[Miscellaneous] A Group to Support Applicants for the Note Creative Awards (Third Time)

Thank you as always. It seems like everyone is reading these, which makes me feel even more like, 'I'll do my best to support you all!'

When I uploaded the first article, I received the following comment from k_maru027.

Come to think of it, I realized I haven't actually read the winning works of the 2022 Creative Awards. Whether you've read them or not, please take this opportunity to read them. They are award-winning works, after all. They are so interesting that I ended up staying up late to read them.

It's true that some works are long stories spanning multiple articles, and the number of 'likes' varies. The picked articles generally average around 200 to 400 likes. Even after winning, they must have been read by many more people and received more recognition.

Hmm. If that's the case, then the possibility is...

...No.

No, no, no, no.

Even if they were read a lot after winning and gained 100 or 200 more likes, they must have had a certain level of recognition before winning. I can't help but think that 10 or 20 is tough. I don't know the completion rate, and all I can see here is the number of likes and comments. Yeah. I should definitely introduce more.

And, Tomu Unshu introduced my article!

I'm sure many people came to see this from that article. Thank you!

Also, Niboshi Naseguchi discovered an interesting article.

And they were calling these excavators "scoppers".

……Wait, what is that? I like that too🐤

Apparently, people who "scoop" through the massive number of works posted on the "Shousetsuka ni Narou" (Let's Become a Novelist) site to unearth good works are called scoppers.

A support group is nice, but "scopper" is a cool-sounding loanword. Well, with my chick-like strength, I'm probably more of a spoon than a scoop. Does that mean…… a spooner??

The selection criteria I forgot to write down last time are as follows.

Well then, here is the chick selection from this spooner or spooky or whatever. Please enjoy it while scooping up some ice cream with a spoon.

A yellow light was already flashing at the thumbnail and title stage, but once I started reading, I got hooked. Just as covering the buttocks connected to the mouth with panties is natural, covering the mouth with a "porori" is a natural thing. I think it's probably a piece of underwear made of cloth that can cover more securely than a mask.
Eating a rice ball in front of Mr. Taguchi, who has one month to live, is a kind of self-gratification. It's already an erotic novel.

One day, white wings suddenly sprouted on my back. My parents, who praised me at first, abandoned me along with my younger sister once they realized I couldn't fly, calling me "disgusting." I was provided with a place to live and food by adults who were curious about me having wings, in exchange for my feathers, but as I grew, the feathers began to yellow. At this rate, their value would drop. So, the adults suggested I become a taxidermy specimen while they were still beautiful, on the condition that they take care of my sister. On the morning of our parting, my sister's back had sprouted even more magnificent, beautiful jet-black wings than mine.
Having just recently used an image of the Winged Victory of Samothrace as a thumbnail for another article, this is a work that has strongly burned the image into my mind. Even though a story about angels should be beautiful, it's a story of unrequited siblings treated like freaks.

A novel about a physically weak high school student who is suddenly kidnapped and lives with the kidnapper. It is a recording of what the student told a doctor to deal with PTSD after being safely "rescued."
As the title suggests, the recording is uploaded on YouTube, and it is a piece I highly recommend listening to as audio. The easy-to-hear, natural narration increases the sense of reality. Of course, the content is also written as the main text, so please take a look at that as well.

Tsukiko begins dating Yo and gradually damages the doll she received as a memento from her older sister, Yukiko. Tsukiko, who killed Yukiko with conditional intent, publishes it as a novel titled "Confession" in a literary club magazine. However, the members of the literary club had been entrusted with a novel also titled "Confession" written by Yukiko.
Tsukiko and Yo, who married without incident, Yukiko and Yo, who used to date, and Yo's mother. A muddy relationship quietly progressing in a mansion with a pure Japanese-style garden. It is a mystery work that makes me straighten my posture to read.

It is not a novel, but rather torn paper art and poetry. They construct new pictures by tearing and pasting colored pages from newspapers. I had not seen much torn paper art before, but the pieces are actually quite large, aren't they? If you tore and pasted them into incredibly fine pieces, it seems like you would have more flexibility and could draw whatever you envisioned.
I thought maybe I could do torn paper art even if I couldn't draw, so I tried tearing up an advertisement that was in my mailbox, but it just created more trash. Even if you can't draw, you still need an artistic sense.

Running out of his house and getting soaked in the rain, I entered a shop lined with many hourglasses: the Storyteller's Shop. Sitting at the counter, I sipped a cocktail and listened to the shopkeeper's tale.

...Excuse me. This is a sneaky tactic to see if I can get people to read my own work by casually slipping it into the lineup.

Well, my own work aside, there are many excellent pieces here where it wouldn't be surprising if any of them won. Perhaps there were a few more heavy themes this time. Next time, I will pick up more lighthearted ones.

You can find my previous articles and future ones here.