Bungei Prize
The Bungei Prize is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha. It was first awarded in 1962. The award is intended to recognize new writers, and several famous Japanese writers have won the award, but many Bungei Prize winners have not achieved any further literary recognition.
Awards history
For the first two years in 1962 and 1963, awards were given in dramatic works, short and medium stories, and long works categories. From 1964, all works were judged in a single category. In 1965 no prize selection process was held, thus 1964 is the third award, and 1966 is the fourth. In 1967 and 2010 no works were judged worthy of the award. In 1968, due to the bankruptcy of Kawade Shobō ShinshaIn, the sixth award was delayed by one year until 1969. In 1969, the selected winner, Nakano Shuhei, refused to accept the award.Winners
Kawade Shobō Shinsha maintains a complete official list of winning works.| Year | Winner | Winning Work | Author later won |
| 1962 | Kazumi Takahashi | 悲の器 | |
| Meisei Gotō | Honorable mention for 関係 | Taiko Hirabayashi Literary Award, Tanizaki Prize, Arts Selection Award | |
| 1963 | Kazuko Saegusa | Honorable mention for 葬送の朝 | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Tamura Toshiko Award |
| 1964 | No winner | ||
| Komitsu Kitakoji | Honorable mention for ミクロコスモス | ||
| 1966 | Ei Kinkaku/Kim Hak Young | 凍える口 | |
| Atsumi Kato | Honorable mention for 大山兵曹 | ||
| Shôjo Tadashi | Honorable mention for 塔への道 | ||
| 1967 | No winner | ||
| Noboru Tsujihara | Honorable mention for ミチオ・カンタービレ | ||
| Fukunaga Reizo | Honorable mention for 家路 | ||
| 1969 | No winner | ||
| Shuhei Nonaka | 鈍夜 | ||
| 1970 | Eiji Kurobane | 目的補語 | |
| Asako Onogi | クリスマスの旅 | ||
| 1971 | Motoya Honda | 家のなか・なかの家 | |
| Minako Goto | 刻を曳く | ||
| 1972 | Shuya Odaka | 危うい歳月 | |
| 1973 | No winner | ||
| Teruaki Kitazawa | Honorable mention for あわいの構図 | ||
| Seiichi Akasaka | Honorable mention for 帰らざる道 | ||
| 1974 | Fuyu Ozawa | - | |
| 1975 | Seiichiro Aka | 世の中や | |
| 1976 | Hidetoshi Tooka | 北帰行 | |
| Mitsuyoshi Nomura | Honorable mention for 輝かしき愚者の砦 | ||
| 1977 | Mitsunori Hoshino | おれたちの熱い季節 | |
| Yohei Matsuzaki | 狂いだすのは三月 | ||
| 1978 | Kojiro Kuroda | 鳥たちの闇のみち | |
| Keiko Kobayashi | Honorable mention for 回帰点 | ||
| 1979 | Katsusuke Miyauchi | 南 | Yomiuri Prize, Itō Sei Literary Prize |
| Masako Meiō | ある女のグリンプス | ||
| 1980 | Yasuo Tanaka | なんとなく、クリスタル | |
| Kenji Aoyama | 囚人のうた | ||
| Mami Nakahira | ストレイ・シー プ | ||
| 1981 | Sachi Fukuda | 百色メガネ | |
| Akemi Hotta | 1980 アイコ 十六歳 | ||
| Misuzu Yamamoto | みのむし | ||
| 1982 | Jun Hirano | 日曜日には愛の胡瓜を | |
| Terai Sumi | Cancelled award for レーシングカーに乗った聖者 | ||
| 1983 | Masayo Yamamoto | 応為坦坦錄 | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| Wakaichi Koji | 海に夜を重ねて | ||
| 1984 | Jōji Atsumi | ミッドナイト・ホモサピエンス | |
| Yuichi Hiranaka | シーズレイン | ||
| 1985 | Eimi Yamada | ベッドタイムアイズ | Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize |
| 1986 | Sumiko Okamoto | 零れた言葉 | |
| Umeda Kako | Honorable mention for 勝利投手 | ||
