The is an annual poll conducted by '' Hayakawa's S-F Magazine'' for the best Japanese short story, illustrator, and foreign short story, voted by the readers from their issues in the previous year. The honor has been awarded since 1989.

Award winners

Foreign Short Story

Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction writer and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book—previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book"—in 1999. He had two other Hugo nominations and n ...

, "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" (''Translator: Hisashi Asakura'') (1989) *

Mike Resnick Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct mag ...

, "For I Have Touched the Sky" (''Translator: Masayuki Uchida'') (1990) * John Varley, "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" (''Translator: Hisashi Asakura'') (1991) *

John Morressy John Morressy (December 8, 1930 – March 20, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer and a professor of English at Franklin Pierce College. He died at Sullivan, New Hampshire where he lived. Bibliography Novels * ''The Blac ...

, "Timekeeper" (''Translator: Youko Miki'') (1992) * James Tiptree, Jr. "With Delicate Mad Hands" (''Translator: Norio Itou'') (1993) *

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (; pinyin: ''Jiāng Fēngnán''; born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula Award, Nebula awards, four Hugo Award, Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus Award, ...

, "Understand" (''Translator: Shigeyuki Kude'') (1994) *

Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, and the Lo ...

, "Learning to Be Me" (''Translator: Makoto Yamagashi'') (1995) *

Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of Interstellar_war, galactic conflict (''The Forge of God, Forge of God'' books), parallel universes (''The Way (Greg Bear ...

, "Heads" (''Translator: Kazuko Onoda'') (1996) * James Tiptree, Jr. "Come Live With Me" (''Translator: Norio Itou'') (1997) *

, "Wang's Carpet" (''Translator: Makoto Yamagishi'') (1998) *

Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...

, "Taklamakan" (''Translator: Takashi Ogawa'') (1999) *

, "Oceanic" (''Translator: Makoto Yamagishi'') (2000) *

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Story of Your Life "Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in '' Starlight 2'' in 1998, and later in 2002 in Chiang's collection of short stories, '' Stories of Your Life and Others''. Its major themes are ...

" (''Translator: Shigeyuki Kude'') (2001) *

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Seventy-Two Letters "Seventy-Two Letters" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, published in June 2000 in the Ellen Datlow's anthology ''Vanishing Acts''. The novella can also be found in the anthologies '' Year's Best SF 6'' (2001), edited by ...

" (''Translator: Youichi Shimada'') (2002) *

, "Mister Volition" (''Translator: Makoto Yamagishi'') (2003) *

Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...

, "The Last of the Winnebagos" (''Translator: Ohmori Nozomi'') (2004) *

Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the Fantastique, fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginati ...

, "The Empire of Ice Cream" (''Translator: Tomo Inoue'') (2005) *

Bradley Denton Bradley Clayton Denton (born 1958) is an American science fiction author. He has also written other types of fiction, such as the black comedy of his novel ''Blackburn'', about a sympathetic serial killer. He was born in Towanda, Kansas, and atte ...

, "Sergeant Chip" (''Translator: Naoya Nakahara'') (2006) * Ian McDonald, "The Djinn's Wife" (''Translator: Masaya Shimokusu'') (2007)

Japanese Short Story

Mariko Ōhara is a Japanese science fiction writer. She won the 6th Hayakawa SF Contest in 1980, when she was still a student. Later she published various SF works and became the 10th president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. Ōhara is t ...

, "Aqua Planet" (1989) *

Shinji Kajio is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film ''Yomigaeri'' is based on Kajio's novel of the same name and he also co-wrote the manga series (2008) with Kenji Tsuruta (who additionally illustrated the series), which was seriali ...

, "Jinii Ni Kansuru Oboegaki" (1990) *

, "Ephemera" (1991) *

Goro Masaki Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in ...

, "Venus City" (1992) *

Hiroyuki Morioka (born March 2, 1962, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction novelist. Biography In 1992, his first novel ''Yume no Ki ga Tsugeta nara'' ("If Only the Dream Trees Could Touch") appeared in Hayakawa Publishing's ''S-F Magazine' ...

, "Spice" (1993) *

Osamu Makino is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *治 "reign" *修 "discipline" *理 "logic" *収 "obtain" *紀 "chronicle" *統 "rule" The name can also be written in hirag ...

, "Mouse Trap" (1994) * Masaki Yamada, "Dead Soldier's Live" (1995) *

Jin Kusagami Jin may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC * Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin * Jin (Later Tang precursor) ...

, "Tokyo Kaika Ereki no Karakuri" (1996) *

Kōshū Tani is a Japanese science fiction writer. He graduated from the Osaka Institute of Technology, and worked as a volunteer in Nepal and the Philippines. He made his professional debut with the story ''137th Mobile Brigade'' in 1979 while still in N ...

, "Eriko" ¹ (1997) *

Yasumi Kobayashi Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三, 7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020) was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery. Career His short story "The Man Who Watched the Sea" won the Hayakawa Award for best short story in 1998. Two more ...

, "Umi o Miru Hito" (1998) ** English translation: "The Man Who Watched the Sea" (''Speculative Japan 2'', Kurodahan Press, 2011) *

Hōsuke Nojiri (born 1961 in Mie Prefecture) is a Japanese science fiction writer. After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the ''Creguian'' game novelization. He admires Arthur C. Clarke, and his own works are cl ...

, "Taiyō no Sandatsusha" (1999) ** Later rewritten into the novel ''Usurper of the Sun'' (English translation was released by

Haikasoru Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, L ...

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Masaya Fujita Masaya () is the capital city of Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast of Managua. It is located just east of the Masaya Volcano, an active volcano from which the city ...

, "Kiseki no Ishi" (2000) * Chōhei Kanbayashi, "Hadae no Shita" (2001) *

Mizuhito Akiyama is a Seiun Award-winning author noted for his science fiction light novel series ''Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu''.SFSite
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, "Ore ha Missile" (2002) *

Issui Ogawa is a science fiction writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy. Awards *2004: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for *2006: Seiun Award Best Japanese ...

, "Rou Voles no Wakusei" (2003) *

Hiroshi Sakurazaka is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy light novels. He is best known for his novel '' All You Need Is Kill'', which formed the basis of the film ''Edge of Tomorrow'', starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Life and career Sakurazaka ...

, "Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo" (2004) ** English translation: "The Saitama Chain Saw Massacre" (''Hanzai Japan'', Haikasoru, 2015) * Hiroshi Yamamoto, "Medousa no Jumon" (2005) *

, "Daafu no Shima" (2006) * Keikaku Itō, "The Indifference Engine" (2007)

Illustrator

* Hiroyuki Katou & Keisuke Goto (1989) * Mafuyu Hiroki (1990) * Hiroyuki Katou & Keisuke Goto, Hitoshi Yoneda (tie) (1991) * Mafuyu Hiroki (1992) * Hiroyuki Katou & Keisuke Goto (1993) * Keinojou Mizutama (1994) * Jun Kosaka (1995) * Hiroyuki Katou & Keisuke Goto (1996) * Hikaru Tanaka (1997) * Hikaru Tanaka (1998) * Youkou Fujiwara (1999) * Kenji Tsuruta (2000) * Hikaru Tanaka (2001) * Mikio Masuda (2002) * Youkou Fujiwara (2003) *

Aya Takano is a Japanese painter, Superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist. Aya Takano is represented by Kaikai Kiki, the artistic production studio created in 2001 by Takashi Murakami. Early life and influence Takano was born in S ...

(2004) *

(2005) * Katsukame Hashi (2006) * Kashima (2007)

References

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Award winners

Foreign Short Story

Japanese Short Story

Illustrator

References

See also