Mephisto Prize

Template:Short description The Template:Nihongo is a Japanese literary award for unpublished genre fiction novels, mainly for mystery novels. It was established in 1996 by the editors of Mephisto magazine and is awarded on an irregular basis. The winning work is published by Kodansha and the winner receives a statue of Sherlock Holmes.

Winners whose works are available in English

Writers engaged in The BBB

The BBB is a publishing group in which some Mephisto Prize winners participate. The group was established in 2012 by Ryusui Seiryoin and other Mephisto Prize winners to translate their works into English and publish them as ebooks.

• Hiroshi Mori
• Ryusui Seiryoin (Chief Editing Officer of The BBB)
• Kenichi Sobu
• Kyosuke Tsumiki
• Takafumi Takada
• Ryosuke Akizuki
• Ryuoh Yano

Other writers

• Otaro Maijo
• Yuya Sato
• Nisio Isin

Winners

	Year	Winner	Winning entry	Available in English Translation
1	1996	Hiroshi Mori	Template:Nihongo
2	1996	Ryusui Seiryoin	Template:Nihongo
3	1997	Kenichi Sobu (ja)	Template:Nihongo
4	1998	Kurumi Inui	Template:Nihongo
5	1998	Kazuhiro Uraga (ja)	Template:Nihongo
6	1998	Kyosuke Tsumiki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
7	1998	Fuyuki Shindo (ja)	Template:Nihongo
8	1998	Mitsufumi Asagure (ja)	Template:Nihongo
9	1998	Takafumi Takada (ja)	Template:Nihongo
10	1999	Nozomu Nakashima (ja)	Template:Nihongo
11	1999	Shina Takasato (ja)	Template:Nihongo
12	1999	Takumi Kirisha (ja)	Template:Nihongo
13	1999	Masayuki Shuno (ja)	Template:Nihongo
14	2000	Seiji Kodokoro (ja)	Template:Nihongo
15	2000	Toru Hikawa (ja)	Template:Nihongo
16	2000	Kenji Kuroda (ja)	Template:Nihongo
17	2000	Kaju Koizumi (ja)	Template:Nihongo
18	2000	Koji Ishizaki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
19	2001	Otaro Maijo	Template:Nihongo
20	2001	Ryosuke Akizuki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
21	2001	Yuya Sato	Template:Nihongo
22	2001	Takumi Tsumura (ja)	Template:Nihongo
23	2002	Nisio Isin	Template:Nihongo	Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle
24	2002	Takekuni Kitayama (ja)	Template:Nihongo
25	2002	Megumi Tachimori (ja)	Template:Nihongo
26	2002	Akira Ishiguro (ja)	Template:Nihongo
27	2003	Shintaro Ikegaki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
28	2003	Namida Sekita (ja)	Template:Nihongo
29	2003	Yukiya Shoji (ja)	Template:Nihongo
30	2004	Ryuoh Yano (ja)	Template:Nihongo
31	2004	Mizuki Tsujimura	Template:Nihongo	A School Frozen in Time
32	2005	Yukiko Mari (ja)	Template:Nihongo
33	2005	Takeshi Moriyama (ja)	Template:Nihongo
34	2006	Hayato Okazaki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
35	2007	Mahoro Furuno (ja)	Template:Nihongo
36	2007	Reiichiro Fukami (ja)	Template:Nihongo
37	2008	Korumono Migiwa (ja)	Template:Nihongo
38	2008	Sosuke Watari (ja)	Template:Nihongo
39	2008	Yushin Jiro (ja)	Template:Nihongo
40	2009	Yamori Mochizuki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
41	2009	Koichiro Akahoshi (ja)	Template:Nihongo
42	2009	Mito Shirakawa (ja)	Template:Nihongo
43	2010	Ryo Amane (ja)	Template:Nihongo
44	2010	Tenju Maruyama (ja)	Template:Nihongo
45	2010	Daisuke Takada (ja)	Template:Nihongo
46	2012	Natsuki Kita (ja)	Template:Nihongo
47	2013	Ritsu Shuki (ja)	Template:Nihongo
48	2013	Yoichi Chikamoto	Template:Nihongo
49	2013	Sho Kazamori	Template:Nihongo
50	2014	Yabusaka Hayasaka (ja)	Template:Nihongo
51	2015	Magi Inoue	Template:Nihongo

Mephisto (magazine)

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese literary magazine of genre fiction, mainly of mystery fiction. It has been published triannually by Kodansha since April 1994.

Koji Suzuki's Promenade of the Gods was serialized in the magazine from 1995 to 2002. The first three stories of Nisio Isin's Monogatari series were published in the magazine in 2005-2006.

Short stories available in English translation which were originally published in Mephisto magazine

• Hiroshi Mori
  • "The Girl Who Was the Little Bird" (December 1997 issue)
  • "A Pair of Hearts" (October 1998 issue)
  • "Which Is the Witch?" (September 1999 issue)
• Rintaro Norizuki
  • "An Urban Legend Puzzle" (September 2001 issue)
• Soji Shimada
  • "The Locked House of Pythagoras" (September 1999 issue)
• Takafumi Takada
  • "Three Little Bonzes: The Case Diary of Chinami Chiba" (September 2000 issue)
  • "A Goat on a Boat to Float: The Case Diary of Chinami Chiba" (September 2002 issue)

Contributors

See also

Japanese mystery awards for unpublished novels

• Edogawa Rampo Prize
• Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
• Agatha Christie Award

Japanese mystery awards for best works published in the previous year

• Mystery Writers of Japan Award
• Honkaku Mystery Award

External links

• Official Website of Mephisto magazine Template:In lang
• The BBB: Breakthrough Bandwagon Books - Website of some Mephisto Prize winners Template:In lang