The final selection results for the 2nd Next Generation Writers Literary Award have been announced. One Grand Prize winner and one Special Prize winner will be selected.

2022.09.30 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. / Indent Co., Ltd.

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / President and CEO: Masuda Muneaki, hereinafter referred to as CCC) and indent Inc. (Head office: Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture / CEO: Kamagata Yuki, hereinafter referred to as indent), provider of the writing tool "Nola," used by approximately 300,000 writers to support the creation of structured stories, have announced the final selection results of the "2nd Next Generation Writers Literary Award," which they are co-hosting, as follows: one Special Award winner has been selected in the "General Entertainment Category," and one Grand Prize winner has been selected in the "Comic Adaptation Original Category."

The work that won the Grand Prize in the "Comic Adaptation Category" will be turned into a comic and published as a book by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Additionally, the book will be available in prime locations in the comic section of over 800 TSUTAYA stores nationwide, as well as in bookstores and e-book stores nationwide.

■ Final selection results for the 2nd Next Generation Writers Literary Award
・"General Entertainment Novel Category"
Grand Prize: No winners
Special Award: "The Maidens of Algorithm" (Meiji Ibuki)
・"Light Novel Literature Division"
Grand Prize: No winners
・"Comic Adaptation Original Work Category"
Grand Prize: "Good Days" (Yui Ogawa)

■General comments
"General Entertainment Novel Category" / Tokuma Shoten Literature Editorial Department
Easy to read. This is my impression of the works submitted for the second edition of this award. The writing was mostly flawless, the story development followed standard formulas, and many of the works were easy to read from start to finish. However, I felt that the work was somehow lacking. I think the reason for this is that the characters are driven solely by the demands of the story. Such works tend to give the impression of being "easy to read but convenient," and tend to result in low levels of satisfaction. To break away from that, I would have liked to see them take an approach where they delve deeper into the characters and let the story move forward at their request.
Thank you very much for applying to this category.

"Light Novels Division" / Earth Star Novel Editorial Department
It seemed like many of the works were constructed with unique worldviews and characters, but in terms of readability, such as story development and tempo, many of the works were not suitable for our "light novels."
Unfortunately, we were unable to select a grand prize winner, but there were many works that showed great potential.
I think it would be even better if you focused on making it easy to read and smoothly drawing the reader in.
Thank you very much for your application to our Light Novel Literature Division.

"Comic Adaptation Original Category" / From the Sony Music Entertainment Editorial Department
As this was a category for original comic adaptations, in addition to the world view, character settings, and compositional ability, we also considered the interestingness of "expressing the story in pictures" while visualizing the story in one's mind as an important point in the selection process.
All of the works were full of passion and were fascinating, and it was very difficult to narrow down the works at the final selection meeting. However, in addition to the points mentioned above, I chose the work that I felt most strongly had the power to keep the reader engaged until the very end.
Once again, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who applied in this category.

For a list of works that passed the final selection and the selection comments, please seeOfficial website of the 2nd Next Generation Writers Literary AwardPlease refer to.
Details regarding the next Next Generation Writers Literary Award will be announced as soon as they are decided.
Through this award, TSUTAYA and Indent will fully support the next generation of authors who love books, manga, and writing, and aim to create entertainment works that will be enjoyed by a wide range of generations.

■About the Next Generation Writers Literary Award:
　This is an open literary award co-sponsored by TSUTAYA and Nola, with the aim of supporting the next generation of authors who will lead the book and manga industry in the future.
■Recruitment department:
　"General Entertainment Novel Category," "Light Novel Literature Category," and "Comic Adaptation Original Category"
■Grand Prize: One work will be selected as the "Grand Prize" from each category.
　① Prize money: 300,000 yen
　② A commitment to publish the book by a TSUTAYA group publisher or Sony Music Entertainment　

*The "General Entertainment Novels" category will be published as a book by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd., the "Light Novels Literature" category will be published as a book by Earth Star Entertainment Co., Ltd., and the "Comic Adaptation Original" category will be published as a comic by Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

　3) Large-scale expansion in prime locations in the book and comic section of TSUTAYA stores nationwide
■Special award: Several winners in each category. The publisher that recommended the special award winning work will proceed with consideration for publishing the book.

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The final selection results for the 2nd Next Generation Writers Literary Award have been announced. One Grand Prize winner and one Special Prize winner will be selected.

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