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Dennō Coil Director Mitsuo Iso Appointed Judge for 16th Shogakukan Light Novel Award
posted on by Kim Morrissy
GAGAGA Bunko announced on its Shogakukan Light Novel Award. The annual light novel writing competition gives cash prizes and a guaranteed publishing deal to winning submissions.
On the contest's website, Iso commented on his appointment as follows:
What does it mean to read a novel? To write a novel? I don't know the answer myself, and I don't think that you need to know the answer. I certainly don't know what it means to write or read something deserving of an award. All I have is the simple desire to create and read something that interests me. I want to ask people who still don't know yet who they want to be: What do you think is interesting? Who wrote it? Where did you find it? Don't worry about genres or trying to surmise the popular trends. Grapple with this impulse that you may not understand well and write the story that comes out of it. Oh, and keep this a secret, but I'm not a big fan of romcoms.
The contest is accepting submissions through web or post until September 30, 2021. Previous winners of the award include Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki.
Mitsu Iso is the original creator, director, and screenwriter of the Chikyūgai Shōnen Shōjo (Extraterrestrial Children) original anime.
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