| Sogen SF Short Story Prize | |
| Awarded For: | Japanese science fiction and related genres |
| Presenter: | Tokyo Sogensha |
| Year: | 2010 |
The is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010.[1] It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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. Since 2023, they will be appeared on the publisher's magazine Shimi no Techo.
In 2010 and 2011, some of finalist stories were collected into original anthology series .[2] [3]
Until 2019, Regular judges have been Nozomi Ohmori (critic/translator/anthologist) and Sanzō Kusaka (critic/anthologist), who have edited the year's-best. Another notable author have been invited as a guest judge each year.
Yūsuke Miyauchi's first collection was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize[4] and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award.[5]
Dempow Torishima's first collection won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The English translation of the book, Sisyphean, was published in 2018,[6] following that the original award-winning novella "Kaikin no To" was translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan.[7] His first novel also won the 2019 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
English titles are for translated stories.
| Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Guest judge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 612 | Winner | Masaki Yamada | ||
| Second place | Haneko Takayama | ||||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saezuri no Utyū | Yūichi Sakanaga | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Tsuchi no Chiri | Takashi Yamashita | |||
| Special citation by Masaki Yamada | Yūsuke Miyauchi | ||||
| 2011 | 594 | Winner | Akira Hori | ||
| Second place | Mayu no Miru Yume | Shunshō Utsugi | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Hana to Shōnen | Niro Katase | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kudan no Hitomi | Tatsuhiko Shibo | |||
| Special citation by Akira Hori | Mono Mina Ikoeru | Tsutomu Oshizawa | |||
| 2012 | 618 | Winner | Teiji Riyama | Hirotaka Tobi | |
| Second place | Prometheus no Bansan | Takehiko Okishi | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Terra no Suisō | Aoba Minazuki | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Atamayama | Ei Funazato | |||
| Special citation by Hirotaka Tobi | Enu Shi | Toshimichi Watanabe | |||
| 2013 | 576 | Winner | Toh Enjoe | ||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | The Unknown Hero: Secret Origin | Tateaki Kashima | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kyōren no Onna Shishō | Maki Takatsuki | |||
| Special citation by Toh Enjoe | Huminshō Kitan | Yoda Kee | |||
| 2014 | 461 | Winners | Hideaki Sena | ||
| Yūya Takashima | |||||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Onna Tomodachi | Satoshi Arii | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kaijū | Takurō Urade | |||
| Special citation by Hideaki Sena | Ken ha Deja vu | Shūzaemon Goudo | |||
| 2015 | 510 | Winner | Riku Onda | ||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Kono Kogoeta Sekai ni Umareru Mae ni | Eiichi Ube | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kimitachi Kyoshitsu ni Hairinasai | Tomoko Itō | |||
| Special citation by Riku Onda | Bakko Chan | Mayu Henmi | |||
| 2016 | 464 | Winner | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saibō Remin no Meikai Shindo Live | Ren Fukami | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kurueyo. | Ifu Azumi | |||
| Special citation by Hiroshi Yamamoto | Niji no Ishi | Toshin Kagami | |||
| 2017 | 417 | Winner | Satoshi Hase | ||
| Special citation by Satoshi Hase | Gin no Ame Furu Furu | Yō Hisano | |||
| 2018 | 424 | Winner | Motoko Arai | ||
| Second place | Kikai ha Naze Korosu ka | Masaki Nagumo | |||
| Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Natsu no Musubime | Hisaki Orito | |||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kanki ni Somare | Kenji Nonaka | |||
| Special citation by Motoko Arai | Adversarial Vipers, Arui ha Saigo no Ginkō Gōtō | Hitozō Takeda | |||
| 2019 | 511 | Winner | Yūsuke Miyauchi | ||
| Second place | Sayo Onoda | ||||
| Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | "Sakhalin Shakaishugi Kyōwakoku Kindai Shūkyō Shiryō" (2099) Bassui, oyobi Sonota Zakki | Mamoru Tanibayashi | |||
| Special citation by Yūsuke Miyauchi | Kaitensuru Dōbutsu no Seishiten | Chiba Shū |
| Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Judges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[8] | 468 | Winner | Matō Oriteru | Akira Hori Yūsuke Miyauchi Tetsuya Kohama (Editor) | ||
| Special citation by Judges | Kazane Yarai | |||||
| 2021 | 550 | Winner | Rin Matsuki | Akira Hori Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama | ||
| Second place | Kumiko Mizobuchi | |||||
| 2022[9] | 496 | Winner | Chinami Sasahara | Masaki Yamada Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama | ||
| 2023[10] | 487 | Winner | Toryū Abe | Masaki Yamada (absence due to illness)Iori Miyazawa Tetsuya Kohama |