Tetsuya Ayukawa Award

The **Tetsuya Ayukawa Award** (鮎川哲也賞(あゆかわてつやしょう), *Ayukawa Tetsuya Shō*) is a Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels, established in 1990, the year following the release of The Thirteenth Chair, the closing entry in Tetsuya Ayukawa's 13-volume mystery series Tetsuya Ayukawa and the Thirteen Mysteries published by Tokyo Sogensha. Winners receive a statue of Conan Doyle and the royalties for the book published every October by Tokyo Sogensha.

## Selection Committee

**1st to 6th Selection:**

* **Tetsuya Ayukawa** (鮎川(あゆかわ) 哲也(てつや), *Ayukawa Tetsuya*)**:**
* **Junichirou Kida** (紀田(きだ) 順一郎(じゅんいちろう), *Kida Jun'ichirō*)**:**
* **Kawatarou Nakajima** (中島(なかじま) 河太郎(かわたろう), *Nakajima Kawatarō*)**:**

**7th Selection:**

* **Tetsuya Ayukawa** (鮎川(あゆかわ) 哲也(てつや), *Ayukawa Tetsuya*)**:**
* **Takao Tsuchiya** (土屋(つちや) 隆夫(たかお), *Tsuchiya Takao*)**:**
* **Alice Arisugawa** (有栖川(ありすがわ) 有栖(ありす), *Arisugawa Arisu*)**:**

**8th to 10th Selection:**

* **Yukito Ayatsuji** (綾辻(あやつじ) 行人(ゆきと), *Ayatsuji Yukito*)**:**
* **Alice Arisugawa** (有栖川(ありすがわ) 有栖(ありす), *Arisugawa Arisu*)**:**
* **Souji Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 荘司(そうじ), *Shimada Sōji*)**:**

**11th to 12th Selection:**

* **Tetsuya Ayukawa** (鮎川(あゆかわ) 哲也(てつや), *Ayukawa Tetsuya*)**:**
* **Kiyoshi Kasai** (笠井(かさい) 潔(きよし), *Kasai Kiyoshi*)**:**
* **Souji Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 荘司(そうじ), *Shimada Sōji*)**:**

**13th Selection:**

* **Kiyoshi Kasai** (笠井(かさい) 潔(きよし), *Kasai Kiyoshi*)**:**
* **Souji Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 荘司(そうじ), *Shimada Sōji*)**:**

**14th to 18th Selection:**

* **Kiyoshi Kasai** (笠井(かさい) 潔(きよし), *Kasai Kiyoshi*)**:**
* **Souji Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 荘司(そうじ), *Shimada Sōji*)**:**
* **Masaki Yamada** (山田(やまだ) 正紀(まさき), *Yamada Masaki*)**:**

**19th to 21st Selection:**

* **Kiyoshi Kasai** (笠井(かさい) 潔(きよし), *Kasai Kiyoshi*)**:**
* **Kaoru Kitamura** (北村() 薫(), *Kitamura Kaoru*)**:**
* **Souji Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 荘司(そうじ), *Shimada Sōji*)**:**
* **Masaki Yamada** (山田(やまだ) 正紀(まさき), *Yamada Masaki*)**:**

**22nd to 23rd Selection:**

* **Taku Ashibe** (芦辺(あしべ) 拓(たく), *Ashibe Taku*)**:**
* **Kaoru Kitamura** (北村() 薫(), *Kitamura Kaoru*)**:**
* **Masaki Tsuji** (辻(つじ) 真先(まさき), *Tsuji Masaki*)**:**

**24th to 26th Selection:**

* **Kaoru Kitamura** (北村() 薫(), *Kitamura Kaoru*)**:**
* **Fumie Kondou** (近藤(こんどう) 史恵(ふみえ), *Kondō Fumie*)**:**
* **Masaki Tsuji** (辻(つじ) 真先(まさき), *Tsuji Masaki*)**:**

**27th to 29th Selection:**

* **Tomoko Kanou** (加納(かのう) 朋子(ともこ), *Kanō Tomoko*)**:**
* **Kaoru Kitamura** (北村() 薫(), *Kitamura Kaoru*)**:**
* **Masaki Tsuji** (辻(つじ) 真先(まさき), *Tsuji Masaki*)**:**

**30th Selection:**

* **Tomoko Kanou** (加納(かのう) 朋子(ともこ), *Kanō Tomoko*)**:**
* **Masaki Tsuji** (辻(つじ) 真先(まさき), *Tsuji Masaki*)**:**
* **Tokuya Higashigawa** (東川(ひがしかわ) 篤哉(とくや), *Higashigawa Tokuya*)**:**

**31th to Present Selection:**

* **Masaki Tsuji** (辻(つじ) 真先(まさき), *Tsuji Masaki*)**:**
* **Tokuya Higashigawa** (東川(ひがしかわ) 篤哉(とくや), *Higashigawa Tokuya*)**:**
* **Yutaka Maya** (麻耶(まや) 雄嵩(ゆたか), *Maya Yutaka*)**:**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thirteen in a Murder Comedy (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Line of Discontinuity (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Seven Little Children (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Freezing Island (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Avatar (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Fury of the 24 Pieties (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Curious Report of Adrift Pirates (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Dawn of Nightmares (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Katerina the Wheel Martyr (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 The Builded Dead (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 The Labyrinth of the Scriptorium (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Millenium of Silence: The Tale of Genji Variant Variant (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Nocturne Offered to the Demon (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Vesalius' Casket (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Great Adventure in the Celestial Town (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 The Star Shining Onto the Seven Oceans (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Cendrillon of Midnight (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Body Message (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 The Optician Was Gone (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Murder in the Gymnasium: The Black Umbrella Mystery (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 A Great Detective's Worth (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Welcome to Hanabusa B(illiards) (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 The Jellyfish Never Freezes (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Murder at Shijinsou (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 The Detective Is Not in the Classroom (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 The Time Traveler's Hourglass (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 The Murderer of Five Colors (in Japanese). Published by Tokyo Sogensha.