Competition · Online
Japan's largest reading-response essay contest (over 2 million entries a year), with separate junior high and high school divisions for set books and free-choice books. Entries are made through schools; the 73rd (2027) guidelines are not yet published.
Write about a set book (kadai tosho) or any book of your choice (fiction or non-fiction). Junior high and high school essays are up to 2,000 characters, handwritten vertically on manuscript paper. Prizes: Prime Minister's Award, MEXT Minister's Award, Mainichi Shimbun Award, JSLA President's Award and Suntory Encouragement Award in each division; winners are published in the anthology 'Kangaeru Dokusho'.