Akutagawa Prize

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Akutagawa Prize
芥川龍之介賞 (Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Awarded for	Best published literary story by a rising author
Date	August 10, 1935 (1935-08-10)
Country	Japan
Presented by	Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
Reward(s)	¥1,000,000, pocket watch
First awarded	1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Website	www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/

The Akutagawa Prize (芥川龍之介賞, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō) is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.^[1][2]