[Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture] Application guidelines for the 5th Sarashina Nikki Millennium Literary Award announced
Ichihara City Press release: September 27, 2024 [Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture] Application guidelines for the 5th Sarashina Nikki Millennium Literary Award announced
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Through the literary award, we held the “5th Sarashina Nikki Millennium Literary Award” with the aim of having people feel the joy of writing and reading, be encouraged by literature and enrich their souls, and feel the charm and attachment to Ichihara. Masu. 1 About Sarashina Nikki Millennium Literary Award In 2020, which marks the 1,000th anniversary since 1020, when Takabe Sugawara, the author of Sarashina Diary, left Kazusa Kokufu (currently Ichihara City) to return to Tokyo, the city established the Sarashina Diary Millennium Literary Award. I did. Each year, excellent works are gathered from all over the country. 2 Recruitment details Application period: February 1st (Saturday) to February 28th (Friday), 2020 (postmark valid on the day) Announcement method: Award-winning works will be published on the Sarashina Diary Millennium website, and will also be made into a booklet and distributed. Announcement of prize winners End of August 2020 (scheduled) Sponsored by Ichihara City, Ichihara City Board of Education Selection committee member (title omitted) ◆Selection Committee Chair Makoto Shiina (author) ◆Selection committee members (in alphabetical order) Sachiko Kagami (essayist [former NHK announcer]) Shizue Kishimoto (Shimo) (writer, resident in the city) Aki Takeshita (Shogakukan Editor) Solicited works ◆Novel ◆Essay (including travelogue) As a literary work, the theme and content are free, and it must incorporate at least one word of Ichihara City’s place names, people, events, nature, history, etc. However, the number of descriptions related to Ichihara City is not the criterion for selection. Target No age or address required Standard ◆Novel: 400 characters manuscript paper 28 or more sheets, 33 sheets or less ◆Essay (including travelogue): 400 characters, 10 to 12 sheets of manuscript paper Type of award ◆Novel 1 grand prize (commemorative gift and prize money of 300,000 yen) 2 awards for excellence (commemorative gift and prize money of 100,000 yen) Selection Committee Special Award (Certificate) ◆Essay (including travelogue) 1 Grand Prize (150,000 yen commemorative gift and prize money) 2 Excellence Awards (commemorative gift and prize money of 50,000 yen) Selection Committee Special Award (Certificate) *Scores for the Selection Committee Special Award are not determined in either case. Selection committee Ichihara Poets Association Solicited works Tanka Theme Mountain Target Elementary and junior high school students, no address required Type of award ◆Elementary school student 1 grand prize (10,000 yen worth of commemorative gifts and book cards) Excellence Award 2 items (souvenirs and book cards worth 5,000 yen) 3 honorable mentions (a certificate and a book card worth 3,000 yen) ◆Junior high school student 1 grand prize (10,000 yen worth of commemorative gifts and book cards) 2 awards for excellence (5,000 yen worth of souvenirs and book cards) 3 honorable mentions (a certificate and a book card worth 3,000 yen)
