Kairos Prize 2026
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closes today
Competition Japan
第3回StellaJeanコンテスト 青春小説・シナリオ・プロット大賞 (3rd StellaJean Contest: youth novel, screenplay and plot)
Run by StellaJean (BookLive Co., Ltd.)
Run on BookLive's StellaJean writing platform, this Japanese contest takes youth stories as a screenplay, a novel or only a plot, looking for material to adapt. Entry is free and works are published on the site, but the top prize is small at JPY 50,000.
Deadline Nov 30, 2026 (closes in 41 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Entries close (opened 2026-09-14) | Nov 30, 2026 | Free |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- FreeFree, but a StellaJean account is needed
- Formats
- Any
- Language
- Japanese
- Where
- Japan (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Any StellaJean member, amateur or professional. Writers under 18 need a parent's consent before entering.
- Prizes
- Excellence prize JPY 50,000 plus consideration for a film, book or comic version; honorable mention JPY 10,000. StellaJean may give no award if no entry qualifies.
Its site names no judges and no past winners. It is listed because it is free to enter.
What to send
- Length
- No maximum; screenplay and novel entries should run to roughly 1,000 characters or more
- Also asked for
- Youth genre only. Pick the screenplay or the novel track; a plot or a finished draft is accepted. The work is written or imported into StellaJean and posted on the site, where others may read it. Any use of generative AI must be tagged.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
The excellence winner's story is considered for adaptation under a separate contract, and its prize money covers an exclusive license for screen adaptation. Honorable mentions cannot be offered elsewhere while adaptation talks are under way.
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