The Ayukawa Tetsuya Award (鮎川哲也賞, Ayukawa Tetsuya Shō) is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner receives a statue of Arthur Conan Doyle.

The award was named after Tetsuya Ayukawa (1919–2002), a Japanese writer who mainly wrote the Golden-Age-style detective fiction.

Winners

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Year Winner Winning entry Available in English Translation
1 1990 Taku Ashibe Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin (殺人喜劇の13人) lit. Thirteen in a Murder Comedy
2 1991 Shinsuke Ishikawa (ja) Furenzokusen (不連続線)
3 1992 Tomoko Kano (ja) Nanatsu no Ko (ななつのこ)
4 1993 Fumie Kondo (ja)[1] Kogoeru Shima (凍える島) lit. Frozen Island
5 1994 Akira Aikawa (ja) Keshin (化身)
6 1995 Ko Kitamori (ja) Kyōran Nijūshi-kō (狂乱廿四孝)
7 1996 Taro Mitsusaka (ja) Kaizokumaru Hyōchaku Ibun (海賊丸漂着異聞)
8 1997 Kenji Kodama (ja) Mimei no Akumu (未明の悪夢)
9 1998 Katsunori Asukabe (ja) Junkyō Katerina Sharin (殉教カテリナ車輪)
10 1999 no applicable work
11 2001 Noriyuki Monzen (ja) Kenchiku Shizai (建築屍材)
12 2002 Hitoshi Goto (ja) Sukuriputoriumu no Meikyū (写本室の迷宮) The Labyrinth of the Scriptorium
13 2003 Akiko Moriya (ja) Sennen no Shijima: Ihon Genji Monogatari (千年の黙 異本源氏物語)
14 2004 Keijiro Kamizu (ja) Oni ni Sasageru Yasōkyoku (鬼に捧げる夜想曲)
Ruriko Kishida (ja) Misshitsu no Rekuiemu [Requiem] (密室の鎮魂歌)
15 2005 no applicable work
16 2006 Kazushi Asami (ja) Vesariusu [Vesalius] no Hitsugi (ヴェサリウスの柩)
17 2007 Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (ja) Unjō-Toshi no Dai-Bōken (雲上都市の大冒険)
18 2008 Nanakawa Kanan (ja) Nanatsu no Umi o Terasu Hoshi (七つの海を照らす星)
19 2009 Sako Aizawa (ja) Gozen Reiji no Sandoriyon [Cendrillon] (午前零時のサンドリヨン)
20 2010 Junichi Aman (ja) Bodī Messēji [Body Message] (ボディ・メッセージ)
Wataru Tsukihara (ja) Taiyō ga Shinda Yoru (太陽が死んだ夜)
21 2011 Ayato Yamada (ja) Megane-ya wa Kieta (眼鏡屋は消えた)
22 2012 Yugo Aosaki (ja) Taiikukan no Satsujin (体育館の殺人)
23 2013 Tetsuya Ichikawa (ja) Meitantei no Shōmei (名探偵の証明)
24 2014 Jun Uchiyama (ja) Biriyādo [Billiard] Hanabusa e Yōkoso (Bハナブサへようこそ)
25 2015 no applicable work
26 2016 Yūto Ichikawa (ja) Jelly Fish wa Kōranai (ジェリーフィッシュは凍らない)
27 2017 Masahiro Imamura(ja) Shijinsou no Satsujin (屍人荘の殺人) Death Among the Undead
27 2018 Kouhei Kawasumi(ja) Tantei ha Kyōshitsu ni Inai (探偵は教室にいない)
28 2019 Kie Houjyō(ja) Jikūryokousya no Sunadokei (時空旅行者の砂時計)
29 2020 Rio Senda(ja) Goshiki no Satsujinsha (五色の殺人者)
30 2021 no applicable work
31 2022 no applicable work

Members of the selection committee

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  • From 1990 (1st) to 1995 (6th)
  • From 1996 (7th)
  • From 1997 (8th) to 1999 (10th)
  • From 2001 (11th) to 2002 (12th)
    • Tetsuya Ayukawa, Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai
  • From 2003 (13th)
    • Soji Shimada, Kiyoshi Kasai
  • From 2004 (14th) to 2008 (18th)
  • From 2009 (19th) to 2011 (21st)
  • From 2012 (22nd) to 2013 (23rd)
  • From 2014 (24th)
    • Kaoru Kitamura, Masaki Tsuji, Fumie Kondo[1]

See also

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Japanese mystery awards for unpublished novels
Japanese mystery awards for best works published in the previous year

References

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