# Sogen SF Short Story Prize

The Sogen SF Short Story Prize (創元SF短編賞, Sōgen SF Tanpen Shō) is an annual Japanese literary award conducted by Tokyo Sogensha since 2010. It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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 Beyond Imagination (原色の想像力, Genshoku no Sōzōryoku).
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.

## Recognition

Yūsuke Miyauchi's first collection Banjō no Yoru (盤上の夜) was nominated for the 147th Naoki Prize and won the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Dempow Torishima's first collection Kaikin no To (皆勤の徒) won the 2013 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The English translation of the book, Sisyphean, was published in 2018, following that the original award-winning novella "Kaikin no To" was translated into English as "Sisyphean" and included in the English anthology Phantasm Japan. His first novel Yadokari no Hoshi (宿借りの星) also won the 2019 Nihon SF Taisho Award.

## Winners

English titles are for translated stories.
| Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Guest judge |
| 2010 | 612 | Winner | Agari (あがり) | Yūri Matsuzaki | Masaki Yamada |
| 2010 | 612 | Second place | Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no (うどん キツネつきの) | Haneko Takayama | Masaki Yamada |
| 2010 | 612 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saezuri no Utyū | Yūichi Sakanaga | Masaki Yamada |
| 2010 | 612 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Tsuchi no Chiri | Takashi Yamashita | Masaki Yamada |
| 2010 | 612 | Special citation by Masaki Yamada | Banjō no Yoru (盤上の夜) | Yūsuke Miyauchi | Masaki Yamada |
| 2011 | 594 | Winner | Sisyphean (皆勤の徒, Kaikin no To) | Dempow Torishima | Akira Hori |
| 2011 | 594 | Second place | Mayu no Miru Yume | Shunshō Utsugi | Akira Hori |
| 2011 | 594 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Hana to Shōnen | Niro Katase | Akira Hori |
| 2011 | 594 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kudan no Hitomi | Tatsuhiko Shibo | Akira Hori |
| 2011 | 594 | Special citation by Akira Hori | Mono Mina Ikoeru | Tsutomu Oshizawa | Akira Hori |
| 2012 | 618 | Winner | Subete no Yume Hateru Chi de (〈すべての夢｜果てる地で〉) | Teiji Riyama | Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2012 | 618 | Second place | Prometheus no Bansan | Takehiko Okishi | Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2012 | 618 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Terra no Suisō | Aoba Minazuki | Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2012 | 618 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Atamayama | Ei Funazato | Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2012 | 618 | Special citation by Hirotaka Tobi | Enu Shi | Toshimichi Watanabe | Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2013 | 576 | Winner | Gingafū Hansō (銀河風帆走) | Kenrei Miyanishi | Toh Enjoe |
| 2013 | 576 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | The Unknown Hero: Secret Origin | Tateaki Kashima | Toh Enjoe |
| 2013 | 576 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kyōren no Onna Shishō | Maki Takatsuki | Toh Enjoe |
| 2013 | 576 | Special citation by Toh Enjoe | Huminshō Kitan | Yoda Kee | Toh Enjoe |
| 2014 | 461 | Winners | Fūga (風牙) | Mitsuhiro Monden | Hideaki Sena |
| 2014 | 461 | Winners | Landscape to Natsu no Teiri (ランドスケープと夏の定理) | Yūya Takashima | Hideaki Sena |
| 2014 | 461 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Onna Tomodachi | Satoshi Arii | Hideaki Sena |
| 2014 | 461 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kaijū | Takurō Urade | Hideaki Sena |
| 2014 | 461 | Special citation by Hideaki Sena | Ken ha Deja vu | Shūzaemon Goudo | Hideaki Sena |
| 2015 | 510 | Winner | Kamigami no Hohō (神々の歩法) | Iori Miyazawa | Riku Onda |
| 2015 | 510 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Kono Kogoeta Sekai ni Umareru Mae ni | Eiichi Ube | Riku Onda |
| 2015 | 510 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kimitachi Kyoshitsu ni Hairinasai | Tomoko Itō | Riku Onda |
| 2015 | 510 | Special citation by Riku Onda | Bakko Chan | Mayu Henmi | Riku Onda |
| 2016 | 464 | Winner | Yoshida Dōmei (吉田同名) | Muneo Ishikawa | Hiroshi Yamamoto [ja] |
| 2016 | 464 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Saibō Remin no Meikai Shindo Live | Ren Fukami | Hiroshi Yamamoto [ja] |
| 2016 | 464 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kurueyo. | Ifu Azumi | Hiroshi Yamamoto [ja] |
| 2016 | 464 | Special citation by Hiroshi Yamamoto | Niji no Ishi | Toshin Kagami | Hiroshi Yamamoto [ja] |
| 2017 | 417 | Winner | 74-Byō no Seijaku to Kodoku (七十四秒の静寂と孤独) | Mikihiko Hisanaga | Satoshi Hase |
| 2017 | 417 | Special citation by Satoshi Hase | Gin no Ame Furu Furu | Yō Hisano | Satoshi Hase |
| 2018 | 424 | Winner | Tenku seyo Hosshō-ji (天駆せよ法勝寺) | Yūgen Yashima | Motoko Arai |
| 2018 | 424 | Second place | Kikai ha Naze Korosu ka | Masaki Nagumo | Motoko Arai |
| 2018 | 424 | Special citation by Nozomi Ohmori | Natsu no Musubime | Hisaki Orito | Motoko Arai |
| 2018 | 424 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | Kanki ni Somare | Kenji Nonaka | Motoko Arai |
| 2018 | 424 | Special citation by Motoko Arai | Adversarial Vipers, Arui ha Saigo no Ginkō Gōtō | Hitozō Takeda | Motoko Arai |
| 2019 | 511 | Winner | Sangita (サンギータ) | Tokio Amasawa | Yūsuke Miyauchi |
| 2019 | 511 | Second place | Inchin Shikatsu (飲鴆止渇) | Sayo Onoda | Yūsuke Miyauchi |
| 2019 | 511 | Special citation by Sanzō Kusaka | "Sakhalin Shakaishugi Kyōwakoku Kindai Shūkyō Shiryō" (2099) Bassui, oyobi Sonota Zakki | Mamoru Tanibayashi | Yūsuke Miyauchi |
| 2019 | 511 | Special citation by Yūsuke Miyauchi | Kaitensuru Dōbutsu no Seishiten | Chiba Shū | Yūsuke Miyauchi |
| Year | Submissions | Awards | Title | Author(s) | Judges |
| 2020 | 468 | Winner | Ao no Shanghai (蒼の上海) | Matō Oriteru | Akira Hori Yūsuke Miyauchi Tetsuya Kohama (Editor) |
| 2020 | 468 | Special citation by Judges | Ōedo Shinguraritei (大江戸しんぐらりてい) | Kazane Yarai | Akira Hori Yūsuke Miyauchi Tetsuya Kohama (Editor) |
| 2021 | 550 | Winner | Iteza no Kaoru Natsu (射手座の香る夏) | Rin Matsuki | Akira Hori Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama |
| 2021 | 550 | Second place | Kami no Buta (神の豚) | Kumiko Mizobuchi | Akira Hori Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama |
| 2022 | 496 | Winner | Kaze ni naruniwa mada (風になるにはまだ) | Chinami Sasahara | Masaki Yamada Dempow Torishima Tetsuya Kohama |
| 2023 | 487 | Winner | Ryū to Chinmoku no Ginga (竜と沈黙の銀河) | Toryū Abe | Masaki Yamada (absence due to illness) Iori Miyazawa Tetsuya Kohama |

