Media Works Bunko (メディアワークス文庫, Media Wākusu Bunko) is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works. It was established on December 16, 2009 with the publication of eight novels,[1] and is a mainstream novel imprint aimed at a general audience. The imprint is an extension of ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko imprint which publishes light novels.[2] Authors who have moved on from light novels, even ones previously published under Dengeki Bunko, also are published under Media Works Bunko. Winners of the Media Works Bunko Prize in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Novel Prize annual contest are published on this imprint, along with winning 500,000 yen.[3] The first two winners of the prize in the sixteenth Dengeki Novel Prize held in 2009 were Mado Nozaki, for (Ei) Amrita, and Kaoru Arima, for Taiyō no Akubi.[4]
- ^ いよいよ明日より始動! メディアワークス文庫創刊ラインナップはこの8冊 [Finally Starting Tomorrow! Media Works Bunko Launches With 8 Novels] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. December 15, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ 世代を超えたエンタテインメント・ノベル 『メディアワークス文庫』 2009年冬 創刊のお知らせ [Entertainment Novels Across Generations: Notification of "Media Works Bunko" Winter 2009 Launch] (PDF) (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. November 7, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ メディアワークス文庫 [Media Works Bunko] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ 有川 浩さんや時雨沢恵一さんも参戦、メディアワークス文庫創刊 [Hiro Arikawa's and Keiichi Sigsawa's Participation in War, Media Works Bunko Launch] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.