A compilation of noteable submissions to the Afternoon Four Seasons Awards from 1987 to 2000 from major artists from when they were still newcomers.
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**Note:** Do not confuse this for the [Afternoon Four Seasons Awards CHRONICLE 1987-2000 Selections](https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000684) from 2013, which cut 23 of the 48 oneshots but still spread the remaining 25 across 4 seasonal volumes.
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**Chapters:**

**Spring:**
1​. Tsuchida Seiki – Miseinen (1987 Four Seasons Prize)
2. Takahashi Tsutomu – GOTAVOICE (1987 Spring Semi-Winner)
3. Matsumoto Taiyou – STRAIGHT (1987 Autumn Semi-Winner)
4. Irie Noriko – Neko no Te Kashimasu (1987 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize)
5. Ohtagaki Yasuo – Ronin Heartbreak! (1988 Summer Honorable Mention)
6. Sudou Masumi – Shounen-ou ni Shiroi Kumo (1988 Autumn Semi-Winner)
7. Akizuki Risu – Oku-sama Shinkaron (1988 Autumn Honorable Mention)
8. Nakayama Masaaki – Ridatsu (1988 Winter Semi-Winner)
9. Arai Hideki – 8-gatsu no Hikari (1989 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
10. Hiromoto Sinichi – Western Carnival (1989 Summer Honorable Mention)
11. Enomoto Shunji – Golden Lucky (1989 Autumn Honorable Mention)
12. King Gonta – A Mess on a Weekend (1989 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize)
13. Irie Kiwa – Haikibun! Sakanahime (1989 Winter Four Seasons Prize)
14. Hiramatsu Minoru – Ma, Ikka! (1989 Winter Honorable Mention)
15. Aoki Yuuji – Higan to Shigan no Ma De (1990 Semi-Winner)
16. Taguchi Masayuki – Shouteki Ningen (1990 Autumn Four Seasons Prize)
17. Sugawara Masayuki – Home Range (1991 Summer Semi-Winner)
18. Matoba Ken – Mei Tantei ni Hanarenai keredo (1991 Summer Semi-Winner)
19. Yasuda Hiroyuki – MOZOO (1991 Autumn Honorable Mention)
20. Oda Hideji – Sakana (1991 Winter Honorable Mention)

**Summer:**
21. Matsunaga Toyokazu – Killing Paranoia (1992 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
22. Ohara Shinji – Boku wa Otouto (1993 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize)
23. Kuwahara Shinya – YOKO vs (1993 Spring Four Seasons Prize)
24. Samura Hiroaki – Mugen no Juunin (1993 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
25. Kuroda Iou – Ka, Nanten, Kuma (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize)
26. Toume Kei – KUROGANE (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Prize)
27. Igarashi Daisuke – Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi & Imada Fuyu (1993 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize)
28. Yoshikai Kanji – Kodoku no Oto (1993 Winter Semi-Winner)
29. Ashinano Hitoshi – Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1994 Spring Four Seasons Prize)
30. Komai Yuu – Sonna Yatsua Inee!! (1994 Spring Honorable Mention)

**Autumn:**
31. Aramaki Keiko – GENOMES (1994 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
32. Kio Shimoku – Ten no Ryouiki (1994 Summer Four Seasons Prize)
33. Abe Yoshitoshi – Ame no Furu Basho (1994 Summer Semi-Winner)
34. Kiba Kouichi – JAGUA (1995 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
35. Nihei Tsutomu – BLAME (1995 Summer Special Prize)
36. Endou Hiroki – Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko dakara (1995 Autumn Four Seasons Prize)
37. Kitoh Mohiro – Vendémiaire no Migite (1995 Autumn Semi-Winner)
38. Asada Torao – Spoonman 3.18 (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize)
39. Wakana Shouhei – Kamen Tenshi (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Prize)
40. Shinemon – Lunch no B (1996 Summer Honorable Mention)

**Winter:**
41. Hayashida Q – Sofa-chan (1997 Autumn Semi-Winner)
42. Kimura Kon – Koube Zaijuu (1997 Winter Four Seasons Prize)
43. Shinofusa Rokuro – Yasashii Kodomo no Tsukurikata (1997 Spring Honorable Mention)
44. Higuchi Asa – Yuku Tokoro (1998 Spring Four Seasons Prize)
45. Manabe Shohei – Yuuutsu Suberidai (1998 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize)
46. Urushibara Yuki – Mushishi (1998 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize)
47. Kumakura Takatoshi – Gurade (1999 Summer Semi-Winner)
48. Toyoda Minoru – Love Roma (2002 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize)
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**Selected Descriptions:**

Kio Shimoku – Ten no Ryouiki
A brief insight into the life of a young graduate student looking for work who finds himself in bed with a mysterious girl he has never seen before.

Abe Yoshitoshi – Ame no Furu Basho
Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy.

Kiba Kouichi – JAGUAR
As a woman is returning home one night, she runs into a man who was just in a car crash. As he’s dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea.

Hayashida Q – Sofa-chan
Hayashida Q’s debut work about a female couch spirit.
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**See Also:**
– [MDList of Afternoon Four Seasons Award–winning oneshots](https://mangadex.org/list/d7b883be-732f-4d5b-8d92-818fa3c62555/afternoon-oneshot-four-seasons-award-winners)
– [blog post covering this series](http://sportable.seesaa.net/article/246888518.html)
– [Wikipedia article about this series](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E8%B3%9ECHRONICLE)
– [Wikipedia article about the contest, including a list of winners](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E8%B3%9E)