Noma Literary Prize
The Noma Literary Prize was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma, founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prizes.
Sponsorship Prize (1941–1946)
| Year | Author | Work |
| 1941 | Sasamoto Tora | Aizu Shikon |
| 1942 | Yamaoka Sōhachi Muneta Hiroshi Yamate Kiichirō Hamada Hirosuke | Kaitei Senki, Senkan dōjōki Taijishō Kazan to Chōei — |
| 1943 | Ōbayashi Kiyoshi | Shōnai Shizoku |
| 1944 | Dan Kazuo | Tenmei |
| 1946 | Hōjō Makoto | Kangiku and Ichinen |
Noma Literary Prize (1941–present)
An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha.| Year | Author | Work |
| 1941 | Mayama Seika | |
| 1942 | no award | |
| 1943 | Kōda Rohan | |
| 1944 | no award | |
| 1946 | Mimei Ogawa | |
| 1953 | Fumio Niwa | Hebi to hato |
| 1954 | Yasunari Kawabata | Yama no oto |
| 1955 | no award | |
| 1956 | Shigeru Tonomura | Ikada |
| 1957 | Fumiko Enchi | Onnazaka |
| 1957 | Chiyo Uno | Ohan |
| 1958 | Hideo Kobayashi | Kindai kaiga |
| 1959 | Saisei Murō | Kagerou no nikki ibun |
| 1960 | Shōtarō Yasuoka | Umibe no kōkei |
| 1960 | Tomie Ōhara | En to iu onna |
| 1961 | Yasushi Inoue | Yodo dono no nikki |
| 1962 | Kazuo Ozaki | Maboroshi no ki |
| 1963 | Kazuo Hirotsu | Nengetsu no ashioto |
| 1964 | Gishū Nakayama | Shoan |
| 1964 | Jun Takami | Shi no fuchi yori |
| 1965 | Tatsuo Nagai | Ikko sono hoka |
| 1966 | Ibuse Masuji | Kuroi Ame Black Rain |
| 1967 | Mitsuo Nakamura | Nise no gūzō |
| 1967 | Seiichi Funabashi | Sukina onna no munakazari |
| 1968 | Tetsutarō Kawakami | Yoshida Shōin |
| 1969 | Shigeharu Nakano | Kōotsuheitei |
| 1970 | Ken'ichi Yoshida | Yōroppa no seikimatsu |
| 1970 | Jun Etō | Sōseki to sono jidai |
| 1971 | Junzō Shōno | Eawase |
| 1972 | Ineko Sata | Juei |
| 1973 | Kenzaburō Ōe | Kōzui wa waga tamashii ni oyobi |
| 1974 | Shōhei Ōoka | Nakahara Chūya |
| 1975 | Ken Hirano | Samazama na seishun |
| 1975 | Kazuo Ozaki | Ano hi kono hi |
| 1976 | Taijun Takeda | Memai no suru sanpo |
| 1976 | Tetsuo Miura | Kenjū to jūgo no tampen |
| 1977 | Kenzō Nakajima | Kaisō no bungaku |
| 1978 | Junnosuke Yoshiyuki | Yūgure made |
| 1979 | Shizuo Fujieda | Kanashii dake |
| 1980 | Shūsaku Endō | The Samurai |
| 1981 | Kenkichi Yamamoto | Inochi to katachi |
| 1982 | Nobuo Kojima | Wakareru riyū |
| 1983 | Fumio Niwa | Ren'nyo |
| 1984 | no award | |
| 1985 | Shimao Toshio | Gyoraitei gakusei |
| 1985 | Maruya Saiichi | Chūshingura towa nanika |
| 1986 | Ueda Miyoji | Shimaki Akahiko |
| 1986 | Minako Oba | Naku tori no |
| 1987 | Atsushi Mori | Ware yuku mono no gotoku |
| 1988 | Yasuoka Shōtarō | Boku no shōwashi |
| 1989 | Inoue Yasushi | Kōshi |
| 1990 | Kiichi Sasaki | Watashi no Chēhofu |
| 1991 | Taeko Kōno | Miira tori ryookitan |
| 1992 | Hiroshi Sakagami | Denen fukei |
| 1993 | Keizō Hino | Taifu no me |
| 1994 | Hiroyuki Agawa | Shiga Naoya |
| 1994 | Lee Hoesung | Hyakunen no tabibito tachi |
| 1995 | no award | |
| 1996 | Shun Akiyama | Nobunaga |
| 1997 | Hideo Takubo | Kodamashu |
| 1997 | Tomioka Taeko | Hiberuni ato kiko |
| 1998 | Yūko Tsushima | Hinoyama, yamazaruki |
| 1999 | Takayuki Kiyooka | Maronie no hana ga itta |
| 2000 | Kyōko Hayashi | Nagai jikan o kaketa ningen no keiken |
| 2001 | Jakucho Setouchi | Basho |
| 2002 | Yuichi Takai | Toki no ushio |
| 2003 | Hiroko Takenishi | Zōtō no Uta |
| 2004 | Takashi Tsujii | Chichi no Shōzō |
| 2005 | Ryū Murakami | Hanto wo deyo |
| 2006 | Senji Kuroi | Ichijitsu yume no satsu |
| 2007 | Kazumi Saeki | Norge |
| 2008 | Kō Machida | Yadoya Meguri |