## Published Books

* Matsuzaki, Yūri (2011). Agari [One Done] あがり (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018146.
* Miyauchi, Yūsuke (2012). Banjō no Yoru [The Night on the Game Board] 盤上の夜 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018153.
* Torishima, Dempow (2013). Kaikin no To [Sisyphean] 皆勤の徒 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018177.
* Haneko, Takayama (2014). Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no [Udon, Fox Haunted] うどん キツネつきの (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018191.
* Ishikawa, Muneo (2018). Hanbun Sekai [Halved World] 半分世界 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018252.
* Takashima, Yūya (2018). Landscape to Natsu no Teiri [Landscape and Summer Theorem] ランドスケープと夏の定理 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018283.
* Monden, Mitsuhiro (2018). Fūga [Wind Fang] 風牙 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018290.
* Hisanaga, Mikihiko (2020). 74-Byou no Senritsu to Kodoku [74 Seconds of melody and loneliness] 七十四秒の旋律と孤独. Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488018429.
* Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Yamada, Masaki, eds. (2010). Genshoku no Sōzōryoku 原色の想像力 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739010.
* Ohmori, Nozomi; Kusaka, Sanzō; Hori, Akira, eds. (2012). Genshoku no Sōzōryoku 2 原色の想像力2 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sogensha. ISBN 9784488739027.