The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner receives a statue of Arthur Conan Doyle.
The award was named after Tetsuya Ayukawa (1919âÂÂ2002), a Japanese writer who mainly wrote the Golden-Age-style detective fiction.
Winners
Members of the selection committee
- From 1990 (1st) to 1995 (6th)
- Tetsuya Ayukawa, Kawataro Nakajima, Junichiro Kida
- From 1996 (7th)
- Tetsuya Ayukawa, Takao Tsuchiya, Alice Arisugawa
- From 1997 (8th) to 1999 (10th)
- Soji Shimada, Yukito Ayatsuji, Alice Arisugawa
- From 2001 (11th) to 2002 (12th)
- Tetsuya Ayukawa, Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai
- From 2003 (13th)
- Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai
- From 2004 (14th) to 2008 (18th)
- Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai, Masaki Yamada
- From 2009 (19th) to 2011 (21st)
- Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai, Masaki Yamada, Kaoru Kitamura
- From 2012 (22nd) to 2013 (23rd)
- Kaoru Kitamura, Masaki Tsuji, Taku Ashibe
- From 2014 (24th)
- Kaoru Kitamura, Masaki Tsuji, Fumie Kondo
See also
Japanese mystery awards for unpublished novels
Japanese mystery awards for best works published in the previous year
References
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