| 2009 | Hikaru Okuizumi | Jingi gunkan Kashihara satsujinjiken |
| 2010 | Kiyoko Murata | Furusato no waga ie' |
| 2011 | Yōko Tawada | Yuki no renshūsei'' |
| 2012 | Amy Yamada | ' |
| 2013 | Hosaka Kazushi | ' |
| 2014 | Yoriko Shono | ' |
| 2015 | Mayumi Nagano | ' |
| 2016 | Toshiyuki Horie | ' |
| 2017 | Kaoru Takamura | ' |
| 2018 | Osamu Hashimoto | ' |
| 2019 | Hisaki Matsuura | ' |
| 2020 | Yōko Ogawa | ' |
| 2021 | Hideo Levy | ' |
| 2022 | Rieko Matsuura | ' |
| 2023 | Hiromi Kawakami | ' |
| 2024 | Fuminori Nakamura | ' |
Noma Literary New Face Prize (1979–present)
An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha.| Year | Author | Work |
| 1979 | Tsushima Yūko | Hikari no ryōbun |
| 1980 | Tatematsu Wahei | Enrai |
| 1981 | Murakami Ryū | Coinlocker Babys |
| 1981 | Miyauchi Katsusuke | Kin’iro no zō |
| 1982 | Murakami Haruki | Hitsuji o meguru bōken tr. A Wild Sheep Chase |
| 1983 | Otsuji Katsuhiko | Yukino |
| 1984 | Aono Sō | Onna kara no koe |
| 1984 | Shimada Masahiko | Muyū ōkoku no tame no ongaku |
| 1985 | Nakazawa Kei | Suiheisen ue nite |
| 1985 | Masuda Mizuko | Suiheisen ue nite ''Jiyū jikan |
| 1986 | Iwasaka Keiko | Novalis no inyō |
| 1986 | Hikari Agata | Shizuka ni watasu kogane no yubiwa |
| 1987 | Arai Man | Vexation |
| 1988 | Yoshimeki Hiruhiko | Louisiana kuiuchi |
| 1989 | Ii Naoyuki | Sashite jūyōde nai ichinichi |
| 1990 | Saeki Kazumi | Short Circuit |
| 1991 | Shōno Yoriko | Nanimo shite nai |
| 1992 | Lībi Hideo | Seijōki no kikoenai heya |
| 1993 | Okuizumi Hikaru | Novalis no inyō |
| 1993 | Hosaka Kazushi | Kusa no ue no chōshoku |
| 1994 | Takeno Masato | Watashi no jijoden zempen |
| 1995 | Satō Yōjirō | Geshi matsuri |
| 1995 | Mizumura Minae | Shishōsetsu |
| 1996 | Kakuta Mitsuyo | Madoromu yoru no UFO |
| 1996 | Yū Miri | Full House |
| 1997 | Machida Kō | Kussun daikoku |
| 1998 | Fujino Chiya | Oshaberi kaidan |
| 1999 | Abe Kazushige | Mujō no sekai |
| 1999 | Itō Hiromi | La Niña |
| 2000 | Akasaka Mari | Muse |
| 2000 | Okazaki Yoshihisa | Rakutenya |
| 2001 | Shimizu Hiroko | Chijiminda ai |
| 2001 | Dōgaki Sonoe | Veracruz |
| 2002 | Sagawa Mitusharu | Chijiminda ai |
| 2002 | Wakai Sū | Umiuma no josō |
| 2003 | Shimamoto Rio | Little by little |
| 2003 | Hoshino Tomoyuki | Fantasista |
| 2004 | Nakamura Kō | Guruguru mawaru suberidai |
| 2004 | Nakamura Fuminori | Shakō |
| 2005 | Aoki Jungo | Pikarudi no sando |
| 2006 | Nakahara Masaya | Namo naki kojitachi no haka |
| 2007 | Kashimada Maki | Pikarudi no sando |
| 2007 | Nishimura Kenta | Ankyo no yado |
| 2008 | Tsumura Kikuko | Music bless you!! |
| 2009 | Murata Sayaka | Gin’iro no uta |
| 2010 | Enjō Tō | Uyūshitan |
| 2010 | Shibasaki Tomoka | Netemo sametemo |
| 2011 | Yukiko Motoya | ' |
| 2012 | Hiwa Satoko | ' |
| 2012 | Yamashita Sumito | ' |
| 2013 | Itō Seikō | ' |
| 2014 | Matsunami Tarō | L I F E'' |
| 2015 | Takiguchi Yūshō | ' |
| 2015 | Furukawa Hideo | ' |
| 2016 | Inui Akito | ' |
| 2017 | Imamura Natsuko | ' |
| 2017 | Takahashi Hiroki | ' |
| 2018 | Kaoru Kaneko | ' |
| 2018 | Yusuke Noriyo | ' |
| 2019 | Li Kotomi | ' |
| 2020 | Lee Yongduk | ' |
| 2021 | Seiko Idokawa | ' |
| 2022 | Ryohei Machiya | ' |
| 2023 | Akira Asahina | ' |
| 2023 | Rie Kudan | ' |
| 2024 | Kohei Toyonaga | ' |
Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize
This prize was last awarded in 1998.- 09 1971 — Rie Yoshiyuki for Mahōtsukai no kushan neko.
- 33 1995 — Eto Mori for Uchu no Minashigo
- 34 1996 — Nahoko Uehashi for ''Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit''