Mystery Writers of Japan


Mystery Writers of Japan is an organization for mystery writers in Japan.
The organization was founded on 21 June 1947 by Edogawa Rampo. It is currently chaired by Bin Konno and claims about 600 members.
It presents the Mystery Writers of Japan Award to writers every year. It also presents the Edogawa Rampo Prize to amateur writers who has had few or no novels published commercially.

History

On 21 June 1947, Edogawa Rampo founded the Detective Fiction Writers Club, which was based in Tokyo. In 1954, the Club merged with the Detective Fiction Writers Club of Kansai, the counterpart based in Kansai region, and changed its name to the
Detective Fiction Writers Club of Japan. On 31 January 1963, the club changed its name to Mystery Writers of Japan.

Awards

The MWJ presents two annual awards.
The MWJ started compiling the annual anthology of members in 1948.