Observed arrival · 2026-11-02
公募の栞: A deadline board for literary contests
A Japanese directory of 233 literary contests, sortable by deadline or prize and filterable by genre and submission conditions.
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- Japanese-language writers seeking open literary contests
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- Filters include whether a contest accepts overseas entries, AI-assisted work, or pieces already published online.
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The directory spans fiction, poetry, essays, scripts, and other forms, with counts shown for each category. Individual entries can include fine-print distinctions such as postmark versus arrival deadlines, specific cutoff times, and rights warnings; the filters also let visitors check whether overseas submissions or previously web-published work are allowed. The homepage says its summaries are drawn from official calls for submissions.
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