Gunzo Prize for New Writers

The Gunzo New Writers' Prize (群像新人文学賞, Gunzō Shinjin Bungakushō) is an annual literary prize awarded by Japanese literary magazine Gunzo, published by Kodansha. It was established in 1958 with two categories, one for novels and one for commentary. According to submission rules, novels submitted must be between 250 and 500 pages, while commentary must be no more than 100 pages (raised from 50 pages in 2003). The winning writer receives a prize of 500,000 yen, with the winning work being published in the June edition of Gunzo.

List of winners

Novels

Numbers 1 through 10

Number	Year	Author	Japanese title	Rōmaji	English
1	1958	No winner selected
2	1959	No winner selected
3	1960	Tamako Koga	魔笛	Mateki	The Magic Flute
4	1961	No winner selected
5	1962	Kei Nishihara	日蝕	Nisshoku	Solar Eclipse
6	1963	Ryūichi Fumisawa	重い車	Omoi Kuruma
7	1964	Michiko Miyoshi	どくだみ	Dokudami	Chameleon plant
8	1965	Tōru Kurobe	砂の関係	Sunano Kankei
9	1966	No winner selected
10	1967	近藤弘俊	骨

Numbers 11 through 20

Number	Year	Author	Japanese title	Rōmaji	English
11	1968	Minako Ōba	三匹の蟹	Sanpikino Kani	Three Crabs
12	1969	Lee Hoesung	またふたたびの道	Mata Futatabino Michi	The Same Road Again
13	1970	Kōsuke Katsuki	出発の周辺	Shuppatsuno Shuuhen
14	1971	Miyoko Kobayashi	髪の花	Kamino Hana
		広川禎孝	チョーク	Chōku	Chalk
15	1972	No winner selected
16	1973	No winner selected
17	1974	Akira Iida	迪子とその夫
		Hitoshi Morimoto	或る回復	Aru Kaifuku	Recovery
		Michitsuna Takahashi	退屈しのぎ	Taikutsushinosugi	Killing Time
18	1975	Kyōko Hayashi	祭りの場	Matsurino ba
19	1976	Ryū Murakami	限りなく透明に近いブルー	Kagirinaku Tōmeini Chikai Burū	Near-transparent Blue
20	1977	No winner selected

Numbers 21 through 30

Number	Year	Author	Japanese title	Rōmaji	English
21	1978	小幡亮介	永遠に一日	Eienni Ichinichi	Forever One Day
		Kei Nakazawa	海を感じる時	Umiwo Kanjiru Toki	When You Feel The Sea
22	1979	Haruki Murakami	風の歌を聴け	Kazeno Utawo Kike	Hear the Wind Sing
23	1980	長谷川卓	昼と夜	Hiruto Yoru	Day and Night
24	1981	Yoriko Shōno	極楽	Gokuraku	Paradise
25	1982	No winner selected
26	1983	Naoyuki Ii	草のかんむり	Kusano Kanmuri	A Crown of Grass
27	1984	Fumiko Hanagi	ダミアンズ、私の獲物	Damianzu, Watashino Emono
28	1985	李起昇	ゼロはん	Zerohan
		Haruhiko Yoshimeki	ジパング	Jipangu
29	1986	Chihiro Arai	復活祭のためのレクイエム	Fukkatsusaino Tameno Rekuiemu	Requiem for Easter
30	1987	Yōko Shimoi	あなたについて　わたしについて	Anatani tsuite Watashini tsuite	About You, About Me
		Takayuki Suzuki	ポートレイト・イン・ナンバー	Pōtoreito In Nanbā

Numbers 31 through 40

Number	Year	Author	Japanese title	Rōmaji	English
31	1988	石田邦男	アルチュール・エリソンの素描	Aruchūru Erisonno Sobyō
32	1989	No winner selected
33	1990	Wataru Takano	コンビニエンスロゴス	Konbiniensu Rogusu
34	1991	Yoko Tawada	かかとを失くして	Kakatowo Nakushite
35	1992	No winner selected
36	1993	No winner selected
37	1994	Kazushige Abe	生ける屍の夜	Ikeru Shikabaneno Yoru	Night of the Living Dead
38	1995	No winner selected
39	1996	No winner selected
	優秀賞	Sonoe Dōgaki	足下の土	Ashimotono Tsuchi	The earth under your feet
40	1997	Yoshihisa Okazaki	秒速 10 センチの越冬	Byōsoku Jū Senchino Ettō	Passing the winter at 10 centimetres per second

Numbers 41 through 50

Number	Year	Author	Japanese title	Rōmaji	English
41	1998	No winner selected
	優秀賞	Tetsuya Kamada	水のはじまり	Mizuno Hajimari	The Start of the Water
42	1999	No winner selected
43	2000	Hajime Yokota	(世界記録)	(Sekai Kiroku)	(World Record)
	優秀賞	Yūji Nakai	フリースタイルのいろんな話	Furīstairuno Ironna Hanashi	Various Freestyle Chats
44	2001	Tōru Hagiwara	蚤の心臓ファンクラブ	Nomino Shinzō Fankurabu	Flea Heart Fan Club
	優秀賞	Rio Shimamoto	シルエット	Shiruetto	Silhouette
45	2002	Tomoki Teramura	死せる魂の幻想、
		Daisuke Hayakawa	ジャイロ！	Jairo!	Gyro!
46	2003	Ken Mori	火薬と愛の星	Kayakuto Aino Hoshi	Gunpowder and the Star of Love
	優秀賞	Sayaka Murata	授乳	Junyū	Breastfeeding
		Aya Wakisaka	鼠と肋骨	Nezumito rokkotsu	Mice and ribs
47	2004	Mika Jūmonji	狐寝入夢虜
	優秀賞	Norikazu Satō	サージウスの死神	Sājiusuno Shinigami
48	2005	Naoya Higuchi	さよなら アメリカ	Sayonara Amerika	Goodbye, America
	優秀賞	Anne Mochizuki	グルメな女と優しい男	Gurumena Onnato Yasashii Otoko	The Gourmet Women and the Kind Man
49	2006	Furukuri Kinoshita	無限のしもべ	Mugenno Shimobe
		Asuka Asahina	憂鬱なハスビーン	Yūutsuna Hasubīn	Depressed Has-been
	優秀賞	Nozomi Fukatsu	煙幕	Enmaku	Smokescreen