The awards this year are again separated into nine categories: Japanese Long Story, Japanese Short Story, Translated Long Story, Translated Short Story, Media, Comic, Art, Nonfiction, and a “Free” category.
Viz published his story “Mono no Aware,” which won the Hugo Award, and “The Paper Menagerie” by Liu won the Seiun award in the Translated Short Story category in 2015, as well as Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards.
Ken Liu’s The Grace of Kings novel and Peter Tieryas’ United States of Japan novel were nominated in the Translated Long Story category, and Ken Liu’s “Simulacrum” was nominated in the Translated Short Story category.
His “Good Hunting” won last year’s Seiun award in the Translated Short Story category.