2023 Seiun Awards Nominees

Best Translated Novel

• Foundation series, Isaac Asimov, translated by Yasuko Kaji (Sogen SF Bunko)
• The Redemption of Time, Baoshu, translated by Nozomi Oomori, Wan Chai, and Sakura Mitsuyoshi (Hayakawa Shobo)
• NSA: National Security Agency, Andreas Eschbach, translated by Momoko Akasaka (Hayakawa Bunko SF)
• Ball Lightning, Cixin Liu, translated by Nozomi Oomori (Hayakawa Shobo)
• Ninth Step Station, Malka Older, Fran Wilde, Jacqueline Koyanagi & Curtis C. Chen, translated by Kana Yoshimoto, Yui Nogami, Sumiko Kudou, and Yuka Tatekawa (Takeshobo Bunko)
• The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Kaori Kato (Hayakawa Shobo)
• The Last Astronaut, David Wellington, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Hayakawa Bunko SF)

Best Translated Short Story

• “Unfamiliar Gods”, Adam-Troy Castro & Judi B. Castro, translated by Kazuko Onoda (Cosmic Powers)
• “Go. Now. Fix.”, Timons Esaias, translated by Masato Naruniwa (Hayakawa SF 6/22)
• “Eichmann in Alaska”, Chang Kang-myoung, translated by Kanae Kira (Highly Personal Superpowers)
• “Signal”, LD Lewis, translated by Umiyuri Katsuyama (VirtualGorilla)
• “The Wandering Earth”, Cixin Liu, translated by Nozomi Oomori and Masako Furuichi (The Wandering Earth)
• “Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea,” Sarah Pinsker, translated by Izumi Ichida (Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea)
• “Polished Performance”, Alastair Reynolds, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Made to Order)
• “Running Red”, Su Wanwen, translated by Toya Tachihara (Chinese Female SF Writers Anthology: Running Red)

Best Japanese Novel

• Godzilla Singular Point, Toh EnJoe (Shueisha)
• Protocol of Humanity, Satoshi Hase (Hayakawa Shobo)
• Galaxy of the Empire of Japan (5 volumes), Jyouji Hayashi (Hayakawa Bunko JA)
• Fake Saint of the Year: You Wanted the Perfect Saint? Too Bad! (4 volumes), Kabedondaikou (Kadokawa Books)
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (26 volumes), Rifujin na Magonote (MF Books)
• Star Shaker, Rokudo Ningen (Hayakawa Shobo)
• The Map and the Fist, Satoshi Ogawa (Shueisha)
• Koi Princess Marriage Tale, Shibana Randou (Shinchosha)

Best Japanese Short Story

• “Shopping Explosion”, Tokio Amazawa (Hayakawa SF 2/22)
• “The Mortal Game”, Kouichi Harukure (Hayakawa SF 8/22)
• “The Sagacious Stags”, Kouichi Harukure (The Sagacious Stags)
• “First, Let Us Assume That a Cow Is a Sphere”, Yuba Isukari (First, Let Us Assume That a Cow Is a Sphere)
• “Schrodinger’s Girl”, Yuuki Matsuzaki (Schrodinger’s Girl)
• “Bone Engraving”, Yuuki Shasendou (Hayakawa SF 6/22; Kaisha)
• “Consider the Kaleidoscopic Setlist”, Katsuie Shibata (Consider the Kaleidoscopic Setlist)

There are also nominees in Media, Comic, Artist, Non-Fiction, and “Free” (other) categories. The awards will be presented August 5, 2023 at the 61st Japan SF Convention in Saitama, Japan.

For more information, including a complete list of nominees (in Japanese), see the SFFAN’s website.