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Sogen SF Short Story Prize
The 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 It is a prize contest for original unpublished stories of science fiction and other related genres.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 . Until 2019, Regular judges have been Nozomi Ohmori (critic/translator/anthologist) and Sanzo Kusaka, Sanzō Kusaka (critic/anthologist), who have edited the year's-best. Another notable author have been invited as a guest judge each year. Recognition Yusuke Miyauchi, Yūsuke Miyauchi's first collection wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize ( Spanish), the Camões Prize ( Portuguese), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsuke Miyauchi
Yūsuke, Yusuke, or Yuusuke is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūsuke can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *勇介, "courage, mediate" *勇助, "courage, to help" *勇輔, "courage, to help" *勇祐, "courage, to help" *勇佑, "courage, to help" *勇丞, "courage, to help" *雄介, "masculinity, mediate" *雄助, "masculinity, to help" *雄輔, "masculinity, to help" *雄祐, "masculinity, to help" *雄佑, "masculinity, to help" *雄丞, "masculinity, to help" *友介, "friend, mediate" *友助, "friend, to help" *友輔, "friend, to help" *有介, "possessing/having, mediate" *由介, "reason, mediate" *裕祐, "abundant, to help" *柚介, "citron, mediate" *愉祐, "pleasure, to help" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうすけ or katakana ユウスケ. Notable people with the name * Yusuke Aihara (相原 裕介, born 1994), a Japanese professional vert skater *Yusuke Chiba (, born 1968), Japanese sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokio Amasawa
Tokio may refer to: * , the capital of Japan, used primarily in non-English-speaking countries may also refer to: Music * Tokio (band), a Japanese pop/rock band ** ''Tokio'' (album), their debut album * Tokio Hotel, a German rock band * Tokio, a Japanese singer Kenji Sawada's album and song Places * Tokio, North Dakota, a community in the United States * Tokio, Texas, a community in the United States * Tokio, Washington, a ghost town Companies and other organizations * Tokio Marine Nichido, a Japanese insurance company * Tokio Millennium Re Ltd., a reinsurance company Other uses * Tokio (given name), a masculine Japanese given name * 498 Tokio, a minor planet * '' Toki'', a 1986 video game originally released as ''Scramble Formation'' * ''City of Tokio'', an iron steamship built in 1874 in the USA * ''Tokio'' (yacht) * ''Tokio Express'', a container ship that caused the great Lego spill of 1997 * Tokio (software), asynchronous input/output software library for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoko Arai
Motoko Arai (新井素子; born August 8, 1960) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her writing is characterized by her use of a light conversational tone geared towards a young adult audience. She has published three series of novels and several short stories. Her works, '' Green Requiem'' and ''Neptune'', received the Seiun Award for short story in 1981 and 1982. Early life Born in Tokyo in 1960, Arai expressed her creativity early on as a sophomore at Metropolitan High School of Igusa when she entered the science fiction magazine Kiso Tengai’s first competition for new writers. At age 16, she received an honorable mention and praise from prominent science fiction writer Shinichi Hoshi for her short story entry ''Inside Myself''. Hoshi was a classmate of her father's and both of her parents were employees of Kodansha. Writing the entire story in the language of a contemporary teenage girl with minimal Kanji, Arai established a precedent for an emerging genre o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūgen Yashima
Japanese aesthetics comprise a set of ancient ideals that include '' wabi'' (transient and stark beauty), '' sabi'' (the beauty of natural patina and aging), and '' yūgen'' (profound grace and subtlety). These ideals, and others, underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful. Thus, while seen as a philosophy in Western societies, the concept of aesthetics in Japan is seen as an integral part of daily life. Japanese aesthetics now encompass a variety of ideals; some of these are traditional while others are modern and sometimes influenced by other cultures. Shinto and Buddhism Shinto is considered to be at the fountain-head of Japanese culture. With its emphasis on the wholeness of nature and character in ethics, and its celebration of the landscape, it sets the tone for Japanese aesthetics. Until the thirteenth century, Shinto remained the main influence on Japanese aesthetics. In the Buddhist tradition, all things are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Hase
is a generally masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings *哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" *悟, "bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension" *敏, "quick, sharp" *智, "knowledge, wisdom" *聡, "intelligent, clever, bright" *慧, "bright, intelligent" *訓, "teach, instruct" *諭, "teach, to lead" People with the name *, Japanese politician *, Japanese surgeon and astronaut *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *, Japanese jazz guitarist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese origami master * Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese linguist *, Illustrator *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball player *, film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muneo Ishikawa
Muneo (written: 宗男 or 宗雄) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (born 1948), Japanese politician *, Japanese academic *Muneo Yoshikawa Muneo Jay Yoshikawa (吉川 宗男) is a Japanese professor, author, researcher and consultant in the fields of intercultural communication, human development, human resource management, and leadership. Career Muneo Yoshikawa was born in Tokyo ... (born 1938), Japanese academic and writer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riku Onda
is the professional name of , a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. Early life and education Onda was born in 1964 in Aomori, Japan but raised in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. She graduated from Waseda University in 1987 and worked in an office for several years, then quit her job to try writing a novel after reading Ken'ichi Sakemi's 1991 novel '. Career Onda made her literary debut in 1992 with the novel ', which was adapted into the 2000 NHK show ' starring Anne Suzuki and Chiaki Kuriyama. More novels and adaptations followed, including the 1999 novel ', which was adapted into a 2002 film, and the 2000 novel ', which was adapted into a 2001 TBS television series starring Tsubasa Imai. In 2005 Onda won the 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers and the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iori Miyazawa
Iori may refer to: People *, famed swordsman from the Edo period of Japan *, Japanese singer and voice actress *, Japanese baseball catcher *, Japanese pornographic (AV) actress *, Russian Japanese racing driver *, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese baseball player * Manuel Iori (born 1983), Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side Livorno Characters * Iori Hida (Cody Hida in English dub), a character from ''Digimon Adventure 02'' *Iori Yagami, an SNK character in the ''King of Fighters'' video games *Iori Minase, a character in the Japanese media franchise ''The Idolm@ster'' *Iori Nagase, a character from the anime/manga/light novel series ''Kokoro Connect'' *Iori Yoshizuki, one of the main characters from the manga series '' I"s'' *Iori Davies, a character in the Welsh language television series ''Pobol y Cwm'' *Iori Asahina, a character in the Otome game ''Brothers Conflict'' *Iori Shirou, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuya Takashima
Yuya (sometimes Iouiya, or Yuaa, also known as Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, and Yuy) was a powerful ancient Egyptian courtier during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (circa 1390 BC). He was married to Thuya, an Egyptian noblewoman associated with the royal family, who held high offices in the governmental and religious hierarchies. Their daughter, Tiye, became the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III. Yuya and Thuya are known to have had a son named Anen, who carried the titles "Chancellor of Lower Egypt", "Second Prophet of Amun", "Sm-priest of Heliopolis", and "Divine Father". They may also have been the parents of Ay,Rice, p.222 an Egyptian courtier active during the reign of Akhenaten, who eventually became pharaoh as ''Kheperkheprure Ay''. There is no conclusive evidence, however, regarding the kinship of Yuya and Ay, although certainly both men came from the town of Akhmim. The tomb of Yuya and Thuya was, until the discovery of Tutankhamun's, one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
