On the evening of 5 November 2025, the Noma Cultural Foundation announced the recipients of its literary awards.
‘The Poet Postman‘, written by Rin Saitō and illustrated by Yasuyoshi Botan, received the 63rd Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature.

First published in November 2024, the story is set in a small town served by just two postmen. What they deliver are not ordinary letters, but poems. As each poem reaches its recipient, new emotions emerge and, in turn, give rise to new poems. Written by a poet, this gently layered narrative invites readers to consider the question: What is poetry?