While Writers in Kyoto is dedicated to local writers publishing in English, the following may be interesting to anybody who writes in Japanese:

The First Kyoto Literature Award invites writers from all over the world to submit a complete, full-length novel in Japanese on the theme of “Kyoto”.

There are three categories, “General”, “Students”, and “Overseas” with slightly different rules as to length etc. The winner of the “General” category will receive a large cash prize and the winning novel will be published. So, if you are interested in entering, polish up that Japanese novel of yours and submit it. The deadline is September 30th, 2019.

For more information, see the website of the Kyoto Literature Award. Good luck!

And just in case you think “this cannot be done”, see our article on a prize-winning Japanese novel written by a foreigner: https://staging.writersinkyoto.com/2015/08/ichigensan-extract/