| 1987 | Kazuzo Sasayama | 四万十川 あつよしの夏 | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| Jūgi Hisama | Mention honorable pour マネーゲーム | ||
| 1988 | Mayumi Nagano | 少年アリス | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Noma Literary Prize |
| Kazuichi Iijima | 汝ふたたび故郷へ帰れず | ||
| 1989 | Sunao Ashihara | YES・YES・YES | Naoki Prize |
| Mako Yūki | ハッピーハウス | ||
| 1990 | Aohara Sunao | 青春デンデケデケデケ | |
| 1991 | Shunji Kawamoto | rose | |
| Yoshino Hikaru | 撃壌歌 | ||
| 1992 | Megumi Miura | 音符 | |
| Kenichi Maki | Honorable mention for 白い血 | ||
| 1993 | No winner | ||
| Kei Ôishi | Excellence mention for 履き忘れたもう片方の靴 | ||
| Yoichiro Kotake | Excellence mention for DMAC | ||
| 1994 | Zero Amemori | 首飾り | |
| 1995 | Takami Itō | 助手席にて、グルグル・ダンスを踊って | Akutagawa Prize |
| 1996 | No winner | - | |
| Kazumasa Oga | Excellence mention for フレア | ||
| Ariko Sato | Excellence mention for ボディ・レンタル | ||
| 1997 | Seigō Suzuki | ラジオデイズ | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| Tomoyuki Hoshino | 最後の吐息 | Noma Literary New Face Prize, Mishima Yukio Prize | |
| 1998 | Maki Kashimada | 二匹 | Mishima Yukio Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Akutagawa Prize |
| 1999 | Junko Hamada | Tiny, tiny | |
| 2000 | Akira Kuroda | メイドインン | |
| 2001 | Risa Wataya | インストール | Akutagawa Prize, Kenzaburō Ōe Prize |
| 2002 | Nakamura Wataru | リレキショ | |
| Tomohiko Okada | キッズ アー オールライト | ||
| 2003 | Keisuke Hada | 黒冷水 '' | Akutagawa Prize |
| Ikuta Sayo | オアシス | ||
| Noriaki Fushimi | 魔女の息子 | ||
| 2004 | Nao-Cola Yamazaki | 人のセックスを笑うな | Shimase Award for Love Stories |
| Gen Shiraiwa | 野ブタ。をプロデュース | ||
| 2005 | Nanae Aoyama | 窓の灯 | Akutagawa Prize |
| Minami Natsu | 平成マシンガンズ | ||
| 2006 | Iwora Ogiyo | 公園 | |
| Saki Nakayama | ヘンリエッタ | ||
| 2007 | Ken'ichirō Isozaki | 肝心の子供 | |
| Kenta Tange | 青色讃歌 | ||
| 2008 | Fuari Kita | けちゃっぷ | |
| Yûta Yasuto | おひるのたびにさようなら | ||
| 2009 | Ômori Brothers | 犬はいつも足元にいて | |
| Izumi Fujishiro | ボーダー&レス | ||
| 2010 | No winner | ||
| 2011 | Tomoki Imamura | クリスタル・ヴァリーに降りそそぐ灰 | |
| 2012 | Naoko Tanigawa | おしかくさま | |
| 2013 | Haruya Sakurai | 世界泥棒 | |
| 2014 | Yondoku I | 死にたくなったら電話して | |
| Kaoru Kaneko | アルタッドに捧ぐ | ||
| 2015 | Hiroka Yamashita | ドール | |
| Ushio Hatakeyama | 地の底の記憶 | ||
| 2016 | Ryōhei Machiya | 青が破れる | |
| 2017 | Chisako Wakatake | おらおらでひとりいぐも | Akutagawa Prize |
| 2018 | Hideyuki Hikami | はんぷくするもの | |
| Tarō Yamanobe | いつか深い穴に落ちるまで | ||
| 2019 | Rin Usami | かか | Mishima Yukio Prize, Akutagawa Prize |
| Haruka Tōno | 改良 | Akutagawa Prize | |
| 2020 | Mū Fujiwara | 水と礫 | |
| Kurumi Arata | Excellence mention for 星に帰れよ | ||
| 2021 | Daichi Sawa | 眼球達磨式 | |
| 2022 | Jose Andō | ジャクソンひとり | |
| Coleco Hibino | ビューティフルからビューティフルへ | ||
| 2023 | Ayako Koizumi | 無敵の犬の夜 | |
| Riku Sasaki | Excellence mention for 解答者は走ってください | ||
| Shō Zuno | Excellence mention for おわりのそこみえ | ||
| Short story prize Fuyuki Nishino | 子宮の夢 | ||
| Short story prize Kei Saitani | Excellence mention for 海を吸う | ||
| 2024 | Saji Machikawa | 光のそこで白くねむる | |
| Irino Matsuda | ハイパーたいくつ |