Kaguya Sci-Fi Contest Winners
Japanese science fiction website VirtualGorillaPlus (VG+) has announced the winners of its 2021 Kaguya Sci-Fi Contest, judged by Kanata Inoue, Tatsuya Isogami, Hakka Kishitani, and Mahiro Saeki.
- Grand Prize: “Magic Ball”, The Carrier of Violence and Ruin
- Readers’ Prize: “The Multiverse Scavenger Hunt race, which was held in the afternoon of the Jonan Elementary School Sports Day”, Dainei Makino
- Judge’s Special Prize: “Screams”, Noe Itokawa
Winners were chosen from 381 entries on the theme of “Sports of the Future.” The grand prize story was translated into English and Chinese. The original is available on the VG+ website, and the Chinese version (translated by 田田/Denn Denn) will be published in Science Fiction World. “Now we’re looking for a great home for English version of it and have submitted to several webzines, but we haven’t found one yet.” For more information or if interested in publishing the grand prize story, contact 堀川夢／Yume Horikawa via Virtual Gorilla.
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