Mystery Writers of Japan Award
The Mystery Writers of Japan Awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.
MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present)
MWJ Award for Best Short Story winners (1948–1951, 1976–present)
MWJ Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work winners (1976–present)
- [|MWJ Award for Best Work] winners for their Critical Work
- * 05 - EDOGAWA Rampo, Gen'ei-jo
- * 19 - Kawataro Nakajima, Suiri Shosetsu Tembo
| Year | Winner | Winning entry | Available in English Translation | |
| 29 | 1976 | Manji Gonda | ||
| 30 | 1977 | Masao Yamamura | ||
| 31 | 1978 | Amehiko Aoki | ||
| 31 | 1978 | Takashi Ishikawa | ||
| 32 | 1979 | Jinichi Uekusa | ||
| 33 | 1980 | No Award Presented | ||
| 34 | 1981 | Eisuke Nakazono | ||
| 35 | 1982 | No Award Presented | ||
| 36 | 1983 | No Award Presented | ||
| 37 | 1984 | No Award Presented | ||
| 38 | 1985 | Iwao Matsuyama | ||
| 38 | 1985 | Minoru Sase | ||
| 39 | 1986 | Yoshio Matsumura | ||
| 40 | 1987 | Hideo Ito | ||
| 41 | 1988 | No Award Presented | ||
| 42 | 1989 | Akira Naoi | ||
| 43 | 1990 | Shunsuke Tsurumi | ||
| 44 | 1991 | Ro Takenaka | ||
| 44 | 1991 | Takao Tokuoka | ||
| 45 | 1992 | Rokusuke Nozaki | ||
| 46 | 1993 | Fumichika Hasebe | ||
| 46 | 1993 | Shinji Hata | ||
| 47 | 1994 | Jiro Kitagami | ||
| 48 | 1995 | Saburo Kagami | ||
| 49 | 1996 | No Award Presented | ||
| 50 | 1997 | Kyodo News Shakaibu | ||
| 51 | 1998 | Kiyoshi Kasai | ||
| 51 | 1998 | Kenji Kazama | ||
| 52 | 1999 | Hidetoshi Mori | ||
| 53 | 2000 | Hideki Kobayashi | ||
| 54 | 2001 | Takayuki Ikegami | ||
| 54 | 2001 | Michio Tsuzuki | ||
| 55 | 2002 | No Award Presented | ||
| 56 | 2003 | Hirohisa Shimpo Yuzuru Yamamae | ||
| 57 | 2004 | Akiyuki Sengai | ||
| 57 | 2004 | Shigeharu Tada | ||
| 58 | 2005 | Kotaro Hidaka | ||
| 59 | 2006 | Hiroshi Gohara | ||
| 59 | 2006 | Tetsutaka Shibata | ||
| 60 | 2007 | Nobumitsu Kodaka | ||
| 60 | 2007 | Masaaki Tatsumi | ||
| 61 | 2008 | Junichiro Kida | ||
| 61 | 2008 | Hazuki Saisho | ||
| 62 | 2009 | Toshiaki Endo | ||
| 62 | 2009 | Yuichiro Kurihara | ||
| 63 | 2010 | Kentaro Komori | Eibungaku no Chika Suimyaku: Koten Misuteri Kenkyu Ruiko Kuroiwa Hon'an Genten kara Queen made | |
| 64 | 2011 | Masao Higashi | ||
| 65 | 2012 | Jun'ya Yokota | ||
| 66 | 2013 | Koichi Suwabe | ||
| 67 | 2014 | Kiyoshi Shimizu | ||
| 67 | 2014 | Motoi Taniguchi | ||
| 68 | 2015 | Masahiko Kikuni | ||
| 68 | 2015 | Aoi Shimotsuki |
MWJ Award for Best Work winners (1952–1975)
Nominees available in English translation
- Nominees for Best Novel
- * 02 - Akimitsu Takagi, Tattoo Murder Case
- * 37 - Kenzo Kitakata, The Cage
- * 42 - Joh Sasaki, Zero Over Berlin
- * 65 - Mahokaru Numata, Nan-Core
- Nominees for Short Story
- * 56 - Otsuichi, "Dog"
- * 60 - Gaku Yakumaru, "Rice Omelet"
- * 63 - Shunsuke Nagase, "Chief", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 2013
Other awards
- MWJ Award for new face
- * 01 - Shigeru Kayama,
- MWJ Award for encouragement
- * 07 - Jojiro Okami,
- * 07 - Ro Hikawa,
- * 07 - Saburo Washio,