Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō
The Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō was an award handed out annually between 2000 and 2006 by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for exceptionally written short stories and novellas. The prize was associated with MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp. Between the first and fourth contests held, the editorial department of MediaWorks' included the narrowed-down novellas in an issue of Dengeki hp, and the winner was decided from a reader-participation voting poll. This was changed with the fifth though seven contests by the use of a committee to award the prize.
Committee members
- Mamizu Arisawa: Novelist of the Inukami! series
- Gakuto Coda: Novelist of the Missing series
- Yukako Kabei: Novelist, and winner of the ninth Dengeki Novel Prize
- Naoko Koyama: Editor-in-chief of Dengeki hp
- Masami Okayu: Novelist of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan series
Prize winners
First prize (2000)
;Grand prizeSecond prize (2001)
;Grand prize;Honorable mention
Third prize (2002)
;Grand prize;Honorable mention
Fourth prize (2003)
;Grand prize;Honorable mention
Fifth prize (2004)
;Grand prize;Gold prize
;Silver prize
Sixth prize (2005)
;Grand prize;Gold prize
;Silver prize