Soba Itohiki by Noboru Kihara Year 8: 1996 Grand Prize: none Superior Award: Island by Ken Hazuki Aonekoya by Mitsuko Kido Runners Up: Dabusuton Kaidō by Mitsufumi Asagure Kaiyū Opera Fune kara no Dasshutsu by Shunichi Hashimoto Uchū Bōeigun by Masayuki Yagi Year 9: 1997 Grand Prize: Baisuboiru Book by Kyōichi Imura Superior Award: Kyōsō Kaiiki by Shigeru Satō Runners Up: Gonin Kazoku by Rin Sawamura Junkai no Senritsu by Ryōji Yokoyama Nendaiki "Anoekumene Mercury" by Fumiko Hagiwara Year 10: 1998 Grand Prize: Organist by Yō Yamanoguchi Superior Award: Yan no Ita Shima by Rin Sawamura Aoneko no Machi by Yūichi Suzumoto Runners Up: Gizō Shuki by Toshiro Kuwabara Year 11: 1999 Grand Prize: Nobunaga Aruiha Taikanseru Androgynous by Haruaki Utsukibara Superior Award: BH85 by Mori Seika Runners Up: Crystal Memory by Tomomichi Nishiogi Jacob no Hashigo wo Kudari Kitaru Mono by Aoi Hitomi Year 12: 2000 Grand Prize: none Superior Award: Kasō no Kishi by Naoko Saitō Runners Up: Namida Hime by Michimichi Okuno Koiwarai by Yui Matsunomiya a.k.a. Hiroshi Matsumiya Bachigaina Kōgeihin by Matsui Ōhama Year 13: 2001 Grand Prize: Taiyō to Shisha no Kiroku by Chise Kasuya Superior Award: Shabake by Megumi Hatakenaka Runners Up: Undead Returners by Jin Satō Apāto to Oni to Kisekae Ningyō by Osamu Koshigaya Year 14: 2002 Grand Prize: Short Stories a.k.a. Sekai no Hate no Niwa: Short Stories by Ken Nishizaki Superior Award: Kai by Ayumi Oyama Runners Up: Kigeki no Naka no Kigeki: Minami no Kuni no Shakespeare by Keiichi Izumi Amanouzume no Yūutsu by Humika Nakajima Year 15: 2003 Grand Prize: Taiyō no Tou / Pyrenees no Shiro a.k.a. Taiyō no Tou by Tomihiko Morimi Superior Award: Zou no Sumu Machi by Kyū Watanabe Runners Up: Rabbit Shinpan by Jun Kanooka Kagemai by Noriaki Oda Year 16: 2004 Grand Prize: Rasu Manchasu Tūshin by Hirayama Mizuho Superior Award: Bonus Track by Osamu Koshigaya Runners Up: Kono Hareta Hi ni, Hitori de by Katsuhiro Harada Ikejiri Water Court by Michiko Horii Year 17: 2005 Grand Prize: Konharuya Gomez by Naka Saijō Superior Award: none Runners Up: Tenjō no Niwa, Hikari no Jikoku by Natsuki Mizumachi Kohaku Wacchi by Kazu Saiki Year 18: 2006 Grand Prize: Boku Boku Sensei' by Hideyuki Niki Superior Award: Yami Kagami by Asako Horikawa Runners Up:Cappadocia Wine by Kazuho ŌharaYoru no Unicorn by Tetsuya Matsuda Year 19: 2007 Grand Prize: Enken Den' by Hideaki Hironari Superior