The winners of the 2nd Japan Entertainment Novel Award have been decided!

2014.08.01 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. / Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. / Linda Publishers Co., Ltd. 　

-- A literary award for original novels that make hit movie producers want to adapt them into films --

The 2nd Japan Entertainment Novel Awards, which began accepting entries in August last year and is organized by three companies: Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc., and Linda Publishers Co., Ltd. (in alphabetical order), closed the application period on February 28th. After a rigorous screening process, no work was selected as the Grand Prize winner, and two works were selected as Excellence Prize winners, as shown below.

This award is a new type of literary prize that aims to discover "new writers" who can create "inspirational original novels for films" with overwhelming entertainment value, ideas, and unexpected story developments. The competition attracted a total of 208 highly entertaining works from a wide range of generations, covering a wide range of genres including mystery, science fiction, romance, horror, and light novels, all of which were written with the intention of being adapted into films.
From these, under the direction of film producer Osamu Kubota, who served as the chairman of the second judging committee, the first round of selection narrowed it down to 30 works, the second round to 10 works, and the third round to 4 works. After the final selection, the following two works were selected as Excellence Award winners.
The two Excellence Award winning works are scheduled to be published by Linda Publishers in the future.

The 2nd Japan Entertainment Novel Award winning works

(For details and works that passed the second round and beyond, please seehttp://nihonentame.jp/reference)
Grand Prize: None
Excellence Award: "Fantasy Sonnet" by Tai Yosuke
Excellence Award: "Fourteen Days with Malaba Temar" by Yamada Akira

About the 3rd round of applications

Preparations are underway for the 3rd Japan Entertainment Novel Award, with applications due to begin in September.
We will provide further information as soon as the details are decided.

Co-hosts (in alphabetical order)

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. Shibuya Garden Tower 6th Floor, 16-17 Nanpeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. 1-9-3 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo　
Linda Publishers Co., Ltd. 2-16-8 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Materials related to this matter

The winners of the 2nd Japan Entertainment Novel Award have been decided!

Inquiries regarding this matter

Japan Entertainment Novel Awards Secretariat (Linda Publishers Co., Ltd.)
Contact: Shinbo TEL: 03-6712-0334