Literary Awards
Literary awards (speak a ginger) and is known to be given awards for outstanding literary works.
Some literary prize, the prize has been given to works published by other newspapers, magazines, comic books, its award given to the public and unpublished works (Newcomer Competition) there.
In addition, children's books, especially for infants and school children (eg, fairy tale picture book) if you are targeted, sometimes referred to as children's literature prize.
The literature prize will be paid not only for the prize winners for the application fee is paid to the selection committee is also expensive, sometimes referred to as a good part of the body of writers. Position that the jury itself, and is considered one of the literary world of the post in politics and have no particular term Akutagawa, once appointed, unless the resignation is if possible stay in that position until his death, which also criticized may be subject to.
Also, preferences and circumstances of the selection committee publishers, not necessarily in the work of the award made by a variety of bias may not. Naoki the SF and mystery has been disadvantageous, SF Tsutsui Yasutaka satirical writer is critical of the circumstances of his defeat Naoki [great] written a running start. Nakahara Masaya is [flash] but became a candidate for the Akutagawa Prize, is also entering a vote were defeated when, in a series of blistering criticism of the selection committee for the magazine.