In 1997, it sponsored the 'Kyoto University Press Literary Prize for New Writers Award' and awarded Manichi YOSHIMURA's "Afternoon at the Government-managed Giant Bathhouse" (Yoshimura received Akutagawa Award six years later).
1997年には「京都大学新聞社新人文学賞」を主催、吉村萬壱（6年後に芥川賞受賞）の『国営巨大浴場の午後』が受賞した。