Noma Literary Prize

Noma Literary Prize
Awarded for	Literary award
Country	Japan
Presented by	Noma Cultural Foundation
First awarded	1941
Website	https://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_b.html

The Noma Literary Prize (Noma Bungei Shō) was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (Noma Hōkō Kai) in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen.^[1] It is one in a series of Noma Prizes.^[2]