | Shōshōkan Nichiroku (Japanese: 蕭々館日録) |
| Yūkai Morimusume? Ibun (Japanese: 幽界森娘異聞) | ||
| 30th (2002) | "Bundan" oyobi sore ni itaru bungyō (Japanese: 「文壇」およびそれに至る文業) | |
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
|---|---|---|
| 31st (2003) | Kagayaku Hi no Miya (Japanese: 輝く日の宮) | |
| Grotesque (Japanese: グロテスク, Gurotesuku) | ||
| 32nd (2004) | Burafuman no Maisō (Japanese: ブラフマンの埋葬) | |
| 33rd (2005) | Michiko Ryō (JA) | Rakuen no Tori - Karukatta Gensōkyoku (Japanese: 楽園の鳥–カルカッタ幻想曲–) |
| 34th (2006) | Akutō Bashō (Japanese: 悪党芭蕉) | |
| 35th (2007) | Dōgen Zenji (Japanese: 道元禅師) | |
| Fujio Ōtaka (N/A) | Kyōka Koiuta (Japanese: 鏡花恋唄) - (Remark: special award) | |
| 36th (2008) | Keishi Nagi (JA) | Kusa Suberi (Japanese: 草すべり) and other short stories |
| Buruu Rando (Blue land ??) (Japanese: ぶるうらんど) | ||
| 37th (2009) | Iogami (Japanese: 魚神) | |
| 38th (2010) | Kawaramono no susume, shie to shura no kioku (Japanese: 河原者ノススメ―死穢と修羅の記憶) | |
| 39th (2011) | Fūkei (Japanese: 風景) | |
| Ōedo Chōkakuden (Japanese: 大江戸釣客伝) | ||
| 40th (2012) | Kanata no Ko (Japanese: かなたの子) | |
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41st (2013) | Ken’ichirō Isozaki (JA) | Ōko Raikon (Japanese: 往古来今) | |
| 42nd (2014) | Tsuma ga Shiitake datta Koro (Japanese: 妻が椎茸だったころ) | ||
| Masayo Koike (JA) | Tamamono (Japanese: たまもの) | ||
| 43rd (2015) | Mayumi Nagano (JA) | Meido ari (Japanese: 冥途あり) | |
| Katsuyuki Shinohara (JA) | Koppū (Japanese: 骨風) | ||
| 44th (2016) | Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō (Japanese: 大きな鳥にさらわれないよう) | ||
| 45th (2017) | Saiai no kodomo (Japanese: 最愛の子ども) | ||
| 46th (2018) | Yūko Yamao (JA) | Tobu Kujaku (Japanese: 飛ぶ孔雀) | |
| 47th (2019) | Shin'ya Tanaka (JA) | Hiyoko Taiyō (Japanese: ひよこ太陽) | |
| 48th (2020) | Shōsetsu Ise Monogatari Narihira (Japanese: 小説伊勢物語業平) | ||
| 49th (2021) | Ane no Shima (Japanese: 姉の島) | ||
| 50th (2022) | Fumiko Ōhama (JA) | Hidamari no Hate (Japanese: 陽だまりの果て) |
| Times (Year) | Winner | Winning Work |
|---|---|---|
| 51st (2023) | Mizu, Hon no Shōsetsu (Japanese: 水 本の小説) | |
| Aki Asahina (JA) | Anata no Moeru Hidarite de (Japanese: あなたの燃える左手で) | |
| 52nd (2024) | - - | - - |