Mephisto Prize
The is a Japanese literary award for unpublished genre fiction novels, mainly for mystery novels. It was established in 1996 by the editors of "Mephisto" magazine and is awarded on an irregular basis. The winning work is published by Kodansha and the winner receives a statue of Sherlock Holmes. The BBB is a publishing group in which some Mephisto Prize winners participate. The group was established in 2012 by Ryusui Seiryoin and other Mephisto Prize winners to translate their works into English and publish them as ebooks. Section::::"Mephisto" (magazine). is a Japanese literary magazine of genre fiction, mainly  of mystery fiction. It has been published triannually by Kodansha since April 1994. Koji Suzuki's "Promenade of the Gods" was serialized in the magazine from 1995 to 2002. The first three stories of Nisio Isin's "Monogatari" series were published in the magazine in 2005-2006.